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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1893
Page
3
A verse tale describes three men at a table with a girl who never learned to play. She toys with them as she bets and blinds them through a single round, leaving the men broke and vow never to gamble again. The piece ends with each man returning home crestfallen as the night fades.
In a Kansas or New York Sun recounting, Corporal Swift vanishes then is found dead in Dead Man's canyon after pursuit by comrades. They enter a sunless, water-draped rift under Fremont's peak, torches burning but daylight absent. Swift dies in darkness, leaving his body in the canyon as fate and insanity converge.
The Belgians’ queen plays harp among royal circles. The Greek queen heads a criminal reform sisterhood and visits prisoners. Italy’s Margherita marked silver wedding with gifts. Austria’s empress hair care dominates her day while reading aloud. Victoria favors chrysoprose stones for luck. The widowed Archduchess Stephanie wears a locket of her daughter and Belgian queen mother. The Austrian empress must receipts jewels. Marie of Edinburgh now Roumanian crown princess learns the language. maids note her fluent conversation.
Worth employs 50 staff plus 200 to 700 dressmaking girls depending on season. Busy periods run February to July and August to December with weekly output around 200 gowns and 150 cloaks. A dress may take a week, or 24 hours in a rush, even three and a half hours for Empress Eugenie. Queen Victoria has never patronized Worth.
Brief round up noting growing rural hailstone sizes, quips on Darwin and a monkey, a barber’s view on English beards returning, a Boston Globe aside about Moslem burial customs, and a statistic that two hundred million people—about 14 percent of humanity—profess Mohammedanism.
Mr W M Hvarts celebrated his golden wedding with wit at a New York Potters family dinner. Reportedly, he was asked to dine with bishops and doctors, and he paused in a paraphrase of scripture Lord, Lord, thou art the clay, and we are the Potters reflecting on the Potters’ history and fame.
A Pennsylvanian column quotes lines on money growth timidness bank stringency and the role of women in politics. It notes the dry season in Kansas featuring featherless ducks and jokes about drawing money and changing a ten dollar bill. It cites Bismarck and an old gentleman famed for sense as part of a playful miscellany.
The news column notes Frances Willard of the W T U is very ill in England while the Senate debates the silver law repeal. Other items report the House of Lords defeat of Gladstone on home rule, a European medical delegation visiting America, Commodore Brown set for rear admiral promotion, and workers returning to jobs in St Louis by Sept 20.
A mother asks her children to sacrifice during hard times. Teddy volunteers to give up soap, while Little Johnny and his sister debate sharing candy. Mamma encourages them to each give up something as they face economic strain.
Markets steady with broad pricing across meats produce and groceries. Indiana ham 18 cents, California bacon 9 cents, dried beef 14 cents, sausage options and pickled meats listed. fresh pork loins tenderloins and ribs priced, alongside wide ranges for canned fruits vegetables and dairy. flour, cereals, and oils quoted with regional market notes and shipping prices.
Theatrical agent Jon Silverstone touts Dr Stackhouse treatment for chronic catarrh, claiming prior consults with top physicians yielded no benefit. He credits the Stackhouse Medical Institute with a permanent cure and low costs, noting his frequent travels and housing at the New York Ledger office.
Ambiguous contact details list No 203 N Illinois Street corner Vermont Lidianapolis Indiana with office hours 9am to 2pm 3 to 6pm and 7 to 8pm Sundays 10 to 14 only.
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