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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1891
Page
3
In the woods where maples grow a musical drip echoes as a child recalls the spink spank spink sound. A homemade spile taps the maple tree with silver tink while leaves rustle and sun and rain return the spring memory of the ermie’s spoke.
A nurse by the name of Harry recounts a chaotic night at Westonvilla where Susy and Serena aid in fending off burglars. James the butler helps, a thief is knocked unconscious by a walking stick, and two intruders are captured with help from three strong men and the maids. Aunt Jane’s safe is defended while Serena and Susy shield the household from danger.
A narrator tends to Susie who faints after a tense moment with Aunt Jane’s bed. Susie names herself a coward but the speaker vows to defend her and proclaims his love and fidelity in a dramatic moment. The scene unfolds amid other local notices and reflections on morality and wealth.
Instructions for making fruit preserves with sugar for clear pink or golden jellies. Steps include rinsing, draining, layering fruit with sugar, 24 hour rest, boiling syrup, skimming, readding fruit, and careful boiling in small batches. Also covers adding lemon peel or orange juice, optional sugar, and sealing jars with paper tops.
A collage of quotes from readers and editors across publications comically contrasts old time slang with sharp editorials. The fragments pivot on sudden awakenings, social observations, and playful jabs about public figures and manners, reflecting the era’s wit and tone.
A Detroit Free Press passage describes a lumber yard by a foul river where a lady prefers the scent of pine boards to the smell of the river. It argues cheerfulness as a habit improves outlook, voice, and demeanor, noting some homes emit an uplifting domestic atmosphere that poverty cannot extinguish.
A mix of brief items: no cotton pickers strike ended, M J O'Brien of Chattanooga noted as private citizen, widespread consolidation of type foundries, false Alaska natives trouble reports, emigrant removal efforts in the northwest, Congress asked for more rainmaking funds, ex congressman Clarke near death, L&N conductors strike halting traffic, a New York five story fire causing $100000 loss, President Harrison hunting, Chicago plans Brewing Academy to teach beer making, John Fitzgerald of Lincoln Neb about to die, PA syndicate to provide fuel gags for 1009 feet at five cents, MA prohibitionists nominate Charles H Kimball for governor, outsiders may access Chicago board quotations again, G B Kingman Brockton shoe maker fails for 323060 with 20c on the dollar offered, 100000 Texans petition Chicago against Sunday world fair closing.
General Assembly act prohibits any person from connecting or reconnecting with gas mains or service pipes without written permit. It forbids turning on or off valves or interfering with appliances of gas providers. Offenders face fines between five and one hundred dollars upon conviction.
The piece warns of foreign beer firms entering Indianapolis to raid local breweries but notes no price impact on consumers. It shifts to promoting Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure as a safe, effective remedy for a widespread illness, claiming it contains no poison and is widely available through dealers and wholesalers.
Poet Swinburne is a red headed bachelor. The marquis of Lorne loves cock fighting. M Ader of Paris spent over 300000 on a flying machine and is about 100 yards ahead. George J Gould, aged about 80, avoided formal schooling yet joined his father's brokerage firm, quickly becoming a director and later serving on the councils of many corporations his father controlled.
Late of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and Bellevue Hospital Medical College New York, he was an honored member of leading medical associations in the East and served as a delegate to the American Medical Association at Cleveland Ohio in 1875.
Dr Brubaker offers specialized care for chronic diseases focusing on long term management and patient well being. The clinic emphasizes evidence based approaches and coordinated care plans for ongoing patient needs.
An unsigned medical ad touts a doctor who diagnoses cases without questions and claims strict confidentiality. It notes consultations in English and German, examinations, and reception and consultation parlors at Nos. 1,2 and 4 Keir Brock opposite New Union Repet.
Vandalia line announces reduced round trip excursion tickets from all coupon stations to western northwest and southwestern points. Tickets valid for thirty days from sale date. For details contact nearest Vandalia ticket agent. Also advertisement for Radam's Microbe Killer by Cullen J. W. Bryan druggist opposite Union Station.
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