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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1893
Page
3
Fragmented poem-like lines describe a loom and shuttle weaving a fabric with a single flawed stitch. The narrative hints at a pattern corrupted by a dropped stitch and a weak place marring the design, suggesting a small blemish in a larger work.
Lieutenant Gerlach of Fort Migsoul Montana roared after a big black bear on a morning ride. He barked and howled like bear hounds to drive the animal toward the fort, spooking warily encumbered ladies and horses as the parade ground filled with cries and gunfire before the bear was finally killed.
Gentlewomen abandon glass-bead nails for regular manicures. Young men discard top hats with evening dress and overcoats stay in cloak rooms. Vanderbilt clan draws attention for haughtiness and dress. Mrs Fred Vanderbilt favors glitter and bold gown shades. Current rage centers on rock crystal in household and personal items.
In a New York News note an honest critic praises Lord Roberts as brave yet notes his horror of cats. The piece recalls quirky phrases from northern New York such as a team of crows for black horses and a nickel torch for a 5 cent cigar. It references a man carrying an over coat and money dealings with Moses Lowenstein and a plan to attend a ball game with a sly hint about a three-ball game.
A period recipe outlines making dough from flour and warm milk, filling six inch squares with cooked apples and sugar, butter and nutmeg, steaming for an hour, and serving with sweet cream. Also a stray ad-like line promotes Blood’s Sarsaparilla for nerves and purification.
An angler recalls a road story about a toad feasting on flies drawn by souring meal in saucers and a brood of chickens. In Lak Union, a weller dog loves garden flowers, bites stems neatly, and rubs his nose in roses, savoring their scent.
A colonial courtroom tale from the Courier Journal recalls a South Carolina judge insisting a lawyer wear a black coat and gown while the barrister argues the law. Pettigrue questions if the law requires both coat and gown to be black and whether the sheriff’s sword and cocked hat must be worn together.
A humorous Harper's Bazaar vignette recalls a party chat where a boy boasts of fighting Willie Richardson while abstaining from dancing. Tommy Ome undergoes his first surf bath and relays a witty dislike, noting the water tasted like a melted saltcellar.
The excerpt describes selecting ripe fruit, peeling and quartering, weighing, and simmering with a small amount of water until very soft. It calls for adding three fourths of a two pound sugar per pound of fruit, cooking to a thick consistency, then filling tumblers or jars and sealing.
A newspaper ad extols Dr Pierce Pleasant Pellets as a superior laxative and corrective. It claims ordinary pills worsen conditions and promises gentle action with one to three sugar coated pellets, billing quick relief from constipation indigestion bilious headaches and dizziness while guaranteeing satisfaction with money back.
Senator D B Hill heads to Ohio to campaign for Neal while national politics see cross state support. President Cleveland’s infant will be Esther. St Louis endures a record heat day at 99 degrees in the shade. Riverside Iron Works in Wheeling plans a Monday start to employ 5000 workers as wage cuts loom for iron and steel labor. In Pickens county a jail break leads to a deadly spree. Joe Goldstein shoots his sweetheart Becky Frinberg and himself in New York. he dies, she is reported to survive. Vienna reports two women arrested for a child murder ring. Controller Eckels remarks at a Chicago bankers banquet that confidence is restored and better times lie ahead.
Readable market items show steady demand and varied listings. Vegetables fruits meats dairy and staples from Baltimore to Indiana dominate the page with prices for sweet potatoes Irish potatoes onions lemons apricots peaches and melons. Canned goods flour coffee sugar and provisions share space with seeds and animal products.
Train timetable fragment shows numerous departures to destinations including Lafayette Louisville Lawrenceburg Shelbyville Greensburg Cleveland Anderson Muncie Elkhart Renton Harbor Marion Wabash St Louis Terre Haute Mattoon Bloomington Penn Peoria Crawfordsville Danville Champaign Dayton Springfield Columbus Ohio with multiple times and ticket office locations at Washington Street Massachusetts Avenue and Union Station.
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