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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1894
Page
3
Poem recalls rare moments of hope and faith as sun breaks through doubt. A speaker finds solace in friendship and love, imagining paradise glimpsed from hills of devotion. The verse frames joy as a golden, pure reward beyond worldly cares.
Martin Daleford returns from six years in California to find Dolly Markham changed by city life and wedlock prospects to Mr. Wellington. Miriam Allington implores Dolly to value true affection over social climbing, while Daleford confronts a broken engagement as the couple’s future unfolds amid small-town gossip and marriage plans.
Octavius discovers Daleford and Wellington are the same man, a wealthy partner in Saxon & Co. Miriam hosts the reunion at Westerfield street. Dolly learns of her poor judgment as Dolly’s pride and romance collide with class and money in a costly misstep.
The piece describes fall fashion for men including shirts in madras cheviot and percale with various collars and accessories. It also notes suits in fancy fabrics and vicuna coats. A separate item reports a Brussels woman's mania for kissing men and her arrest by an officer.
Edward J. Rush of Harrison County Indiana writes that at eight he suffered hip joint disease for a year. Physicians told him to wait patiently but his father obtained Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery which restored his health and he believes it saved his life.
An advertisement claims the tonic cures scrofula and hip joint disease by purifying the blood. It asserts Dr Jerce’s preparation has cured thousands of scrofula cases and treats skin diseases and sores as the only guaranteed blood purifier.
The Sun lists complete sets of World’s Fair Portfolios available to regular subscribers at no extra charge. Present three coupon for pack numbers to receive the portfolios, with week one as the delivery window.
The News recounts a string of scattered incidents including labor unrest in Boston, political nominating events in Cleveland, suicides in New York and Louisville, shipboard perils and maritime disasters near Eau Claire and St Clair county, a fatal duel in Gatesville, and a daring bank hostage scenario in Fort Scott.
An advertisement urges readers not to overlook Home Brewing Company's Columbia and Home Brew malt products noted as the best in the city. Readers are invited to order via telephone 1060.
Monday sales show markets steady with fluctuations in flour feed and drugs. Fruits and vegetables include Southern fruits Messina lemons bananas apples pears and peaches, while provisions list hams dried beef bacon sausage pickled meats and lard.
The New York Store hosts an exhibition of the Montana Silver Statue this evening to benefit charitable institutions. Music features Zumphe's Orchestra. Tomorrow morning an inauguration is planned.
Bright silver fills the scene at the sale with silver on a gold basis. A silver dollar buys as much as a gold dollar, yet any dollar doubles its value at the solid silver sale.
Solid Silver Values in Dress Goods with 42 inch toned Nattee cloths offered in fifteen color blends at 75 cents a yard. New wideware English cheviots shown in two toned and plain effects at 69 cents a yard. 50 inch smooth finish covert cloth in new coloring priced at 1.25 dollars a yard.
Cloaks and capes offered with varied lengths and trims. An 58 inch rapier jacket style in blue and black priced at five dollars. Plush 40 inch capes with suiting jet trim satin lining priced at 11.50. An electric seal cape 94 inches long with satin lining priced at 15.0.
A description of English school umbrellas offered at low prices. A natural wood stick umbrella priced at 35 cents, a twenty six inch gloria umbrella with various handles at 69 cents, and a fine gloria umbrella with horn handle at 98 cents.
Linen sale item lists 100 dozen 5¢ fine quality damask napkins in assorted patterns at 2.50 per dozen, with manufacturers’ short ends in cream and bleach damask available from 11g to 334 yard lengths at greatly reduced prices.
In the muslin underwear department muslin gowns are described as extra well made with good cotton nine inches long, plaited and trimmed for 9c. A fast black satin skirt trimmed with a ruffle is offered at 9c each, with a $1.25 value noted.
The article extols wisdom as the most precious trait surpassing brilliance. It notes a class of people who outpace others in rivalry, possess keen perception, and act on knowledge, exemplified by their rapid purchase of the portfolios Wild Flowers of America before prices rise. These buyers, across ages and genders, illustrate the practical power of wisdom.
Hundreds of readers credit kindness for spreading word about Wild Flowers of America portfolios. People clip coupons and mail them to friends, enabling others to obtain back numbers for a brief period.
Letters extol Wild Flowers of America by G. H. Buck & Co with praise from Amos J. Cummings W T Harris F H Knowlton and W Wilson. By August 1 two million two hundred forty thousand copies held by buyers. portfolios Nos 1 to 8 offered for 1.20.
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