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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1889
Page
3
A Woodville Texas family moved into a repaired house where a child bore bloody sleeve marks and a girl reported a bloodied hand on her shoulder. The haunt escalated with physical disturbances, levitating fear, a severed hand writing on the porch and threats, ending when the house burned to the ground.
Two youngest daughters of the prince of Wales write for magazines. Mise Frith, daughter of Rog Elinh, writes for American papers as Walter Powell. Miss Anna Johnston, nineteen, swam 3 minutes 10 seconds at a summer resort, beating the amateur record. Dublin Ga Mrs G M Howard baked the family cat by mistake after kitchen mishap. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad closes.
The column notes players moving between teams as the season nears end. Cincinnati, Columbus, and Boston figures appear with signings and disputes. Umpire Curry faces critique while Wikoff is labeled a figurehead. Miscellany items cover battles, crafts, and oddities from around the world including Tokyo tattooing, London bootblacks, and Paris bacon shipments.
The article notes Prince Albert Victor will begin housekeeping in the St James Palace apartments vacated by the late Duchess of Cambridge after a forty year occupancy. The rooms are being redecorated for his arrival. The czar is described with a new protected traveling train whose carriages are concealed and insulated. Queen Victoria enjoyed Welsh music in Wales with eight harpers at a banquet. Monte Cristo island is bought by Marquis Carlo Ginari of Florence who plans a palace to uphold its legendary legacy. A cyclorama place advertises long experience in eye and ear treatments and related disorders.
Prohibition meetings are scheduled at multiple venues this week led by Capt. E. F. Ritter and other speakers. The series includes gatherings at engine house near Massachusetts avenue and Ash street, Virginia avenue corner, Malott avenue, and the fountain end of Virginia avenue with further remarks by Louis Schade and other advocates. The Sun is urged as a source of further information.
A collage of opinions on liquor laws and reform efforts across cities. Statements praise high licenses as failing in Chicago, Des Moines touts saloon suppression, and political parties are described as aligned with liquor interests. Advertisements for tailoring and infant soothing remedy follow, reflecting varied newspaper content.
Daily testimonials tout Gun Wa Chinese Herb Remedies with claims of curing kidney trouble and other ailments. A South Bend reader credits management, describes travels to Boston and Massachusetts Hospital, and endorses private consultations at 25 West Washington Street Indianapolis. Calls for mailed literature and assures cures are guaranteed.
Fragmented timetable items show divisions for Cincinnati Chicago Cleveland and St Louis with various departure and arrival times. Includes routes to N Y Boston Detroit Ft Wayne and markets with partial notes and inconsistent punctuation. Chief names appear as H. Mannrin D.
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