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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1892
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text presents a quirky piece by Carl Smith with garbled dialect. It references a winter scene with a roller, yeilding a dated atmosphere. Mentions weather, colors, and odd names, ending with a line about weekly boxes and moxes.
A tale follows the Granger family and their daughter Aggie who is deeply afraid of the dark. An old doctor argues against harsh remedies while the parents push heroic education, only to realize Aggie’s fear may be pre-natal and rooted beyond simple schooling. Nightlight trials, a fall, and a dawn revelation end the episode with Aggie finding strength.
A Detroit Free Press citation notes Mrs M L Rayne stating that those who possess the land require no candle for illumination, as the Lord God provides light. The remark frames land as a source of self sufficiency and guidance.
Forty young ladies from Columbus Ohio arrive in Washington as armed uniforms bearing the Mary Logan cadets name with a drum corps to attend the Grand Army encampment. An Austrian woman has built and endowed a home for mothers in law. A physician links tight garters to low mood and chilled extremities. A colored woman candidate is examined for a teaching post in Independence Missouri. A quip about why the Mississippi flows south and fashion notes on fabrics and velvets follow.
A coal bucket with an integrated sieve aids removing dust and saving unburnt fuel. Also includes breakfast fried potato method using day-old leftovers, plus a jellied peaches recipe with lemon and isinglass to create a layered mold.
A string of eccentric, era-laden observations cites poverty as a trigger for crime, pacifist gloves to ease conflict, China’s pole superstition, and a revived stockings craft via glass shoes. It notes England replacing bannet with straw hats and calls Whittier’s grave a target for souvenir seekers. George William Curtis quips start with stage fright.
In a domestic tableau Dorothy plans to run away and live with her parents. Walter asks if their father goes downtown to make money and requests a set of United States gold dollars, reflecting a small child’s view of wealth.
Indictments against Private Siams' torturers emerge from Pittsburg grand jury. Described oil town St Petersburg Pa wiped out by a Thursday fire. Three emigrants killed in a Sib ley Illinois freight wreck Thursday night. Delegates met in Baltimore to reorganize the iron hall with Somerby presiding. Lizzie Gongales Philadelphia actress accused man in Denver of conflict. Armed posses scour the country for Santa Fe wreckers at Osage City Kansas Thursday. Arthur Watson murdered his five year old sweetheart at Independence Wyoming Thursday. Walter and wife killed when struck by a train in Columbus Ohio Thursday. Chinese in New York protest Geary bill citing no vote. In Constantinople 2000 students arrested and shipped away. Government seeks relief in crowded schools. Robbers burn into the Lancaster hermit Lewis Reynolds home and seize three dollars after torturing him for his hidden money.
A collage of clipped aphorisms and social commentary notes from Victorian era figures. It discusses thrift and pawning, honesty and perception, fever illness and quotes on facial lines and aging, plus a London reference to a demolished kitchen and street scenes. It ends with musings on facial expressions and aging.
Dialogues from a busy Newark restaurant recount a moonlit remark about a God Torso place and a brave shore scene. A waiter mishears a diner's order as high bat while offering apple dumpling, reflecting light humor and local chatter in a fragmented clipping style.
Fragments describe a shop mix of goods and elicitations such as oysters telephone sales and remedies for gums and diarrhea. Mentions Aurora export, Winslow’s soothing remedy, Boots shoes, Caspar Heddearick garden, Washington street, wines and cattle at fair prices.
Friday market overview shows coffee higher lemons easing with various fruit and drug prices fluctuating. Meat, produce, and groceries display mixed values from Indiana bacon to California greens, with strong notes on dried beef ham, pineapples, apples, and Columbia River salmon. overall market activity remains brisk and price ranges wide.
A letter from Albert Hitzedpurger of North Indianapolis commends a rupture cure for his twelve year old son George. The ad promises no pain no knife no business interruption and no fee until cured with guaranteed results and price range from 75 to 95 dollars depending on injury extent.
Culver MD with 18 years experience offers hernia treatment guidance at his office near Union Depot. Office hours 9 to 12 and 2 to 5 daily, Sundays 2 to. Targeted for regulars and local residents seeking medical consultancy in Tadiasapolis.
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