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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1891

Page

3

Punkinridge Dance At A Log Cabin Hoedown

A traveler visits a remote Alabama foothill settlement and attends a rustic birthday gathering and a lively hoedown. Fiddler, Buck Johnson, and Sal feature in a vivid, comic scene of log cabin hospitality with homegrown tobacco, potato meals, and dancing in a crowded room.

Blue Ridges Alabama Smoky Hills Salter Mandy Sal Dink Carter Buck Johnson Liz Xiveryons Jim Skinner Charley Cynthia Greenbow Shaggy Lucy John Gwine Chawin Lucy Hinton Shell Jaxda Punkinridge Cleveland Plain Dealer

Lawyer Tries Tricks in Horse Theft Trial and Clock Quip

A Philadelphia Times report recalls a country court case where a defendant faced a skeptical jury. The defense attorney pressed a farmer witness with repeated questions about the exact time a horse was seen passing, only to be trumped by the witness noting his clock is unreliable and has run 19 minutes past 10 for six months. The page also contains verse, notes on Michigan women professors, a piracy of Emerson anecdote, and several domestic recipes and quips.

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Searles will case waves on in Salem Massachusetts

A string of brief items reports happenings from various places including Salem Massachusetts where the Searles will case advances, Healdsburg California experiencing a strong earthquake shock, Utah commissioners noting polygamy fading, and other crime and political notes across cities.

Searles Salem Mass Healdsburg Cal Utah S. T. Myer & Co New York Mexico Boston McKinley Ottumwa Coal Palace Saratoga Andalusia Ala Peter Jackson Morehouse Missouri Marysville Oscar Guntleman Chicago William Lewis John Moore Mageia Sella

Endowment for Indianapolis Woman Boosts Sister Claim

The Chicago Tribune reports Mrs. John Winston of Indianapolis has received an endowment granting her untestable advantages over her sister. The article touts Reid's German Rough and Kidney Cure as a powerful, safe remedy with immediate healing claims, free from opium, and advertised by Sylvan Remedy Co. Proita Tul.

Reduced Rates on Pennsylvania Lines Excursion Tickets

Excur sion tickets at reduced round trip rates will be sold from major Pennsylvania Lines stations west of Pittsburgh to destinations in the West Northwest and Southwest. Tickets good returning for thirty days from sale date. Apply to nearest Pennsylvania Lines agent. Frank H. Smith printer. Remember Hotel English. Ladies Rest and beauty services listed. Dental parlor notices follow.

Don’t Bronson G. P. Agant R. L. By Indianapolis Oscar G Murray D. B Martin G. P&t. A. Cincinnat Pennsylvania Pittsburgh

Gas Service Interference Prohibited Act Enacted

The act prohibits any person or entity from connecting or reconnecting gas lines or altering service valves without a written permit from the gas company. It also forbids enlarging mixer orifice and using gas for heating without mixers. Violations carry a fine between five and one hundred dollars upon conviction.

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