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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1893
Page
3
In a sunlit coastal scene, Bob and Madge reunite after years apart on a beach. She recalls travels and youth while he probes a quiet truth as a past infidelity surfaces with awkward humor among familiar faces. The tone hints at nostalgia and unintended revelations.
A couple on a European wedding tour befriends a photographer habit. Back home Blank converts to a photography lab, and a mishap with Anthony’s quick drying varnish labeled liniment leads Mrs Blink to apply it on her face. Chloroform in the bottle caused a near fatal scene, but the men intervene, benzine and gasoline fail, alcohol dissolves the glaze, and laughter follows amid tense aftermath.
A simple earthen dish layered with thin potato slices, flour, butter, chopped onions, salt and pepper creates a rich bake. Milk suffices to nearly cover, then the dish bakes two hours in a hot oven, yielding a tempting, comforting dish.
Apple butter boilings fashionably noted with chrysanthemums on lapels and toques as key autumn hat feature. New fall shades include hussar blue peach lettuce green and pale gooseberry. Hats show contrasted brims and color lined straw. skirts slope outward and fit tightly at hips with side buttoning. Garibaldi coats and black tulle gowns with white chenille dots or duchesse lace borders are highlighted.
A collection of light childhood exchanges and jests. Little Miss announces a birthday party while family quirks and sibling neglect appear in a playful tone. Other bits include a boy’s mountain and valley brag, and a child’s wish for hash at dinnertime.
A Pierrot minstrel in Shanklin avoids a song as two wasps swarm him and one stings his throat. English reports say a worsening wasp plague spreads through Essex with bands of men destroying nests. At Great Baddow seven gardeners felled over 300 nests, Maldon residents cut 32 nests, and Rev. H. Carlisle removed 11 near his home. Osea island swarms threaten picnics along the Blackwater.
London readers learn of a legal quirk that tradesmen face when selling marked articles from windows. The piece notes a new term clerkess entering papers, and contrasts consent rules for photographed portraits versus unconsented sales. It highlights London’s vast appetite for food and milk consumption figures.
Use only ripe peaches and weigh after peeling. For every ten pounds of fruit mix a quart of vinegar, four and a half pounds of sugar, and spices such as mace cloves and cinnamon. Macerate peaches in sugar then boil syrup, add peaches five minutes, cool, jar, and cover to protect.
Trig notes a pail of water with hay placed in a smoking ravine will absorb tobacco odor. He also describes a paper hanger paste recipe: four pounds fine flour mixed with cold water, two ounces alum dissolved in a gallon boiling water, cooled and thinned with more water for use.
The report lists several events including the failure of the D. D. Merrill school book house in St Paul, five new yellow fever cases in Brunswick Georgia, the death of Louis Lange a prominent St Louis German journalist, plans by colored people to form a Liberty town in the Cherokee Strip, a Dublin lord mayor visiting Chicago receiving the freedom of the city, the gunboat Newark sailing for Rio to protect U S interests, Nicholas Black of Louisville hanging himself after his child’s death, Thomas Wynne dying after a restaurant dispute in Pittsburgh, arrests over an explosion at a sailors’ boarding house in Frisco, an assault on Chas Bernard, and the kidnapping of Henry Clayton by Chas Gorman and James Golden in St Louis.
A Kansas weekly mocks advice and luck with aphorisms on advice, luck at a table, and buried treasures. It notes good resolutions hidden away, an apple of the eye joke, and a playful plea to bring a chicken to secure three months of paper.
A congressman riding toward the capitol had his hat blown off by wind. A nimble-footed colored citizen recovered it and returned it, calling it the boss's speaking tube. The anecdote is noted in Washington News with a light tone.
Markets firm with advance on meats and dried goods. Indiana and California pork and hams priced per pound. bacon, lard, and dry salt meats listed with varied weights. Fresh pork, sausage, canned vegetables, and a wide array of produce including potatoes, lemons, apples, and grapes show regional pricing. Also listed are flour, grains, dairy, and beverages with per barrel and per ton rates, reflecting a broad grocery market snapshot.
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