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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1893
Page
3
A Bosidn Transcript recounts a convoluted fragment titled A Bong of September. The text mentions killing flies and a refrain about a lord of the flies with a ominous, ritual cadence. The piece appears to be an archaic or garbled transcribed verse.
A lonely bachelor recounts peering into a neighbor's life from a conservatory, imagining a wife, and sending books, roses, and notes to Lizzie, who reads them and believes a mysterious admirer watches her. The tale traces their exchanged letters and imagined identities as curiosity grows.
A fragment from London Lid-Bits reveals a man confessing deep affection and proposing marriage to a woman. He offers to prove a respectable position and asks her to send a bus to the station for a yes or no reply. He recalls meeting, and notes her teasing remark about shame, yet remains hopeful.
An homage to mothers as time scatters snow on their brows yet love remains. The Bugle Call quotes a tribute to the dear old mother who comforts and blesses her children, urging reverent care in aging and devotion. Her enduring, selfless care is celebrated as universal and sacred.
Instructions for peach desserts include making a thick lemon sugar syrup and chilling it, preparing fruit, assembling in a serving dish with syrup, and chilling. A jelly method uses gelatin lemon hot water sugar and lemon rind, with peaches arranged around a pudding mold and served chilled with custard or whipped cream.
A late material blend of Holland and black satin leads trends in dress. New creas white cloth jackets dubbed the Walalie coat appear for callers and theater wear. Light gloves with black stitching and veils with white dots rise in demand as velvet returns for autumn and winter, paired with wool and silk.
A Chicago Record item notes odd yet practical uses for small devices. They cut, corkscrew, pin veils, and serve as harps in a pinch. Readers praise their knack for untangling shoestrings and securing desk or truck keys with ingenuity and patience.
The passage lists ex Vice-president Morton as a clerk, Carnegie as a messenger boy, and Bret Harte as a versatile figure who worked as a miner, school master, express messenger, printer, and newspaper editor. It notes his humorous poem The Heathen Chinee propelled him to fame.
A traditional patent medicine pitch claims a torpid liver and impure blood invite illness and promotes Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as the best appetizing tonic. It asserts the remedy restores liver action enriches blood braces the system and cures many diseases with a money back guarantee. It mentions Sage's Catarrh Remedy offering 100 reward for incurable cases.
The News reports 21 000 Jews in Liberia ordered to leave, Gladstone’s push at Black Craig, and Father Dunne named bishop of Dallas. Other items include a violent arrest in Oklahoma, Kentucky’s racial segregation battle, missing funds from Kincaid banks, and Chicago fire injuries. Additional notes cover payroll boosts, a Carlyle man beaten, Whitecaps’ alleged assault, a suit against President Benny, counterfeit busts in Livingston, a train accident in Olean, and factory strikes in Minneapolis. Also referenced are gambler violence, a London bond issue for Chicago breweries, and Hood’s Sarsaparilla praise.
Markets on Monday September 27 show firm prices for provisions with Indiana smoked meats at 18c per lb and California varieties at 9c. The list covers dried beef hams, bacon, sausage, lard, fresh pork, dry salt meats, canned fruits, vegetables, flour, and livestock prices, naming firms Morgan & Gray and Wise Empire among others, and noting abundant yields from Maryland and Indiana regions.
Trains depart and arrive at Union Station on Sunday after September 24 1892 . Schedule reference for travel from South Milnois Street.
A jumble of train times shows services to Kankakee Chicago Lafayette Louisville Lawrenceburg Cincinnati Shelbyville Greensburg Cleveland Buffalo Albany Anderson Muncie Elkhart Benton Harbor Marion Wabash St Louis Greencast Terre Haute Mattoon Lonacon Pekin Peoria Crawfordsville Danville Champlion Spain Dayton Springfield Columbus Daily ticket offices listed at Washington Street Jackson Place Massachusetts Avenue and Valoa Station.
The file notes sections two and five of an 1861 Indiana General Assembly Act approved March 9 1861. It records the act's numbered provisions and their formal authorization by the state legislature.
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