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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1893
Page
3
An artsy fragment from a Ladies Home Journal excerpt evokes a resting city, hush over Bath, and weary children in sleep. Somber imagery describes lamps, sleep, and a cross embraced in divine arms as the town finds repose.
Greenville buzzed as Judge Brewster, a wealthy widower, marries Sophronia Cummins after years of rumor and covert meetings. Mrs. Tubbs spread gossip, but Brewster defended the engagement and the couple left for a bridal tour.
Practical advice on using a pillow for writing in a Pullman car to keep material smooth. Also guidance to keep food warm and moist by using a covered dish set in hot water on the stove back, avoiding oven drying.
Select small clusters of grapes, rinse to remove insects, drain well. For ten pounds grapes, simmer a vinegar spice syrup with cinnamon cloves mace ginger and sugar, boil ten minutes, pour over hot fruit, seal with plate and weight under cover.
A collection of social quips on fashion and behavior, noting green stockings, jeweled nets, velvet sleeves, and daring girdles. Includes wry remarks on women’s religion, dress, and marriage rituals with references to period publications and a Hungarian wedding custom from Selected.
A collection of bygone witticisms from varied papers. Observations range from fashion and fruit pies to aging and social life. Celebrity and domestic anecdotes appear with brisk, period tone and local flavor.
A collage of 19th century clippings includes an eastern druggist ad touting fake dentures in various shades, a New York doctors quip about medical mishaps, a North Carolina slave story resurfacing with a fortune claim, references to Thackeray and other writers, and a fashion note describing skirt linings using cheesecloth and wigan with pink silk ruffs. The items illustrate period-era concerns from health and humor to dress details and literary commentary.
Rumor says Van Alen declined Rome ministry while Alderman Geo Roberts Tyler becomes lord mayor of London. Louisville strikers vote to return to work. Ex Senator Machen dies in Hopkinsville insane asylum. Forged Bank of England notes circulating from Chicago. Sheriff Fuller chases Mary Harvel case with bloodhounds. Pittsburg and Western cashier Shannon arrested in Jersey City for $3000 deficit. Union Mill to start with union help in Cleveland. Perry Utah and Texas Jack Dalton gang fatalities. Iva Warman case ends with death and suicide. Cherokee strip dispute turns violence, Surveyors killed. Steamer Carter blocked from landing at Rio. quarantined off Sardinia after 144 deaths.
An early 20th century advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla relieves nervous fatigue headaches and general weakness. The copy asserts Hood's Pills are easy to take and effective for restoring nerve and bodily strength.
A fragmentary humorous exchange shows a frightened girl asking a doctor for help while a mother jokes about conscience. A boy questions a chump and references education and a comic mispronunciation, reflecting playful rural dialogue from Texas Siltings.
A Pittsburg Dispatch reflection condemns the casual urge to ask pointed questions. It argues no one has a right to demand information unless interests closely intersect with the inquirer. The piece warns that leading questions, not genuine curiosity, drive such behavior.
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