Wakarusa Sun Publishes Weekly Notice in Indiana
The Wakarusa Sun printed weekly issues in Wakarusa Indiana under 5 H Brubaker as proprietor. OCR shows garbled lines but indicates standard local newspaper format and ownership.
21 Dec 1876
Page 1
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Newspaper
Wakarusa Weekly Sun
Location
Wakarusa, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1876
Page
1
The Wakarusa Sun printed weekly issues in Wakarusa Indiana under 5 H Brubaker as proprietor. OCR shows garbled lines but indicates standard local newspaper format and ownership.
Edgar Allan Poe recounts Prince Prospero's secluded revel amid a plague called the Red Death. A masked ball unfolds across seven color themed rooms lit by tetched firepods and a ominous ebony clock. A spectral intruder in blood splatter costume enters, leading to fatal confrontations and the revelers’ demise.
A reader urges Chicago readers to rethink dog confinement and watering practices as potential causes of hydrophobia. The letter argues dogs suffer in chained or dark spaces, cites New York Bergh fountains as a model, and appeals to the Humane Society to improve public provisions for dogs to prevent rabies.
Instructions describe crafting scented cases from two large nuts or walnuts, using heated pins to bore holes, sealing with shellac, and attaching bright silk bags. Each shell becomes a small decorative container with a ribbon drawstring and tiny bows, filled with a fragrant material.
A string of short humorous items and oddities from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper page. Jests on prison bail, family names, proverbs, etiquette, clergy, and social scenes appear, with quips about Parliament and literary references.
Create a paper parasol by shaping six circles into a closed form. Use a pencil tip to pierce the centers, then fold and crease around the handle to form a decorative parasol. Small, simple project with basic materials, rewarding for makers.
A method to separate cotton from wool involves burning tests and microscopic examination. Cotton burns with a flash while wool curls, carbonizes, and smells. under magnification cotton fibers appear flattened and hairlike, whereas wool shows zigzag cross markings and fine twisted filaments. A chemical test with nitric acid turns wool yellow due to picrate formation.
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