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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1892
Page
4
City notes reveal varied items from Jonesboro to Fort Wayne inclining toward growth and incidents. Reports mention new electric cars for Fort Wayne, arson rewards in Hamilton County, a baby McKee tree planting in Crawfordsville, and arrests in Aurora while noting deaths and divorces in several towns.
Manager Harrington trains team in new uniforms for a spring season opening on April 16 at the ball park. Players report after Thursday and Friday greetings, with box seats 75 cents and grandstand free for ladies. Heagle named captain. Hl. Gilbert, Milwaukee president, faces financial troubles amid a failed American Association franchise bid.
Ellis Hunter and Bert McNealy first to ride the century 106 miles from the Zigzag clubhouse to Cambridge City and back in under 16 hours. A. E. Winters and Frank Hinsdale followed the route in about 12 hours, while bicycle thefts increase as riders report wheels vanished and later returned. The club plans a new nonfixed bike track and considers a ladies auxiliary as the Zigzags prepare for a Ripple road ride.
A brisk April morning on Washington Street shows Tommy the switch boy teasing Policeman Corrigan. Tommy bets 15 cents he can name how Corrigan wears a celluloid collar, then mistakes the officer’s neckwear while a dust wind rips along the curb.
The Washington team is home again. Talcott may push Kelly to sign with New York. Choynski and Ed Smith, Denver, duel four rounds in Philadelphia on April 9. Pitch ey Van Zant may get conditional release from New York. Ives time in billiards debated. Dan Richardson in New York seeks a club contract, refuses Senators. Come-to-law trains at Louisville a six furlongs in 1:19 to 1:20 daily. Cleveland tops Chicago 11 9 in 42 innings at Hot Springs. Monmouth park plans races July 4 to Aug 25. Turf men suspect a mystery around Tennys condition to beat them as in two years ago. Gen Lew Wallace to Minneapolis convention as Eighth district delegate. West Indianapolis Republicans nominate French for clerk, Thompson treasurer, Malcolm marshal. Democrats nominate French clerk, Miller treasurer, Helrich marshal.
A Sunday afternoon lecture on temperance by Luther Benson is announced for Tomlinson Hall at 3 oclock. The item also notes a broad weather outlook from Wappenhans about Friday nights storm affecting Dakota Nebraska and the upper Midwest with rain and potential shipwrecks on Lake Superior.
A vintage advertisement extols Johann Hoff's Malt Extract for appetite loss digestion weakness and convalescence. It warns buyers to seek the genuine product bearing Johann Hoff’s signature on the neck of each bottle sold by Eiener & Mendelson Co agents in New York and linked to mineral waters distribution. The page also includes a long 1892 Indiana stock market and grain market section with cattle prices sheep sales and Chicago and Pittsburgh market notes.
An article extols cure of cataracts by Dr. A. B. Barker of Cincinnati now in the city. It notes cataracts progress without pain, require expert treatment or surgery, and warns against delay. The piece invites free consultation, lists office hours, and emphasizes affordable terms and lens fitting.
The Bakers union meets at Mozart hall while the Carpenters union meets at 157 Haughville and 2745 S Delaware. The Slackbarrel coopers meet at 92 E Washington. The Amalgamated Iron Workers meet at 338 Illinois and Labor Lecture by Dr E A Ross at the Propyleum speaks on The state in labor reform. He endorses arbitration and factory protection.
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