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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1893
Page
4
A jumble of local calamities and curiosities fills the page. Deaths from swallowing bones blood loss illnesses and accidents mix with fires riots robberies and court news. Pensions and settlements appear alongside jokes about elephants and street incidents.
A Women’s Sanitary Association committee attended the Monday Board of Public Health meeting. The board accepted the resignation of Dr. C. E. Ferguson as superintendent and appointed Dr. E. D. Moffett to the post. The resignation of Dr. Rudyagan Interne was accepted. Wr. Ready faced suspension and Swag declined a spleme. Health officer Travis, previously charged, was reinstated with reprimand.
A steam peanut roaster at 67 S. Illinois street owned by J. Frazee & Co. exploded shortly before 4 PM, shattering the storefront and injuring Irazee, D. J. Sullivan, and Foran, with glass wounds also to Schofield, a traveler, and others. The blast sent the device through plate glass, knocked bystanders, and damaged nearby windows.
Harry Taylor will catch for Cornell this season amid other boxing notes. Frank P. Slavin has not yet agreed to a $5,000 purse fight with Jim Hall. England’s light-weight champion Stanton Abbott challenges Jack McAuliffe, while Son of a Gun eyes the metropolitan stakes in England. Two Coney Island fights: Johnny Van Heest vs Danny Russell for $1,000, Van Heest winning in round three. Tom Williams vs Billy Smith for $5,000, Smith scoring a knock-out. Smith may challenge Jack Dempsey. A grieco-Roman wrestling match in Indianapolis saw Bert Scheller defeat Thomas McInerney after three bouts, with disputed foul claims. Scheller then issued a Catch-as-Catch-can challenge to McInerney and to Jack Callahan for future bouts.
W H L Nott of Indianapolis says rupture afflictions can be cured in three weeks to ninety days without knives or blood loss. He has focused his nine year practice on hernia, treating patients from children to eighty years old. Address Dek Nott Huptrue Cure Co 507 W Washington St Indianapolis.
The city council and board of public works clashed over a proposed five thousand dollar transfer from the improvement fund to the garbage fund amid a tense meeting. Councils members criticized a statement by Mr Defrees while a separate loan ordinance faced amendments and delays. The session also approved nurses’ salaries and allocated funds for ambulance service and a typewriter. Theosophist Claude E Wright spoke at the state house about core principles, and a reader notes the next meeting at Dr Hunt's office. A Monon Vandalia rail station at Greencastle junction burned early Tuesday causing insured losses.
A detailed market column from Indianapolis dated April 18, 1888 covers cattle trading with light numbers for Tuesday and fluctuating prices. It notes shipments, steers, heifers, and cows with bids and ranges for fair to good shipping stock, plus a New York style grain market with wheat, corn, oats, and hay prices and bids. Also mentions market activity for hogs, lambs, and veal. Final line plugs Hood's Sarsaparilla in promotional style.
In a brief local notice, Cleopatra and Mark Antony are said to have left the city aboard the C., FH. & B. They reportedly took a dozen bottles of Columbia Beer from the Teme Brewing Company, a favorite during their stay. The note mentions taps across the city and a contact phone line.
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