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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1891
Page
4
A wide array of local items fill this page from Fort Wayne to Crawfordsville. Reports detail forest fires near Fort Wayne with multiple residents injured and property burned, a Delphi lawyer said dead, and Tipton planning a large church dedication. Other notes include drowning, train incidents, school and factory updates, and political events across Indiana communities.
Mary A Snyder is declared insane. The Union Railway ends the tunnel policeman post at the Illinois street culvert. I S Wade arrives to prepare for the 88th lodge session on Oct 14 and 15. A fire at S Alabama street prompts police action. Obituaries report Jennie McCarty of 452 East Georgia Street, wife of W N McCarty, with services held at St Patrick's. The old Commercial club building is torn down for a new facility. The Monument Commission discusses a $10,000 elevator and the state agriculture board seeks rehearing on a prior court ruling. Insurance questions arise over John Thompson’s death in Ludlow Junction. Street width disputes on Sutherland Seventeenth Street remain unresolved. Local advertisements for excursions, watches, dental services, mineral springs, and groceries fill the page.
A dense OCR list details prices for linseed, lard oil, butter, eggs, beef, pork, poultry, grain and other commodities across Indianapolis and Chicago markets dated Aug 15, 1891. It cites shipper prices for butter and eggs, live poultry rates, flour and feed prices, hay and oats, and cattle hog and lamb quotations with notes on market steadiness and shipments.
The New York Store advertises 6000 yards of cotton dress goods and imitations of China silks at 15c per yard, on the bargain counter tonight. Two cases of ginghams at 8c per yard, special bargains in men’s furnishings and housekeeping goods, and a Japanese Bazaar visitor invitation.
The store clears stock of men’s undergarments hosiery and related items to make room for fall and winter inventory. Offers include Children's ribbed black hose at 15 cents a pair, Jersey bibbed vests at reduced prices, Ladies fast black hose at 7 cents, ladies handkerchiefs 8 for 10 cents, and men’s Balbriggan shirts and drawers at 45 cents per garment from next week.
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