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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1893
Page
4
A busy Indiana page features a farmer who saved a train, a court suit over telegraph fails to deliver, multiple arrests and evasions, a train conductor killed by a fall, and numerous local incidents. Reports cover fires, celebrity weddings, pension rolls, and upcoming events, with attention to politics, crime, and community life across counties like Greencastle, Brazil, Marion, Noblesville, and Tipton.
The release of Vickery by the Phillies, leading players like Twitchell and Keefe in current form, and recent scores show a busy baseball week. Baltimore and St. Louis swap league standings while concerns like yellow fever and finances press southern clubs. Sullivan and Corbett plan a three round charity bout at Coney Island as Chicago finances hinge on home games. Regatta winners at Lake Geneva reward Iowa and Chicago Navy crews, with Derby and track results across Monmouth and Belmont parks.
The Circle House Barber Shop was robbed Wednesday night of several razors. Eliza J. Peters sues to compel her husband John Williams Peters to support her. Ezra Hamilton, former deputy sheriff, returns from Chicago seeking the person who started the report he had skipped. The German American Democratic club met Thursday night pledged support for the city democratic ticket and urged appointing F. J. Rheinhard to the county bench. The state suit against Pennsylvania railway company filed in the supreme court concerns the legality of the railroad blackboard act and its required train announcements at stations.
Forecast for Indiana covers 30 hours ending 8 PM on August 19. Expect fair weather with temperatures nearly stationary and no significant changes in conditions.
Vandalia Line announces excursion tickets to the West and Southwest at one fare plus 2.00 for the round trip valid twenty days for return. Tickets sold September 1st and October 1st and details available from local ticket agents or W I Brunner 4 P A Indianapolis.
Big Four Route offers harvest and home seekers excursions at $1008 to all points west and southwest authorized by Western Passenger Association. Tickets go on sale August 22 September 12 and October 16 for train times and rates. For details call Biz offices 1 E. Washington Street 36 Jackson Place and Union Station H. M. Bronson A. G. Platt.
Last week action camp meeting closes August 21 1898 with special trains daily from Indianapolis Union Station to Acton Park and return. Sunday schedule includes Francis Murphy Gospel Temperance League Jubilee Singers with times for morning and afternoon departures and arrivals.
At Curiaco on Aug 18 four Qackahl Indian braves endured a brutal torture dance on a float in the basin. The ordeal used flesh wounds and thongs as reins, ending with bloodshed and an enraged participant biting Interpreter Ford’s arm. Separately, London reports the Bank of England sent 814000 pounds in gold to the United States.
The article urges switching to lactated food when a baby shows signs of poor growth or weak blood in hot weather. It argues lactated food closely resembles maternal milk, supports rapid development, and is widely recommended by physicians while being affordable and widely available at drugstores.
A Sandusky couple credits lactated food with saving their baby Ruth and aiding a second child. They report the remedy stopped stomach troubles, led to a healthy growth, and express faith in its benefits. The article notes hundreds of testimonials praising the product across the state.
Friday’s inspector’s report lists wheat and corn car counts with bids. Prices shown include No 4 red bid at 60 and various white and mixed grain quotes, hay values, and rye. Local dealers report wagon rye at 48e and cerlota at 400, with overall quiet Copx-Quiet and mixed quality notes.
Markets by Telegraph shows opening and closing prices for wheat corn oats and pork with Sept and Dec futures. It lists Sept prices for wheat 61340 Dec 69 gc corn 389ic Dec 90ho oats 7 4c pork 1260 and 1265 in Sept and Oct terms. Close prices include wheat Sept 07x Dec 68 780 corn Sept 8834e Dec SoHo oats Sept 74c May 80c pork Sept g le30 Oct 1350 Jard Sept 341 Oct 8 00 hort Files Sept 7 60 Oct 747.
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