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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1900
Page
6
The Belgian hare wins rapid favor by thriving in small urban spaces and delivering superior meat quality. Prolific breeders can yield about six to twelve kits per litter and fifty per year per doe, with Los Angeles leading adoption and capital investment. The enterprise suits women workers and promises nationwide spread for the breed.
Nikola Tesla receives a patent for an insulation method that traps cold air or ice around or through a wire to prevent electricity from escaping. The inventor asserts the ice coating resists strong currents while costing almost nothing and could enable long distance underground power transmission.
Via The Lake Erie and Western Railroad timetable announces departures from Indianapolis at 6:00 a.m. and return from Michigan City at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 23, 1900.
Captain Matthew Karne Carey and Captain Joseph Oates arrive in New York amid Boer War note. Oates recalls loss of his son at the front, Kruger’s defiance, and predicts thousands of burghers may seek U S asylum and citizenship. Botha and De Wet reportedly lead about 10 000 men remaining and vow to fight to the end.
Indianapolis the markets show dried beef hams bacon lard and pickled meats with dozens of prices. Fresh pork loins, New potatoes green beans and cabbage appear alongside nuts canned goods teas and spices. Fish game seeds hides leather tallow oats flour and feed are listed with varied per unit and per case prices.
Prices listed for hominy feed meal to lard oil and linseed including per ton and per gallon rates. Cheeses vary by origin and type with domestic and foreign options. Eggs butter live poultry coal drugs and chemicals priced with shippers paying rates and retail figures.
Time card details list trams marked Dally P Parlor car C Chair car D Dining car and exclusions Sundays. Chicago Indianapolis Louisville Railway Monon offices 5 W Washington St Chicago night express schedules and arrivals with various connections to Cincinnati Tuscola and St Louis routes and passenger types.
A fragment listing ticket office contact at No 1 E Washington, routes and schedules for long distance lines including Cincinnati to Detroit and Cleveland to New York Boston services, with times for Benton Harbor St Louis lines and Wabash accommodations and limiteds.
Historic schedule fragment lists train services with origins Lafayette Columbus and Cincinnati. Entries mention Lafayette accommodation trains arriving 7:45 am and departing 5.45 pm, Chicago fast and night expresses, Cincinnati and Greensburg services, Peoria Bloomington Champaign accommodations, and Springfield Columbus line timings including Ohio special and Lynn accommodation with various morning and afternoon slots.
Schedules show ticket offices at Station and at Illinois and Washington streets with departure times to Baltimore Philadelphia Cincinnati Indianapolis Columbus Richmond and other routes. The list includes early morning trains and services to St Louis Vandalia lines and Western expresses with varying daily times.
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