Indiana News Bits Hint at Prohibition and Local Happenings
A compilation of Indiana items notes deaths from abortion attempts and old physicians, fairs planned across counties, gas and fair hopes, and reunions. Incidents include the Hammond crane tale, injuries from a Centerville train, a fatal buggy crash near Rushville, and Seymour train accident with a man killed while stealing a ride. Dozens of towns feature robberies, fires, and local politics, with society notices and labor day arrangements shaping the season.
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Worthington
Hammond
Fort Wayne
Marion County
Bloomington
Madison County
Anderson
Lake County
Huntington
John Barrett
Madison
Frankfort
Goshen
Vincennes
Green Alton
Monroe City
May de
Peru
Bell
Warsaw
George Sommers
Chicago
Hammond Echo
America
Maggie Moulton
Centerville
Evansville
Valparaiso
Andrew Pierce
Hans Martin
Standard L. & A. Ins. Co
Otto
Marion
Humane Society
John R. Lyons
Upland
Nathaniel Field
Indiana
Jeffersonville
Kentucky
White
Lafayette
Sanford
Seymour
John Brown
John Cummins
Hunterman
Bagle Lake
Eagle Lake
South Bend
Collins Hackney
Qwistake
Henry Shearer
Brazil
Board of Physicians
Matilda A. Shuler
Clay County
James Wright
Rushville
Wright
BASE BALL NOTES Hurling, crowds, and early season chatter
Baseball items note Healy's slovenly Tuesday pitching and twenty one total bases on fourteen hits. Boston struggles with form while Washington optimistic over Hoy and Sam Thompson’s future. Anson praises Billy Sunday, with moves noted for Pittsburg and New York clubs. Local politics, gas contracts, and a habeas corpus ruling also appear amid market lists and daily commerce details.
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Healy
Washington
Hoy
Hines
Boston
Phillies
Pittsburgs
Sam Thompson
New Yorks
Detroit
Senators
Nash
Denny
Bostonian
Spence
Kelly
Buck Ewing
New York
Anson
Billy
Marshaltown
Iowa
Nevada
Billy Sunday
Pittsburg
Excur sion to Cincinnati by Mannerchor and Turnverein
Indiana weather forecast notes fair and warmer. Cincinnati excursion Sept 1 2 by Mannerchor and Independent Turnverein with Big Four round trip 2.50. Tickets valid on all trains Sept 1, fast train Sept 2 7:30 am from Indianapolis, return by Sept 6. Attractions Cincinnati exposition Fall of Babylon parade German Catholics. tickets via Mannerchor Turnverein Biz Four ticket office and Union Depot.
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Cincinnati
Mannerchor
Turnsverein
Big Four
Indianapolis
Bloomington
Peoria
Missouri River
Danvile
Chicago
Springfield
Columbus
Ohio
Urbana
Bellefontaine
Kenton
Tiffin
Sandusky
Indianapolis Union Depot
St Py
George Butler
Genl
Agt
South Sinois St
Tnion Depot
Market Report Notes Steady Groceries and Overstocked Peaches
The report shows groceries remaining steady while drugs stay unchanged. Produce is nearly stationary due to heavy peach overstock being cleared, watermelons seeing low demand from cool weather and selling at nearly any price.
Wheat, corn, oats bid prices and market notes
Inspector's report lists bids on wheat, corn, oats, and hay with prices for No 2 red wheat at 90 to 91 cents and corn around 46 to 48 cents per bushel. Oats and rye show firming trends, bran and hay mixed with steady demand. overall market rising for wheat, steady for corn, quiet for hay. Indiana hogs receipts and cattle, sheep shipments noted as steady.
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California
Selmun & Krags
N. Y
New York
Americas
Limburg
Eees
Oes Concord
Alaska
Tn Wheat
U. S
Indianapolis
Telegraph Markets and notices from Chicago and New York
Telegraph Markets includes opening and close prices for Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard Short Ribs and Sept Oct dates with discrepancies and bid notes. Also reports New York prices for Sept Wheat Corn Oats with bids. Includes entries about race stand privileges at State Fair and travel rates via T B & W route. Funeral notice for Mrs Chas S Devore and several small classified ads for rooms rent and employment.
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Chicago
New York
Description of Niece’s Dress Stirs Family Gossip
An old farmer returning from his niece’s wedding in a distant city is quizzed about the bride’s gown. He offers a humorous, vague description mentioning flub-drubbery, a back ornament, a trailing tail, flip-flop flounces, and a white floppy headpiece. The piece closes with an ad pitch for men’s and boys’ clothing bargains, urging readers to see the offerings in hats, underwear, and outerwear cut down.
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Indianapolis National Bank
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