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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1894
Page
2
The Sun Daily lists delivery, subscription and advertising information. It notes office contact for rates and communications, and asks readers to report delivery issues. The text reflects a historical newspaper masthead with instructions for agents and subscribers.
A controversial defense of city or independent school board control argues the present system breeds politics and corruption. Advocates for mayor-appointed three member boards cite past deals and public-robbing loans to support reform while cautioning against partisan interference.
A garbled yet dense Indiana page reports multiple tragedies and crimes. Notable items include three tramps killed in a Lebanon freight wreck, prominent vet Falix Shumate of Lebanon, smallpox outbreaks in New Carlisle and St Joseph County, and various assaults, burglaries, drownings, and indictments across Adams, Elkhart, Wabash, and surrounding counties. Also noted are accidental deaths, divorces, and a poisonous case prompting a grand jury indictment for wife murder.
In a refined grand opening notice the Alcazar at 40 West Broadway invites the public. The store offers cigars tobaccos and smoker articles a modern fountain for hot and cold beverages mineral waters a dept store with plants mowers bouquets designs and a fully equipped barber shop run by Chas F P Meyer and Son inviting customers to visit their new branch.
The report touches on a sinking town in Low Creek Pz with fatalities from mol ten mata in the Carangle works at Mitte burg, Italy discusses a Japanage treaty granting privileges. Mentions a Texas Pacific train robbery in Fort Worth and a surrender. Embezzlement cases loom as a Sioux City grand jury indicts officials. Stockholm marks a Swedish anniversary with pomp. A Chicago ex-policeman Forgie faces family issues and a man elopes from Chicago. A potential duel involving Georgia lawmakers is noted. The ad for Washington area shops and a popular old nurse tonic for children closes the digest.
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