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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1893
Page
4
A string of scattered Indiana items reports a minor earthquake in the south and a mix of local events. Damages claimed at $5,000 over a glass factory incident. DePauw window glass works facing seizure. new banks and saloon labels appear in several towns. deaths, arsenes, lawsuits, and curiosities fill a wide slate from Richmond to Fort Wayne and beyond.
The literary club hosts a White tier evening Monday next while Calumet club plans its second annual Tomlinson hall reception on Jan 11. Mrs Eva Dicus holds an art reception at Propyleum Friday. Industrial school ladies seek clothing donations for girls ages 4 to 16. Mrs Noble C Butler hosted a tea for the Nash sisters of Omaha. G A R executive committee grants Fortune $5 000 for encampment work. May festival guarantors meet and aim to raise funds for next year. Herman Kruger injured in a street car crash at Michigan and New Jersey streets. New York store hosts holiday openings with an elegant electrical display. Albert Snyder suffers hand injury in a roller incident at Liberty and Georgia streets. amputation performed at city dispensary. State bureau mails servant girl survey blanks to assess domestic conditions in Indiana. Attorney Butler sues for 9 million dollars in federal court against the Toledo Kansas City and St Louis Railway for bondholder claims. An armed posse, with Deputy Thorpe, rounds up two men charged with burglarizing Edwards Bros. store at Roachdale.
Yale unveils a new baseball mask as Haddock aims at Arthur Irwin’s pitcher role for Philadelphia. Pro boxing talk centers on Corbett in Jacksonville, Mitchell, and Creedon, with several match bids and weigh‑in plans, plus Creydon and Bob Fitzsimmons pending. A billiards report in New York notes smaller crowds and a 600 to 478 win for Ives over Slosson, with ongoing doubts about the match’s integrity and upcoming games.
Rundown on quirky signs and table manners. A Pennsylvania restaurant warns guests with a weather door slogan. a Washington St. hatter’s sign misreads as hat er when a digit drops. A New York society note smakks up knife handling patterns amid boardinghouse meals and gutta percha steak references.
Wheat and corn futures with Dec May and Jan quotations on various contracts appear through the Markets by Telegraph. Prices include Dec Wheat at 61ige May 07g5c, corn at s6lge May 397ger outs, and pork and lard notes with January and May terms.
A long list of sale items from a city store features desks with double blackboards for $1, blackboards on easels, dolls and doll furniture, paper dolls, china tea sets, cups and saucers, cloth bound books, children and ladies clothing, hosiery, union suits, overcoats and waists, reefers and leggings, aprons, cloaks, candy, jewelry and novelties, perfumes and gift items. Prices range from a few cents to under $5 with many items in the 10 to 75 cent range. Special emphasis on Christmas shopping and upcoming purchases tomorrow.
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