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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1888
Page
4
A sprawling tidbit of notices from Clay to Daviess counties reports thefts, fires, arrests, and regional events. From Richmond police arrests to Goshen doctors wearing red crosses, the column threads local crime, temperance debates, fairs, rail issues, and civic doings across Fort Wayne, Valparaiso, Peru, and beyond with brisk, period-voice summaries.
City life items report a January 6 incorporation vote for the community, a denied defense claim against James Bruce, and a series of events including a traveling banquet at Tomlinson hall and a Labor Federation lecture. Also listed are criminal indictments, a large-scale book presentation to newsboys, a damages award in a railroad collision, and upcoming bar association and Loyal Legion activities along with extensive local ads and price lists.
The report lists grain prices and market activity across multiple markets including City Grain Market in Indianapolis with wheat and corn quotations, oats and barley prices, and notes on demand. It also covers U S yards in Indianapolis with hog, cattle and sheep receipts and steady markets, plus Telegraph Markets in Chicago and New York with futures prices for wheat, corn, oats, lard and short ribs.
Jeetings Compion Lodge number 1,137 of the K L O H will elect officers and three trustees on Wednesday evening December 26, 1888. M W McCoy, Secretary.
The store advertises excess stock of cloaks in sizes 2, 14, and 16 years and offers all garments in these three sizes at cost to reduce inventory. Available lines include Ladies' Plush Sacks Plush Short Wraps Plush Jackets Cloth Short Wraps and Cloth Newmarkets.
The ad promotes overcoats priced from six to five dollars for men with high quality rivaling custom work. Garments are guaranteed and refundable if not as represented. It notes a Christmas rush, mild weather delaying purchases, and invites shoppers to join the Christmas crowds while trusting the store’s decades of confidence and customer care.
A local sale named Blankets and Comforts continues through the week offering bargains described as among the best, with a hint that prices will be even lower next April when cuts are expected.
L. Ayres & Co advertises how to earn money for gifts by collecting furniture and old clothes and selling them. A ten word notice of such an article for sale can be published in Tam Sun for 30c or three days 15c.
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