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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1888
Page
4
A jumble of Indiana notices reports poisonings from canned peaches, a fatal saloon brawl, embezzlement cases, and local crimes.(More items include hospitalities, unions, holiday thefts, and social happenings across Lafayette, Madison, Peru, Anderson, Greenfield, Valparaiso, Goshen, and Wabash, with deaths, arrests, and notable incidents.)
City notices recount the death of Daddy Mitchell a 60 year old colored man at city hospital after hemorrhage of the lungs. Also postmaster plans six stamp stations after January 1 and a Union Station branch for deposits and forwarding mail.
The 84 policemen were in town Christmas night. W H Hoss of 173 LE North St was held up on Central Ave for 160 dollars by three youths. Railsback's residence at 115 KE Market St was entered. a streetcar driver’s money-box was targeted and a guard shot at the thief, missing. John Keon at Broad Ripple attempted a $10 feat by jumping a moving train. the offerer vanished with an overcoat and gloves. Lillie and Lena Michealis near Tennessee St and Second were robbed of a pocketbook containing money and valuables by two negroes. the pair’s screams drew a crowd, the thieves escaped. Jim Rice, former state auditor, returned from New York for Christmas at the Grand Hotel and said he would quit Indiana politics. The piece mentions territory and railroad interests in the Muncie district, hinting at a school injunction plan.
New York on December 26 reports Mrs Edward Pain horsewhipped her husband after discovering he kissed Julia McComber 253 times. McComber, a young Brooklyn newspaper seller at Fulton ferry, had been hired to make dresses for Pain but fled when she proved more adept at romance than tailoring. Pain seeks divorce. Mrs Pain’s action stems from jealousy and love for Julia.
A dense OCR readout lists prices for medicines, farm goods, and staples. It covers oats, hay, flour, and farm animal products alongside a busy commodity snapshot from Chicago and Indianapolis markets with bid quotes for wheat corn oats and hogs.
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