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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1890
Page
3
The passage describes a searing, storm swept chase across desolate plains near the foothills of Mt Cooperuh with a massive lightning and thunder display. A rider seeks shelter as a blue black cloud and ten thousand cannon-like noises rip the sky, then the Fury races eastward across the plain.
A short jumble of witty exchanges appears from small town humor. A teacher asks a boy about wind directions during skating. the boy names southeast and whirlwinds. A janitor refuses a tenant with married children, and a flirtatious exchange between Mabel and Jack surfaces in a casual note.
Column notes odd grocery fads include preserved nuts bottled like fruit and a revived daphne odorata flower. Coffee grinding as rain barometer appears in daily life. Tragic Christmas Eve incidents: Warsaw painter Galvin Wing found with throat cut and alive on his murdered wife’s grave. Atlanta woman struck by a train on a bridge, killed. a bystander identifies the body as his daughter.
Fragmentary railway notice shows trains linking Terre Haute with Evansville with through sleeper service listed around 13 00 and schedules around afternoon times. Names and exact details are unclear due to garbled OCR but indicate connection and sleepers at Terre Haute.
Business firms in Kansas City organize a league aiming to reduce rates on an unspecified service. Reports mention widespread desire for lower costs amid scarce funds and uneven rainfall impacting eastern Colorado agriculture.
The Pennsylvania Line runs Pullman sleeping and reclining chair cars nightly between Indianapolis and Chicago. Berth rate two dollars, seat charge seven cents. Berths or chairs reserved at Pennsylvania office corner Washington and Illinois streets or Union station. The parlors of the McKinney Medical Institute and museum open day and evening. Advertise in THN Sun's popular farmers section, Gaily one-half cent a word.
An extended call urges residents of Indianapolis and Indiana to use Tin Sun liner columns for free ten word notices three days. Ads cover rooms help wanted real estate and more with charges only for certain headings. contact 880 by phone or at 79 E. Ohio St.
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