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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1894
Page
4
A composite update lists deaths, legal cases, sales, and crime notes across Indiana towns. It mentions deaths by morphine, a judge's illness during a Vermillion case, a street railway sale, bond issues, burglaries, suicides, perjury arrests, and various pensions and local appointments. Also notes sports signings, boxing chatter, and a large auction opening.
The Sun announces the third series of World's Fair art portfolio coupons. Back numbers are selling fast. city residents pay 10 cents with coupons or 20 cents without, while residents outside the city pay 12 cents with coupons or 22 cents without. No stamps accepted. Clip and study coupons carefully.
Cattle receipts 50 cattle market dull with limited demand and irregular prices. Hog market sluggish with prices near Thursday levels as packers bought sparingly. Sheep and lambs dull with no price gains. Wheat and corn futures mixed amid quiet export demand. Local buyers bidding around $1,276 bid for barley and rye prices noted.
Opening prices show wheat and corn in May and July futures with varying cents per bushel. Oats and rye listed with May and July maturities, pork futures noted with dollar amounts in May and July columns. Closing figures reference similar commodities and dates. overall a terse market snapshot with several misread entries.
An old time catalog style sale lists children s hose from 10c to 40c a pair, ladies underwear at 49c, men s shirts 29c, satin tech ecaris 10c, and curtains of ribbons 10c. features hats on sale, jewelry and cosmetics, gloves from 59c, and flowers and candy specials with prices for Saturday rush.
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