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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1904
Page
7
Berlin reports King Samuel Maherero of the Hereros adopting European dress and leading warriors with tact. His mud and stone palace functions as a strong fort. The death toll among troops is high, while Lieut. Boysen, slain by natives, is noted. reports of the governor general’s death are false.
Fortunes left to M M Gapcerig the cable car gripman who gives a romantic courtship to Miss A I Floyd heir to a fortune worth many thousands. Executors named Pete Gopcevic and Henry Mathews, to serve without bonds, with dispositions for relatives and friendly relations. Palmer University Will Not Open in Muncie with Palmer gift blocked and no students since December. Arrest for coal theft. Watts fined after claiming only two coal chunks. Foraker Favors Herrick for Ohio Senate succession after Hanna. Emmy Utter schooner wrecked with five missing. Louis Sears jumps ship from Martinique and vanishes off Florida coast.
Incorporated Tron Off and Gaa Company of Coying ton Kentucky plans to do business in Indiana. Washington city applies as exe company in Indiana with capital 60,08 to manufacture fuel and related enterprises.
Lexington Ky Feb 17 Mrs Clar ened Faulconer was nominated for county school superintendent at Memocratic primaries defeating J D Clark by 108 to 58 marking the first time a woman was nominated for the post in the county. She will be elected.
Johnn Carley, step-sister Minnie Howard, and boarders quarreled over a valentine in St Louis. A bullet from a revolver killed Carley. Howard says she fired to stop Carley from killing William Ewing.
In Lake City California on February 12 marked men held up and robbed the stagecoach running between here and Baparino. It is believed they secured considerable cash. The mail bags were rifled.
Historical listing of wholesale prices in Indianapolis for poultry eggs butter cheese and meats with detailed rates. Includes hens springs old hens old toms young turkeys eggs butter cheese various fish game oysters and canned goods, along with coffee sugar and molasses price quotes.
A dense price sheet lists fresh fruits vegetables meats and staples with wholesale rates include cherries strawberries salmon bacon pork sausage and various cuts of beef. Also shown are produced goods like coconuts oranges lemons potatoes beans lettuce and cabbage with per unit and per ton pricing. Several entries mention alcohol chemicals and household items alongside coal and coke pricing and local real estate and insurance ads.
An assortment of loan and insurance ads touts easy approvals and low rates. Firms like Frank Gawger, Security Trust Company, Craig and Jow, Indiana Mortgage Loan Co, and Indiana private lenders advertise loans on furniture pianos vehicles and jewelry with weekly installments and no upfront charges. They promise confidentiality and flexible repayment terms, with amounts from five dollars to sums tied to personal property.
Indianapol is notices detail passenger and combination cars from Meridian and Georgia stations to Greenwood Franklin Amity Edinburg Taylorsville and Columbus with first departures at 4 00 am and 6 00 am and hourly runs to late afternoon. Through services run to Southport and Greenfield with connections to Richmond Newark Lima Cincinnati and more, listing departure times and intermediate points for weekdays and weekends.
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