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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1895
Page
2
The text outlines subscription pricing for mail delivery outside the city at yearly, six month, and monthly rates in advance, and mentions a bailiff or post office related matter with a garbled citation. Details are incomplete but indicate regional pricing and prepayment requirements.
The Sun discusses duties of the Jackson banquet program and lists humorous program items. It then critiques fee and relay law fraud, urges uncovering the guilty party, and calls Indiana reform measures, Greenwood electric line franchise, and broader Greater Indianapolis growth. It references politicians Voorhees and others in a reflective, opinionated tone.
A fragment notes a claim that electricity derived heat could power systems and that ordinary dirt could be processed into fuel. It mentions Croker with a misspelling Croaker as an aside.
A vivacious Japanese dealer Yoshimi entertained a N Pennsylvaniastreet crowd with a pantomimic walk explaining Japanese beauty. In a hotel lobby a brusque man joked about revising the political emblem of the Populists. Gov Matthews is recalled as a rugged Kentucky lad who once farmed land. A Massachusetts Avewoman notes a nice neighbor with a lovely mother.
Last month the public debt rose by 31 320 775 dollars. John Rockefeller donated 115 000 dollars more to Chicago University. Flach and Co Cincinnati grocers failed with liabilities of 8v 000. Wednesday saw no change in the Haverhill shoe strike. A London laundry fire killed eight. Judge Hoar, Grant era attorney general, near death in Concord Massachusetts. Forty New York post office workers discharged. Steamer Sarnia reached Belfast with a broken rudder. Eleanor Wood to be hanged on February 8 at Raleigh for murder. Four White children perished in Williamson Station Kentucky fire. Noble Shepard confessed to a St Louis murder. victim buried. Geo Gambrall, St Louis fireman, reported hair turning jet black after fainting. Two bandits shot by U S deputies in Washita County Oklahoma. Senator Lexow’s bill to remove New York mayor debated. Breckinridge lecture indictment urged by Birmingham W C G T A. Public notices and social pages follow.
A Jackson day rivalry is expected to attract about one thousand participants. A Henry Long house at 527 Broadway burned for around $200 Wednesday night. The grand jury has been drawn with J L Ketcham John H Holiday and Horace T Bennett among its members. Post office receipts for the last quarter reached $91 109.54, up $15 559.39 from a year ago. Dr Metcalf of the State board of health says about 21 percent of recent smallpox cases were fatal. Reverend Daniel B Tuttle of Missouri will lead Bishop Knickerbocker's funeral services Friday at Grace church with Holy Communion. Undertaker Foutz won the county burial contract, bids lower than last year. The German Protestant church formed to build a Protestant hospital and organized a deaconesses society to provide nurses.
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