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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1895
Page
2
The Sun reports a bitter battle as 689 reform supporters push for full inquiry into the Indianapolis school board. Allegations span wasteful spending, doubled school gas costs, and secrecy in funds. Lobbyists should be removed and fearless lawmakers appointed to investigate.
In a partial recap of public discourse Gov. Morton asserts the improving business outlook and credits campaign spending for circulatory funds. The piece notes tax irritations for sewer funding and references Corbett’s boastful duel with Fitzsimmons. Breckenridge’s lecture rollout mirrors his Miss Peilard defense. Tex Sun questions City engineer Brown’s early year appetite.
Alex Stewart, junior member of Wulschner & Co., Indianapolis music dealers, began at the bottom and rose with energy and business skill. The firm sold over 50 pianos during the past month, a point Sun reporters note with pride. Stewart, about 30, is described as an ambitious and worried young business man.
Mrs Hannah Chapman is elected president of the Flower mission society at a Thursday meeting. Felix Morris will lecture at the Propylium Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Enrique C Miller hosted Thursday’s Propydeum event with glittering electric light decorations and a lily buffet. Attendees included Mrs Miller in yellow bengaline and guests from distant cities. The Eckhouse home on Central Ave hosted a Thursday dinner for Miss Oppenheimer Philadelphia Miss Rosen berger Kansas City and Charles Haya Milwaukee with green and white decorations and about 30 guests.
The currency bill faced debate in the house on Thursday amid a deadly gale along the English coast that cost 22 fishermen their lives. The report mentions Carnegie's workers resisting wage cuts at Homestead and other varied events including social and political appearances across the United States and Europe.
Hints suggest Pennsylvania railroad may cut rates to two cents a mile with a fare of one third for Indianapolis next week at the Indiana industrial congress. Health officials report 3000 to 4000 measles cases in the city amid typhoid scarlet fever and diphtheria. Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as curing rheumatism in thousands of cases.
A compilation of satirical quotes and political jabs from various papers. It notes reactions to McKinleyism in high Dutch, Lease delaying California move, Kansas gloom after announcements, telephone wars, and the death of Sim Coy amid Democratic factionalism.
Printer seeks steady work for board as 17 year old applies. Rentals listed including drug store room and storeroom. Arcade clothing store ad. Personal health tonic and magnetism claims. Grocery ad features canned goods with varied prices. Shoe sales and general store offers with a No 260 West Washington address.
A dated advertisement lists prices for soaps tea coffee and rubber goods. Items include 5c for 8 bars Every Day Soap 26c for 7 bars Mother Goose soap 70c 11b Lion coffee and 75c for 1 lb Golden Santos coffee. Also shows children's rubbers mens boots and arctics with varied small prices and sizes.
A local ad describes wide ranges of men and women shoes with sale prices from 16 cents to 4.49 and kids shoes from 25 cents upward. It notes complete warranties on all solid footwear, fall mitten and glove deals, and centralized shopping at 250 W Washington Street with groceries and shoes in one room and delivery by telephone.
Advertisements under this heading will be charged for at the rate of four cents per line, except Wednesdays and Saturdays when ten words will be inserted free of charge.
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