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Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1891

Page

3

Gas wells, crime notes and town chatter from Indiana papers

Reading through local notes, the report covers a gas well at Marion described as a corker, political push for gas restrictions in Keenfield, and various incidents: burglaries, suicides, missing persons, a death tied to alcohol, and a court case. It also lists pensions and local market items with prices and names of towns and individuals.

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No. 16 East Washington St Markets Report

An archival market summary lists bids and prices across grains and livestock with firm bids for firmer grades, merchantable and unmerchantable classifications, and May and Jan futures for wheat corn oats and soy with various bid values. It notes prices for timothy prairie hay and other forage, plus cattle and lard futures, reflecting a chaotic historical trading day with multiple bid entries and contract months.

Monbat Dan Timothy Essa Prairie Prairie Agry

PIANOS Display in Wood and Mahogany Styles Offered

Pianos presenting a sparial display in Sat inwood San Domingo Mahogany Ciroane Walnut Buried Walnut Muionized and Fancy Engraved Paneled Upright Pianos from the finest makes. Prices and terms offered are the lowest consistent with quality and invitation to inspect.

San Domingo

Auction ad offers two large handsome monuments

A classified notice advertises monuments for sale at Aug Diener in 243 East Sanepee. It states a price of 13 dollars will buy two large monuments and invites readers to inquire at the shop.

Diener’s E. Sane Pee

Baldwin & Co Five and Nine Penny? Address in Indianapolis

An OCR fragment notes Db H Baldwin & Co with a price or figure five and nine in reference to N Pann at Indianapolis corner of Ohio Street. The readable text is fragmentary and provides location hints without a clear event or date.

Linen stock and pricing at local mill auction

Readable text lists towels including 160 dozen honeycomb and Huck Towels with 14x86 and 19x38 sizes and 75 dozen buck towels. Mentions 66 and 50 dozen counts with prices like 50 dozen 14x86 at 66 cash and 250 regular price 850 for buck towels.

Damask Towels and Handkerchiefs Sale Listing

A catalog of damask towels and ladies handkerchiefs with bulk quantities and sale pricing. Includes 160 dozen 18x83 towels with borders and 100 piece cream damask sets. Indicates discounts from regular prices, with figures per dozen and per piece.

D.miés Bbc

Bargains in Various All Wool Fabrics and Patterns

A short list of fabric bargains includes Girghsing regular 12 14¢ grade at 10¢, Persian pattern fleeced back Serge for house use, Worth 12340, 100. All-wool triple blends, plaid children's wear pieces, double-width plaids, best at 200, 10c. All-wool Triosts at 253 per yard, 19.3. Stripes and Checha bargain at 400, 290. 50-inch all-wool Camels Hair at under $1 per yard, 600. All-wool Pistols and Checks 50-inch, value cited as unequaled. Special drive offers.

Silk Goods Sale Promises Deep Discounts Before Christmas

Department offers 100 pieces of black brocade and colored satins at reduced prices. Silks and satins previously 5c per yard drop to 290 and 60D values. wide range includes brocades, satins, and India silks. Heavy gros grain silks and gros grain finishes advertised at sharp markdowns with unusual value in limited stock.

India

Turkey Red Damask and Cloths Sale Listing

An old advertisement lists Turkey Red Damask pieces 8 inch and 1 inch, priced 24c and 3be, claiming wide retail. It also notes a fringed moth fabric formerly $1 now 750 and 76 dozen fringed cloths once $1.25 now 5c.

Domestic textile items list from early catalog

A fragmented inventory of fabric goods including Brown Cotton in various bales, Bleached Cotton pieces, Cheviot and Stripe Ticking. Mentions prices like 53c and 0c, quantities such as 100 pieces, and brands like Fruit of the Loom and Hero Remaante.

Bala Bedford R Cambria Ai Chapman Remzante

Fashionable undergarments and embroided garments listed

A catalog-style note markets white muslin underwear with Drawate tucked Torchonaca trim and Hamburg embroidery at 2c. Corset covers priced from 1c to 50c, cereal covers with Bamberg embroidery at 0.50 to 0.85, gowns in multiple styles priced up to 1.25, all described as specially made for free retail trade.

Hamburg Bamberg

Skirts reveal new styles and pricing at Buirte

The ad features Buirte premiering new skirts with dem'rg sta ton at one dollar and one hundred fifty five cents. It notes 606 skirts will be cloned at four hundred fifty dollars.

Buirte Dem

Hamburg Embroidery Fabrics Advertises Low Prices

A fragmented ad proclaims cheap prices for Hamburg Embroideries and related fabrics. It touts the opening of a large store offering lace trimmed chemises and muslin inserts with wide assortments including linen and Swiss muslin and various trims.

Hamburg

Choicest furs and plush jackets at big discounts

Uloak and Fur Department advertises tuxedo and plush jackets with drastic price cuts. Displayed items include plush reefer jack, coats formerly $30 to $60 reduced to $14 to $25. Newmarket location lists jackets and children cloaks with marked down prices and surplus cloaks for four year olds offered at 3.76.

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