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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1894
Page
2
Classified notice from The Sun detailing delivery charges and subscription rates, including outside city pricing and courier service. Instructions for agents, advertising terms, and submission addresses are provided. The text also notes post office classification and dating conventions.
The Sun lauds Police-Supt Powell for exposing a dynamite plot in a peaceful citizen’s pocket. The piece recounts his keen observation, public approach, and methodical investigation under open skies, praising his courage and declaring him a brave, capable officer. It mentions rival views of Supt McLean and comments on railroads and tariff talk.
Commercial club directors approve eight thousand dollars for G A Re encampment work and defend Col Lilly against attacks by the News. Indianapolis leaders, including Hawking, Griffith, Lieber, Day, Mason, Ayres, Betzger, Coffin, Burford, Eastman, Morris, Rauh, Adams, Robbins, and others, refuse to endorse anonymous attacks and support Fortune with compensation for his labor. The public is urged to view the matter rightly and conclude Lilly did right and Fortune earned fair pay.
Hon David M. Key former postmaster general under Hays plans retirement from the U S court bench for the eastern district of Tennessee soon after turning seventy on January 27. The Evanville Journal notes this opens the way for President Cleveland to appoint an ex rebel to fill Key’s seat. George F B Howard found guilty on eight counts in Jackson Tennessee of swindling heirs to mythical European fortunes. Thousands duped by the scheme as in past fables, the paper notes.
A German hair specialist asserts that two thirds of baldness cases are curable with the right method. Prof. G Birk holz reports a perfect cure rate except for one case and offers free private consultations, with guaranteed cure or no payment, at his office 164 Nelawaresi. An examination costs nothing.
A former railway worker describes years of catarrh and failed treatments. He cites a Kansas City doctor Dr Bye offering Balmy Oil that allegedly cures cancer and catarrh. After three weeks of the treatment he asserts a permanent cure and recommends the regimen, noting affordable prices and home use from 848 West Washington Street. Dr D M Bye operates at 492 North Tennessee Street.
Notice from the Board of Public Works of Indianapolis Indiana dated January 13 1894 outlines the proposed construction of a Main Sewer with overflow and drains along Merrill New Jersey Delaware and Wyoming streets and adjacent alleys. It details cost sharing abutting property responsibilities and the district boundaries with a public remonstrance hearing set for January 28 1894 and outlines local sewer cost estimates and related assessments.
A petition will be presented to Marion County Board of Commissioners on February 5, 1634, seeking location of a new public highway widening Wallace street by thirty feet in Irvington Center township. The route runs from Wallace and Washington avenues north, west, south to the National road, paralleling Wallace street and passing over Limo thy Bozart land.
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