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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1893
Page
4
A sprawling Bloomington style dispatch reports a fatal shooting near Vincennes involving rival farmhands Bochannon and Doanes, plus numerous local happenings. Drownings, court actions, property moves, and town improvements across Indiana towns including Elwood Greensburg Pendleton Rushville Boonville and Terre Haute paint a busy regional scene with notable names and events.
Mrs Starck was employed in the Bindley household and charged with stealing jewelry. He was arrested but dismissed. She later filed suit against Biadlex, signaling continued legal action and a broader dispute over the alleged theft.
Ministers clash over opening the world's fair on Sunday with Rev W F Taylor urging rest on the Sabbath and Rev Joseph A Milburn arguing for closing the fair. Y M C A marks its 38th anniversary in Roberta Park with large youth attendance and a reported $30,000 public gift.
A mixed bag of local items: a Theater anecdote about a prophesying parrot amid a cyclone joke, a séance report with Aura Eva Fay at the Grand Opera House, signature testing commentary on Joseph E. McDonald, a weather sketch for Indiana, and various city notices including a fatal train injury, a legal suit against John R. McFee, an unemployed labor talk by Henry Rowie, a missing cash register theft, and other minor town updates.
The article explains that soap poses no threat to black color created by diamond dyes. It notes washing can brighten items dyed black with these dyes and lists three home use diamond blacks for wool, cotton, and silk and feathers, all easy to use and supposedly non fading.
Inspector reports show car counts and quality for corn and Wheat bids across grades No 2 red No 4 red and mixed. Timothy and prairie hay prices listed, with local dealer bids for wagon and car loads. Markets by Telegraph from Chicago January 80 show opening Wheat and corn quotes and pork lard prices for January and May contracts.
These goods appear to be an all glorious silk gauze fabric with a glossy finish. The sample notes claim superior texture and wear comparable to pricier fabrics, offered at 66¢ to 70¢ per yard. Quantity includes 17 pieces of 40 inch novelty silk weave and 16 pieces of wool novelty fabrics at 33 cents per yard.
Retail house advertises cheap fabrics and goods including shirts, calicoes, silkaline, towels, linen, spreads, embroideries, and hosiery. Promotions claim new patterns, best styles, and prices as low as 5 to 15 cents, with emphasis on value and broad selection to attract shoppers.
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