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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1889
Page
4
A compilation of scattered notes from Elkhart and surrounding counties includes missing persons, local crime, injuries, weather, ferry and road work plans, hydrophobia scares, farm outbreaks, court sentences, fires, and community events. Names such as Madison, Richmond, Goshen, and Wabash appear with various local happenings.
Kansas City beat Cincinnati 3 to 1 and St. Louis defeated Louisville 8 to 2. Indiana’s nine won eight of eleven, with Seery and Denny keying the victory over the Giants. Young Rosie to start Tuesday against Mickey Welch as Glasscock backs him in manager role.
Local brief notes multiple items including a theft of a horse and buggy from in front of Oak Street Church on Monday night. Also reports on a city athletic park fund nearing $3,500, a leadership change at institutions, river trip mishap with losses, and various local notices from Post Office to ambulance assists.
Diverse prices for corn, oysters, fish, peas, beans, cheese, poultry, citrus, vegetables, and dried goods listed by grade and weight. Market notes from New York Indianapolis July 2 report steady to firm trends. hogs, cattle, sheep receipts and grain futures show mixed movement with strong corn demand and fluctuating hay and flour markets.
Classifieds offer housework and boarder ads with private lodgings and furniture sales nearby. Blue River Park hosts July Fourth events with daytime concerts, fireworks, and train schedules. movement of trains urged and celebratory activities noted.
An advertisement in The Sun hawks a cheap weekly rate for 10 words and claims high profits. It cautions that fortune is not found in grass and warns about risks, suggesting bold actions with the phrase Tits Sox.
A fragmented note signals fair weather and local rains while praising states by puns. It extols a shop named THE WHEN offering seasonable men wear from hats to coats at prices below competition, highlighting Arkansas, Illinois, and other states through playful linguistic clues.
A fragment describes gold and gem creations, silver berry bowls, ice cream plates resembling oyster shells, lace pins with lilacs and diamond drops, and a four leaf clover hair ornament. It teases a display of decorative brooches and dress fasteners, inviting readers to see the beauty on offer.
A large closing-out auction offers about 100000 dollars of dry goods from the Davis & Morse Co of Chicago. The Indiana buyer reports cash-only terms with deeply reduced prices on linens, crash, ginghams, satins, silks, towels, underwear, corsets, parasols, gowns, curtains, and more.
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