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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1888
Page
2
The Sun editorializes on the C B Q dynamiting affair signaling that only a few hot heads broke the rules while the Brotherhood of Engineers as an organization bears the burden. It criticizes labor politics, Reading strikers, and exposes public figures amid domestic and international gossip.
A collage of brief items: Indian soldiers vs Cossacks, a Bethlehem baby’s miraculous recovery, Maine yearling heifer yielding milk and butter, Florida tobacco growth forecasts, a parachute mishap at Coney Island, dry rot spread by tools, a London Bible in shorthand, a three section violin bridge, Georgia sinking mountain tale, South Carolina’s oldest man claim, Australian hedges to curb snow, Brooklyn kids and a dynamite cartridge, umbrella tips to protect eyes, Benbow ship disaster, a busy Wal lingford store letterhead, a Georgia editor’s breeze making fanning machine, Bluffton skunk chicken haul, Portland spire box from 1862, barber card and death predictions, and a Sun notice offer.
Randall’s better and Sheridan gains as crime and calamity flash across the nation. Bob Garrett returns from Europe while St Louis inmates remain jailed and Dick Stone the Wall St swindler is captured. Buffalo paint shops burn with losses under 15 000. Fuller may be confirmed this week. Wheat and corn prospects brighten. A Baltimore boating disaster claims three lives. Chicago saloon killing of Andrew Bond. White Plains home fire. Asheville lynching and railway collision with casualties. Other incidents include a burglar slain in New York and political moves in the Democratic national committee. Marietta centennial opens with Gov Foraker and Bishop Gilmore addressing Religion and Civil Government. Evarts to speak Tuesday.
Queen Natalie heads to Florence while Toc Mackenzie backs Queen Vic. Rome Riforma protests U S immigration scrutiny as Boulanger fades in influence. In Ireland the pope’s latest letter denounces the plan of campaign and calls for its end.
A man on a city corner proclaims happiness after answering a Sun newspaper advertisement. He claims the hire of a “dandy” girl from Dandyville makes him “as happy as a clam” and says he now has the world by the neck. The tale emphasizes his excitement over the job-seeking ad.
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