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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1892
Page
8
Fragmented reports from Indiana detail a gas belt explosion harming a man and blowing manholes as a sewer project neared completion. The roundup covers court decisions on wills, suicides, gas railway schemes, saloon fights, college commencements, factory fires, and a flood of local notices and civic happenings across multiple towns.
The article tours San Francisco Chinatown showing interiors beyond shopfronts. It describes lodging houses with 8 to 14 men per room, opium dens hidden in stairways, and gambling halls where high stakes poker is played. It notes liquor shops frequented by whites, and a large Chinatown population with 40,000 residents observed at night.
A provocative portrayal of Chinese immigrants as morally enfeebled and enslaved to vice surfaces amid Chicago political news. The piece also notes a travel deal tied to the National Democratic Convention with $5 round-trip fares via the Big Four route from June 16 to 20, valid through July 8, and directs readers to ticket offices at Bre Your ticket offices in Indianapolis.
Leaving Union Depot at 11:00 P M Sunday June 19 a special train for Chicago via multiple lines departs 11:08 P M and arrives 7:00 A M Dearborn Street. Tickets and returns include daily Chicago trains at 8:00 P M 4:00 P M and 11:00 P M through June 25 or one day after adjournment. City ticket office 1345 Timois St or Union Depot.
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