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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1889
Page
4
Indiana papers feature a flood of items from murders and drownings to storms and local happenings. Reports cover towns like Delphi, Noblesville, Brazil and Vincennes with notes on races, liquor debates, gas talks, church dedications, and a looming fiddler’s tournament.
A woman experienced a peculiar nervous episode in the garden six weeks ago causing temporary paralysis of arms and hands. She returned indoors, the paralysis faded, and she suddenly regained her voice.
Jas O Mara escapes from workhouse Saturday. YWCA meeting Monday at True Friend hall. Absalom Plifer, 80, missing from 247 E South St since Saturday. Kirmess repeated Tuesday. Blind asylum closing Monday with musical program. German mutual fire insurance holds annual meeting Tuesday in circuit room. Phillip Ziegler dies after being struck by a Big Four train near Virginia Ave crossing. Pigs in clover attraction at Eden Muse offering $10 prize. Prof Jukes continues glass blowing at the Musee. May music festival directors named Carnahan president Pornier treasurer Wul sin conservatory. Voice tests for chorus admissions. rehearsals start October. Petition circulates to remit 1000 fine against W T P A Bernhamer under poor convict act. Catherine Kay pleads guilty in Detroit postal case. sentenced to reformatory for six months. Sunday night orphan asylum meeting at Tabernacle Church reports high receipts of 10 836.08 and expenditures BuWO76.L5. German Lutheran orphan society marks second anniversary east of city. receipts 2 257.80. expenditures 1 772.0b.
Rascett stands third among second basemen with a .? percent. Sundays games saw St Louis 10 Athletics 5 and Cincinnati 1 Brooklyn 3. Harry Spence seeks to buy the New Orleans team and move it to New Haven intact. Four players will be out, and Pauly will cover first Mondays. Denny leads the home club in batting and ranks seventh in the league with a .? percent. Gelzein and Burdick to pitch for boosters Monday. Pittsburgh may try Galvin again. Glasscock's fielding and batting were strong Saturday. Jim Whitney received unconditional release. The grasshopper faces tough odds. one considers him a back number. Indianapolis native Jack Kerina to become association umpire Thursday. eyed for success. Harry Staley has faced strict penalties Saturday. may be weakening after heavy season. City league results: Whena beat Dalltons 7–3, Kellshers over MWanterns 10–?, Nationals over Capital Citys 12–0 in three innings before rain. Pollower’s Lace Ball edition noted. Sox reports dominated by ten-inning game and 21 runs after reporting ceased. Amos Russie pitched creditably Saturday, proving whispers of his talent as a future trick pitcher. Seven innings limited Pittsburg to four runs. ten-inning decision owed to support. Errors by Daily and Sullivan cost runs. Russie’s eight strikeouts and deceptive curves suggest a first-class future with more practice. Burdick’s tenth-inning success wasn’t a rebuke of Russie’s ability.
Prof. GD Eidhniardson a practical optician at Comstock's Jewelry, 2 East Washington Street, and Prof GD Edmondson remains permanently at 28 East Washington Street through Comstock's entrance. Kahn & Co at 14 East Washington Street offer pants tailored from cassimere or cheviot for 1.90, goods formerly priced 7 to 10.
Prof G D Edmondson now permanently located as a practical and scientific optician at Comstocks Jewelry store 28 East Washington Street.
A June 17 market report lists numerous items from meat to produce with prices for hams sugar cured bacon and dried shoulders. It notes steady receivers and shipper activity, with bids for shipment from country stations and varied grain prices in Indianapolis Baltimore Toledo and New York markets.
This elegant hotel has been newly fitted and furnished throughout, and is kept equal to the best in the country. An elegant billiard parlor. The finest barber shop in the West, rates, $2.56 to $4 per day. Geq, A. Taylor & Co., Proprietors, H. Martindale, Owners.
A fragment describes prices for fabrics like Spined Striped Plaid and Fancy Mixed Tinhair and mentions dust proof quality. It compares yard prices to imports and notes bargains with a yard price around 50 cents. The text lists several fabric types and depicts a sale pitch from a historical catalog.
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