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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1891
Page
4
A sprawling Indiana community column reports a wide array of local items. Names like Richmond and Fort Wayne anchor the notes, with accidents, deaths, crimes, and civic events sketched in brisk strokes. The piece lists unions, factories, fires, poisonings, and court matters, plus social happenings at churches, fairs, and schools.
The fragment lists individuals including Thomas J. Applezate William D. Tingle Alfred Curry EKunias Kitterman George W Hughes John McNutt Francis M Cleaver William Irwin Seaish T Mil ner Robert Jones and widows Catharine A Rica Susan Carrell and others including minors of John E Quick Katharine Bachiy Catharine L Dehoney Ellen Fountain Mary E Flack Hattie May Martha N Crouch Sarah B Murray Tabitha Reeder Jurelda A Fleoharty Anne B Ferguson Lizzie Paine Nancy mith.
A garbled roundup of baseball scores and events dominates the page. It notes Cincinnati’s pursuit of McGeachy, recent games including Grand Avenues over the Daltons 6 to 3, Hasteins over Journals 3 to 0, and scattered standings and league chatter. It mentions Tim Keefe’s pay, a Maber Mahan fight cancellation, and various national happenings from Europe and politics to a Derby in Chicago. The prose toggles between sports results, standings, and global headlines, reflecting a busy sports page and current events blend.
Sunday 25 new members joined the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. The Free Kindergarten ladies plan a summer night festival at Woodruff Place Monday with music, refreshments, and invitations.
An obscure mixture of ad copy for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Soup claims gum softening and diarrhea relief. The piece also includes a dental notice by Dr Brown and a long, unreadable grocery/produce price list with various items and prices, lacking coherent narrative.
A dense OCR fragment lists prices for millets, grasses, alfalfa, and hay, with assorted feed stock prices per unit, plus chemicals and commodities like chloroform and morphine. It also records live poultry prices and oats, flour, meal, and bran figures, reflecting a bustling mid-19th or early 20th century market page.
At Indianapolis stock yards on Monday shipments were light and prices showed weakness across cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle receipts included steers around 1,450 pounds with moderate demand for export quality and varied classes. hogs ranged from light to heavy weights with dull activity and lower prices. sheep and lambs remained steady with buyer demand about equal to supply. overall market expected to soften further if shipments do not improve.
A city store launches a major sale on silks and dress fabrics. India Silks drop from 1 3 4 to 89 cents per yard. All wool Charlies and Cheviots heavily discounted. 350 pieces of summer wool dress goods down to 50 cents per yard. Andersons Scotch Ginghams cut to 25 cents per yard.
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