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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1889
Page
4
A wide array of items shows violence, labor strife, business moves, and civic notes from Goshen, Elkhart, Anderson, Lafayette, and other towns. Reports include a fatal stabbing by a school teacher, mine activity, church and band tours, gas drilling plans, plant openings, and public notices of legal actions, with scattered crimes, accidents, and community developments.
A cigar factory on Illinois Street burned costing about 50 dollars on Tuesday night. A Greer Street house, home to Mire Schmitz, sustained early Wednesday morning fire damage. John B. Elam, displaced by promotions at Harrison and Miller, forms Winter & Blum with Fred Winter. A new street railroad plan emerges as officials waver. Fannie Koons seeks divorce from Ulysses S Koons, claiming he balked at burying their late child. William Wallace, soon to be postmaster, names David Wallace as money order clerk. David is Zelda Sequin-Wallace's husband and has lived in Oyen county.
The item describes a Fairfield Pennsylvania teacher carried to school by two boys, fashion notes on New Jersey women wearing natural flowers as epaulets, a progressive party discussion on topics from slang to cooking, and a 103 year old Bayonne woman recalling Revolution era ties. It notes two Texan women as top sheep and stock owners, Widow Callahan with 50,000 sheep and Mrs Rogers with vast wealth, both riding horseback. It mentions an old New Jersey law linking women’s beauty aids to witchcraft penalties, reflecting period views.
Local notes on upcoming exhibition games on home grounds with umpire John Brennan. Bancroft contemplates signing a promising City League pitcher from Australia. Players Sanders Murphy and others train here, with travel plans and travel delays noted. Important league comments, attendance details, and a long catalog of groceries and provisions appear alongside. Funeral notices for Ray Michael Collier, services at St John’s andRushville interment planned. A promotional pamphlet about tin roofing published by Merchant & Co. is advertised.
A dense OCR listing items from Liys Poultry and misc. produce markets with prices for chickens hens turkeys ducks and various vegetables and fruits. It cites hog receipts at Indianapolis and grain market notes from Chicago and New York with price quotes for wheat corn oats and fats.
A fable describes a peacock and a sage in a dispute over singing sweetly. The sage judges that the turkey has the better claim, ending with a moral about silent people making little impression. The narrator hints at an upcoming enlarged store to be revealed soon.
The ad touts Satteen fabrics in plain and figured styles for ladies, claiming unbeatable colorfastness against water sun and perspiration. It promotes exclusive sales in the city and offers other seasons’ Satheens plus the new brand, stressing tests and acids.
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