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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1891

Page

4

Lightning Claims and Local Troubles Darken Indiana News

A jumble of names and events from Indiana towns reports lightning deaths and accidents, company lawsuits, labor disturbances, and civic notes. Mentions Knox needing a doctor, a Tipton missing person, paving, new round-house at Plymouth, and a 3,000-barrel whisky distillery startup at Kokomo amid broader county and city updates.

Knox Inara Michigan City Beckville Jas. Parker Tipton Plymouth Bainbridge Trost Parke County Judge Breckenridge Ft. Wayne Lafayette Leatherman Dana Jeffersonville Indiana Jeffersonville Car Works Company Kokomo George Bennett LaFayette Crawfordsville George Andrews School of Methods Greencastle Noblesville Franklin Kokomo Plate Glass Win. Carr Jackson County Joss Ferre Haute Thomas Viameronu Hamilton County Stockwell Lake John Longford Harrison County Palmyra Terre Haute Hubert Yalheim Wm. Johnson James Riley Pen Laporte L. H. Dilly Green County Muncie TiePauw Glass Louisville Farmer Lentz Allen County Pittsburgh Lew Wallace Johnny Grubbs Mitchell Jason Nathan Thompson Danville Margaret Tilford New Albany Henry Harry King Carmel Howe Westfield News Hvel South Band Susan Best Wilson Potter Brownsburg John T. Swift Western Union Telegraph Company Seymour Warren Niblack Rockport

Wrecked Shoe Store Offers Wide Groceries Diary Shoes

Local ad touts mixed wares at Wo. 25u West Washington St corner wreck shoe store. Goods include baby shoes 20c, ladies Oxford ties, house slippers, children's wrecked shoes, ladies hand sewn French Kia shoes, men's working and calf shoes at low prices. Many items claim strong value and dealer specials.

Washington St Kia Congress

Grocery department price hints from a damaged note

Fragmentary OCR lists sugar price one for twenty six, powdered sugar, crackers, shoulder meat, broom, can sugar corn, oil sardines and coffee. Text is garbled but indicates very low prices and assorted grocery items.

Bargain Shoe and Millinery Prices At Local Store

The ad lists infant and children's shoes with prices from 5c to 1.10, ladies and men’s footwear and neckwear, plus quilts, table covers, dress fabrics, India silks and perfumery. Items include infants’ patent leather shoes, children's dongola kid shoes, ladies oxford variations, men’s neckwear 25c each, balbriggans 25c, and a bargain table with quilts at 1.19 and table covers 69c.

N. Y Marseilles

Textile Goods Price List Itemization

Catalog lists spool cotton 2c and seamless stockinette shields 5c. Rubber lined shields 5c. 36 inch whale bones 10c. Hairpins 5 000 boxes six dozen per box. Dress tapes 250 dozen black white and colors six pieces per seal. Garter web 5 000 yards black white and colors two cents per yard.

Soap and toiletry price listing with assorted scents

An OCR fragment lists prices for soaps and related items. SGAP8, Pears Pumice Stone, Garbolic and Juniper tar soaps, reg nar price 5¢ per cake. Fine triple extracts include Crab Apple Blossoms in bottles, White Lilac and Persian Lilies, 25¢ per ounce. Toilet paper 5¢ per roll.

Jewelry and gifts sale listing with varied items

A fragmented list of jewelry and small gift items including silver bracelets oxydized pieces, bon-bon boxes, Little Gem dime banks, oxydized shoe hooks, roll-plate buttons with chain and pendants, fancy hair ornaments, ladies' chatelaine bees, blue music rolls.

Art Goods Silk Throws and Linen Scarfs Classified

An ad lists 56 doven fancy silk throws at 8c each and 1g doz all silk throws with hand-painted bolting cloth ends valued at 145 dollars. Also offered are stamped linen boava scarfs 72 inches, 25c, and stamped linen shams 28c each.

Lunch Room Hours Extend to 9 30 Saturdays

The lunch room remains open during the ice cream season until 9 30 on Saturdays, extending weekend hours for patrons.

Union Depot

Wonderful double statue opens with free admissions

A local civic event invites all to view a remarkable double statue unveiled today. Officials emphasize free admission and welcoming crowds, promising a brief ceremony and brief remarks by sponsors and city leaders.

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