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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1889
Page
4
A mosaic of brief items from Indiana towns reports fatal burns, arson arrests, and a murder near Elkhart. Prospect of streetcar delays, school book law criticism, and railway depot moves mix with local crime, fires, and road questions. Several towns note electric light plans, telephone service, and business openings while others report illnesses, accidents, and political shifts.
The notes cover pitchers Gumbert Tenar and others, an upcoming Pittsburg series with Foot ball Lynch as arbiter, and Boston lineup chatter. Anson laughs at Thursday’s features while Cincinnati hopes to recover in Association games. Details note standings, arrivals, and lineup changes with mentions of Bancroft, Burdick, and injuries in a brisk, period tone.
The Friday fishermen’s club meeting at 72 KE Marketet aims to organize a tournament. Dr Henry Jameson has left the third school district. J C Ferguson F B Newcomer and R K Sybers named as possible school commissioner successors. The Way musical festival generates broad statewide interest. A Friday evening meeting item has moved to Saturday at 10. A doctors’ debate on term theory featured Dr Rt Stone of Indianapolis opposing it with several doctors supporting it. Geo W Sloan nominated to committees on Pharmacosoria revision. society to meet in May 1860. Advertisements list restaurant goods, groceries, canned fruits and vegetables, oysters, meats, cheeses, and fresh produce with varied prices.
Ranges for flour, corn meal, middlings, buckwheat, hay, seeds, and hogs. Prices shown include patent flour five and a half dollars per barrel, various grades of coal oil and linseed oil, and mixed feed prices. Market notes indicate weak hogs, steady cattle and sheep, scarce lettuce and strawberries, and a generally slow grain market with nominal wheat and corn quotes. Local prices list per gallon, per ton, and per cwt with multiple commodities referenced.
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