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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1892
Page
4
A garbled Indiana wide news page bursts with scattered notes on crimes fires and disasters. Reports mention a murdered ex councilman near New Albany a missing Fort Wayne molder and a burned Evansville barn. Names include Maj Rosencranz Verna post office Knox county and Rev E Fox.
Excursion tickets for the Minneapolis convention will be placed on sale June 2. An establishment to produce drawn steel tubing is under discussion for Indianapolis. City and county health officials will meet at the state house June 16. George Lartlett, injured in a runaway on Washington street, is recovering. W.G. Griffith and F. W. Lewis were injured when their horse bolted on N. Delaware street. UW. M. Lickliter fell one story at English's hotel but was not badly hurt. The Ramabai circle met at the Propy leum, listened to Miss Pearl Landers, and re elected officers. Drs. Wright and Walters told Judge Brown that it would take three or four men to restrain Samuel David from leaving the insane asylum. Floriene Smith, tin roofer, was seriously injured after falling from a roof on N. Pennsylvania street. Wregele & Whitsett took him home. Wrenry Snider, street railway employee, was run over by a wagon on S. Meridian street. W. G. Diver, a colored news reporter, had spasms and was carried home by ambulance. Spiritualist G. C. Van Horn spoke on mind power and magnetism in Mansur block. Some Indianapolis residents believe a $90,000,000 estate may be discovered, with claims tied to several cities and heirs. Contractor Lee Fulmer criticized Capitol Paying Company bids on Fletcher Avenue and South Street, warning of losses and indicating his bid is as low as possible.
A collage of brief items notes hail ruined crops in Hungary and a new revolt in Rio Grande do Sul Brazil. Cholera rages on the Afghan Persian frontier while Lostablas Venezuela falls to rebels. A preaching tour by Rev Talmage spans England. Austria resists monetary conference, Mauritius faces 1500 hurricane deaths, and a Brooklyn man commits suicide in Scotland. A critique of imperial excess and predatory tourism appears amid a Richmond excursion notice with train times and fares.
Teonoclasts may have trampled at times but cannot erase the strong reputation of Werner and Budweiser beer from the C. F. Schmidt branch of the Indian apolis Brewing Company. These beverages are favored by connoisseurs and widely welcomed in households.
In May reports the City Grain Market in Havana shows inspectors tallying hay and corn carloads, with bids on No 2 red and No 1 white wheats and mixed varieties. Wheat and corn futures move, with prices listed for July and August contracts and local bids for Timothy and clover hay.
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