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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1888
Page
4
The Sun reports a day full of crises across Indiana with mine disasters, gas industry talks, and a spate of local crimes and accidents. Notable items include three miners killed in a boiler explosion, a gas well drilling push near Columbus, electrical vandalism and unions, railway accidents, and various homicides, divorces, and arrests amid regional turmoil.
Reported discussions of a possible compromise between the county commissioners and Coroner Wegner unfold. Notes on a light infantry drill, theft at Philip Woll’s cigar store, injuries to Adolph Tulgraff, and city gas plans looming as preparations for the Commercial Travelers banquet proceed. Also covered are theater goings and various social obituaries, with market listings and a police arson arrest.
A long list of commodity prices appears with oils, turpentine, quinine, linseed, and various feeds and farm goods. The report notes firm prices for eggs butter and poultry, a Thanksgiving pull in trade, a light market with limited demand, and mixed activity in wheat corn oats and livestock across Chicago New York and local markets.
Classified fragment notices show a girl needed for general housework at 97 Pleasant Street, and a young man seeks assistance at a drug store in Carthage Indiana. Also listed are furnished and unfurnished rooms with board on 146N Linnolist, a black and tan dog with a ribbon set for return reward, and a Nubile notice with reward offered.
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