Hoosier News and Notes From Indiana Cities
A collage of brief items from Indiana towns reports incidents, openings, and happenings. Fort Wayne hosts reunions and new institutions, Lafayette and Richmond discuss taxes and gas projects, and scattered crimes, arrests, and social events reflect local life across Evansville, Terre Haute, Anderson, Martinsville, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Richmond
Frank
Anderson School
Muncie Nall
Terre Haute
Thurman
Twelfth Regiment
Martinsville
T. E. Murphy
Indiana
Eighteenth
Indiana Infantry
Indiana Battery
New Castle
Jacob Bowser
Fort Wayne
W. W. Ewing
Christian Church
Crawfordsville
Crown Point
G. W. Walters
Montana
Columbus
Knightstown
Elkhart
City Council Extends Limits to Annex Ground Near Monon
The council debates and passes an ordinance extending city limits over ground between Twelfth and Twenty second streets to block the Monon entrance. Markey and remonstrants oppose. Darnell pushes resolutions. party vote 12 to 8. Other actions include contracts for Tomlinson Hall fuel and piping, and a disputed hay market shed project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNeal
Public Improvement Board
Indianapolis Natural Gas Company
Tomlinson Hall
Seward & Highland
Darnell
Monon
Markey
Frank Wright
Hicklin
Iit
Trusler
Union Railway Company
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Phrenology Guesswork and Muddy Streets in Indianapolis
A Sun feature reports reader guesses about a councilman's head from phrenology, with humorous stabs including Parkinson and Darnell. A second piece describes midnight mud at a Washington and Meridian crossing in Indianapolis, detailing how crowds shuffle single file under muddy, slippery conditions caused by tram cars and heavy traffic.
Wholesale Market Prices and Market Report Highlights
The column lists fresh produce prices including peas beans cheese butter eggs and meats, with notes on demand and price shifts. It covers items from dairy to poultry and fruit, plus grain market bids and commodity prices across exchanges in Chicago and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Limburg Lée
Jerseys
Kentucky
Jamaica
Louisiana
Mammoth
Alaska
Cheap Ohio Excursions via the I B W Route
Daily excursion tickets sold from Indianapolis to Springfield Columbus and Cleveland with return by the I B W Route. Contact GEO BUTLER, Gen's Agent, 42 44 Jackson Place, opposite New Union Depot, for full details. Also buy and sell second hand goods via classified notices in THESon at 30 cents weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Peru
Samés Keyes
Shelbyville
Ohio
Columbus
Jackson Townships
Bartholomew County
Evansville
Richmond Road
Lafayette
Yorktown
Mill Pond
Sarah Brinkley
City Life
B. W
Indianapolis
Springfield
Cleveland
Geo Butler
Jackson Place
New Union Depot
Wanted Help Wanted Classified Fragments
Short OCR items list job and housing wants. Entries include furnished room rent, groceries to handle, office work by two sisters, girl for housework, situation as clerk, private family aide, day boarders, and a young colored man seeking private family work. Multiple locations shown in brief notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Broady
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Bexley
Ind
Blake St
Walnut
Franklin House
North
Shaledon
New York
Ash-st
Columbus-st
West Washington
Lee
K. Clinois
I. Ohio
E. Ohio
City
Free Pike
W. I. Ripley
N. Tllinois St
Ree Kent
Michigan-st
Mississippi-st
Hington-St
Linguistic note on possession of adjectives and nouns
The passage contrasts weather language with illness phrasing, explaining that in weather we say it is cold, while for a person we say the man has a cold. It highlights different possessive constructions where in one case the weather is described as possessing the cold and in the other the noun gains the descriptor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May.Newman
Agnes Herndon
Sheridan Block
David Hanchett
Bartley Campbell
Gilfeather
Jerrison
Belsever
Miss Congorn
Warner
Sun
THE
Parkiosop
Parkinson
Darnell
Texas
Hicktlin
Finch
Lafayette
Indication of cold weather prompts handkerchief ad
The When's advertisement forecasts cold weather and promotes a wide handkerchief selection. It touts plain and fancy borders, hemmed and hemstitched pieces priced at 10c 12c 15c and 25c, highlighting variety for buyers seeking cold weather essentials.
A Grand Bargain on Silk and Wool Atrakhan Today
A northeastern supplier offers 43 pieces of Silk and Wool Atrakhan from five to ten yard lengths at 25 cents a yard, reduced from 1.25. Also this week only, 5,000 shopping bags selling for 10 cents each, with a usual value of 40 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astrakhan
Elaborate Garter Buckles Display Variegated Gold Colors
An observant note describes garter buckles in variegated gold hues of yellow brown red and greenish with a delicately chased center plate showing tiny blossoms and feathery Pampas like edge tufts. Simpler buckles offer the same utility at lower prices and are available for viewing before purchase.
Local Contractors and Suppliers Directory Listing
A compiled list of tradesmen with addresses including Buehner A J 36 Virginia Ave and Foley Bros 94 N Pennsylvania St. It notes firm names such as Kalb Ayers 816 N Illinois St and Meikel Co 75 N Pennsylvania 1st and includes a closing note urging patrons to select the best workers and materials for long run economy.
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M.A. Morris
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Also Mentioned on This Page
Hoosier Sunbeams
State Geological Museum
Seventeenth Indiana Battery
Seymour & Bedford Railway Company
Gresham
Marion County
Woods
Ford
Central Ave. Church
Patsy Welsh
James Hughes
Haughville
Squire Fiebleman
John McCarty
Mississippi
Merrill Sts
Alabama
Louisiana-sts
Washington
Meridiansts
Ths Son
California
Lionae
Eet & Krags
U.S
Personal
Sullivan
Philadelphia
West Washington ST
Bingham
Water Company
Aneshhaensel & Strong
Pennsylvania
the People's Favorite
People’s Favorite
GREAT
Atlantic & Pacific Thaco
A. P
Auahug
Conan
F.P. Smith &Co
Illinois
EAGLE
Frank A. Blanchard
Pennsylvania Street
W.H. Roll
Illinois Street
M. Raschig
East Washington Street
Louis Reibold
William Kotleman
Paul H. Krauss
Pennsylvania-St
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