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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1891
Page
4
A long list of local items from Indiana reports includes arrests and jail terms, property losses, and various accidents. It notes conventions, society sessions, and a grand jury probe. Cattle disease near Crawfordsville, shipyard and factory news, and multiple court and legal notices appear alongside marriages and pension listings.
CITY LIFE reports on Geo. W. Bliss leaving for the east, the Cottingham Wilkins wedding, Anna Shafer's illness, and a Park theatre ambulance transfer. It notes the soldiers' monument commission adopting a bronze figures code, a $188,469 expenditure with $182,500 remaining, and a loan plan of $125,000 from Equitable for a new building. Magons officers named T. D. Brown as illustrious grand master and other posts. Also a help-wanted notice for domestic staff in Watch Tax Sun.
The article lists boxing and racing notes with multiple signings and matches across cities including Hutchinson and Kittridge joining the Boston Reds, Hanlon and Stephenson set to race on Shawnegan Lake, and Yale versus Harvard football planned at Springfield. It notes a Cleveland nitrous oxide plant fire, local store openings, and listings for help wanted and teething remedies.
Wednesday market notices list smoked meats at ten cents per pound and various hams, bacon, and sausage prices. dried beef and pork products with multiple barrel and tierce sizes. coffee, sugars, canned fruits and vegetables, and dairy products. Grain, oats, hay, and provisions show fluctuating prices with shifts in drugs and grain noted.
At Indianapolis Stock Yards on October 21, 1491, receipts were light and prices largely unchanged from Tuesday. Export steers and other cattle showed dull demand with varying weights and terms, while butchers cattle, veal calves, and bulls reflected a generally slow market. Sheep and lambs saw limited shipments and steady quotations amid light supply. Local grain and nearby market quotes followed a similar pattern of subdued activity.
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