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Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1891

Page

2

Editorial Satire on Chicago Fair Promoters and Tax Threats

The piece denounces the Chicago Columbian exposition venture as built on borrowed capital and reliant on public spirit, warning of a looming failure. It cites Mr Springer in Congress and mocks government aid, rail assessments, and a staged visit by a national association, noting St Louis’s suspected role.

Mr. Dana New York Sun Ed Cowles Springer Congress Illinois Chicago the Tribune Union National Association of Cremetary St. Louis

Multiple Friday incidents of crime and disasters reported

A string of brief Friday events include rail and mail robberies near Savannah and Effingham, a bank theft in Effingham, a freight car fire in Birmingham, a yacht wreck off Nova Scotia, a fatal hunting accident in Ta, and a hangning in Newport Arkansas. Also noted were a prize fight in Atchison and a gasized refinery shock in Colongzo.

Harrison Colongzo Cal W. P. Dame Boston Georgiana Nova Scotia Derby Rubber Company Birmingham Ala Savannah Lew Wallace Proctor Miller Homer Pittman Henry Clodefelter Atchison, Kan Peter Fitzgerald Marshalltown Effingham Dis Dover C. T Bob Winston Newport Ark

Frankie and the Mirror: A City Comedy vignette

A weary Frankie across the street toys with a mirror as an artist mocks him from the villa steps. The artist and neighborly talk turn macabre, prompting musings on death while Frankie darts away to watch a street scrap between newsboys.

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