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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1902
Page
6
An Iron Bed and Bedding department advertises a sale offering a free sanitary spring with every Iron Bed purchased, promoting enhanced comfort and value for customers shopping their line.
Dutch Weik reports DePauw optimism as James Henry arrives as coach with a large squad. James Henry, ex Chicago and Michigan player, rallies the team. Joe Pearson captains the side with key linemen Coble O Daniels Robbins White Baker and McKinstray Wilkinson Hawthorne Brown Henderson proving strong. First game set for next Monday as alumni meet undergrads.
Mayor Charlie reveals a new pesthouse site southeast of the city, practically decided but not yet purchased. The chosen location is three quarters of a mile from city limits, a distance the mayor says he has walked.
A movement for a Fall Festival week reunion of the Twenty seventh Indiana Battery faces slow progress as members who went to Porto Rico are scattered nationwide. The notice notes the death of Matthew Rowland Douglass J and the recent burial of his mother Louisa Rowland, with Rowland’s funeral set for Brownsburg on Friday.
State Statistician B F Johnson confident the Indiana corn crop is safe despite a killing frost. He notes only late spring plantings in some areas might lose 8 to 10 percent, and otherwise expects no frost damage through August into October. He cautions forecasts are not prophecy, but believes frost threats fade with three dry days.
An explosion among varnish and oil pots sparked a fire at 156 W Twenty Eighth Street, killing Mrs. Mary Frazer and injuring several other women tenants. Police and firemen conducted several rescues as the blaze burned through the four stories.
Mayor Bockwalter and the Board of Public Works met privately on Thursday to discuss city duties toward the recently annexed Irvington and Tuxedo. The administration aims to act, with a fire engine house planned before snow, a permanent structure next year, paving on Washington street, track elevation work, and a spring sewer project.
Retail meat dealers report Chicago prices are set to fall due to grass-fed cattle from the west, but Indianapolis should not expect cheaper meat since grass-fed cattle are rarely sold there.
Bargains in upright pianos, slightly used, offered by Baldwin's. Text appears as a fragmented newspaper ad and guarantees affordability, urging readers to try them. The readable portion emphasizes convenience and value for budget buyers.
The Indianapolis fire department base ball team will play the Cincinnati fire men's team in a contest scheduled for September 18 at an on site venue. The event brings together city fire departments for a friendly athletic meet with local spectators invited.
The government releases a new McKinley cent postal card to replace the Washington portrait card. It is 3 1/2 by 5 inches, features a left facing McKinley portrait with the words Postage One Cent and 1843 McKinley 11, and includes a coat of arms and instruction lines about space for postmark and address. Printing delays pushed the February sale date.
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