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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1893
Page
4
A compact Indiana roundup reports a smallpox incident in Muncie with gunfire from a father as officers moved to quarantine a child. Across the state, news items include a Koikomo jail case, factory resumption, municipal bond efforts, and local curiosities from Fort Wayne to Noblesville.
Supt McIntosh visits Philadelphia to inspect navy astragals being cast there while local business moves unfold with a chattel mortgage filed by jeweler Ed Ducas to Baldwin Miller Co for 500 and a sale bill to Fannie Ducas for 4000. John H Stewart dies at 135 N Meridian Ave after a lingering illness from a paralytic stroke.
Wiley Evans the California colored prize fighter fought Charles Johnson of St Paul in the woods northwest of the city before about 100 spectators. Evans 143 pounds to Johnson 142. After a long bout Evans knocked Johnson out in the ninth round. Johnson previously fought Andy Bowen in New Orleans and was believed to be a plant to outfox Evans. Johnson won $300. Boxing and sports items follow, with schedules and notes on other matches and local football planning. The high school football team in Indianapolis reorganizes with Prof. Wilson as trainsman after paying last year’s debts. Miss Mary Merrill dies in Bonn Germany Sept 14 after brain fever. A mortgage filed against Morgan & Quinn secures a note of $1,499.96.
Mrs B notes in the Ladies' Journal that her sister’s children wear dresses dyed with Diamond Dyes through several seasons from light to dark. Sashes ribbons and feathers stay fresh with minimal effort and expense, making the dyeing seem wonderful.
The fragmentary text records market bids and quotations for sheep, lambs, and grains, with prices and lots. It references inspectors reports on wheat, corn, oats, and hay, plus local deniers bidding on wagon rye, carrots, and various feed grains. Specifics include sheep grades, lambs, roughs, and mixed lots, alongside wheat and flour futures and cash bids in multiple locations.
The Big Four schedules special and round trip rail offers for Terre Haute and Chicago for late September. Tickets cover September 23 demonstrations and Christian Endeavor events with round trips from Indianapolis to Terre Haute and return options. Tickets and details available at major station offices and ticket agents.
An Odd Mellows excursion offers 3.60 for a round trip to Chicago on September 23, with return by October. Trains depart Indianapolis Union Station at multiple times and include Monon and Big Four lines. Stops include Seventh Street, Massachusetts Avenue, and Union Station.
The daily morning train leaves Indianapolis Union Station at 9 10 a m except Sundays and arrives at the World s Fair Grounds at 2 10 p m Monuments 248 E Washington st Aug Dioner
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