Columbus Herald Weekly Schedule Fragment
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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows days of week and dates but no clear story. No readable event details available to summarize into a proper news item.
Obituary notes Martin aged 37 dies of typhoid fever at his Elizabethtown home as funeral services are set from the residence, while town records show tonight’s council session and M E Church society tea tomorrow. Other items include police notices about a Yorkville ordinance against staggering on streets and assorted local notices.
Market report shows mixed grain prices and live stock offers. No. 2 red wheat ranges around 78 cents while corn holds firm near 67 to 65 cents. hay prices strengthen with top timothy around 11.75 dollars. Extra prime steers and good feeding steers listed by weight, with figures for medium and choice grades.
The column lists varying prices for cattle calves cows veal and old cows with ranges from 1.25 to 4.50 per unit. It notes prime to fancy exports and common stockers, plus prices for sheep lambs and stockers. Also shown are seed, corn, oats, Timothy hay, butter, sweet potatoes and buck weights per 100 pounds with assorted values.
Democrats met at St Denis to plan for the January 2 1902 district meeting called by the state committee. J F Cox presided, A J Dipboye was secretary, and committees on finance music program flowers reception and arrangements were named with Cox to appoint the rest. The group praised Columbus City Council and adjourned.
A party from Indianapolis arrived in Nashville Brown County and will stay several days to explore locating an electric railway between Indianapolis and Nashville. O W Bowman suffers 300 loss by fire at a slaughter house west of Hope. The fire at 11 last night destroyed 50 hides 75 bushels of corn one beef one hog and much lard. No insurance and origin unknown. A French farmer reports caterpillars avoid black objects but are attracted to white.
The Dramatic Club staged its first division event in the Masonic Lodge last evening drawing a stylish crowd. Hazel Voris Mary Keyes and Nell Breevoort welcomed guests before two plays The Dinner at Six and The Scheme That Failed with praised performances by young amateurs under Mrs John Jewell.
Four flavors Orange Raspberry and Strawberry available at grocers. Package suggests price ten cents today.
Acabinet vanish trick marred by a joke about Binks and his large family. A stage conjurer asks a lady to enter a cupboard and vanish as a supper club audience watches. The humor shifts to a buyer’s skepticism and a flirtatious bit between a sweet girl graduate and a traveling salesman.
A dialogue exchange from the Times features The Critic and The Man Who Knows debating a young actor. The Critic comments on the strap ping youth wearing knee trousers while The Man Who Knows notes the child actor only seeks to maintain appearances.
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