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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
4
Local notices advertise holiday merchandise at Fehring’s with new jackets and raglans arriving. Names include F J Mryen and others, plus a notice of a man Ferris going insane after years at a pumping station near Barrow on the Santa Fe.
A vintage advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh with a one hundred dollar reward if unsuccessful. It lists J Cheney & Co of Toledo and endorsements from West Truax Walding Kinnall Marvin as trustworthy wholesale druggists. The product is described as taken internally with price five to seven cents per bottle and mentions Hall's Family Pills as the best.
Real estate transfers recorded include Avnis L Bailey to John W Bailey 160 acres for 875. Fannie Snyder to Reeves Co part of Columbus lot 2 for 1000. Silas Shrayer to Albert Olmstead 5 acres for 150. Harriet Hayes to Rachel Ogilvie 120 acres for 35. Ralph Prosser to Perry and Rebecca Condon Lot 7 Columbus for 1000. Stanton to Edith Everroad parts of Columbus lots 67 and 68 for 1800. Harry Crist to George Keller one acre for 120. Pinckney Davis to Henry Ward lots 3 and part of 4 New Bern for 325. Henry Hagenberg to Lena Franz 20 acres for 1. Lena Franz and husband to Fred Peters 20 acres for 300. Mary Cotner to Wm Cotner and wife part of Hope lot 226 for 100. Elmer Israel to Wm Aiken lot 27 Hope for 300. Brannen to Israel part of Hope lot for 300.
The column critiques President Roosevelt's congressional message as spacey and edited, questions civil service reform support, and notes Republican leaders' unease over tariff, reciprocity, and Cuba annexation tactics. It cites Hepburn Dalzell and others, mocks party divisions, and ends with Charleston Exposition and Depew.
Chas Richardson moves to Indianapolis to make his home. Mrs Beatty’s relatives gave a Thanksgiving surprise. Mae Reed of Columbus visits friends. Local teachers attended the Columbus Teachers Association gathering. Bert Clark of Ogilville visits relatives. Rumors point to an upcoming wedding. Willard and Willis Ault celebrated birthdays with about 70 guests. John Pruitt visited Beck. Isaac Taylor buys a new buggy. Scott Carmichael seen driving fine cattle toward home.
Nearly everyone complains of bad colds as gloomy weather lingers. Young people attended the Waymanaville festival and reported a good time. The column notes new correspondents joining and old ones leaving. Misses Addie Wayt and Ida Whittinghill visited the school at No. 5 Monday. Mears H J Taylor and H Bolte went to Columbus for Thanksgiving. The debating society has moved meetings from Saturday.
The entry records several social calls and gatherings from Thursday to Monday. Activities include church attendance at the German Lutheran church, a literary meeting planned after a debate, and a surprise dinner at Mr Ward's near Owl Hollow with plenty to eat. Individuals named include Albert Whittinghill and sisters, Katie and Elia Doyle, Chas Shaffer, Prof Moore, E D Stuckey, James Vanera and family, Dodie Shaffer, Forest Malott, Clint Heck, Emery Summa, Ola Shaffer, and Mrs Harrison who reported a serious injury to her Oklahoma-based daughter.
A Washington-like chatter contrasts Boston flings with New York visitors. Miss Backbay dismisses a city rival as Miss Knickerbocker reports echoes. The snippet hints at a boastful Mr. Gotham and a melodramatic revenge involving Frothingham and Miss Dimling, with a controversial stepdaughter angle.
A Brooklyn Life snippet notes a landlady and boarder banter about Cassius from Shakespeare. The landlady dismisses the question while the boarder recalls Cassius once boarding there, described as lean and hungry in a humorous aside.
A remark about a woman's appearance sparks satire on Europe travel and customs duty as a supposed work of art. The dialogue features a young woman noting prettiness and Miss Cayenne questioning how the woman returned from Europe without duty paid.
A Washington Star exchange shows a manager doubting the actor's popularity as he notes that universal praise may imply the performer is not widely envied. The dialogue suggests tension between reputation and competitive envy within a company.
The New York Herald notes a dramatic claim about Smithers-Brown completing a course to immunize against all diseases. Withers questions effectiveness, suggesting possible new diseases in spirit.
A wife tells her husband she must see a doctor for tobacco heart which she fears is often fatal. The husband reacts with shock, noting he does not smoke, and the wife adds she lives under the same roof with him.
A judge notes a line from Shakespeare about a divinity shaping our ends and adds a remark about a person described as the manicure. The remark blends literary reference and a nickname or title in a concise courtroom or commentary context.
The excerpt showcases Ally Sloper boasting of blue blood and Slumpy George doubting the claim about nose color, highlighting Victorian humor and social satire through playful exchanges about class and identity.
Whimsical exchanges appear in Brooklyn Eagle Town Topics and New York papers. Jokes range from mistimed whisky judgments to puzzled puns about hired help and birthday gifts like a sealskin cloak versus an automobile.
Columbus resident Mrs Elisa Lanceskes describes relief from back pain and kidney trouble after using Deans Kidney Pills bought at T E Ottos drug store. She notes headaches, languor, and exhaustion improved and recommends the remedy to others.
A string of numeric times and letter codes appears, showing intervals such as 7.30 rm, 1.37 Pw, 7.43 em, 7.52 ex, 8.02 ex, 8.10 ex, 8.16 en, 18.25 pw, and 8.35 pw, likely shorthand data from a table or log. The readable items suggest a sequence of events or measurements without full context.
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