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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1901
Page
8
An 3 d 5wl trip to Washington includes all expenses by train via B and O S W with daylight views of historic sites from Harpers Ferry to the Potomac and Alleghanies. Contact N J Neer Springfield Tl O P McCarry for rates and pamphlets.
A circuit court story recounts an elderly woman failing to clearly see a suitor on a barn roof during a marriage challenge. Her son asks if she can spot William and the indelicate punchline reveals she can see him only in a distant sense, not across the barn.
Forrest Jones has been pronounced cured by Indianapolis hospital authorities and will be brought back to the county jail to await trial on a charge of assault with intent to murder. The case stems from an incident last spring when he threw carbolic acid at his uncle J. H. Kaiser. a lunacy inquest led to commitment to the hospital. Sheriff Wagner will transport him Monday to Indianapolis and back, with no trial expected this term.
Discussion led by W F Brockman on economy in feeding and marketing farm animals. Lane leads talks on education and character, home making, and farming life. Lee's Gallery advertises new photography services and cabinet pictures. A local theater review praises a lively play with new songs. Court cases involving Lee Bloom enetock are taken under advisement. requests for old Columbus Democrat issues are noted.
Mrs Edgar McSweeney and daughter Mica Mabel returned to Indianapolis. Mrs Charles Ramblen of Indianapolis visited relatives. Mrs M A Conway of St Louis came to see her daughter Mrs W A Johnson. Delia McGaw of Edinburgh visited Browns Town guest Mrs Ralph Applewhite. Mrs Elizabeth Sergeant returned from Martinsville. Wm Monroe and family returned to North Vernon. Henry Thornton donated two acres of land south of the B and O tracks for a glaze plant. Joan Irwin of Columbus praised for city improvements.
The will of the late George M. Pullman who died November 28 is filed for probate in Redwood City California. The estate is valued under $500 000 and the known heirs at law are his mother Mrs Hattie Sanger Pullman of Chicago and his wife Sarah Lander Pullman of Menlo Park. The wife requests letters of administration.
Washington December 1 Representative Crumpacker of Indiana introduced a bill to amend the apportionment act fixing House membership at 372 based on vote cast rather than poll taxes. It shifts representation toward northern states and away from southern states.
A report notes several hundred Americans live in Berlin while a new Main Street building is planned as a drug store. The narrator mentions a newspaper office on the street and references local activities such as singing school and dime learning, with wary local figures and a curious reporter identity.
Columbus resident Mrs. Eliza Lanceskes of 1413 Syracuse Street credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing back and kidney pains and related symptoms. She reports relief from headaches, languor, and exhaustion after use and recommends the product sold by T. E. Otto's drug store. Price is 50 cents a box. FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo is sole U.S. agent.
The Baltimore American quotes a famed artist describing his study of cows in the clover. The critic notes that the clover is missing in the picture, pointing out the cows have eaten it.
A brief Chicago Daily News item depicts a shy confession followed by a decisive closeness between a young couple. The fragment hints at romance and social nerves with a vivid, period voice.
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