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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1900
Page
2
A Northern column reprints editorials and letters with sharp jabs at the Republican stance on the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and Gen. Harrison's recent speech to students. Miscellaneous items include birth notices, new shoe arrivals, and a string of light humor quotes from various papers.
A string of residents plan trips to Indianapolis Columbus and Jeffersonville over the holidays. Holiday rates on Southern Railway offer fare and a third round trip from December 22 to 25 and December 30 to January 1 with a January 4 1901 final limit. Students may book December 15 to 21 with certificates. Southern Railway runs three daily trains between Lexington and Louisville.
Real estate and rental note. For Rent the old Driving Park property, including house, buildings, and about 24 acres. Agent Brocemay lists the property with details, while other items mention cheap jewelry and silverware from a different source.
In Kokomo Indiana Frank Jones and Emery Cooper both suitors of a local girl fought a deadly duel at the Howard Tipton county line as they chased a girl home. Jones badly cut Cooper five bullets wounded fatally in groin and chest. Cooper cannot live Jones may recover.
Joseph Keith stands trial in Princeton Indiana on a Warrick county murder charge. The case, moved on venue from Warrick, involves Nora Kifer whose body was found long after the alleged crime. Both sides have issued many subpoenas signaling a lengthy, hard fought proceeding.
A rescue party searched Fort River caverns near West Baden Indiana after Hocum an actor from New York disappeared with a guide while entering the river cave. Rising springs have nearly filled the cave mouth, hindering traces of the missing pair.
A humorous dialogue pair portrays a mother and father recalling their son Johnny’s brave act after cutting his finger and concealing the pain. The jokes shift to the trolley company and a political quip about election spending.
A string of light quips about Miss Tartleigh and her photographs turning to negatives The Chicago Past notes a cautious suitor who never reappears after a rejected marriage proposal Town Topics and Guests of the Afternoon touch on gossip driven by Mrs Brown and Mrs Smith in a bustle of town chatter Chicago Record records how gossip travels through fashions and visits shaping domestic talk
A brief nostalgic note recalls days of old romance as a milkmaid speeds across meadows while the Chicago Daily News wittily comments on modern milk production with a playful twist.
A compact grocer’s notice advertises four fruit flavors for ten cents each. Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry are offered for shoppers to try today at local stores.
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