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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1900
Page
4
Excursion tickets sold Dec 22 23 24 25 and 31 1900 and Jan 1 1901 via Pennsylvania lines for Christmas and New Year holidays. Adult fares not less than 30 cents, children not less than 15 cents. Tickets valid for return to Jan 2 1901. Details from W H Cowent Columbus Ind ticket agent.
Southern Railway offers 24 hour through schedule from Louisville to Jacksonville with layovers in Lexington Chattanooga and Atlanta and return trips via through connections and sleeping car service. Winter Tourist Tickets to Florida Southern States Havana Nassau Porto Rico available. Information at 230 Fourth Ave Louisville. Wu fmt.
An 1880s testimonial-style offer cites a one hundred dollar reward for curing catarrh. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo are vouched for by local wholesalers West Truax Walding Kinnanl Marvin. The remedy aims to treat catarrh from within, with price listed and testimonials offered.
Just a few days remain to pick Christmas presents from our store offering a desk dress pattern silk waist collarette scarf table linen towels wool blankets handkerchiefs hosiery purses kid gloves brooches and other items carried by a first class dry goods shop suitable for Christmas remembrance.
Local society notes list numerous visits and homecomings for Christmas from Seymour and nearby towns including Edinburg Indianapolis Kokomo Terre Haute and Logansport with exchanges of visits among families. The piece also mentions Christmas dinners hosted by Mrs A J Banker and Mrs S H Bassett and announces Big Four holiday excursion rates to local stations and Central PA points with tickets at one and one third fare good through January 2 1901.
Charming cantatas at the Methodist and Presbyterian churches drew large audiences with the gallery full of families. The New Santa Claus and Peggy's Dream featured lively songs and recitations, warmly encored, with 10 cent admissions and gifts for Sunday school children. A Central Christian church gathering offered a brief program and distributed presents to children.
The column lists trades shifting hands as Columbus Cider works and feed mill plan to quit, Chester Fox leaves for Shelby county after family losses, Clifford boasts weather proppets, and local church upkeep. Also notes a Masonic supper, Southern Railway holiday fares, rental of Driving Park property, a croup remedy ad, and state wage figures for teachers.
San Francisco printers celebrate a nine hour day while Savannah laundry workers form the state’s first union of their trade. The national secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners reports a cash balance of 1,044,605 dollars.
Quotations from multiple papers depict couples and society figures in light gossiping vignettes. Jests touch on beauty, manners, price tags, wedding dinners, and social expectations with playful barbs and punchlines.
In a brief, uneasy exchange at the station, Lucinda and Melinda discuss a violent moment as Jim Johnson allegedly acted rashly, followed by a muffled outburst and expressions of sympathy. The dialogue hints at sorrow and comic relief amid a tense scene.
A collage of witty lines and cartoons from various papers. Quick quips include a teacher and sums joke from the Glasgow Times and a prison remark from the New York World. The collection mirrors light opinion pieces and humorous snippets common to old newspapers.
The report shows California and the District of Columbia paying women teachers the highest wages at an average of 64 dollars per month. Across the United States in 1899 male teachers earned 45.25 dollars and female teachers 38.14 dollars monthly. The document notes 16,738,362 children educated in U S schools and colleges, with 1,503,92k in private institutions, and states total state expenditures for children at 197.28 dollars per person.
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