Special Overcoat Sale Tempts Bargain Seekers
About 500 overcoats in every color size and quality are priced to move. The store invites shoppers to visit and purchase, promising friendly service and a quick decision on fitting options.
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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1900
Page
4
About 500 overcoats in every color size and quality are priced to move. The store invites shoppers to visit and purchase, promising friendly service and a quick decision on fitting options.
A Worthwhile column blends politics and society scenes from Columbus Indiana. The Democrat state committee meets in Indianapolis on Jan. 8 for consultation while editorials discuss free text books and public education. Society items include multiple intimate gatherings and euchre parties hosted by local residents.
A flurry of travelers and visitors pass through Columbus this morning and yesterday. Mrs W B Woodfield returns to New Albany while H R Ruddick of Chicago plans a visit this evening. Dozens of locals including Miss Lina Thompson Miss Nora McKeehan and Miss Grace Bull travel to nearby cities for family and friend visits. John Hayes and Edward McCleary head toward Prescott Arkansas with plans to tour Oklahoma. A needle machine produces 1 500 000 needles weekly.
A horse belonging to Ernest Shur near the city ran away after being frightened by a locomotive at Fifth and Washington. The wagon struck a tree at Fourth and Jackson, was demolished, and Shur, though thrown, sustained only scratches and bruises. The incident followed by unrelated notes on theatre ticket practices and world fair curiosities.
Union City Indiana December 29 D W De Pond of Bragg fatally burned while trying to save his residence from a fire. The house burned to the ground. Baby Scalded To Death in Bloomingport. at 118 months old, child of Mr and Mrs Warren Wall died from boiling water. Evansville sees Dr William Randolph sentenced to one to three years for stealing a patent medicine receipt from Dr Otto Kanuth.
A report notes two science achievements. A jellyfish wraps around its prey to absorb nutrients, and researchers succeed in photographing objects solely by light from the planet Venus, demonstrating Venusian illumination for imaging.
St Joseph Missouri December 29 electrician Schellinger of Chicago shocked a cat apparently dead and by reversing current restored the heart and life within hours. Doctors pronounced the animal dead but revival followed after a brief interval and continued until full vitality returned. Schellinger claims such resuscitation is possible if action is prompt and proper after electrocution.
Daniel Burris identified at Pacific Junction Iowa as the man who sold money to a person matching Pat Crowe in the days after the Cudahy abduction. Mrs. Thomas B. Cooper, Burris’s daughter, selected two CROWE photographs from a gallery as resembling the "Light" man who came to buy the pony. The Cooper is the fifth witness who has seen the light man who identified him with a likeness of Crowe.
Local government and county offices listed with names for Judge Circuit Court Francis Bord and other officials. Also notes on township trustees and city officers including mayor, clerk, treasurer, marshal, city attorney, and engineer with ward councilmen names. Also agricultural listings for crops and livestock with prices.
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