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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1900
Page
4
The Brown County Democrat notes the custom of blowing water works whistles at midnight to usher in the new year and mentions extra tools for a new century. It reflects on flattery, hypocrisy, and changing friendship as fortunes rise or fall.
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh not cured by "ae Va Catarrh Cure" from J. OHENEY & CO Toledo. It includes endorsements of F. J Cheney and notes the product is taken internally and claims blood and mucous system benefits.
Marshall Field outlines core traits for youths starting in business. He urges self assessment, diligent study, and mastering chosen work, then stresses self control, frugality, and selecting worthy companions. He warns wealth without character harms future success and champions character-building as essential.
Evangelist noon and evening sermons draw very large crowds. Thirty four confessions of faith recorded to date with ongoing meetings at Central-Christian church nightly at 7:30 during January. Music praised as a city highlight and a New Year social plus watch night service planned at the Methodist church on Eighth and Mechanic streets.
A string of short notices records Sweeney traveling north on Saturday and multiple residents visiting or returning home from Indianapolis Columbus Lafayette Edinburg Muncie Shelbyville and Louisville. Several couples and individuals with last names Cobl Wells Miller Taylor Davidson Ackerman Ormsby appear among the updates.
Coroner Kirkpatrick exhumed the two week old child of William Stillabower on an order from Health Officer Arwine to complete examination and death certificate. Burial without a permit risks a $100 fine. body buried by family friends, not undertaker, per county law for statistician records.
South Bend area report notes a boy consumed horse medicine after fearing punishment from his father. A physician pumped the poison from his stomach and the child is expected to recover. The incident followed a day of minor offenses.
Evaneyville Indiana December report notes George Boyden killed himself after reference to being Mrs Boyden eighth husband. Two of her prior spouses died natural, three forced. Mrs Boyden, age 50, insists marriage remains not a failure and sees no reason for murder charge. Jeffersonville Indiana December 31: Frank Montague, resident 519 East Mill Ottumwa Iowa, jailed charged with murder of William Gilmore of Ottumwa found dead near Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern tracks. Montague says Gilmore was killed by three Black men. he claims Giere porkpackers were involved.
Disjointed fragments report a man found murdered near Ottumwa Indiana with a pocket card bearing the name William Gilmore. A Mrs. Emma Adams aged 50 died suddenly in Fransville Indiana.
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