24 Feb 1898
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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1898
Page
1
Coroner and deputy held a night autopsy on Mrs. Wm Knight finding a shotgun wound in the abdomen near the thigh, artery severed, likely fatal. Inquest set for Saturday and Monday. couple aged 21 and 22 had been married two years.
A profile of Eugene Francis Loud a California congressman and House Post Offices committee chair noted for anti postal abuse stance and gold standard advocacy. The piece recounts his Puritan ancestry birth in Abington Mass 1877 sea voyage at 13 service in Civil War era California cavalry and long California political career. It closes with hygiene progress citing germicides antiseptics and amputation mortality drops from 63.5 percent in the Crimean War to 6.9 percent by 1890.
Adam I. May and twenty two graduates prevailed in Shelbyville on Saturday. Marion Crim won south precinct and Thomas Cochran won north precinct at the democratic convention. Protracted meetings at the M E church face poor attendance due to weather. War sentiment grows with Spain likely to draw volunteers from Flatrock. Ed Wheatly and Willis Law travel to Indianapolis on business.
The nineteenth annual session of the Northern Indiana teachers association will be held in Kokomo March 31 and April 1 and 2. The group, with 2000 members, is the largest teachers organization in the United States. Lectures are planned by Dr. N. D. Hills and Dr. Dewey of Chicago and Dr. McClellan of Ontario normal school. Also noted: John Cook of Western Union ill with measles in East Columbus. Nanine Spurgeon went to Indianapolis. Mrs. W. H. Dowell and son traveled to Franklin.
A New York Ledger note describes popular winter fashion favoring white and light colored dresses. It highlights fabrics like satin and pique with jet embroidery, mohair braids, and decorative rings. The bolero is praised for warmth and style, while mothers assemble party dresses in white with colorful accessories to reduce prep detail.
The article surveys French authors from Hugo to Renan, noting Hugo as the wealthiest in lifetime earnings at about 1.2 million dollars. It details Dumas pere, Blanc, Cha Teaubriand, Flaubert, and Renan, outlining per‑letter or fixed sums, copyrights sold, and long term contracts that yielded varied fortunes and later regret.
Shoemakers fix creaking shoes with a few stitches or pegs. Clover seed is cheap after a large crop, quality seed should be chosen. Air garments 12 hours in a warm room to ensure thorough drying. Illness may result from improperly aired bedding or underwear. Sheep values hold, demand strongest for good lambs and handyweight sheep. Chicago export prices for wethers and lambs are listed with no near-term change expected.
A report notes under Chinese law a man who loses temper in a discussion is jailed five days to cool down.
A statistician estimates that every square mile of the sea harbors 120 million fish. The remark highlights the vast density of marine life and prompts discussion on ocean ecosystems and counting methods.
The item lists several innovations including a hatpin plate to protect hats from damage, a flame extinguishing plate for circular burners on lamps, bomb proof turrets for express cars, and a faucet with a cut out bottom to insert a ball for sealing during repacking.
Mrs Gladstone turns eighty six as Dr Martha Sheldon works on a Bhatiyas written language translating portions of the Gospel and hymns. Dr Monelle Mansell, wife of the Methodist presiding elder, is the district’s only American woman in Massorie district India spanning 600 miles. Miss Phebe Edgar of Rahway N J has taught 60 years in the Second Presbyterian Sunday school as officers and teachers commemorate the event.
The passage traces the origins and spread of familiar produce. It notes the tomato from the Americas via Portuguese naming, celery’s late British acceptance, lentils from the Himalayas, and widespread cultivation from India to Europe. It covers watercress, sourdock, beans, peas, turnips, lettuce, spinach, and asparagus with cultural links from Persia to Rome and beyond.
The article lists national hand shapes and praises individual beauties. It highlights smallest hands among American women and then notes hand traits of Austrian Spanish French Italian Russian German and English women. It names Duchesse de Mouche Vicomtesse de Gallard Archduchesses Elizabeth and Maria Theresa and Duchess de Morny as examples.
The Touring Club of France has 40 000 members and 36 Philadelphia bicycle clubs prosper. The American Cyclist lists 13 riders over 50 with Caesar Lee of Louisiana noted as the oldest at 8. Russian factories produce wheels priced 42 to 67 dollars, German 77 to 92.50, English 82 to 128.50, American 103 to 128.50, with American wheels valued for finish and durability and imported only in high quality.
A collection of reflections on home friendship and gratitude. Noting that debt of gratitude often surfaces when meeting others who owe us thanks, the passages stress daily fidelity in small duties as a path to greater insight and divine guidance.
A collection of maxims in Italian and Spanish, noting contrasts between truth and deceit, leisure and laziness, hunger and appetite, and social perception. Includes lines about a sheep, a hare, a kiss, a handsaw, and a house with guests, reflecting common sense and social jugement across cultures.
A friendly critic asks a poet to shorten a manuscript into four stanzas. The bard agrees, noting poets’ shrinking nature. A playful misunderstanding leads to a near kiss and a joke about lighting a match, with a lighthearted exchange.
A comic exchange in the Tammany Times contrasts reading politics and fashion. He notes no extra cost from his paper, while she acknowledges fashion spending spikes when she reads her fashion journal, highlighting a humorous clash of habits.
A San Francisco Examiner fragment describes a firm head chastising staff for gossip in the candy department while a housemaid recalls a master kissing her at a previous job. The dialogue includes Mose ly Wraggs and Tufford Knut as bystanders in a lively, conflicted scene.
Quotation highlights jokes about a baby not resembling its parents with a nod to Uncle Bill who made announcements in Barnum's show. The Cleveland Plain Dealer fragment presents humorous aside about show business lineage and family joke timing.
A exchange shows Modern marital vanity as a Pretty Wife contrasts dresses with a rich man’s advice about health foods. The dialogue features sly jabs on appearances and nourishment, reflecting period newspaper humor.
A New York Journal note jokes about marriage vows strained by a husband refusing to buy a new Easter hat for his wife, hinting at domestic friction and playful marital expectations.
A fragment from a humorous exchange cites Mrs Farmer and Waldo of Boston with banter on food and manners. The dialogue contrasts poverty and pride, with a pun about double negatives and social snubs.
A witty Chicago Record quip notes a husband learning self reliance by making his own morning coffee. The exchange lampoons domestic fault finding and highlights unintended humor in daily routines.
A collage of pithy quotes and jokes from period humor pages. Caricatures of disease, weather, and social quirks mingle with one liners about landladies kitchens weddings and wheeled minds. Readers find satirical takes on daily life and public sensibilities.
A brief clash appears in a New York Journal dialogue where one speaker extols greatness through smoking while another resists the claim, highlighting a sharp social exchange. The item reads like a satirical letters or opinion exchange from the era.
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