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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1900
Page
7
Dark and scattered items include a Masonic lodge meeting in St. John's No. 20 F. and A. M. in Entered Apprentice work at 7:30. Also notes on hunting success, a historical library discovery near Damascus, travel rates, lists of Democratic delegates and officials, a catarrh cure ad, and a tale of a Northbound reporter spotting his father by moonlight.
A local notice proclaims new shirt waists and yokings are in stock with a promise that the season offers choicest goods and invites shoppers to view the new arrivals.
About fifty Burmese men met at the St. Denis hotel to decide on a grand Fourth of July celebration. A permanent committee was elected with W A Stevens as president and Ernest Stablouth as treasurer to organize street and railroad square festivities pending funding. Also reported were a street car accident on Third Street injuring none and baseball lineups for Edinburg at Edinburg, plus Republican Convention excursion details via Pennsylvania Lines from June 14 to 18 for Philadelphia arrival and June 26 return.
Local society items list numerous movements as Miss Lottie Voris travels to Florence Ed Keel returns from Cripple Creek Mrs Henry Rethwich and daughter Rachel go to Bedford with Bloomington visit Henry Harman comes up from North Vernon Rev Oster attends a reception in Edinburg Mrs Elizabeth Gasaway and granddaughters visit Amity Chas Maley arrives from Edinburg John and Carl Ford return from Jonesville Mrs James Perkinson leaves to visit Scott county Lida Price visits Seymour Anna Winterberg arrives from Edinburg to see Miss Bertha Lay Dolph Ryan travels to Louisville Grace Price returns Margaret McCormick comes home from Louisville Mrs Arthur Pruitt returns from Edinburg Marie Shea leaves for Denver Mary Keyes returns from Chicago Dr Rice brings Sam Burgess from Iddisnapolis S M Dennison returns from Louisville Anniversary service at English Lutheran church Rev J W Kapp to preach Rev T A Himes attends Synod Carter found guilty of petit larceny sentenced to state reformatory for one to three years.
Last month 1048 baggage pieces arrived and 1061 pieces left the station, including 78 bicycles. Switch engine J headed northwest today to a lumber dealer. The Belvedere dray mule ran away last night, driver George Osborne escaped unharmed. George A. Peters reports the city sewer remaining 300 feet will finish by noon after river fall. Pensioners in South Carolina receive a 12.30 annual allowance for 7051 claimants.
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