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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1901
Page
4
The Shelbyville Republican ridicules linking the American flag to Independence Day while contrasting Cuba and Porto Rico issues. The St Louis Post Dispatch reports Drake’s vast estate with 150 heirs, each to receive about twenty million, noting Drake’s pirate era and Porto Rico origins.
An 19th century ad notes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for feverishness constipation and stomach disorders in children. The remedy, advertised by A.ilen Bree and Olmsted of LeRoy, is claimed to purge worms and aid digestion and is sold at druggists for 2 cents.
The Franklin Republican argues Shelbyville is the right place for a Sunday School convention despite opposition. It says reforms for the city have failed elsewhere but such a gathering could benefit Shelbyville. It critiques Indianapolis papers for favoring local monuments and questions regional newspaper loyalties.
A fragmented notice mocks an imperial plan to begin civil government on July 4. It advertises Four Flavors lemon berry and eas Sesperey, urging grocers to stock the dessert today despite garbled text and unclear authority.
The Fairbanks telegrams attack gerrymandering as a Democratic invention while Indiana’s Republicans claim they will curb the practice. The discussion cites Indiana’s legislature and Senator Fairbanks, with broader remarks on disfranchisement and political tactics. The piece also notes local reports on birth reporting enforcement, a court case, and minor notices.
Mrs Thomas Prather hosted a dinner for her daughters Mrs Samuel Wright and Miss Yetta V Prather visiting from Asg bula Ohio and a crowd of local guests including Mrs W A Spurgeon and daughters Misses Bertie and Eftie Mesdames A J Banker John Runyan Will Keller Mattie Harmes and Frank Schwartzkopf and daughter Marguerite. The note mentions a reward for capturing those killing Chinese Mongolian Ringneck Pheasants with about 15 killed since last summer and more to be turned in. James Caldwell signs.
Two summer trips via Akron Route offer through car service from Indianapolis Richmond Dayton Cincinnati Columbus and more to Chautauqua with return limits of 30 days. First trip July 5 with return by August 6 and second July 26 with return by August 27. Columbus round trip $12.45 both times. For details contact W H Dowell Jr Columbus Ind. Also notes extensive Yucatan sites and a July Christian Endeavor Convention in Cincinnati with Big Four excursion tickets and possible return extension to August 31, 1901.
In Kansas the annual target practice of a state regiment was indefinitely postponed last week as members were too busy in the sugar beet fields. Across the sea, Naples fruit suffers from caustic rain tied to Vesurius crater smoke destroying nearly all crops.
An old advertisement touts Sukca as a remedy for nervous and stomach ailments. It claims benefits for nerves kidneys and the whole adult system and offers free samples from Fern Bank Chemical Co Fern Bank with a call to write for a new weekly issue.
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