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Newspaper
Columbus Democrat
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1877
Page
3
Local notes report the new weekly will not begin. Quail are very plentiful this season. Business in Court proceeds swiftly and the tax collector pursues delinquents. A new crockery store opened Monday. The end men of the female show were not females. The musketo has paused for the season. The Kankakee party plans to depart Sunday night. The Murphy meetings continue with a successful boyfare session and a Rose appearance.
Mrs Dan Smith returned home on Wednesday last from a two weeks visit to friends in Scott county. Mr Ed Palmer admitted to practice at the bar by Mr Browning as judge. Mr George Carruthers returned from Richmond and Cincinnati with many fine goods. The last day of paying taxes without penalty is the first Monday in November. A child of Mr Michael OBrien died and was buried in Catholic cemetery. Father Schnell conducted the funeral. Mr Harry Samuels of Nehmann Bacimann cigar line left samples at Thomas Gyale. Temperance resolutions arrived too late for this week. Two employees absent reducing force. Mr Wm Anderson of this office injured on a press. Prepare for a jalification meeting over Ohio result. Miss Effie Critchfield raised about $60 for Nan stage benefit with praise from crowd.
Announcement in the Democrat details the Sabbath School Institute meeting at 2 p.m. Saturday October 20 at the M E church Taylorsville with a program including prayers, minutes, duties of a Sunday school teacher, Bible lesson on Acts 19 by Dr. Cooperider, a talk on attracting Sunday schools by Miss Carrie Boaz, and a primary lesson by Miss Hannah Quick. A death in the circle prompts memorial resolutions for a beloved former pupil and musician. The committee asks Columbus and Vevey papers publish the resolutions and send a copy to the family.
A jumble of gossip, editorials, and short reports covers threats of harm, political heat, wheat trade, beekeeping courage, and local curios. Edinburg returns, rot in potatoes, a church roof fix, a gate torn by coons, and a beehive beekeeper’s nerve. International dispatches critique wheat exports, while editors rail at politics and civic humor in multiple towns.
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