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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1898
Page
4
Teachers praised for successful term and new doctor in town. Miss Mayme Newton teaches Union township. town election set for May 2 with primary April 9 and multiple trustee/assessor candidates amid active campaigning. Flood damage, neighborly aid, and local travel fare to Cincinnati noted along with job ad for housework at 1404 Mechanic Street.
Large crowd attends the final school day. Obituary notes Maggie Barker dies from lung trouble after a long illness. Burial planned at Becks Grove cemetery. James Kent of Medora visits relatives. McKinney Brothers move saw mill to W. W. Henrys farm with timber contract. Local politics list trustees and assessor candidates. Various visitors and residents noted including Ora Moore and Lulu Patterson visiting Story and district.
An old classified style ad promotes Na-To-Bac as a fifty cent tobacco habit cure claiming to make weak men strong with a blood cure. The offer lists prices of 50 cents and one dollar and notes availability at all druggists.
Health is good as winter tightens its grip in Taylorsville. The column covers coal shortages, local weddings, visitors from Walesboro and Indianapolis, a quiet wedding north of town, a K of P anniversary program with Edinburg musicians, real estate moves, and stock buyers shipping rapidly from the region.
A string of community items reports sickness and sympathy for Mia Barker’s family, a dental extraction, and a man named Hines dying after a shooting linked to an old grudge. Henderson remains at large. authorities note no blame on him. The county Republican convention turns peaceful amid Democratic tensions. Fruit crops suffer from a hard freeze. McKinney Bros move a saw mill. a baby is born. Freeland preaches. Love Feast plans form in Columbus.
Mr and Mrs Bicounts children hire the measels. Prof null of the Hope Normal was in town last Saturday. Otis Snider plans about 75 acres in corn. John Linke of the Hope Normal visited. Mrs Higgin and Martha Essex traveled to Columbus Wednesday. Miss Esta Essex Gertrude Lawless Blanche Smith and Elsie Essex will attend the spring term of the ope Normal. J B Armstrong left Monday on an extended tour through the east. Walter Sjims, ex president of the Silver Crescent Literary Society, left for home near Columbus for summer. Chas Dodd left Saturday for Burlington Iowa for summer studies. There was a lively semi monthly warming at the Bee Hive last Friday. Not much honey was extracted. Madison Snider claims a bee found last week though the bees may have been shung.
Mrs. Mattie McFeres appears on the Bick list tied to the death of Mia. Charles Cretten is expected soon. Dr. William Cohee has returned from Indianapolis after completing medical studies and seeks a doctor position.
An assortment of storefront notices highlights Barber John Day near Post Office, Hirth Grocery and Bakery at Head Quarters for cakes, Sanders and Taylor dealers in paints and drugs, Ferguson Photographer on Washington Street, and Woolgagon leads in sales. Country bacon and vegetables priced, with Breening & Co. promising good goods and low prices at their stoves and bargains.
Fragmentary notice touts drug trade and custom tailoring, mentioning Flauner 1g NS Peseta and B. M. Born & Go. It hints at goods traded between Chicago and New York but details are unreadable.
WM Donhost offers first class shoemaking and repair services with prices tailored to the times. The advertisement promises quality work in boots and shoes with various repair options available.
Frank McNeal at 702 Chestnut Street runs a headquarters for fine table delicacies. A cordial reception at the store invites patrons to sample his wares and experience worthy service.
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