24 Dec 1897
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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1897
Page
1
A parade of local ads highlights C F Schaefer flour brands and White Lilly, candy making by E C Becht, Newcomb’s discounted flour and coal, J K Cook & Son apples, Mrs C Reynolds City Cafe with daily dinners, John G Lay barber shop, Walton’s picture sales, W H Fulwider marble pricing, Pruitt’s 426 Washington street store toys, and J E Ferguson photographer with claim of top value.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25¢. The genuine has L. 4. Q. on each tablet. tf.
Mr and Mrs Wm Childs and Miss Bette Childs visit Mr and Mrs Chas Lynn of Mitchell. Mr Swartwood goes to Indianapolis. Mrs 0 G Murray and children and Mrs Vandergrift spend the day in Indianapolis. Mrs Dallas Reeves travels to Indianapolis. Misses Mattie Lacy and Nell Laughlin return from Bloomington. Miss Pina Blackwood returns from Indianapolis.
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Ticket information for the Big Four rail service. Contact Warren J Lynch, assistant general passenger and ticket agent in Cincinnati, Ohio, for details and to purchase tickets by December 20.
Excursion tickets to Florida and other Southern resorts are on sale via the Southern Railway from Louisville and Cincinnati in connection with the Queen and Crescent Route. Best routes and prices available by inquiry at the address provided.
The article reports Franklin aims to annex the Hopewell neighborhood and seeks to extend into Whiteland within its corporate limits. It notes a five mile wooded gap between Whiteland and Franklin and discusses reducing distance from Edinburg. Courier cites plan to make Franklin and Edinburg suburban districts of Columbus.
Advertisers tout low prices at Lienberger and Arnold stores with white shirts underwear and discounted goods. A list of residents visits relatives and travels for the holidays includes Geo Winans Frank Garrison Mrs Garrison Wells Griffith Warren and others.
An ad promotes Bicola Pills as a universal cure for sleeplessness loss of appetite and other nervou s and blood disorders. It claims the pills balance heart brain and spinal cord blood and markets Turner’s Tonics for infants and liver health with Hauser Parker as sellers.
Duey are payable monthly. Pays, if you get hurt, pays if you are sick, see Kinney and Kinney for details.
Miss Marie Overmeyer editor and Charles W Burkart publisher of the Seymour News wed at the Catholic parsonage this evening. Rev Father Conrad officiated. The bride is sister of Hon John Overmeyer of North Vernon.
The newspaper promotes items offered by local home merchants with guidance on how to request the right product politely and firmly.
Notice is given in Bartholomew Circuit Court December Term 1897 that Charles S. Reed as administrator has filed final settlement of Nathan Reed deceased. The court will examine the account January 10, 1898, and heirs creditors and legatees must appear to show cause why the account should not be approved. Heirs and others interested must prove heirship or claim to any part of the estate.
Advertises liberal salary to the right man and urges callers to apply at the office. Includes a note from Washington December 23 announcing Marcus A Sulzer of Madison will be appointed consul at Liege Belgium. Mentions Mrs Etta Ditmars and daughters visiting L K Ong of Franklin and plans to travel to Rushville for Christmas with David Graham and wife.
An OCR fragment advertises Lexative Bromo Quinine tablets with refund claims and mentions travel tickets from Indianapolis on the Big Four railroad. It includes a telephone contact and lists assorted cheap goods such as storm rubbers and shoes with price notes.
A fragmentary historic notice indicates the Columbus Republic, once seized by a receiver months ago, was sold Monday to a former owner who will run it briefly among gold standard advocates. The teaser mentions a sensational ad for Cascarets Candy Cathartic and patent medicines with dubious claims.
John Russell Young recalls Henry George as a young, earnest journalist from California who later faced hardship after moving to New York in 1880. The piece portrays George’s stubborn faith in Progress and Poverty, his democratic shift from the Greeley era, and his determined but lonely quest to prove his ideas in a city of wealth and indifference.
The Pittburgh Dispatch recounts a traveler's odd quarrel aboard a Pullman berth. A weary passenger, 50 cents paid, claims half the berth while another man occupies the rest, prompting a tense standoff over sleeping space and payment. The anecdote blends with brief historical notes on Monmouth and Lord Ebury.
John Wilson, a poultry keeper, reports his pet fowls grew frantic and one rooster nearly stopped crowing after a friend brought a pet monkey into the yard. The animal allegedly roamed freely inside a high wire enclosure, startling the birds and disrupting their routine.
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