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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1898
Page
4
The article asserts that many diseases are actually chronic catarrh and promotes Peruna as a cure that works in all locations. It also notes a Philadelphia Times piece on Greek marriage customs, dowries, and female training emphasizing beauty, languages, and refined social manners.
In Utica an elderly man praises Noah Webster for shaping his education through Webster’s spelling book noting its vast sales by 1860. The piece also recounts Beethoven born in Bonn, raised amid a drinking father, who nonetheless kept kindness and learned perseverance from hardship, forging an iron character.
A French woman advances to the bar after earning degrees and teaching law in Paris amid opposition from the antiwoman camp. Belgian barrister Louis Frank defends her right, praising her diplomas, reform efforts, and influence on women’s legal life while critics warn of broader social change.
The piece describes a folk remedy in Russia near Moscow using ant baths for rheumatism. An anthill is placed in a sack with ants eggs and soil then heated water releases formic acid while the patient soaks, drawing out pain but risking skin damage. It also includes a humorous Canadian anecdote about a politician buying a hat after a tailor joke.
A breakfast table conversation roams from a New York widower seeking a respectable wife to dental hammer counts and a London museum glass lion head. Jests about economy and marriage perceptions segue into Bavarian theater cats and Naples churches plagued by mice.
Franklin Star notes Rev Fuller Swift was in town from Columbus last night. It mentions Fehrings drug store and a schools schedule opening at 8 30 closing at 12 30 to allow teachers and scholars to attend Sousa band concert this afternoon.
The notice touts Pittsburg lump coal and anthracite as top fuel options. It promotes dry beach wood blocks and stoves, claiming superior quality and suitability for burning.
A Kentuckian who wandered from Kentucky to Nebraska, then Arizona and Texas, finally settled in western Texas. When asked how he liked the place, he recounted a long, gradual move that blurred the change as he aged.
Fannie Grayson celebrates a rejected proposal from Tom Taddington. She bursts into joy with sister Lillian noting their family gulf and Fannies wish to escape by imagining dramatic consequences of the rejected suitor.
Advertisement offering a free sample and subscription circulars from the Romanza Agency at 719 Sycamore St Cincinnati. Mentions 10 cents postage, product height 18 inches weight 6 lbs regular price 1.0, agent commission 60 percent, claims 40 other items similar for men and women.
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