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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1898
Page
4
A dubious banknote of a patent remedy markets Bicola Pills as boosting brain power, nerve strength, and overall health. Columbus agents Hauser & Varker claim Buckey, once run down, gained over twenty pounds after using the pills, with Turners’ Service noted for liver support and headache relief.
A miscellany of scenes and anecdotes including Garibaldi and Gambardella events in Naples, a toy boat device from a St Louis messenger boy, a Texas sled incident with a dog reins, plus literary notes on Sam Weller and bravery, plus varied reflections on elections and suffrage in fiction.
The piece asserts Washington will be the world’s foremost capital, surpassing rivals in beauty and influence. It credits long visits by Americans with shaping pride, notes expected growth in art and education, and predicts Washington becoming a center of society and politics. The Baltimore American is cited.
A reformulated patent medicine ad claims to cure constipation with Cuscaurets Candy Cathartic. The text notes the product fails and questions druggists’ credibility.
A children’s verse recalls building a snow man from snowy and water to stand indoors. A warmer wind melts the figure overnight and replaces it with nothing, as winter and the snow man disappear by morning.
A little known game from France is explained. Two players kneel facing each other at arm’s length and touch finger tips. One receives a matchbox the other a match. Each man must seize his right foot with the left hand and try to strike the match. The feat is difficult but possible.
Local church schedule lists morning and evening services at CHURCHES MELON ST CHURCH and RESEYVERIAN CHURCH with Sundays in 9:30 10:50 start times plus youth and mission activities. Police report notes arrest of Robinson for assault and street scenes plus a list of daily market items and rental ads from Koney & Wynnney.
The piece cites Sarala Bernhardt praising women’s insight and Anna Jenness Miller’s studies on appearance dressing and physical health. It describes Mrs Miller endorsing Warner's Safe Cure as a valued remedy for energy and wellbeing. Also noted are legal actions by Lizzie M Drybread for divorce and custody, with a Nineveh township address.
Announcement touts three major hotels at Hot Springs Arkansas open this winter. Abington Park Eastman listed with opening dates. nearly a hundred hotels and 300 boarding houses offer affordable rates. Claims government oversight and Surgeon General endorsement of curative waters. Includes Klondike Gold Fields travel info and agent contacts for round trip excursions and travelCirculars.
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