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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1898
Page
4
Klondike Gold Fields of Alaska urges prospective travelers to obtain informed circulars and advertising material from agents J. B. Smith Warren J. Lynch Pass Traffic manager and associates for details on rates routes sailings steamers equipment baggage and supplies.
Real estate accelerates in Taylorsville despite easing gas boom with about fifteen thousand dollars changing hands in old German last week. Notables include Frank Royce visiting Una Fulp, and others from Cedar Mill and Indianapolis touring town. Protracted meeting led by Rev Chambers draws large crowds. P and St L railroad adds side tracks for passenger trains. George Fulp notes farming plans as weather improves. Funeral of Frank Pickens held for Capital City lodge WK of P members and guests from Edinburg Clifford and Paylorsville.
A Chicago Post note contrasts gas lighting ease with electric options and a Paris anecdote shows rapid theater role learning by tying a knot in a handkerchief. A Tokyo proposal seeks to found a university for women with imperial backing and an estimated start cost of about £175,000.
The ad claims Bicola Pills feed the nerves and strengthen mind and body for men and women. J E Buckey of the National Hotel testifies he was run down and gained over twenty pounds after using Bicola Pills. Local Columbus agents Hauser Parker Turner Liver Turners promote a small pill that turns your liver and cures headaches and bilious digestion.
A young man criticizes a prosecuting attorney’s handling of a case and is told he lacks knowledge. The exchange ends with the lawyer expressing doubt about the young man’s future success. The youth walks on pondering the value of giving time to others’ business.
A playful catalog of English terms for animal groups cites a covey of partridges a tide of pheasants a wisp of snipe a flight of doves and swallows a muster of peacocks a siege of herons a building of rocks a brood of grouse a stand of plover a watch of nightingales a clat tering of cloughs a herd of cattle a flock of geese a bevy of quails a cast of luvyks a swarm of bees a school of whales a shoal of herrings a herd of swine a skulk of foxes a pack of wolves a drove of oxen a founder of hogs a troop of monkeys a pride of lions a sleuth of bears and a gauz of elk.
The Philadelphia Ledger cites a Harrisburg firm Fenton & Hunt with a July 21 1795 receipt from Mgr. David Scarlett for 200 pounds. The form notes full settlement from year one to Independence with facetious language about the Devil as a suckling baby.
A musician and friend discuss a time to meet in musical terms. The musician replies that the hour will be sharp and then the friend considers the inquiry as he watches the night. The exchange is framed as playful wordplay from a Cleveland Plain Dealer vignette.
Lord Kelvin suggests the earth could be extremely hot or cold beneath the surface without altering climate. He links past warmth to higher solar heat. The piece then shifts to social fragments about romantic indecision and uncomfortable options.
A playful exchange mocks a persistent caddie habit in Brook Tye Life, noting the line about never being found except at the tees and joking about a tea caddie.
Valentines stir in Beck and many attend Caldwell boys sale. Juh and wife visit daughter in Jackson Co. Ed ward Pruitt funeral in Houston. McCord has a sick babe. Meeting at Poplar Grove continues through February 26 and 27. McCord on three week trip north. Cold wave with snow makes it hard to be outside. Uncle Sammy Pruitt ill. Louis Vonstrohe visits Keck. Norman Lessman missing two weeks to gather fruit. Leader Sprague passes Beck en route to Freetown. Petition for postal route extension from Waymansville to Houston via Beck and Loekman discussed. Gravel road election petition to commissioners to be filed next Saturday.
The article recounts Christ Church in Alexandria Virginia kept in near original condition with 1773 completion. It notes Washington’s vestry taxes in 1766, JC Adams Herberts Cus tises and Lee ties, seating by rank, and Confederate soldiers buried in the churchyard under Federal occupation. A tablet honors General Robert E. Lee.
A telegraph journal recounts an early cable from Peking to Shanghai and a Shanghai lottery draw. A gambler sent wine from his ship after accepting the telegraph’s message and two wine shipments followed. A merchant in Beijing bought heavily by telegraph and profited, leading to a cautious acceptance that telegraph wires should not be overworked.
Retailer announces the season as bicycle season begins in Southern Indiana with the largest stock. They urge shoppers to compare line and prices, claim to defy competition, and offer fully warranted bikes at any price.
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