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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1898
Page
2
Bartholomew and Decatur counties list candidates for county and city offices including joint senator county clerk recorder sheriff and city marshal with party nomination conditions. The notice also criticizes a rival publisher and mentions S. M. Dennison amid internal party disputes.
A local political note reports George Mtt as a sheriff candidate. He is described as well known across the county and likely to make a strong race if nominated and a good sheriff if elected. The piece reflects partisan commentary about the Democratic party and local politics.
Officials report the largest school attendance this year across the state under the truancy statute. Advocates say the law ensures education for many children who might otherwise roam streets and risk vice and crime, calling it one of the best laws on the statute book.
Friends recall Marsh as proprietor of the Democratic organ in this city and as an adept editor and organizer. The piece notes his influence in early party journalism and local political circles.
Latist reports from Russia indicate a sharp reduction in bullion purchases for silver coinage and state that silver will be used only for subsidiary coinage. The move marks Russia fairly entering upon a gold standard.
United States Commissioner of Labor John Carroll Wright, in a Forum article, contends that unemployment is down from recent years, wages are rising, and 1898 work prospects point to better wages and more employment than since 1893. He cites farm prices and urban work as signs of impending prosperity.
A Bartholomew County Medical Society meeting is set for Tuesday March 1 at Dr M N Elrod s residence on N Washington St Dr A J Banker will read a paper on Liptharm ia Dr Jessie Wells will also read a paper This will be the last meeting before new officers are elected Full attendance is requested M N Eleop W C Borano Sec No To Bac for Witty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco CULES weak mono strong biocol pure 90041 ire.
A fragmentary poem about Camilla singing to a dreamed lover Felipe. The speaker calls for guitar music as a conduit for confession and distant passion. The text invokes Bach and a sense of longing amid a ruinous, poetic landscape.
A Washington social observer cites increasing daytime wear of low necked gowns among society women. She recalls past criticisms of decollate styles at afternoon receptions and notes recent examples at White House and other official events as fashion shifts echo grandmothers era.
Mrs. Annie L. Y. Orff of St. Louis built a business from railroad timetables, publishing the official timebook and city guide updated monthly. She later produced a chaperon shopping guide that grew into a popular home magazine and served as Missouri’s exhibit manager at the Columbian Exposition.
Advertisement for No-To-Bac by Sterling Remedy Co. claims to quit tobacco easily and permanently. It markets to men as a cure and booster, with pricing 60c or 81 and offers a free booklet and sample from Chicago or New York.
The Hot Springs Arkansas resort opens three grand hotels Arlington Park and Fastman this winter with about fifty hotels and three hundred boarding houses. The government controlled site promises curative waters vouched by the Surgeon General. Reduced ninety day round trip excursion rates offered by J. S. Smith Big Four route agents E. O. McCormier and Warren J. Lynen.
Old P O Building manufacturer and candy shop offer daily cardies. E C Becht proprietor. F M Watt groceries and farm produce. John M Newcomb sells flour feed coal lime wood with motto Always the Best always the cheapest. Jos Stobo blacksmith shod horses. Bruno Vonstrohe delivers fruit vegetables oysters and meat. Will R Carman stable boarding with weekly rates. John G Lay barber offers shave and haircut. Chas P Pruitt Natior store sells Queensware and toys. Christmas New Year goods at 426 Washington St.
Charles Danforth manufacturer advertises brakes of all kinds with mail orders solicited and promptly filled. Manager H. Pol promotes the Go Mine house as the best place on earth to buy what you want, urging visitors to decide there.
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