04 Jan 1898
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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1898
Page
1
Tom O Rourke backed a $5000 guarantee with a certified check to arrange a match between Joe Walicot and Kid McCoy after returning from Chicago. He said McCoy could cover the amount when ready to do business, making him an easy partner for an agreement. Noblesville pair wed. bride Laura Ward briefly attempted suicide with chloroform but survived.
The sub committee of the encampment finance committee is called to meet tonight at 7 30 at Mayor's office. Members listed include W A Mooney Wim Brockman Jone L tysie John D Lyle Richard Shea Johns Crump EF Tuttle Will G Irwin M T Reeves M O Reeves W of Beek. All members urged to attend promptly as business 18 to begin to prepare for the encampment. Secretary H McCorsack J WW MARSH. Chairman.
An 1898 Columbus Indiana column argues for county and city disinfection with formaldehyde to curb diphtheria scarlet fever and consumption, claiming lower disease rates would justify major spending shifts. It also records city Treasurer J A Sibley resigning amid differences with bondsmen and notes finance committee findings on tax balances.
Help wanted for a two person family as a housekeeper in Indianapolis this morning due to the serious illness of Mrs John Vale at 1404 Mechanic Street. Immediate arrangement sought.
Residents Emma Green and Jno Gant report minor happenings across Flat Rock with visits from relatives and church activities. Travel and schooling updates include Miss Lizzie Barmus returning to Anderson and students resuming at Bloomington and Purdue. A social and musical benefit at the M E church, and a streetcar collision in town, add to a daybook of local life.
Vincennes dispatch reports James Shepard, sixteen, fired at his ten year old sister in Oaktown last night. The rifle discharged wounding the girl fatally. the boy believed a blank cartridge was loaded. The boy and parents are grief stricken.
A state health board statement declares pulmonary disease burdens Indiana at one in two hundred, noting lodging feeding and burial costs and predicting infections spread via contaminated houses and street sputum, urging immediate sanitary control.
Secretary Gage praised the monetary commission report calling it plain and comprehensible and showing remedies for financial weakness. He urged passage in legislation to bear fruit. A New York house fire killed six, entombed eight, with two survivors. Farmers in 1898 urged careful planting and sowing as a banner year for busy people.
The finance committee met at the slayer's office last night and elected J. N. Marsh secretary and Wm. Brock treasurer. A sub committee was appointed to work with the finance committee. Chairman Tuttle of the printing committee was told to contact printing offices to learn potential donations in work or cash.
John J. Quinn acting for Peter Maher mails articles of agreement to Thomas Sharkey for a boxing match either as a club bout or a finish fight in Carson City under Marquis of Queensberry rules. Referee to be agreed a week in advance. Sharkey names key details and stakes. Maher deposits $1,000 with John Pringle for stakeholder transfer.
The encampment finance committee is urged to meet promptly at 7:30 PM on Monday night January 3 in Mayor Beck’s office. Members listed include Hon P H McCormack as chairman and numerous others, with notice of a state G A R department meeting on January 21 and a public encampment discussion to follow.
Mrs Lipps drew the automatic umbrella with No 69 while Clarence Tooley drew the second umbrella by chance in the Low Prices event led by Mrs Stephane Christmas Eve draw.
Bartholomew county precinct chairmen are summoned to a special session at the Columbus courthouse on Saturday January 8th at 1 30 p m to act on a matter under the committee. Full attendance required. W T Strickland chairman and F C Ulekh assist. Accident sick benefit insurance details provided by Kinney Kinney.
Reported by C A Snow and Company Washington DC A M Babock Muncie combines baby jumper and rocking chair W J Fillis Jonesboro copies press A B Hall Indianapolis pill coating apparatus W A Ingalls South Bend separable buttons J M Thurston Richmond centrifugal machine J H Warwick Kokomo rotary wrench L Wessel North Judson grass curling and balkry press O H Woodworth Indianapolis Chronosphygmometer For copies of any patent send 10 cents in stamps with date of paper to C A Snow and Co Washington DC
A state health note describes a dairy with a fifty foot well near a kitchen and cesspool, containing rotten planks and decayed rats, showing direct sewage contamination. Milk utensil rinsing uses the polluted water, analysis confirms gross pollution with intestinal bacteria, and the well is condemned with orders to fill it.
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