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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1898
Page
3
Kinney and Kinney advertise as insurance and real estate brokers offering fire, lightning and tornado loss coverage with quick adjustments and payments. They promote real estate loans on good property and upcoming splendid offers in real estate, with rental houses sought for purchase. Office at Corner Washington and Fifth Streets.
In the Bartholomew Circuit Court December term 1897 notice is given that Wm B Treadway as administrator of the Ellen B Wallace estate has filed final settlement. The court will examine the account January 28 1898. Heirs creditors or legatees must appear to show cause and prove heirship or claim. Clerk George Werner Columbus Indiana. Svansifer Hawker attorneys.
Notice is given that Charles S Reed administrator of the estate of Nathan Reed deceased has presented and filed his account and vouchers for final settlement. The Circuit Court will exam them January 10, 1848. Heirs creditors and interested parties must appear to show cause why the account should not be approved or prove heirship.
The island Marken off the Dutch coast remains a quiet, old fashioned community. Residents keep frugal habits, wooden shoes, and old kitchens. They preserve fish by a vinegar and spice cure, aging in storerooms, then bottling in crocks for a delicate flavor and whiteness.
A mountain town runaway sets stage for a young medical student to aid injured bystanders while a distant doctor arrives to listen. The farmer driver, misjudging injuries, recalls Latin parts and later returns home as a wife asks about injuries before hearing the tale. The passage shifts to brisk portraits of Balfour and Erskine, editor Dana, and the Sun's golden days at Harper's Weekly.
Mrs. L. C. Bramley of Ontario reports severe nervousness and heart symptoms relieved by Dr Miles' Nervine Heart Cure Nerve and Liver Pills and Restorative Tonic. She credits these remedies with reduced pain weakness and restored health. Dr Miles' Remedies are sold with a money back guarantee and a free book on heart and nerves.
Mr Bill speculates on whether clocks tire and tells of a clock that repeatedly stopped until a child disassembled it and a shaver oiling it brought it back to life. The tale reflects on weariness and the odd persistence of a simple household clock.
A Windsor scene unfolds with a visitor recalling the copper horse statue at the long walk. The queen entertains a great man who walks from the castle to Cum’grlund lodge, then jokes about a lift back to the copper horse at the Tong wall, revealed as the grandfather at the Breach exhibition.
A reflection on rural life describing each season as a new duty and promise. It celebrates farm labor, the bond with animals, and steady discipline under natural laws guiding seed time harvest and winter. The tone is earnest and exhortatory, emphasizing wisdom and restraint.
In Alexandria Virginia Christchurch church stands largely as built in 1778 with Wren in name an error. Washington helped fund the project in 1766 with tobacco levy for two churches. Notable parishioners included the Adams and Custis families and General Robert E. Lee attended Sunday school there. A Confederate dead rest in a churchyard mound.
A Chinese lottery tale near Peking shows locals skeptical of the new coast cable to Shanghai. One gambler bought winning numbers to profit, and a Shanghai merchant used telegraph tips to buy rice and later sell for immense gains. The episode helps illuminate growing acceptance of telegraph wires.
In a quoted exchange from the Atlanta Constitution a popular congressman faces a voter, Farmer Countessel, who says he plans to vote against him citing a general impression of possible political improprieties, despite years of service.
A western judge is asked to marry a verdant couple. The groom inquires about the price of tying the knot and is told one dollar. Beeswax is used for the knot, weighing out to sixty cents. The groom jokes he will fetch more wax next week but is refused. Sal quips that the wax should suffice for twenty eight, and the judge agrees, marrying them.
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