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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1898
Page
3
An old Kinney Insurance and Real Estate notice announces fire and weather loss adjustments paid. It promotes real estate loans on good properties with quick offers, accuses accident and sickness coverage, and seeks houses for rental purposes with office at Corner Washington and Fifth Streets.
Pallman steeping cars run on Nos. 10 and 3 between Louisville and Chicago while Buffet Pricor cars operate on Nos. 18 and 19 between Chicago and Louisville. General Manager L F Loree and General Passenger Agent E A Ford sign the notice for time cards fares through tickets baggage checks and train operations guidance at Pittsburgh PA.
Readable portions show mixed timing and route codes for eastbound trains or cars with partial figures. Several place names appear such as Cinti and others, followed by inconsistent numbers and times, suggesting a damaged timetable snippet.
In Bartholomew Circuit Court at Columbus Indiana the estate of Ellen B Wallace, deceased, is set for final settlement. Wm B Treadway, administrator, has filed his account and vouchers and the court will examine them January 28, 1893, requiring heirs and creditors to appear and show cause why approval should not be entered. Those interested must prove heirship or claims at the hearing recorded December 29, 1897.
Notice is given in Bartholomew Circuit Court December term 1897 that Charles S. Reed as administrator of Nathan Reed deceased has filed his account and vouchers for final settlement. The examination and action will occur January 10 in Columbus Indiana. Heirs creditors or heirs are required to appear and show cause why the account should not be approved. Clerk George Werner seals the notice. Marshall Hacker attorney.
A fragmentary summary of sensational health claims urges Utah Kidney Beans as a cure for kidney and bladder trouble, citing E G Samuels of Clinton Kentucky as a cured patient. Advertisers Parris Liver Turners claim liver fixation and after dinner relief, with unrelated gas versus electric light anecdote from Chicago past.
Canzabon of the Marseilles theater says he learned the part in two hours and performed Buriday in La Tour de Nesle the same evening. A bystander exclaimed Prodigious and wondered how he did it while another noted he tied a knot in his handkerchief to remember. Paris Figaro reports the anecdote.
Mr. BE M. Stabler of Payne Ohio reports trying multiple treatments for catarrh with no success until Peruna. Eight bottles cured him and he praises Peruna as best for catarrh urging others to use it. Also notes Roentgen rays aid British surgeons in gunshot wound care and Edouard Chantalat plans a large Paris Exposition canvas.
The Century article by the late Francis A. Walker argues that outcasts of a refined society include tramps who, if born earlier, might have been useful pioneers. He traces how frontier hardship once sheltered rough but energetic individuals who later recoil from decency and social rules, becoming restless wanderers.
A fragment reports on a barren upland region along the Dordogne Gorrede Haute-Vienne line between Perigueux and Limoges. It notes extreme illiteracy, stunted height due to climate and poor living, and that height normalizes when moved away.
A Philadelphia Record quote notes butterflies frozen on snow recover when warmed and fly away. A Chicago Post vignette follows a young man critiquing a prosecutor, who counters with a sly remark about knowledge and usefulness. The street scene ends with the question of whether time spent on others’ business is worthwhile.
A list shows whimsical or traditional terms for animal groups used by sportsmen. It includes a covey of parrots, a niche of pheasants, a wisp of snipe, a flight of doves, a muster of peacocks, a siege of herons, a brood of grouse, a stand of plover, a watch of nightingales, a clattering of cloughs, a herd of cattle, a flock of geese, a bevy of quails, a Cast of hawks, a warm of bees, a shoal of herrings, a pack of wolves, a drove of oxen, a sounder of hogs, a troop of monkeys, a pride of lions, and other oddly named groups.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Ledger cites a receipt dated July 21 1795 noting payment of £200 from Mr David Scarlet in full for all accounts since year one up to Independence. The wording includes antiquated flourish and references to Washington and a blessing.
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