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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
3
Kinney and Kinney announce loans on real estate and good property with plans to offer splendid real estate bargains soon. They market accident and sickness insurance and seek houses for rental purposes, promising careful attention. Office at Corner Washington and Fifth Streets.
Dark faced trains shift time from noon to midnight while light faced invert. Pullman Sleeping Cars Nos 10 and 3 run Louisville to Chicago and Buffet Parlor Cars Nos 18 and 19 run Chicago to Louisville. Signed L F Loree and E A Ford General Manager and General Passenger Agent Pittsburgh November 28 1897. For time cards fares through tickets baggage checks and running information consult any agent of the Pennsylvania Lines.
Fragmentary railroad ledger text shows numbers and codes for routes or schedules. Mentions Big Four, Miller's, and various figures such as 7.80 3.10 7.21 2.52 7.14 2.38 7.05 2.19-6.59 2.11 v 6.45 5.00.
In the Bartholomew Circuit Court December term 1897 Wm B Treadway administrator of Ellen B Wallace deceased has filed final account and vouchers. The court will examine on January 28 1898 at which time heirs creditors and legatees must appear and show cause. The heirs must prove heirship or claim. Clerk Georex Wernen Columbus Indiana. Stanisipur Waker attorneys.
Notice in Bartholomew Circuit Court December Term 1897 that Chas S Reed administrator of Nathan Reed deceased has filed final account and vouchers. The examination and action will occur January 10 1898 in Columbus Indiana. Heirs creditors or legatees must appear and show cause why the settlement should not be approved. Clerk George Werner. Attorney Marshail Hacker.
The Peris correspondent reports a French town funeral where a wealthy deceased wished to be buried in pomp with a crowd. She left about $15,000 to her green grocer tenant and legacies to firemen, bands, and gymnastic clubs, with over 6,000 attendees at the obsequies.
Mrs Henry Bruns of Grand Junction Iowa reports years of nervousness headaches and sleepless nights improved after using Dr Miles Restorative Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills under a money back guarantee. The ad promises refund if the first bottle fails and offers a free booklet on heart and nerve diseases.
The reminiscence recalls 1863 events at Thackeray’s funeral with Dickens, George Cruikshank in his seventieth year, Kensal Green cemetery, and the Guild of Literature and Art. Cruikshank, a temperance artist, is described as quaint and theatrical in his Win.
A neighborly dispute erupts over a dog in a garden with threats and taunts. The man Looney orders the dog called in or else claims the animal harms poultry. The other man retorts the dog serves by chasing hens, joking about breakfast eggs and rural mischief.
A young treasury department candidate for promotion faced a curious test question. When asked how long he planned to stay in civil service he answered I will stay until death do us part The reporter notes his quick wit should help his standing when his average is calculated in Washington and Philadelphia.
An Academy piece catalogs how autographs vary by figure with eye catching prices. Wellington letters fetch 10 shillings while Nelson commands five pounds. Beaconsfield two guineas and Bright five shillings. Dickens about two guineas and Lamb from 38 to six pounds. Byron about ten pounds, Shelley over double. Burns from twenty five to three hundred eighty pounds.
A longtime observer questions why press stories about Italian offenders are labeled by nationality while Irish or German fights are not. He notes mislabeling with Greeks and Italians due to similar names, and argues Italians are unfairly singled out in crime reporting.
A London cook earns over 2000 pounds yearly without a fixed home. He travels in his brougham to rich hosts and inspects every dish at dinners, advising salt herbs sugar and onion in sauces and Entrees. He charges six guineas per engagement and repeats this every night across many households during the London season.
A Masariya bushman digs up small smooth bulbs of sweet nutty flavor for food. He collects them in a tortoise shell and returns to the bush where his family slept. He may set snares for duyker or attempt to stalk a paauw or guinea fowl for meat.
Francis J. Ziegler notes in Harper's Magazine that puppetry has deep roots across many nations. Antiquaries see a connection between dolls marionettes and religious observances with shadow puppets symbolizing people’s view of priests during sacred ceremonies.
The Detroit Free Press quips about Mrs Parvenu in Paris while noting Borgund Norway houses the world’s oldest wooden church built in the eleventh century and maintained by frequent coats of pitch to prevent decay.
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