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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1898
Page
3
Schedule notes trains operate daily with exceptions indicated by the fragment Got Nee. Entities include Hartsville and Millers with varying times such as 5.43 and 10.40. The text shows mixed numbers and place names but remains unclear on full routes or dates.
A garbled sequence of words and partial phrases yields a distorted text about magical or medical themes. It mentions strength vigor and cure ideas but lacks coherent names, dates, or places to establish a clear event or subject.
Jas. E. Nevill as administrator of the Benjamin F. Nevill estate declines Ruth J. Johnson on a note and mortgage demand of $100. J. F. Cox is attorney.
Jury deliberations begin in J N Marsh versus The Pullman Palace Car Co with witnesses examined. The suit cites berth denial on a Nashville trip. attorneys are J Kollmeyer for the plaintiff and Stansifer & Baker for the defense. Nearby notes mention local activities and regional events.
The Republicans of Indiana Fourth District invite delegates to a Greensburg meeting on February 1st to elect a district committee and set rules for apportioning delegates by county. Counties listed include Brown Dearborn Decatur Jackson Jefferson Jennings Ohio Ripley Switzerland. County committees meet January 29, 1898 at 2 p.m. to organize and appoint officers. Three naval oranges for five cents at Pearson's.
A verdant couple sought marriage in a western town. The groom proposed paying $1 or beeswax. Weighed wax proved worth 60 cents, delaying the knot. The judge finally agreed to marry as far as the wax would go, with Sal joking for a full ceremony.
A collection of brief dialogs from newspapers shows a pipe man in a hose company swearing on the old opera house stage and a congressman facing a skeptical voter. The jokes reflect political satire and everyday humor of the era.
A fragment from The Point of View discusses women’s perspectives on society. The brief text hints at evaluating women’s roles and opinions in public discourse and cultural expectations.
In responding to Mrs Steel and Mr Kipling the author cites daily contact with Calcutta University undergraduates to argue that Indian graduates are not prigs. He notes no inherent jealousy between first and second wives in traditional Hindu practice and questions Western assumptions about Indian scholars.
A 1890 debate over using the Pilcomayo as a Bolivian to ocean highway ends with Captain Page perishing after months facing hostiles. He devised a plan to raise water by building earth embankments behind his 18 inch draft Bolivia steamer, damming seven times to advance about 85 miles beyond the low water limit.
The article lists famed royal jesters such as Huard attached to Edmund Ironsides who owned Walworth and later gifted it to Canterbury Cathedral. Also named are Gallet of Bayeux as a protector of William the Conqueror, Berdic jeculator regis, Rahere to Henry I, and Henry Phulph to King John, with Master Henry possibly Henry of Avranches.
A wandering doctor finds a remote Scottish village lacking medical care. The elder woman explains their cure is whisky only. one glass becomes two then three, and if still needed, they fear death, as she asserts no doctor or medicine is relied upon. The tale highlights rugged village pragmatism and dark humor.
A Buffalo woman in the Buffalo Wyoming Voice story seeks a novel item to keep stockings up, addressing a terror stricken store clerk with a verbose description of circular elastic appendages contracted and expanded by oscillating burnished steel alliances that sparkle like gold leaf with Alaska diamonds to hold the lower extremities in place.
A London Telegraph report recalls a candidate's ardent support for army flogging and a rustic quipping about truth. Hortensius the orator is praised for flawless memory after a wager. The sweet pea spreads from Sicily and Ceylon origins. Plant sweet peas as early spring as soil work allows. Professor Forbes estimates a high…
A man and a woman debate marriage while sitting close on a sofa. He muses about marrying a man like him, she taunts him about what her course would be if she were a woman like him. Their playful exchange ends with their voyage proceeding merrily as signals burn.
A Detroit theater manager recalls a memorable incident at the Whitney Grand One Night. A young man asks permission to leave his seat with a watch and chain as security promising to return before the show begins, prompting laughter and a doctor for the ribs.
The text extols lemons as safe and pleasant for all ages and uses. It cites lemonade as protective against worms and skin issues and notes lemon juice as a strong antiscorbutic remedy that both cures and prevents disease. Sailors favor daily use and it also supports dental health, chilblain prevention, fever relief when mixed with tea, neuralgia relief by rubbing, and wart and dandruff treatment.
The piece argues that beauty pleases briefly but enduring attraction comes from a kind, honest, habitual attitude reflected in the face. It cites Thoreau on nobleness refining features and meanness hardening them, noting lasting impact beyond momentary effort.
Chicago News reports that Lumley invested inherited money in a business, buying an interest in a boiler factory. The move counters critics who said he would squander the wealth.
In Brooklyn Life and New York World style humor, Marie confesses love for two men, while the elderly bachelor and a spinster debate the awkward situation. Marie resolves by joking that she can choose all, but neither suitor can decide.
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