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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1898
Page
4
The scene unfolds after Christ Das as Henry and I join a whist game with Mr. Gately at the parish church and a major guest. The major laments a dubious card play while Mr. Gately smiles, declaring five kinds of pie and a guilty conscience. Browne’s tale appears in Scribner's.
The London Lancet defends tobacco use as a reasonable habit despite harm and criticizes scented, adulterated tobacco and cheap cigarettes. A St Louis man reports strict prohibitions in the Cherokee Nation, noting residents drink unsafe substitutes, suggesting it better to allow genuine alcohol rather than harmful improvised brews.
A mix of remarks on happiness from Aunt Maria and a tramp reflects on contentment, work, and training. The piece includes a comic aside about prison at a young age and an excerpt on the sweet pea’s origins and timing for planting.
A mix of grocery listings and livestock bids, with notes on Kingan and Co. rep in Columbus. Also mentions Panhandle conductors responsible for heating and ventilation of all passenger cars, a homeward reunion for Mrs Amahéa Adams, Nashville deadlock, a church concert party heading to Louisville with 17 singers, and escalating violence in Vandalia Louisiana where blacks are arming after a beating and a fatality.
The Great Dane is praised as a powerful boarhound with dignified warlike bearing and bold temperament. It is contrasted with continental names and shows. The portable hospital telephone is highlighted for its usefulness in homes and hospitals, enabling sick people to communicate and reducing nurse workload.
James Cohee continues improving while Hope candidate Frank Jelsberg and Harrison township candidate for sheriff Harry Whittington visit. Oysters for the grangers dinner are provided by J W Shaw. Mell Holland buys a thrashing outlet, Mel Yeley moves near Crump farm, John toot stays with his father. Grangers report a poor dinner and exercise day last Saturday as Arch Covert suffers heart trouble. Protracted meeting starts at the Methodist church next Monday night.
General Joseph S Smith recounts publishing a Bath paper without a press using a hired girl as the press aid, weighing 210 pounds for seating, an edition of about 200 copies, and a $100 hand press comparison. Fragments recall James Payn on Helvellyn sunrise, a dean rebuke over chapel, and light exchanges from Harper’s Bazar, American Forests, and New York World snippets.
For rental purposes we will give careful attention. Office at corner of Washington and Fifth Streets.
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