13 Jun 1898
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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1898
Page
1
Marines under Lieut Col Huntington repelled a bush assault by Spanish guerillas and regulars near Guantanamo Bay for thirteen hours with reinforcements landing from the Marblehead. Four Marines killed, one wounded. Captain Spicer's company driven back then rallied.
Readers report two electric cycles in the country with Lehr and a Paris firm building machines. Local items include wheelmen travel to Indianapolis and Franklin, K of P decorations, a beer house robbery scare, and Brown County Pike elections approving one road but defeating another with clear regional stakes and impacts.
The page lists fishing tackle, ice cream, summer underwear, a baby born to a fireman, a glass show case for sale, wall paper from a New York factory, and low rate Southern Railway tickets to the South. It notes Red Men decorating Taylorsville and a home seekers program to eight Southeastern states with a Land of the Sky pitch.
Frank Ueberroth relocates his saloon to 435 Washington street. R L Polk & Co of Indianapolis starting city directory work. Funeral of Mrs Addie Pervis held at 10:30. burial Burnsville. Mrs Martha Louden returns from Indianapolis. Sunday excursion to Rushville June 19 by Pennsylvania Lines. Various local mentions of arrivals, visits, and sales promotions. Death of Wm Burns aged 67.
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