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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1898
Page
3
Ida Burgess, a Chicago house decorator and mural painter, earned early fame decorating the Illinois state building reception room at the World’s Fair and later Evanston’s Lunt Library. A pupil of Paris painter Oliver Merson, she exhibited in the Paris Salon during her second year abroad.
The passage discusses the origin of the letter D from Daleth and its resemblance to a tent door, then shifts to defining style as the expression of personality in architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and movement. It cites Walter Raleigh and notes a woman pursuing a decorative project, starting with simple attempts and growing gradually.
A dated listing provides numerous fire alarm sites by street intersections and landmarks such as 12 Second and Jackson, 13 Fifth and Brown, 14 Fifth and Washington, 15 Seventh and Jackson, 16 Third and Washington, Mooney's Tannery, 21 Second and Franklin, 23 Ninth and Franklin, 24 Eleventh and Franklin, 25 Fourteenth and Franklin, 26 Sixth and Mechanic, 31 Third and Pearl, 34 Fifth and Sycamore, 43 Seventh and Chestnut, 45 Fifth and Wilson, 46 Eighth and Union, 52 Reeves Pulley Works, 53 Tenth and Hutchins Ave, 56 Sixteenth and California, 57 Seventeenth and Orinoco Ave.
Fitz-Hugh Lee, United States consul general at Havana, is 63 and a grandson of Light Horse Harry Lee with kinship to General Robert E. Lee. A former Confederate soldier, he served as Virginia governor in 1885 and his Havana tenure has pleased across parties.
Uncle Sam's minister to Spain born on the Bowery in 1835. He studied at Columbia and Yale, gained admission to the bar in 1857, and rose as a famed Brooklyn lawyer and politician. During the war he earned a colonelcy for gallantry on the field.
A compilation of small ads highlights merchants: JOS STOBO offers horse shoeing. F. Donner markets watches and jewelry with repair service. John Hughes sells groceries at 523 Washington St. Wayland & Wils promote fresh groceries with delivery. Hartman buys butter eggs poultry. Mo Scott bakes crackers. Clarence W. Adams sells drugs and wallpaper. Georges Grocery advertises varied wares. The Hummer shoe store features footwear at low prices.
Fred Volland promotes air tight heaters and steel ranges alongside skates for youth. Hoc Burnett Co lists groceries and Baltimore oysters. L Rosenbush Co offers one price clothiers. Quick supplies coal wood and feed. Fremont Davis blacksmith shop advertises interfiring and forging horses. Townwide sales and pictures at Watson's noted.
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