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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1898
Page
3
Leghorn, manilla, chip and taffeta in all colors appear for spring hats alongside a satin finished straw braid. Sailor hats use woven bulraghes braided and edged with black velvet. linen crash also used. White or gray felt hats dominate for summer with ribbons of velvet silk satin and beads. Colors include periwinkle blue anemone blue heliotrope champagne and pale greens.
Mrs. Boomer, president of the local council of women in London Ontario, was appointed to the city high school board by the board of aldermen. This marks the first time a woman has held the post and the London Daily Free Press lauds her energetic public work and potential to guide city schools with respect and confidence.
The three major New York art institutions yearly graduate women artists who now stand among illustrators and colorists. Their work sometimes rivals men in appeal due to a lighter touch, though critics say humor is lacking in feminine cartoons. No woman cartoonist or caricaturist has emerged yet, possibly due to a presumed need for coarser treatment in the medium.
Miss Lilian Lees, nurse who served in the Greco Turkish war and worked at Athens and Chalcis military hospitals, is appointed matron of Hospital Samaritano in Sao Paulo Brazil. She trained at the Hospital for Sick Children Pendlebury and earned further certificates from King's College Hospital.
Executive and advisory committees named with precincts in several townships including Flat Rock Hawcreek Rockcreek Sandcreek Wayne Jackson Nineveh and Harrison with members such as John L Jones S W Norton Gustavus Miller Jeff Huffman Herman Aldenhagen William H Smith Jesse Clark and Barney McEvenne and others.
An advertising claim promotes No-To-Bac as a quick, permanent tobacco quitting aid. The promotion promises vitality and strength and offers a booklet with a free sample. Sold through AJL druggists for 50 cents, with Sterling Remedy Co. listed in Chicago or New York.
A sequence lists downtown cross streets with numbers: 12th at Jackson, 13th at Fifth and Brown, 14th at Fifth and Washington, 15th at Seventh and Jackson, 16th at Third and Washington, 17 at Mooney's Tannery, 21 at Second and Franklin, 23 at Ninth and Franklin, 24 at Eleventh and Franklin, 25 at Fourteenth and Franklin, 26 at Sixth and Mechanic, 36 at Thirteenth and Sycamore, 37 at Fifteenth and Pearl, 43 at Seventh and Chestnut, and 45 at Fifth and Wilson.
Republicans from multiple precincts gather March 28 1898 at various local venues to select delegates for the city convention scheduled for March 29 at City Hall. Precincts named include Third Fifth Eighth Thirteenth Seventh Second Fourth Fourteenth with delegates ranging from seven to twelve.
A fragmented ad page lists vendors on Third Street and nearby avenues including White Lilly flour from the Candy Kitchen run by E. C. Becht, staples from F. M. Watt, flour and coal from John M. Newcomb, blacksmith Jos Stobo, Henry Meier coal and feed, Bruning & Yvonstrohe fruit vegetables oysters and meat, F Donner watches and jewelry, Will R. Carman stables, John Hughes groceries, and more, each offering best prices and customer satisfaction.
A wide survey of fabrics for spring styles including silk warp barege chalices chiffon grenadines and organdies. Notes on black taffeta lace trimming watered silk black gowns and bright linings with models for warm weather wear. Also local ads for groceries blacksmith services and various trades.
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