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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1898
Page
5
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The Office of City Board of Health Soluhbus Indiana directs householders to remove garbage ashes rubbish decaying matter from homes cellars woodsheds stables outbuildings and yards. Clean adjacent alleys and place garbage at rear of lots for prompt removal. Fines apply for dumping into alleys or streets. Vacant lots must be cleaned. G A R encampment nears. city must be pristine. Prosecution for noncompliance. Gro T. McCoy M D Health Officer. Court convenes. G A R cards printed. Local notices and social items follow including visits from Indianapolis and Columbus residents and a political meeting planned for March 28 1898 with seven delegates to city convention.
Amory Irwin of Indianapolis visited his mother Mrs Maggie Irwin on 7th street. Various locals and visitors travel to Indianapolis, Taylorville, North Vernon, Bloomington and other towns. residents attend events, return home, or seek work, with several trips noted and a Cinch party held in Hope.
A nine pound boy was born Sunday night to William Furgeson and his wife at the corner of Eighth and Union streets. Both mother and child are reported doing well with Kate assisting.
Thomas Ardery of Clifty township sold his Jim Wilson horse to Boston horseman Charles Clancy on Saturday for 100 dollars. The horse was described as a good one.
An old colored man in a barber shop argues that war talk signals the world ending. He cites the Bible about earthquakes in divers places and asserts the Maine explosion was a divine earthquake while governments probe who did it.
The committee on parade and review is requested to meet at city building this evening at seven o'clock promptly. Members listed include Ward Salmond C J Kellmeyer Co Adams Chas Reeves Chas O Donnell Albert Blessing Lewis Moore Aerian George Wim Shea Sherman Jones. JAS W Persinson, Chm.
Gold seekers Messrs O N Wayland and RE Arnold organize a company of gold seekers and depart for the Klondike Monday next. The young men are former Columbus boys. Otto Wayland is brother of W A Wayland the grocer and Ed Arnold is son of R E Arnold of East Columbus.
A Sunday night blaze razed East Columbus Fire, Joe Piercefield's Store, and Widow Hornbeck's residence. Twenty pounds of powder in Piercefield's store exploded loudly, suggesting theft and arson aims. Estimated loss runs about $700 with $275 insured through Stobo.
A Professor Marshal address warns thousands live close to death from Brights disease or kidney trouble. It urges attention to early symptoms and touts Warner's Safe Cure as a cure and preventive measure, stressing hereditary risk and high fatality without treatment.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with a drop in temperatures. Weather officials note a colder Tuesday ahead. Highs and lows expected to reflect a cooler air mass affecting the Chicago area.
The people of Columbus rally for a May department encampment with a war relic exhibit from S E Scott of Rising Sun. Relics include two mortars about a hundred pounds each with charges extracted, a ten anchor ball and three two foot chains from the Civil War across the Mississippi at Columbus Kentucky. John S Crump leads the relief exhibit as Sons of Veterans and Woman's Relief Corps join the event. The town plans to lodge visitors in private homes. expected main procession may be the largest yet. Rate for non-hotel entertainment set at one dollar daily. In a separate note Charles Spragg was jailed for intoxication after a thirty day sentence.
A survey of early 1898 business notes strong activity at Nordyke Marmon and other firms. Records indicate higher collections, full operation across departments, and plans to expand by installing a Prat Whitney corrugating machine. Local manufacturers like Lilly Varnish and Indiana firms report good export orders and improving prospects.
The Cummins Bookseller announces a wide assortment of new books and periodicals. Located in the city, the shop promotes fresh titles and reading matter across genres for a diverse audience.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. All 25 cents. For the nicest line of perfumes and perfume atomizers go to Fehring's drug store.
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