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Newspaper

Columbus Evening Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1898

Page

3

Reviewers and County Ditch Final Report Expenditures

A sprawling ledger style list outlines costs in the March 1898 county final report. Items include reviewer HW Robertson 940 WOW Lambert 906 Jis Anderson as ROM Ford Notary fee and numerous entries for co assy, jail repairs, poor farm services, and various county office expenses. The document documents payments to surveyors, carpenters, physicians, and vendors across multiple townships, with totals and names such as Dunlap & Cots Co, Reeves & Co, Printing Wilson Humphrey Co, and many Hawcreek, Flat Rock, Rockcreek, and Clifty township entries. The auditor I. B. Barrett certifies the captured allowances as true and correct.

Bartholomew Jackson County HW Robertson Wow Lambert Jis Anderson Ford Notary Heavy Surveyor Noland Dryden Co Poor Farm John Ott Poor Faron Jessie Mathews Asy Annie Mathews Jacob Beaty Joby Schinnerer Geo Barnhart Help Co Albert Mathews Jacob Horn Thudshing Geo Barnhart Dunlap & Cots Co Reeves & Uo Wii Leibfried Amos Clark Pepairs Gow Harrington B F Cobbe Ernst Stabboth Theo E Otto Ikeury Maley John Stubo Treas Orphan's Home Llamence TD Norton MD Clay Cosby Rockcreek Lawrence and Carmichael Wayne Banks Ohio Jackson Vonfange Col Griffith & Kellar, Co Deo Schinnerer Elliott Cather- Chas Sharp Thos Polger Cyrus Folger John Sharp HS Wells Henry Lown Montgomery & Co Poor Clitty Cummins & Rominger Clifty Moses Harrison MD Emig Henry Deitrick Levee Fatal Ford Bridge Wm Lawn James Manly Poor Daniel Wertz Co Geo C Moore Hawcreek JG Harris Itb Barrett Everroad Brockman G. A. R. Finante Com L B Barrett Hareby Board of Commissioners I. B. Barrett

Beechcreek Gravel Roads Bid Opening by County

County Commissioners opened newspaper bids to print Viewers and Engineers reports for Beechcreek township gravel roads. All city papers bid except Herald which refused to bid under law price. Bids listed for Viewers Report Columbus Republican 59.75, Columbus Star 50.00, Weekly Times 45.00, The Democrat 39.76. Notice of Election bids show Star 8.00, Republican 5.00, Weekly Times 5.00. contract awarded to The Democrat.

Wwe Co Gapiien Lee Loy L-Rosenbush & Coo Wome James H Clark Co Julia Glore Davis Co Court House City of Columbus City Telephone Co Mo Court House James L Hunter Coasy Wood Leota Gable John L Uphold Coasy Irwin Reynolds I Darwine Board of Health Sec Differnt Cept Herald Harris Columbus Republican Columbus Star the Democrat

Jim gets a new bike in Petersville notice

Local items report Lookout for Jim with a new bicycle and various short notes. Fish for sale by A G Holland and Wm Ernest. Friday Smith moved from J L Stuckey’s to Tom News for the summer. J E Steenbarger is sick. W B Davis is not improving. Mrs Mary Norton returns from Indianapolis after visiting her daughter. A large turnout for Saturday’s exam. comment on Steenbarger’s upper lip. Mrs Coy and Morgan Hook’s boys reportedly have diphtheria. President Smith on Contrary Street had a buggy shed mishap and saw stars while riding the mare.

Local Notes From Clinton KY and Surroundings

County Clerk E B Samuels testifies of years of back kidney and bladder pain cured by Utah Kidney Beans and endorses them. Also mentions Turns Liver pills. The Old Homestead cast of 22 from Seymour arrived. Epworth League Social set at Mrs Pruitt’s Franklin St home tomorrow. Marshall Schooler bought a rubber tire buggy from R M Jackson. Charley Hayes misreported. correct name Cornelius Hayes. A boy's arm injury at John Carola’s last night leads to a threatened lawsuit by the father.

Thornaby Utah E. B. Samuels Hickman County Clinton Kentucky Epworth League Frank Pruitt Franklin St

Death of Wm Cochran at Maple Grove residence

William Cochran aged about 60 died this afternoon at the Maple Grove home of B M Hutchins. He was father in law of B M Hutchins, Herman Carr and Geo E Ellis. Funeral arrangements announced later.

Wm. Cochran B M. Hutchins Herman Carr Geo E. Ellis B. M. Hutchins Maple Grove

Local baseball manager Signs McInerney and pursues Knipper

Punk Boyatt of Brownstown reports he has signed T. J. McInerney of Rushville and is negotiating with Knipper, last year's Knightstown Club ace, to form his ball team this season. Also note Pennsylvania Lines offers excursion tickets to Indianapolis for the second annual convention of the League of Bimetallic Clubs of the Ohio Valley on April 5 and 6, with return validity to April 9.

Knipper Knightstown Club League of Bimetallic Clubs Ohio Valley Pennsylvania

Local Retail Advertisements Highlight Potatoes Shoes and Groceries

George's Grocery lists Triumphs and Six Week's seed potatoes as early offerings alongside standard Northern and Eastern varieties. The page promotes THE HUMMER Shoe Store, H T Burnett Co Groceries, L Rosenbush Co clothiers, T G Quick coal wood and feed, and Mrs H PfeI manager of the Gold Mine with enthusiastic claims and mail order notes.

George’s Grocery 2Nd Street

Personal notices from locality events and travels

Wilson Swenger went to North Ve don this morning. Mrs. Duffy visits Seymour to stay with her son Byron Duffy. E. O. Butler went to Seymour. Mrs. Gerner heads to Chicago. David Graham of Rushville visits daughter Mrs. L. K. Ong. Chas Remy and Dallas Reeves arrive from Indianapolis. Miss Jessie Lloyd takes job with Mrs. C. H. Thompson. Josh Villa displays a large tarantula in his Washington street store window. bite is dangerous.

David Graham Rushville Mrs. L. K. Ong Josh Villa Washington Street

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