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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1898
Page
3
Reports from Havana describe signs of a decisive clash likely this week off Cuba as the hospital ship Salsee and its surgeons stand ready. The U S fleet movements are publicly known here, and no fresh orders have arrived indicating an immediate engagement.
The Clay township Republicans are requested to meet at Petersville Saturday evening May 28 at 7 30 for selecting one delegate to the judicial convention and one delegate to the congressional convention. E P Davis Commissioner.
County markets list wheat corn oats hay and other staples with per unit prices. Local items note Lew Thompson near full health, resuming duties at St Denis bar, plus a planned lecture by L E Brown on Uncle Sam at Christian church. G A R attendance expected. admission fifteen cents.
Samuel Pepys notes Knipp and the woman’s day at the playhouse as early as 1668. Benefit's rise at Drury Lane and Covent Garden drew large crowds, with actors like Quin and Grimaldi facing thronged stages. The 1828 Grimaldi benefit raised £1700, a long standing record, as reported by the St James Gazette.
Excerpts recount a Lewes discussion claiming all have written a tragedy with Herbert Spencer named. Hussey jokes on a catastrophe as an induction killed by a fact. Lord Malmesbury's patriotic dispatch is blocked by Walewski over fear of war and passport threats.
Harper's Weekly notes that rose enthusiasts track breed origins from the mid 19th century with Gloire de Dijon from 1858 and Marechal Niel in 1864. It cites La France 1868 and La Reine 1843, while acknowledging scores of newer varieties yearly, led by American Beauty and Catherine Mermet though many lack distinctive traits.
Ulrich's bakery listed with confectionery groceries fresh eggs canned goods apple butter and dry goods with delivery and order solicited. An unrelated misread line references two girls needed at a restaurant and a druggist ad notes albums bibles and toilet articles sold. Prali & Dennison advertise as leading dentists with crown and bridge services.
M A Snively promotes a grocery ad listing finest fresh produce at Greece with Home Avenue offerings. Prices described as low as the lowest, urging shoppers to compare value and quality.
An advertisement for Frank McNeal at 702 Chestnut Street promotes fine table delicacies and a cordial reception inviting patrons to shop. The copy urges support for the store and business.
H E Langdon & Co, largest retail grocers in Columbus, offer top market goods. St. ViDson and Henderson, at 601 605 Washington St, provide furniture including a finest line of rockers and promise savings on 21 kinds of furniture.
GEO.I. WINANS advertises Armour's Star Brand Hams as the finest on the market, urging readers to choose quality. The claim highlights product superiority and appealing to shoppers seeking premium cured meat.
An advertisement for Mrs E W Ragsdale at 423 Washington Street touts a large Columbus millinery house offering popular hats, best goods, and low prices as the largest bazar in town.
Jos Stobo advertises specialized horse shoing with focus on sore feet. Customers are invited to bring their horses for expert trimming and shoeing to improve hoof health and mobility.
The passage cites the Wind River tragedy where 1090 of about 3000 Indigenous people were killed or starved after confinement. It contrasts the cruelty of General Tippecanoe with a brutal command to kill an escaping child, reflecting harsh 19th century U.S. treatment of Native Americans.
An old advertisement from Hauser and Walker promotes Phoenix Drug Store. It urges customers that all goods bought there are thoroughly reliable and implies a beneficial experience with their trade. The unsigned note uses period style diction to attract patrons.
A fragmented ad lists Henry Meier at 515 4th Street selling weed, cecal, feed and lime with full value trade offers. It also promotes M Born & Co Chicago tailors with suits at 15.5g and pants 3.40, New York orders, Jake Hughes buckboard for picnics, and WM. Conhost boots and shoemaking with repairs and timely prices.
At a London party a young woman asks Mark Twain about writer's cramp. He replies he had it and used peefsteak, joking that broiled beef applied internally cured the cramp for him. The quip reflects Clem ens gravely delivering a light punchline.
Mrs C Reynolds offers Sunday dinners at City Cafe on Washington Street promising best value and all day service. Diners urged to try her renowned options.
John G Lay offers good easy shave and first class haircut opposite the new postoffice. Sanders Taylor advertise paints drugs oils glass and druggists sundries at 315 Washington street with perfum atomizers and holiday presents.
Reader requests wallpaper for rooms including living hall, kit room, bath, and parlors. notes multiple rooms and uses the name Holmes.
Seed potatoes of Triumphs and Si Webb's second crop offered by George's Grocery at 227 2nd Street. Includes northern and eastern varieties. Chas Danforth promotes seed potato sales with mail orders invited and prompt service.
Local retailer Waddington advertises affordable footwear with easy cash deals and mentions a label for Hummer shoes. The message emphasizes a wide assortment and value oriented shopping at the store.
A fragmented note suggests visiting a hut to easily pick the best place on earth to buy what you want. It mentions MIR3 WH and Lsaazes Ming in unclear context, with no clear dates or entities.
One price clothiers announce plainly marked goods and invite customers to compare. T.G. Quick offers coal wood and feed of all kinds claiming best prices and urging visitors to see for themselves.
Fremont Davis advertises blacksmithing and repair work at 335 Franklin Street. The note claims interring and forging horseshoes as a specialty with guaranteed workmanship and asserts they are the best blacksmiths in Columbus.
An advertisement touts Wayland and WFLLS as city headquarters for groceries with newest and freshest stock. It features prompt delivery and a satisfaction guarantee, and lists Bell phone 238 and address Harrison 179.
An assortment of small business blurbs lists buyers and shippers offering butter egas and onantees at top prices from Hartman 311 Franklin Street and Jno Scott Baker and Grace. Other vendors promote crackers from Scott’s, drugs and wallpaper at 522 Washington Street, flour and coal from John M. Newcomb 335 Jackson Street, and Bruning & Vonstrohe with fresh fruit vegetables Baltimore oysters and country meat on Sycamore Street Tel 19472.
F Donner at 420 Washington St advertises lead in watches clocks jewelry diamonds optics with fine watch repair. Willer Carman at 6th St between Franklin and Mechanic offers boarding and stable care with weekly or monthly rates for horses. John Hughes at 523 Washington St sells staple and fancy groceries with good butter and fresh produce a specialty.
The L. C. Moore Shoe Company announces a great change of ownership sale. Details indicate a transition in control and promotional pricing to clear stock as the new owners take over.
Fred Wolland promotes air tight heaters as best on earth and steel ranges leading the market. Skates for boys and girls are highlighted in the advertisement.
H. T. Burnett & Co promote groceries including home made mince meat and Baltimore oysters. J. B. Cook & Son advertise McCormick mowers and reapers and other farm implements at Second and Jackson, with Citizens' phone 167.
Fragment shows an old advertisement urging readers to buy White Lilly flour from Schaefer Co Rolla and to stand by the brand. It promotes trying the product and mentions a third street location with limited legible text.
E C Becht proprietor invites customers to visit the Candy Kitchen offering fresh handmade candies daily at the Old P O Building.
M. J. Hirth operates a grocery and bakery at 10th and Mechanic Streets as the city's headquarters for fruit cakes drawing large crowds seeking the finest baked goods.
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