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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1898
Page
2
Major Strickland delivered a memorial ovation in Scipio. Numerous residents travel to Indianapolis for visits and lessons while the republican county convention approaches. A cadre of shipments, horse sales, and livery updates populate the day along with cemetery tributes to veterans and a delayed excursion train from Cincinnati.
Fire crews discovered a human hand and forearm at the rear of the fire department this morning. The hand appeared female and was of normal size while the arm was merely bone yet well preserved. The origin remains a mystery as Curt New and Albert Ross returned to Greencastle school duties.
Senator West recalls a temperance tale from Kentucky where a 90 year old drinker challenges a lecturer. The man claims longevity despite 75 years of drinking and warns of judgment day if he continues. The anecdote showcases attitudes toward alcohol in politics.
A Maltese owned by Mr. Jones is found alive after being run over and left in a cellar. Mice bring pieces of meat and bread to the cat, feeding and guarding it as neighbors observe the unlikely companionship. The Philadelphia Times reports the tale as a local curiosity and communal wonder.
Practical experts note rail and plate defects stem from blowholes in cast ingots. Even thorough testing may miss cavities that survive shaping into rails, with hidden flaws possibly causing surface flashes after finishing. inspectors struggle to detect hidden ore in rail heads.
The Indianapolis Journal notes Burma differs from most oriental nations by granting women wide freedoms including equal inheritance and social standing with men, while contrasting anecdotes about actors and celebrities shared by newspapers.
County offices candidate WILL F. BARRETT declares his bid for the clerk of the circuit court seat subject to Republican nomination. Convention scheduled for June 4th, 1898.
The county auditor race announcement names Samuel W Fitch of Ohio township as a Republican candidate, subject to the June 4 1898 nominating convention.
The notice announces W. I. Coats and William Steinkamp of Jackson Township as candidates for county treasurer, pending Republican nominating convention.
Multiple figures announce candidacy for sheriff of Bartholomew County subject to the Republican nominating convention. Names include Stephen Bailey Scott Elzea Henry Nowe George Orr John Dunn and others, with filings dated around June 4 1898.
Henry C Harris of German township files to run for county commissioner in the First district. John G Pardeck of Jonesville also announces a bid for the Third District, pending the Republican nominating convention.
A church delegate visiting a small town cemetery encounters a large stone inscribed A Lawyer and an Honest Man. He ponders how two different men could share a grave while a local asks if he found the grave of an old friend. The anecdote appears in the St Joseph News.
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