16 Apr 1897
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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1897
Page
1
The item claims Pame's is not a patent medicine and extols its value comparing it with a diamond. It notes Conductor Wm Hull in charge of the Cambridge-Madison run. It mentions Turtle Soup Saturday at Frank Everroth and a show window display by Dr Jas Arnold featuring a moving eyes figurine advertised as an optician selling spectacles.
M L Sweet Asst Supt of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company visited Edinburg to pay a death claim. Proofs of loss arrived Tuesday and the claim was paid in full on Thursday, two days after submission, reflecting well on the company.
Rev Z T Sweeney of Columbus lectured at Central Christian Church to benefit the Ladies Societies. He announced a severe vocal paralysis would prevent speaking but would deliver the lecture a week from tomorrow. He was so hoarse he could barely be heard at the back of the church.
Prof Gentry and his company of animal actors will exhibit under can vae at Washington and Eleventh streets Wednesday April 21 afternoon at 3 p m night at 8 p m The show features educated dogs and ponies and is described as amusing and attractive to ladies and children Admission prices are 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children
Cash only store touts cash purchases and cash sales to offer low prices. It stresses savings from avoiding credit losses and promises a complete line of staple and fancy groceries with prompt home delivery to any part of the city.
The coming week in this city hosts a social season with two balls a matinee social and multiple parties. On Monday the Jackson Club hosts a ball, Tuesday features a St Pauls church dance at City Hall with out of town guests, Wednesday offers a Methodist Ladies Matinee Social, and several private parties are planned as society circles anticipate a whirl of activity. The era includes reports of a mysterious airship over several towns, prompting speculation about future locomotion or liquor related optical illusions.
A column recounts a jovial man with a drinking habit causing petty borrowings from friends, never repaid. A hardware store tale follows about a widow ordering a bathtub that looks like a coffin, mistaken for a death rumor, later deemed an ice cream freezer. A boy and his pigeons close the piece with a devoted father-figure pigeon tending the nestlings.
The item notes Bennett Patterson has yet to recover his $74. Floods again plague several regions. Various locals are listed with brief visits and travel notes including Taylorsville residents Tillman Fulp and Barney McEvenne, and other city arrivals and errands.
Constable Gable arrested Mrs Gentry, known as Molly, on a charge of assault and battery against Mrs Dosie Showers. She was released after posting a $50 bond for her appearance before Fuatlee Dennison this afternoon.
Nevada Governor Sadler praises James J. Corbett as the greatest boxer in the world in a letter to Jack Rush dated March 19 1897. The note, framed at the Belvedere bar, notes no ticket provision for a fight and lauds Corbett as the finest puncher and champion in American boxing. The article also mentions Burt Taylor’s escape during a county court session and Councilman Wi McCullough’s illness.
Charles L. Parker, a blind man, is declared insane. He imagines the inner skin is infested with millions of vermin that travel his body by day and lie quiet at night. He describes the vermin occupying his stomach and moving to vital areas as his body shifts.
The Passion Service at St Pauls Church starts 12 30 PM with seven addresses on the seven words of Jesus from the cross. People may attend any time before 1 30 PM to hear most of the addresses and the day is marked as a solemn observance inviting all Christians to unite in love.
Three people died yesterday morning when a buggy was struck by a train on the Wabash railroad near La Fayette. In a separate action, Emma Foust, by attorney W W Lambert, sues Charles C Foust in circuit court to quiet title to the real estate housing Freemount Davis’s blacksmith shop.
Some readers report coupons being removed from morning papers. The paper urges subscribers to report such cuts to help find a fix.
Indianapolis April 14 The coroner was asked to investigate the death of Mrs. Fannie Rowe widow of Linton Indicated by a death return of poisoning. A letter from Linton urged inquiry and three physicians declined postmortem as too late Indications point to criminal malpractice with a postmortem possible if requested.
All members present except Mc Cullough who is sick. Minutes approved. Taxes extended to the first Monday in May. Unplotted land in the city eligible for a 75 percent tax rebate if not delinquent. Bills read and allowed. Council commended for prompt work and legal doubt resolved by extension.
Report circulated that Theo Brown’s Spanish American Journal office in San Antonio Texas burned to the ground yesterday. The item notes the claim as based on information received last night and expresses hope the report is unfounded.
Edinburg city council decided to purchase an electric light plant to be installed soon. Local citizens express congratulations on the project. Various residents including Miss Hessie Blades and Mrs Regennas were noted visiting Columbus, with several others mentioned in Hope and Columbus travel and visits.
We thank friends and the friends of Dan Cheatam for kindness and help in his last sickness. It required 24 dollars to bring our son from the prison, and bring him home, all of which is paid.
A recipe fragment collection lists a chicken and rice bake with cream and eggs, a apple custard pie filling, rhubarb cream pie method, and an oatmeal crust note. It includes steps to mix ingredients, bake in hot oven, and caution about precooking fruits.
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