27 Apr 1897
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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1897
Page
1
Fred Markey, who lost his voice as a child, regains it after a rib poke while plowing. Governor Mount, planning a short trip, oversees a five hundred acre Crawfordsville farm with lambs and pigs and stocks. He promotes stock farming and market awareness while recounting his rise from renter to landowner and his record of farm labor.
The Columbus Indiana city council convened to honor the late councilman William J McCullough a dedicated public servant from the third ward A committee read resolutions praising his impartial able service and sympathy extended to his family The council planned to drape the chair and attend his funeral in a body Floral offerings were to be purchased by a separate committee Christopher Trenkenshuh age forty five buried Garland Brook cemetery after services led by Rev C A Trautman He had worked for an Indianapolis bakery and sought health in the West.
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perces will ride in the Grant monument dedication procession. He earned renown for defending his people's homeland and war skills, later proving a capable negotiator. His favorable impression in Washington contrasted with a noted association with General Miles during surrender.
Recipe notes include Hor SLAW with cabbage cooked in water finished with milk flour butter and egg. Ganacla Te Cream thickened with cornstarch chocolate and vanilla. Tra Biscurrs with flour butter milk eggs yeast sugar. Cottage Bread using hour flour sugar butter egg and yeast. Apple Cream with baked apples mashed and folded with beaten egg whites and cream.
The article praises Thomas Brown known as Tom for his long Civil War service from 1801 to 1864. He enlisted at fourteen, served without a break, endured hardship and scurvy, and carried his musket and box despite injuries. It notes a pension increase and mentions Jacob Frankel and John W Foster’s burial near Lis Civ.
The three year old Walford child who died of diphtheria on the William Marr farm was buried yesterday at the Ohio chapel in Ohio township. Charles Moyer appeared before the mayor on two dirges. he pleaded guilty to intoxication and was assessed and fined £71. He pleaded not guilty to assault and battery, case set for today at 2 PM.
Obituary notices councilman McCuwlough died yesterday morning at 2 30 o clock born July 5 1849 age 47 he served on city council and various committees he leaves a widow and three children living on Pearlsect property since 1889 funeral Wednesday at 2 00 from family residence with service by Rev Curti Brvna burial Garland Brook Cemetery
Readable items note Moore Shoe Company plans a May opening with fresh stock. Nashville visitors buy millinery in Indianapolis. Minnie Heck funeral held at the poor farm with interment near Flat Rock, Norman funeral director. Evan Fix returns from Alabama and may become a U S marshal. Pat Tumey revisits Sweet Trinity area. son-in-law of John Ford. Greeks to continue resistance with navy aid, per Indianapolis Journal.
The Indianapolis Journal notes that eight hundred million dollars of Turkish bonds are held in England France and Germany making Turkey a quiet but potent ally. It argues that without this debt Turkey might have been erased by now. It also contends that U S labor needs protective policy as tariffs that import home made goods depress domestic employment.
Miss Susie Coons was in Indianapolis yesterday. Edith Mosenbaugh visits friends in Indianapolis. Mr and Mrs Frank Crump and daughter Kate were in Indianapolis yesterday. Miss Maggie Daugherty came from Jonesville yesterday morning. Mrs Dr McLeod visits friends in Boone County. Henry Sater of Elizabethtown was in the city Monday. Mrs Carrie Fisher of Edinburg, visiting C B Kei's family, returned home yesterday. Dayton Condon arrived on the northbound train yesterday morning. No 19 was 14 minutes late yesterday morning. Mrs Vera Molly Meanx and mother Everson of Cambridge City are in the city visiting friends. Miss Tony Jincey returned from Indianapolis. Rev Noah Harper came home last night. No 18 was 19 minutes late. Mr A Brooks of Chestnut street is seriously ill with pneumonia. Fritz Roth was a northbound passenger yesterday. Al McTaughen state agent of the Ohio Rack Company left yesterday for western Indiana and southern Illinois. L F Noblite has gone to Illinois. The Republicans in the Kentucky Legislature have a great opportunity to show their develop ment of the Republican party and to help the cause in the Nation. The strange thing is that as Republicans they do not see the importance of united action. Journal.
People travel between Flat Rock Shelbyville and Indianapolis. Residents visit relatives in Spencerville Ohio Martinsville and Edinburg while new blacksmith opens in East Flat Rock and homes see goods sold and wells drilled.
The painter Thomas Brown declares he is a McKinley man. His pension rises from $16 to $24 per month, with the certificate signed by Evans, the new commissioner of pensions.
A Columbus directory published by Johnson Publishing Co. of Wilmington Del. is denounced as the poorest work of its kind. A light anecdote follows about a young couple strolling up Washington Street where the girl compliments a hat and the young man quips she looks as sweet as a peach.
Dr. A J Banker of this city has been offered the professorship of Operative and Clinical Obstetrics at the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons in Indianapolis. He will probably accept, as it requires only one day per week and will not interfere with his practice. This honor reflects highly on him.
National Tin Plate Company buys a Monongahela land tract twenty nine miles from Pittsburg to erect a plant like the Anderson works. The project will employ 500 men and create a town of its own with the Anderson plant supplying western trade and the new plant eastern trade.
Invitations have been received by a number of society young men to attend a dance at Columbus City Hall on Monday evening May 3. Patrons include Miss Sallie Stansifer Mary Keyes Daisy Shane Elizabeth Ruddick Netta Katherynard.
The Franklin Republican comments on Columbus Times criticism of Crump's electric cars. It notes the town's desire for absolute quiet and suggests removing nuisances like cars and church bells. It even muses about trains passing softly through the village.
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