Real estate bargains and lots for sale in city and county
A long list offers cottages farms and vacant lots for sale or trade. Properties include three room cottages on Washington and Franklin streets, several 5 to 7 room houses, hundreds of acres in Brown and Jackson townships, and large city lots near Maple Grove. Prices range from a few hundred to thousands, with easy payment plans and trade options.
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Franklin St
Hutchins Avenue
Maple Grove
Brown County
Clay County
Texas
Ft. Worth
Henrietta
Alma Station
Denver Ry
Fece
Bartholomew County
East Columna
Sumblea Township
Sveen
Ae Ee
Local notices and ads from a 19th century Columbus paper
Multiple short items describe visits, meetings, and local business including sickness linked to typhoid, a post office change, a barn project, a school picnic, and upcoming sales. Advertisements tout remedies, substitutes, and products. notices cover court cases, auctions, and community events with dates and names such as I. M. Griffith and Browntown references.
Sunday Dinners At Fashion Restaurant Highlight
The Fashion Restaurant at 609 Washington Street promotes special Sunday dinners for guests and families. It notes patrons have been highly pleased with past efforts and hopes to continue pleasing customers with its offerings during the Sunday dining hour.
Hascaville property for sale or trade with Columbus link
A ten acre property including a two story dwelling a barn and a large fruit orchard in Hasca ville is offered for sale or trade for property in Columbus. The ad hints at a salesman pressuring for a different deal.
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Court House
Phils
Hascaville
Columbus
English Lessons for a Taotai at the Chinese Court
Reports from North China describe Li Taotai of Nanking facing a mock English test at a royal audience. The emperor, frustrated by the Taotai's safe talk, scolds him for borrowing knowledge and orders him to study English with a book under his nose for three years.
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China
Liu
Nanking
Li Taotai
North China News
England
Taotai
Birds left in park as bicycles drive away the sparrows
An elderly South Park officer recalls in a Chicago Tribune interview how bicycles flood parks and boulevards, scattering birds from nests and roosting spots. He notes a drastic drop in thrushes, warblers, and other songbirds, with sparrows now predominating.
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South Park
The
Chicago Tribune
Rival Duluth and Superior War Over Bridge
Long description of a dispute between Duluth Minnesota and Superior Wisconsin over a proposed bridge across the St Louis River at Lake Superior’s western end. It notes political maneuvering in Congress, state actors Quay and Vilas, and the potential for Superior to become a Duluth suburb if the bridge is built. Also mentions a lighthouse model in a church and historic engineering context.
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Duluth
Superior
Forester
Ais d Superior
Wis
Lake Superior
Senate
Washington
St. Louia
Northwest
Superhoe
Congress
Pennsylvania Steel
Quay
Vilas
Oo Sen
St. Mary's
Whitkirk
Leeds
John Smeaton
Eddystone
Abbott Simeon
Ely
Fens
Presidents Cleveland and McKinley to Dine in Washington
A New York Times summary states President Harrison will host Mr and Mrs Cleveland and invites McKinley to dine in Washington. McKinley is due March 2 and will stay at the Ebbit House before moving to the executive mansion after inauguration. The Cleveland couple plan to depart Washington March 4 for Princeton amid repair work on their new home.
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Cleveland
Herries
New York Times
Washington
Nea
Princeton
Purchases and notes from across the era on gems and Persian royalty
A scattered column covers a cash purchase of a property for $45 000 by a New York owner, a naval dredge incident near the Potts mansion, carat weight standards for gems, British mail volume to the United States, and Persian royal piety toward polygamy with Muzaffer-ed-Din’s court. It notes Teheran palace life and the shah’s harem, 1 720 wives, and feminist rebuttals to Genesis.
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Hi Pulitzer
Jeky Island
Furness
Delphia
UK Mediain
Persia
Teheran
Pall Mall Gazette
Muzaffer-ed-Din
Seraglio
Shah
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SUC
FOF
Cottage Avenue
Ninth
Tenth Streets
Union
Third Street
Big Four
Franklin
Rome
Jackson Township
Alace
Waymansville
Clifty Township
Eighth
Wilson Street
Harrison Township
Mabe
Forry
Sandcreek
Clay Township
Wayne Township
Eas
Fifth St
Iasod
Maple Avenue
Big Four Ry
Tenth Street
Maule Grove
Irwin
Reed and
Seventh Streets
Peter
Houston
Foster
R. M. Cross
Wmn. Marshall
Freetown
Otto
Emma Pruitt
Eva Ault
Becksgrove
Richard Pruitt
Christian Basket Meeting
Eld. Richardson
W. D Bowman
Brownstown
Minos White and Wes Soates
Insville
W. P. Setse
M. B. Hendry
Miss Mary
Christian
Ratcliff Grove S. 8
W.D. Bowman Marshall
Der
I. M. Griffith
Kinney & Kinney
Mt Vole Rae Aa Athe
Sterling Remedy
Chicago
New York
Edd. Tink
Clotha Curnett
Josie Hatten
Miss Hatten
Star Office
Wm. Adams
Jacob O'Neal
D. B. Eddy
Daly
Fc. .C
James Brown
Hardin
Johnson Co
Clarelate
Stahlhuth’s Fountain
Orinoco
Kid McCoy
Duffy
Ring Fame
Prof. Duffy
Sullivan
Corbett
J. A. Newton
Board &c
Bike Pa .c
Lonia P. Smock
Runyon House
Washington St
Smith and Walker
Wm. Brevert
Vincennes
Ind
Algo
Edinburg
Washington Street
JG. Schwartzkopf
London
Paria
Noonter Dam
Sam
United States
Ste. Agaipet
Hedut Lyle
Buffalo
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