Five Legged Calf Attracts Attention In Local Dairy
J T Polk owns a five legged calf born Sunday night with a correctly formed fifth limb on the right side near the hind leg. Many visitors have come to view the unusual animal at the dairy. A separate note reports a poison rattlesnake’s rattles and age, and a Franklin Star remark about a heavy snake story. Business telegrams from Bradstreet highlight rising farm prices and continued demand, with trade volumes increasing, unseen since 1892.
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Bradstreet
Local Notes Highlight Travel Baseball and Fires Across Town
John I. Jones of Taylorsville paused in the city Saturday. Frank Seward returns from a seaside vacation. The BIG FOUR run offers a $1.00 excursion to Cincinnati today. Newbern fair to be the largest in the county. Stewartsville near Evansville wiped out by fire Friday. E H Forgy of Grand Rapids visited agents Kinney and Kinney. Irwin Reynolds balances county duties with farm insurance work. Duncan of Enterprize Building and Loan says company is faring well with lending money. A child on South Brown Street had two fingers mashed at a cider mill Friday. Wanted a six to seven room house within six blocks of the courthouse. A big baseball series planned between Columbus and Connerville on Tuesday and Friday. A 15.5 lb buffalo fish sold on the street for $1.00 caught near Lowell. Wheat 85 cents and corn at 26 cents in the market. Will Waltman tried fishing and was lucky. Will G Irwin back from Detroit. Mrs. Lowe McCleod ill at Highland Ave. Travel insurance available from Kinney & Kinney. Brown County Democrat to publish twice weekly. Sam Heilman, John Gysie, M. V. Jewell to Buffalo for G A R reunion. George Fulp visited the Swan office Saturday. Rev G W Conner reported dangerously ill. Marriage licenses issued for George C Painter and Daisy Wil Cal Welcher and Lola Calvin. Orinoco dwelling advertised for cheap sale terms. A gentleman south of town plants corn and notes hills missing as some plants emerge.
Various Mild Local News items in Crothersville
Local notes report Mrs. Will Cotton ill and Mayor Beck earning praise for paving Washington street. A sermon united Geo. Painter and Daisy Wilcox. Auctioneer Joe Whitten sold goods at his second hand room. Several residents, including Louise Keyes and Ed Cobb, were boating on the river. The Steamer Fawn will debut Monday, owned by a quartet of locals. Alexander Lane case delayed to September 4 due to witness illness. Alexander VanGordon visits family in Edinburg. Hopkinsville report notes a man beaten over county superintendent nomination. Aquilla Mitchell sues to sell land for debt. W. W. Lambert attorney. O. M. May promotes Union Central Telephone line. citizens to request coupon books.
Barnes White Flyer Show At Crump's Theatre
The Barnes White Flyer drawing will be held promptly at 7 oclock Monday evening August 23 at Crumps Theatre replacing the City Building. The report notes rising Mexican commodity prices due to silver decline, with no wage increases and growing alarm. Courier Journal mentions Cary Clutch Billey Cheatham Frank Matthaus Jr and John Hilger departing for the Nashville exposition by bicycle and camping en route, four days expected to reach Nashville at about seventy miles daily.
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Crump’s
Cary Clutch
Billey Cheatham
Frank Matthaus, Jr
John Hilger
Nashville Exposition
Nashville
Side Tracked charms Horatio by Jule Walters in Kentucky
The article notes a revived Horatio role by Jule Walters in the new Side Tracked with extensive scenic improvements and all-new vaudeville specialties. It also comments on Democratic voters in Kentucky choosing Hindman to advance Democratic aims and drop free silver, while reporting the death of Lt. Wa. H. Golden of the 22nd Indiana at Lesterville after a reunion talks with Capt. Graves and Herman Von Strohe.
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Jule Walters
Horatio
Wa. H. Golden
Ind
Lesterville
Little York
Crothersville
Church Services and Sermons Across Denominations
Local churches announce Sunday worship schedules with Holy Communion and morning prayers at St Paul’s, Methodist, Presbyterian, and United Brethren churches. Topics include Hosea the Prophet of Terror, Grace, and the Influence of Christ’s Utterances, with all invited to attend.
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Semon
Hosea
Regional fairs set dates from August to September
The schedule lists multiple city fairs with overlapping dates from August 16 to September 11 across Columbus Lawrenceburg Rushville Salem Franklin Lafayette East Enterprise and Shelbyville. The state fair in Indianapolis runs September 3 to 18.
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East Enterprise
Shelbyville
Indianapolis
Lead and zinc ore find from Missouri mines featured
Bartin Bailey of Joplin visits the Stank office with ore from Missouri lead and zinc mines. The ground value shows lead at 23.00 per 1000 lbs and zinc at 23.50 per 2000 lbs. a nonvaluable mixed tiff resembles flint. Bailey plans to return near Sept 10.
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Bartin Bailey
Joplin
Missouri
Bailey
Lichens Suggestions Of A Hovel
Poem by TimorY Oaks from Columbus Indiana dated August 21 1897 critiques wealth and indifference to poverty. It contrasts rich men in Congress with starving children and questions moral justice and salvation for the poor. The verse laments hunger and funeral hearses for the needy.
Ex Governor Boles Speaks on Silver and Windom Plan
Ex Governor Boles opened with remarks for the Democracy of Iowa Thursday. He argued the 16 to 1 dogma is impossible and warned that US silver alone undermines the economy. He favors the Windom plan with government market valuation of silver bullion.
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Boles
Iowa
United States
Windom
Journal
Colum bus Visitors Timed in Town Notes
Hope News Journalets records a string of Columbus visitors in town this week including William Graves Charles Welker Lee Zeigter ex county recorder W L Kupseh Major W T Strickland Reeves Co and County Superintendent James H Clark Surveyor W H Rights with duties around streets and grades west of Main Street.
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W. L. Kupseh
Columbus
W. H. Rights
Main Street
The Goober Responsible for Tax Board Actions
The governor and his two tax commissioners are blamed for acting without lawful authority to tax property. They voted to insert unauthorized material into public laws and instructed assessors to value property without a law. The governor bears responsibility as they form the board majority and could have blocked these moves. The piece accuses them of arranging a test case and misusing public funds. The audit and secretary are not held responsible.
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Tax Board
Personal notes from local visitors move through towns
The column lists Mrs. Sarah Flora and her daughter Jennie Chittee visiting friends in Austin with various relatives in Ottawa Kansas Indianapolis and Madison. Others travel from Edinburg Rushville Seymour Louisville and Walesboro, with several returning to Chicago and Des Moines.
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Sarah Flora
Jennie Chittee
Austin
National League Baseball Standings and Records
National League standings show Boston leading with 67 wins and 31 losses, Baltimore 94. Cincinnati 92 63 31. New York 94 58 86. Cleveland 95 51 44. Chicago 99 48 51. Pittsburgh 95 43 52. Philadelphia 99 42 57. Brooklyn 96 39 57. Washington 95 38 57. St. Louis 98 25 73. American League table lists Indianapolis 99 70 29. St Paul 106 66 40. Milwaukee 104 64 40. Detroit 105 52 58. Grand Rapids 102 33 69. Kansas City 108 34 74. Minneapolis 106 33 73.
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Bronkyln
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Detroit
Grand Rapids
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Minnepolis
Time of day in a rural witness tale
A Georgia judge questions a rural witness about when an event occurred. The witness evasively says it was near night, not a specific time, noting it was not bedtime and describing it as close to night hours in a rural setting.
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