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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1896
Page
5
A large fire yesterday fully destroyed the Doxey Theatre at Anderson with losses of about 100000 on the building and stock on the ground floor. It is the fourth fire on the site with the opera house burned three times. About half the losses were insured. Also noted are social events, travels, and local sales details from the Edwards era.
A crowd greeted Harry McCormick and George Lucas as they returned home for the holidays with green streamers and cheers on the platform. An opera house fire in Anderson yesterday drew water streams that froze, but no injuries were reported. The Hustler advertises toys, calendars, and a Christmas gift push with a window display doll named Cara LorTs, plus a matinee at the Bijou Opera House and other local shopping notes.
A poignant verse laments a hungry cold child begging for a crust. The speaker imagines a single bite easing pain and reviving life, highlighting the stark pallor and illness that hunger causes in a vulnerable youngster.
Richard Fisher wed Miss Hetella Thompson at her parents home near town with Rev. Percy Kendall officiating. The couple will reside on North Franklin Street and hosted a reception at their new home last night. The Star extends best wishes and notes local ads and happenings accompany the notice.
The circuit court adjourned yesterday to resume Monday morning with several divorce cases to be tried by the judge. Tuesday jurors return, opening with the state ex rel Daiey Gillespie v. Wm. Kennedy on a paternity charge.
Plenty of D handle timber arrives this week with twenty car loads and seventy five wagon loads at the Columbus Handle Co. Abin notes irregular timber dispatches. Dudley McGovney visits from Burnsville and plans a Portland trip for holidays. Local ads promote coal coke wood and beech block fuel. Davis and Hartman ship a car load of live poultry to New York yesterday. Church service at St Pauls Church reports festive decorations and Christmas music.
An additional coach was added to the Indianapolis train service yesterday morning. The move aimed to alleviate crowding as passengers boarded at multiple stations along the route.
The following licenses were issued yesterday: Smith W Snively and Monta Sims William M Phillips and Ells Jones Orville A Sprague and Martha Eckelberry. Ridgeway the Belvedere bartender will leave soon to work at the Den Armond hotel Greensburg. The high school teams Madison and Edinburg set games New Year’s day and next Tuesday. Also noted are rental ads for a four room cottage and sale of a letter press. Dry wood available at Handle factory 3842 W.
Belle Beott, daughter of John Beott the baker, dies at the family residence near the Presbyterian church at four o'clock Wednesday. The loan mention Kinney appears unrelated to the obituary.
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