Post Office Notices and Local Happenings in Columbus
Readable items include second class matter notice at Columbus post office, weather, local trades and real estate ads, social visits, distant crime news from Brookville, and a street altercation ending with arrest. Recounted events cover residents Owens Williams column bargains, visits to Seymour, loans on real estate, rentals by Claire H Turpin, and a saloon fight leading to arrest.
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Claire H. Turpin
Rain Estate Exchange
Lienberger
Harness care and oil promotion from Ernest Stanmore & Co
An advertisement notes harness leather benefits from occasional oiling with Black Velvet Harness Oil to keep old sets looking new. The ad mentions bulk shaving by can and references Ernest Stanmore & Co. Druggiste in Columbus Indiana and a visit by Rich ard Thomas with his father from Indianapolis during a Sunday trip.
Crook Smith and Partner Convicted in White County Robbery
Frank Smith alias Crook Smith, once of this city, and an accomplice were caught in the act of robbing a store near Montecello White County Inn just before Christmas. Smith shot during capture but survived. They were tried and found guilty receiving six years in the northern prison. Smith, a well known local figure, was married here. his wife died soon after.
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Crook Smith
Frank Smith
Montecello
White County Inn
Smith
Personal notices from Hope and surrounding areas
Mrs Carroll of Hope and Miss Fannie Spurgeon of Waynesville are visiting the city. Dozens of residents arrive and depart from Indianapolis and Rushville while others visit family in Edinburg and Franklin. Local names include Dr Hauser and Mrs Gysie attending events. several plan Sunday visits with relatives.
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Carroll
Hope
Fannie Spurgeon
Waynesville
Ed Frost
Indianapolis
Winnie J
Indiatapolis
James Glanton
Grand Rapids
Joe Gysie
Jeffersonville
That Christmas Cigar Joke Deemed Old Humor
A cigar dealer dismisses the stereotype that women buy cigars for their husbands as a baseless joke. He notes many wives choose gifts well by selecting the husband’s preferred brand with guidance from shopkeepers, and insists the humor has little foundation in reality.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Incivility on a C O train sparks mountain encounter
A Louisville man aboard a small eastern Kentucky station stop meets a mountaineer who pesters him with questions about Louisville and his life. The exchange ends as the mountaineer declares the man uncivil after a tense five minutes of interrogation.
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Kentucky
Louisville Courier-Journal
Louisville
Pleasant Dreams The Nervous Young Minister Night of Peace
A nervous visiting minister in a remote village endures a chilling room reveal. A Boston Traveler note cites an old lady listing sacred memories and macabre relics in the room including skulls and bones, warning the visitor to beware any sign of spirits.
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Boston
Jenks
The Unit of Heat Explains a Physical Measure
The article states the unit of heat is the quantity that can raise one pound of water by one degree. It notes that turning one pound of water into steam requires 967 units of heat, so boiling away a pound of water uses 967 units to raise 967 pounds of water by one degree, illustrating the concept.
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Kinney
A. Turpin
T. Huberc Owens
City Editor
Urerat
Columbus
Lidinar
Duaningtona
Avyone
George Werner
P. H. McCormick
Rushville
Owens & Williams
Liana Specht
Allie Stevenson
Orinoco
Seymour
Oweng & Williams
Brobert Laughlin
Brookville
Neice
Brecken County
Hendricks Street
Greensburg
Shelbyville Democrat
Meredith Liznberger
Charles Roberts
Eighth Street
Wilson
Jackson Street
Thorton Bright
Bruiser Everwood
Washington Street
Nath Underwood
Underwood
Geta Divorer From
George
Ernest Stanmore & Co
Druggiste
Ind
Indianapolia
Richard Thomas
Andrew Graham
Vanden Eude
Ed Mooney
Vic Griser
Harry Pieland
Fisher
Harry Scholler
Edinburg
John Davis
Brazil
Chay
Remy
Cons
Maley
Jos. J. Irwin
Mornig
Albert Swartzkopf
Harry McCormack
Dr. Hauser
Wm. Cook
Elizabethtown
Mr. Cook
Coraline Mill Co
Reilistic
Otto
Ztra
Washington ST
Mountaineer
John Jones
Louis- Ville
Drake
Guar AV
Childs Union
Silverman
T. G. Quick
John L. Bonham
Telephone
Columbus, Indiana
Fifth Street
Columus
Tron Mfg Co
Suplies
Corner
Jackson
J.M. Reilly
Prop
W. W. Lamber
Irwin's Bank
Gloas
Fiat
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