Real estate bargains dot Columbus listings in $400 buys
A long list of properties on Cottage and Franklin streets plus neighboring avenues and townships offers three to six room cottages, farms, and lots with wells, cisterns, and outbuildings. Prices range from 400 to 4 500 plus, with cash down and easy monthly terms or trades.
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Washington St
Franklin St
Burnsville Pike
Columbus
Third Street
Big Four
Clay County
Texas
Ft. Worth
Henrietta
Alma Station
Denver Ry
Bartholomew County
Twelfth
Chestnut Street
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Tenth Streets
Mechanic
Fashionable Sunday Dinner at Fashion Restaurant
The Fashion Restaurant at 609 Washington Street promotes its specially prepared Sunday dinners for entertaining friends and family. It notes past patrons have been highly pleased and invites continued patronage.
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Fashion Restaurant
Signs advertisement for July banners and deliveries
The notice urges getting banner work by A D Osgood with orders at Hauser Parker's drug store. It promises varied work and warns against substitutes from idle tradesmen. It notes early morning delivery Monday and office hours 10 am and 5 to 5 30 pm. Religious services were poorly attended due to heat.
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A. D. Osgood
Hauser & Parker's Drug Store
Noted ads and quips from Franklin Star and health claims
The item gathers several newspaper inserts including Carb-Cathetic style medicine ads for Casarets and No-To-Bac with prices 10 25 20 cents and 40 cents. It also reprints a Franklin Star joke about a Madison servant girl and a quip about tobacco quitting remedies.
Bicycle Auction Sale At 10 A M July 55th And Washington
July 3 Walter five year old son of W P Clifford badly mangled by a large St Bernard dog in VALPARISO Indiana. The dog knocked him down and bit him fourteen times in the arms and legs before help arrived. He will be taken to Evansville Indiana for treatment with the mud stone.
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Evansville
Ind
Washington
Death of an Old Soldier in Anderson
John P. Davis, a well known local veteran of the Thirty fourth Indiana who served long in the Civil War, died at his home in Anderson early this morning and will be buried Sunday afternoon.
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Anderson
Ind
John P. Davis
Indiana
Chinese Obstacles and Prosperous Farming Traditions
The article contrasts Chinese beliefs about house repair and spirits with a view of farming as scientific handwork. It describes consulting an astrologer, offerings to unseen spirits, and notices to neighbors before repairs begin, then highlights agricultural skill in a 19th century context. It ends with a brief medical advertisement for Cascarets Candy Cathartic.
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Lippincott’s
Ah Sin
Local Notices and Citizen Gossip From Cincinnati Visit
No reliable content. fragments show mentions of Guggists George Rebennack in Cincinnati visiting his brother John Rebennack, and Hery Davie of Indiana visiting. plus stray lines about tobacco habit cure and weak men becoming strong.
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George Rebennack
Cincinnati
John Rebennack
Surprise Birthday for Mrs. Elizabeth Markland
Mrs. Elizabeth Markland of Orinoco was surprised yesterday by about forty friends marking her birthday. She had often said she could not be surprised, but the event was complete. A bountiful repast was enjoyed by all present.
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Elizabeth Markland
Orinoco
Natural coke discovery in Utah may hold major deposit
The Salt Lake Herald reports a newly found natural coke vein about 140 miles south of Salt Lake City near a railroad. The five foot wide body is sparked by a 25 to 30 foot tunnel and tests show a pure, sulfur and bitumen free coke that burns with no smoke and less ash than manufactured coke. The claim is owned by ex Mayor R N Baskin and partners who secured 640 acres around the site.
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Utah
United States
Richmond
Salt Lake
R. N. Baskin
Men Rush To Exit Store After Forgetting Change
A Chicago Times Herald account describes a man leaving the 2 State Street book shop with purchased items, paying with a dollar, and receiving most of his change back after the clerk called him. The clerk notes the store donates unclaimed change to charity and laments customers' eagerness to leave.
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State Street
Chicago Times-Herald
South Africa's Mining Potential and Inland Markets
The North American Review notes that South Africa could achieve self sufficiency through agriculture and pastoral development, but only if local markets grow via mining activity. Gold, diamonds, and coal dominate, with coal fields covering about 56 000 square miles and iron nearby, while other metals exist but are under exploited. Transvaal remains the leading mining region with potential for further discovery elsewhere.
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South Africa
Iowa
Transvaal
Blaine's Generosity Aided Taylor's Destitute Daughter
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat recounts James G. Blaine as speaker of the house crafting a $12,000 resolution to aid President Taylor's widow and daughter. Blaine’s quick five minute speech won passage in the house then senate, enabling the withdrawal the next day. Gen Sherman credited Blaine with a bold, deft act in politics.
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Taylor
James G. Blaine
St. Louis
Globe- Democrat
Maine Statesman
House
Zachary Taylor
Washington
Paris
Gen. Sherman
Blaine
Maine
Senate
Gen
Sherman
Footprint Unearthed in Elysian Park Baffles Scientists
Archaeology fans in southern California study a clear fossilized human footprint found in Elysian Park Los Angeles. The shoe prints a high Mexican fashion heel with a broad flat sole, puzzling experts as no such footprint is known from prior records. The discovery, preserved in sun baked mud, sparks vigorous discussion.
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Los Angeles Park
California
Elysian Park
Los Angeles Herald
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