Real estate bargains offered by loan and rental agents
Advertises numerous properties for sale on easy terms in Columbus area including cottages, farms, vacant lots, and a saw mill. Lists prices from 400 to 12 000 with cash down and monthly payments, plus trades for city property and larger holdings in Brown and Clay counties. Describes specific addresses and lot details across Washington, Franklin, Cottage, Hutchins, and Maple Grove districts.
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Washington St.—College
Washington St
Franklin St
Union Township
Burnsville Pike
East Columbia
Third Street
Big Four
Sou
Brown County
Cottage Avenue
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Maple Grove
Columbus
Clay County
Texas
Ft. Worth
Henrietta
Alma Station
Ft Worth
Denver Ry
Bartholomew County
East Columbus
Fashionable Sunday Dinners at Fashion Restaurant
Advertises special Sunday dinners at the Fashion Restaurant 609 Washington Street. Promises fashionable dining for patrons and guests, noting past satisfaction and intent to continue pleasing customers.
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Fashion Restaurant
Ad Shopper Reminder Keeps Advertisers Honest
Fragments emphasize choosing the correct goods advertiser and avoiding substitutes. The note urges readers to seek the right seller and warns against accepting replacements for advertised items.
Cascardts Candy Cathartic ad promotes cure claims
An advertisement touts Cascardts Candy Cathartic as a miraculous medicine that cleanses the system and relieves a wide range of ailments. It urges readers to purchase a tin from CLC today, claiming guaranteed cures by all druggists.
Proposed mortuary chapel in East End church grounds
The Church Times notes an appeal for a light cheerful mortuary chapel on the church south side to hold three or four coffins at once. A West Bromwich council committee rewards its cemetery superintendent with a private plot in the corporation cemetery.
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Church Times
East End
London
West Bromwich
Corporation
Heat Bakes Newbern Area as Families Visit Grandmother
Charley Newbern and Frank Barrett of Columbus visit grandmother Mrs Huffer amid intense heat. Mr and Mrs T F Meeallie host ice cream and cake. M E Sunday School Class No 4 plans an ice cream supper July 10. Preaching at M E Church Sunday at 10 AM. Ladies Aid meets at Mrs David McClintic next Friday afternoon. Rev Kendal preached at Christian Church last Sunday. Mrs Maud McClintic returns home from her mother’s. Anna McClintic visits Flo May of Columbus. W D Scott listed sick. Mrs Mattie McFeron returns home from Burnsville visit. Will Herron back with corn salve. Heshel Dillman returns home after a week with uncle.
Baseball Scores and Local Ads from Milwaukee Scene
National League reports no games. Western League results show St. Paul lost 16 to Milwaukee 3 while Minneapolis fell to Detroit 9 and Indianapolis defeated Grand Rapids 19 and Columbus 4 Kansas City beat Grand Rapids 7 to 6. An ad notes a water motor sold by C M Kellar & Co at 23987.
Discovery of Natural Coke Deposit in Utah Near Rail Line
A Utah coal region find reports a vein of natural coke discovered about 140 miles south of a city and near a railroad. The 25 to 30 foot tunnel reveals a five foot wide body, with depth likely increasing, and tests claim a pure, sulfur and bitumen free coke that burns with little ash and no smoke. The find is owned by ex Mayor R. N. Baskin and associates, who hold 640 acres nearby.
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Utah
United States
Richmond
Bast Lake
R. N. Baskin
Salt Lake
Change Returned After Purchases At State Street Book Store
A Chicago Times-Herald note tells of a man who paid for small purchases with a dollar, received most of it back as change, and hurried out. The clerk says many customers ignore change, yet charity from unclaimed funds grows yearly. The piece questions how such people navigate daily life.
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State Street
Chicago Times-Herald
Joes
Pompeii Implements Echo Modern Tool Craft and Water Systems
Visiting Pompeii impressed Pro& Goodman with the resemblance between ancient iron tools 1800 years old and today’s. They note surgery instruments and devices like wire ropes, boilers, taps, lead pipes, water fountains, and complex locks echoing modern designs, alongside bronzes showing high artistry.
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Pro& Goodman Ea
Pompeii
Glass and Pottery Magazine
Pompeiians
Kitchener
Man with muddy valise causes fare dispute on South Halsted car
A Chicago Tribune report describes a man in a black hat and large checked suit arriving from the stock yards with a mud splashed valise. He paid fare with a dollar bill, kept a nickel, and handed a silver quarter to the conductor while insisting the conductor keep change. His exchange alarms other riders as he claims his wife told him to be cautious with money.
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Halsted Street
Chicago
the Tribune
Thirtyninth Street
Kansas City
Unusual Ulysses Grant Boy Described From McClure's
A 13 year old who could drive a team 600 miles across the country and load a wagon with logs alone is praised for his self reliance and problem solving. By age 16 he trusts his own judgment, resists retreat, and shows steady resolve and practical skill.
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Georgetown
Ripley
Batavia
Ulysses Grant
Hamlin Garland
McClure’s
The Clairvoyant Operator at the Wheat Pit
On the Consolidated exchange a group of women stand in the gallery watching a broker below. A hand signaling method guides buys and sells of wheat, with finger counts indicating thousands of bushels and wrist twists indicating market direction. A spectator overhears a stranger asking a friend about the scene.
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Consolidated Exchange
Broadway
New York Mail and Express
Santion
Augusta man excels at rapid mental arithmetic
The Augusta Chronicle notes Gardhire Gardbere, a laborer at Interstate Cotton Oil, can instantly compute complex products such as 99 times 67 yielding 6663 and 501 times 627 yielding 16032, along with fractions, while unable to explain how he performs these feats.
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Sobertiard Pire
Augusta Chronicle
Augusta
Interstate Cotton Oil Company
Gardhire
Gardbéire
Srst
Bear Hunters and Musk of Alaska Reach San Francisco
Mevel Téle from the Far Away Possession of the United States notes Alaska salmonist H. J. Barling’s Karluk cannery ties arriving with huge grizzly skins in San Francisco. A local tale tells of a famed Kodiak hunter crossing to stalk two immense bears using a spear and traditional methods.
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Mevel
United States
H. J.barling
Alaska
Karluk
Kodiak Island
San Francisco
Kodiak
Ted
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Ohio Township
Purcell
Franklin
Clifty
Jackson Township
Waymansville
Dufty Township
Eighth
Wilson Street
Harrison Township
Sandcreek Township
Clay Township
Wayne Township
Fifth St
Cooper's
Olambus
Jess
Parculara
Jet
Wene
Twelftl
Chestnut Street
Aneuer
Coller
Platern
Lion
Manilla
Java
Santos
Rio
Polar Bear
Laster
Napier
Mason
Langdon
Boston
Cash Selb
P. MYERS & COMPANY _ Belvedere Bldg
the Alley
Citizens Telephone
Washington Street
Evers
Newbern
Charley
Frank Barrett
Colmbus
Mrs. Huffer
Mrs. T. F- Meeallie
M. E
Ladies Aid Society
David MecClintics
Rev. Kendal
The
Christian Church
Maud McClintic
Anna McClintic
Flo May
W. D. Scott
Mattie McFeron
Burnsville
Will Herron
Heshel Dillman
Ancle
BASE
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Grand Rapids
Detroit
C. M. Kellar .& Co
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