Bargain listings for Columbus area cottages and farms
Property ads describe numerous lots and houses in Columbus and surrounding townships with three to seven rooms, wells, cisterns, and outbuildings. Prices range from a few hundred to several thousand dollars, many offering easy terms or cash-down bargains, plus farm land in Brown and Clay counties and a saw mill with mill equipment.
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Brown County
Cottage Avenue
Maple Grove
Columbus
Clay Township
Jess
Wayne Township
Fifth St
Clay County
Texas
Ft. Worth
Henrietta
Alma Station
Ft Worth
Denver Ry
Bartholomew County
Mast Columbus
Sunday Dinner At Fashion Restaurant
The Fashion Restaurant at 609 Washington Street promotes its Sunday dinners as the place for entertaining friends or family. It claims patrons have been highly pleased with past efforts and aims to continue pleasing customers with its offerings.
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Fashion Restaurant
Vision of the old lady in the Irish house
A Dublin family renting an Irish house for six months reported a spectral visit. An old lady in a shawl appeared in an unused room and later stood watching another daughter by the hearth. The sighting prompted fear and led to the belief the visitor matched two sisters who once owned the house and died while residing in Geneva.
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Ireland
Realm
Dublin
Geneva
Grizzly Death Trap Lures Hunters in Gulch
Two hunters on the Yellowstone river observe a dead grizzly in a gulch and throw rocks, only to learn it is dead from toxic gases. They later discover the remains of four bears an elk and small game, all suffocated by sulfurous fumes from ground holes.
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Yellowstone River
Geléen
Monkey With Consumption At Chicago Museum
A sick monkey named Cudge at a Chicago museum is dying of consumption. Animal Keeper Reed notes fellow monkeys show touching devotion, nursing and comforting the ill animal as Pet the mate and others care for him, with death expected soon.
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Chicago
Reed
Cudge
Mr. Reed
Milwaukee Abandons Semicentennial Exposition Plan
Milwaukee officials drop plans for a semicentennial exposition in 1898 to mark Wisconsin statehood after opposition from outside the city and reluctance for legislative funding. A shift favors a historical celebration at Madison with a request to fund publication of records.
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Millwaukeeans
Milwaukee
Committee of 100
Wisconsin
Alvin P. Kletzsch
Kletzsch
Madison
A Strange Adventure at Hospital desaville
The Temps reports a curious case of wtalenap at Hospital du Poot l Eveque in Desaville. A New Yorker who spent time in London notes English behavior and customs, contrasting it with American norms, including clergy playing cards for money and how women are perceived when money is involved.
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Muriourn
Hospital du Poot-l’Eveque
Desaville
Temps
England
London
Déelish
Missed kiss costs ambassadors positions at Russian court
The Seattle Post Intelligencer reports two ambassadors lost their posts for not kissing the czarina's hand. Count Montebello of France and Prince Radalin of Germany faced penalties, with no clear reasons given for Radalin's omission. The piece treats court etiquette as a serious risk and urges caution in seizing social opportunities.
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
Count Montebello
Russia
Prince Radalin
German Empire
Curious Clocks Across Cultures And Time
The article describes nonstandard timekeeping in Liberia where no clocks exist and sun positions mark the day. It highlights Pacific islanders using candle-tree kernels strung on leaf rib to burn in sequence with cloth markers. Malay archipelago islanders use paired bottles with sand to transfer time every half hour.
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Liberia
South Pacific
Bat
Singar
Malay Archipelago
Aeeiee
Oddball Anecdotes and Local Color From Here and There
A potpourri of brief items sees a Missouri postmastership bid by a notable woman, Nebraskan husker claims, a warped board revealing honey, a hive in a knot hole, bee and pigeon arrivals at a race, a dog den discovery in Indiana, a Japaner bomb injuring a worker in Missouri, Maine trapping tally, a Baltimore classroom mouse incident, a beach octopus ruling, and a humorous French donkey cart tale ending with a quip about a one denker.
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Daviess County
Slo
Gage County
Neb
Forbes
Westphalium
Shelby County
Ind
Morgan Hendrickson
Westbrook
Maine
William Brown
Oakland
Baltimore
Clara Evans
Anastasia Beach
Tra
St. Augustine
Wedding Clubs In London Feather Factories
In London feather workrooms and related shops wedding clubs form a strong institution. Apprentices join, subscriptions fund a bride’s trousseau and wedding expenses, with terms varying from two pence to a shilling weekly. Eligibility requires a year of subscription and engagement followed by marriage within months, brides choosing bridesmaids from co workers.
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London
Dix
Brougham
Trained Chameleons Impress Young Philadelphia Girl
Miss Henrietta Keene, eight, educated two Florida chameleons and earned their trust in Philadelphia. The reptiles showed responsive behavior, recognizing her calls Brinton and Baby and following her gentle guidance, illustrating surprising intelligence.
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Philadelphia
Ted
Haten
Seeney
Brinton
Baby
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Franklin St
Ninth
Tenth Streets
Hutchins Avenue
Seventh
Eighth Streets
Highland Avenue
Ninteenth Streets
Orinoco
Swengel
Ohio Township
Union Township
Burnsville Pike
Third Street
Big Four
Purcell
East Columbus
Franklin
Clifty
Noa
Jackson Township
Waymansville
Clifty Township
Eighth
Wilson Street
Harrison Township
Sandcreek Township
Cooper’s
City of Columbus
Bilyes
Pear Street
Twelfth
Chestnut Street
Echanic
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Lion
Manilla
Java
Santos
Rio
Polar Bear
Laster
Napier
Mason
Boston
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P. Myers
Company
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the Alley
Citizens Telephone
Washington Street
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