Property bargains and sales listed from Columbus area
Real estate notices promote numerous parcels, farms, and houses for sale or trade in Columbus and Brown county. Listings include cottages, farms from 140 to 480 acres, city lots, and multiple investment properties with prices, payment terms, and trade options. Includes No. 63 through No. 111 and various locations.
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Swengel
Ohio Township
Brown County
Jackson Township
Ays Welland
Waymansville
Ramblen Township
Columbus
For Sale Items Include Box Bed Buggy and Dwellings
Listings advertise a spring box bed buggy in excellent condition offered cheap at a dance, inquiry through STAR Office. Real estate offers four room dwelling with barn on a big lot for 600 dollars, 100 dollars yearly for six years, and a dwelling in Orinoco sold cheap with terms learning. Also Cascarets Candy Cathartic promoted as a medical remedy for multiple ailments.
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Dance
Star Office
Young Kaiser Smears Portraits in Early Art Lessons
An English painter inspired the Kaiser’s first art exposure at Windsor as a four year old. Frith recalls the prince smearing colors, crying out in pain when turpentine stung a scratch, then hiding under a table while the painter struggled to complete the likeness. The future monarch later retaliated by sitting poorly for the portrait, frustrating Frith.
Lubec town creates hearse by one dollar shares
Men of Lubec Maine organize a hearse fund by voluntary subscriptions to match neighboring towns. Each subscriber pays one dollar and may receive a rebate if using the hearse within years, guaranteeing a first class funeral for the subscriber at death.
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Lubec
Luby
Lewiston Journal
Hearse Corporation
Final A Hoodoo for Ships Ends Names with A
Insurance underwriters warn ships ending with the letter A face higher risk after a string of wrecks. The San Francisco Examiner reports several recent losses near Liverpool and Alaska including Androsa Orealia Villanta Wallapa and Dora.
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San Francisco Examiner
Telegraph
Androsa
Liverpool
Orealia
Victoria
Villanta
Freemantle
Papera
Wallapa
Dora
Alaska
Colima
Umatilla
Melting by Electricity Says Prof Thompson
Prof Elihu Thompson asserts reliable prospects of melting iron and steel with electricity given time and sufficient current though he notes the burglar would face costly equipment and obstacles that discourage such work. The remark reflects his authority on electric metal working.
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Elihu Thompson
Sunday Dinners at the Fashion Restaurant
The Fashion Restaurant promotes its Sunday dinners with special preparations. Patrons have been pleased with past efforts and are invited to join the fashionable crowd for the upcoming Sunday service hours in a bid to attract repeat customers.
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Fashion
Substitute Question Frustrates Shoppers in Town
Public eyes focus on substitutions as storekeepers urge customers to buy preferred items. An appeal touts motor fans from C M Kellar and warns against pushy tactics. Casual notices promote Cascarets, Wills, and carpet room sales at the White House with big reductions before a move.
A Man of Prudence Why He Didn’t Kill the Barkeep
A Detroit Free Press read describes a cowboy Dick facing a barkeep who accused him of lying. Dick explains he had reasons for not acting, noting the barkeep sought a life policy for his widow and planned to confront him after settlement.
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Detroit Free Press
Widder
Colman on Courtroom Questioning and Oath Usage
A dramatist's rejoinder reports Colman admitting no punishment for oaths in Heir at Law and John Bull though disapproving of profanity. The exchange notes he would have omitted them for humor, rejoicing at a successful work despite possible plums.
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Colman
House of Commons
New York Asvertiser
John Bull
Heonser
For Sale Ten Acres Farm in Hartsville Trade to Columbus
For sale a ten acre two story dwelling with barn and fruit orchard in Hartsville. Seller may trade property in Columbus. Also an advertisement for a tobacco cure promising vitality and vigor with a mail order offer from Sierling Kennedy Co. Chicago or New York.
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Hartsville
Columbus
Sierling Kennedy Co
Chicago
Indignant Purchaser and Shifting Horse Sale Dialogue
A fragmentary column shows an irate buyer disputing a horse sale with a dealer who insists the horse was sold for the owner to go out of town. The piece also advertises various local notices and products, including Clarofate, dry goods, and store promotions, in a period newspaper voice.
Local News Highlights and Social Notes
Flatrock residents visit and guests from Mt. Auburn and Hope mingle with locals. Shippers send hogs to Indianapolis and a wedding occurs here last Thursday night. The Cannery prepares for corn and tomatoes as locals shop in Shelbyville and plan moves to Hope. A dance near Dunn’s and visits from Cincinnati and Dayton are recorded.
Family Record Movement Encouraged for Future Generations
The New York Mail advocates a revival of family genealogy to foster patriotism citizenship and love of country. It urges every person to compile and preserve a family record for the benefit of future generations and the nation's history.
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New
York
America
Fragmented Victorian quip collection of misheard lines
A compilation of brief, comic dialogues and malapropisms from various period sources. The lines feature banter about life failure nobility and curious misunderstandings, with characters named in short exchanges across multiple publications.
Ambassadors Lose Posts Over Missed Kiss of Czarina
The Seattle Post Intelligencer notes that two ambassadors, Count Montebello of France and Prince Radalin of Germany, were removed from their posts for not kissing the czarina's hand. It warns officials to seize proper courtesies, as etiquette and imperial favor hinge on such rites.
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Seattle ‘Post Intelligencer
Montebello
Khig
Russia
Prince Radalin
German Empire
Census Questions Hawaii Population Mix in Nawei Area
A Hawaiian census shows few Americans among the Nawei population with a majority of Japanese and Chinese. The report, circulating in Washington, notes renewed calls for annexation and a small share of total male population, with debates over power and influence in the territory.
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Nawei
Washington
N. H
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