Stevens Named Next City Postmaster in Acknowledged Honor
William A. Stevens, a longtime Republican organizer and councilman candidate, will become postmaster after Rush’s term ends Sept 7. Born May 16 in this city, he has served on the council railroad committee and as a Veteran’s staffer, with strong party support and no deputy selections made yet.
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William A. Stevens
Jackson Street
J. N. Marsh
Joe
Fourth Street
Theth Indiana Regiment
Company B
Walker
Stevens
Rally Tonight To Honor Soldiers At City Building
Citizens urged to assemble at 7:30 at the city building to show appreciation for veterans and active service members in a community gathering. Local organizers call for turnout and observance of the occasion.
Lunch Specialties Highlighted at Isinney's Lunch Room
All kinds of meals featured with focus on quick short orders at Isinney's lunch room. Diners praised prompt service and varied options suitable for busy patrons seeking fast meals.
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Isinney
Disgraced gentleman paraded by police in 1901
An elderly man in a fine coat walked handcuffed between two policemen, followed by onlookers who asked what he had done. A spectator recalled the scene as part of the dry Warble Word era, noting the public humiliation after missing a theater show. The memory ends with the crowd murmuring about Lillian Kennedy in the comedy The Deacon's Daughter.
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Lillian Kennedy
Deacon
Annie Pixley
No To Bac for Fifty Cents Guaranteed Cure
An old advertising notice offers No To Bac as a tobacco habit cure for fifty cents to one dollar. It claims to make weak men strong and blood pure with druggist distribution.
Two cheap Columbus houses go on sale in four days
Two of the cheapest houses ever offered in Columbus are listed on North Washington Street. One has three rooms and the other three rooms with a summer kitchen. They must sell in four days for 775 dollars for the pair. Wa. Bouer. The Columbus postmaster has at last been named. Mrs. Sarah E. Hogue died in Indianapolis Saturday and her remains were brought home yesterday at 4 20 p m. Burial is today at the city cemetery at 2 p m. Funeral conducted by Rev. Harper with Rev. Swift at the Baptist church. J D Emmons & Co will handle the remains.
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Columbus
North
Washington Street
Wa. Bouer
Sarah E. Hogue
Indianapolis
City
Harper
Swift
The
Baptist Church
J. D. Emmons & Co
Billy Neu
Shelbyville
Special Notice to Farmers on Seed Separator Trial
A notice invites farmers to visit Donner Mills to inspect a Payneer grain seed separator and assess its work. The advertisement also promotes Cascarets for constipation and a CCC refund offer, plus Walton's gallery selling low priced 1542 cabinets.
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Donner Mills
Payneer
Wat
New Industry Proposal For Columbus Chicken Foundry
A blurred notice outlines a proposed Columbus venture the Bull and Henry Chicken Foundry to incubate eggs and produce chicks. It details plans for a large factory, 640 acres of land, a feed granary, and eggemetiscopes, with Henry Sim as president and Hull Tom aiding operations.
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Columbus
Brown County
Thelbull & Henry Chicken Foundry
Henry
Sim
Hull
Som
Columbus Machine Works
Tom
Columbus Commercial Club
Rip van Winkle
Lake
Willie
Kerr
Charley
Mr. Hull
GEO
Wilberforce Scroggers
No-To-Bac ad promises easy quitting cure
A vintage advertisement touts No-To-Bac as a wonder-worker to quit tobacco easily and forever. It claims benefits of strength and vigor, offering a booklet and free simple instructions with a purchase of 50 cents to 81 cents, via Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York.
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Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
George E. Ellis Wallpaper and Mouldings Headquarters
Passenger traffic was light yesterday. John Weir oversaw the Madison excursion yesterday. Old papers for sale 100 for 10 cents Call before they are all gone. Mrs Wellington of Edinburg undergoing treatment not so well. Chas A Turpin sold 1225 Ninth Street to General John Brown for 600 dollars. rumor says Brown may bring a bride from Kentucky soon.
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Chas. A. Turpin
Ninth Street
John Brown
Kentucky
Livery and Local Business Notices Prompt Daily Activity
An assortment of notices mentions How Dicysis Livery at J A George s on Washington Street and Kinney s all night lunchroom. Odorless vault cleaning by F Cahn and a warning to plant acid for good results. Indianapolis may join the National baseball league pending regional discussions for the 11th Christian Endeavor District Convention at Greenfield on April 6 and 7 including Johnson Morgan Hendricks Marion and Hancock counties.
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Christian Endeavor
Greenfield
Johnson, Morgan, Hendricks
Marion
Hancock Counties
Vote tallies for Columbus Star prize wheel winner
The Star reveals last night votes for the popular lady in Columbus for the Seward Special prize wheel. Names such as Lou Stadler Susie Coons Anna Tooley Dot Matthews Emma Moore and Kate Rubbottom appear with varying tallies and several entries listed as scattered or withdrawn.
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Columbus
Lou Stadler
Susie Coons
Losy
Anna Tooley
Dot Matthews
Emma Moore
Frank Schwartzkopf
Hattie May
Kate Rubbottom
Bertha Lay
Ben Whonis
Mand Bellew
Sadie Leach
Local residents and visitors noted in a string of personal appearances
Code Wise spent Sunday in Elizabethtown Morris Stinner visited Seymour yesterday Hank Hill from Indianapolis was in the city yesterday Dora Ogden and wife spent yesterday at Elizabethtown Carl Gent of Indianapolis visited his parents here yesterday Mr McGovney formerly in business here was in the city yesterday Mr and Mrs Wellington of Edinburg were in the city yesterday Leonard Lay visited Madison yesterday 8 E Haigh formerly of the Republican was in the city yesterday Miss Maggie Nagle and Erfie Morris spent Sunday with their parents in 33 F Jones of the St Denis cigar parlors was a south bound passenger Mrs Myrtle Prather and daughter Bernice of Indianapolis are visiting relatives J E Dennison of Maple Grove, travels for a wholesale clothing house, is in the city visiting his family
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Hank Hill
Indianapolis
Dora Ogden
Elizabethtown
Carl Gent
Mr. McGovney
Mrs. Wellington
Edinburg
Leonard Lay
Madison
E. Haigh
The
Republican
Cty
Maggie Nagle
Erfie Morris
Seymour
F. Jones
St. Denis
Myrtle Prather
Bernice
J. E. Dennison
Maple Grove
Fresh oysters and lunchroom specials at Geo W Kinney’s
Oysters, chickens, and meats touted for tonight at Geo W Kinney’s lunch room with warm lunches available. City hall crowd expected for the G A R meeting this evening as Otto plans a window display in a few days. Public notices mention bills in New York and Maine to ban kinetoscopic views of the Corbett Fitzsimmons fight.
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Geo W. Kinney
Otto
Dan Stuart
New York
Maine
Candy Cathartic Earliest Medical Discovery Mentioned
Advertisement touts a medical product claimed to cleanse the system and improve digestion. It promises kidney and liver benefits, relief from constipation and biliousness, and guarantees a cure with purchase.
City Steam Laundry and Lowe Bros advertise services
Local notices urge trial of City Steam Laundry and Lowe Bros for laundering and curtain cleaning. A real estate sale offers a four room house with barn at cheap terms. The Shelbyville Republican notes widespread chicken thefts and padslock sales as farmers guard coops.
WANTED 10 Teams To Haul Wood For City
A public notice calling for ten teams to haul wood asks interested parties to contact J A George. The G A R meeting urges citizens to attend and support the encampment for next year as tonight’s session may be the last without progress.
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J. A George
Marriage of Harry McCormack and Miss Wini fred Black
Harry McCormack and Miss Wini fred Black were married Saturday at Indianapolis by Rev Francis H Gav ish Rector of St John Catholic Cathedral. The couple returned to the city that evening and went to the bride’s parents’ home. A lunch room remains open all night offering warm lunches at reasonable prices.
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Harry McCormack
Winifred Black
Indianapolis
Francis H. Gavish
St. John Catholic Cathedral Church
Local-notes and visits fill city pages in Nashville
The bulletin records residents and visitors including Bruce and Carrie Smith in Nashville, Miss Blanch Guthrie's recovery, T. D. Calvin returning from Cincinnati, and various hometown movements. It notes deaths, funeral plans, college returns, and community errands, with business cards and laundry ads interspersed.
Thief Sleepy After Robbery Near Elizabethtown
It is said the man who robbed the Taylorsville store was asleep under a tree one and a half miles south of Elizabethtown when Smith and his dogs were in Elizabethtown. a longer run might have captured the thief.
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Taylorsville
Elizabethtown
Smith
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C.C.C
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Walton
Lillian Kennedy In
the Deacon
Nétipetion
Torever, Ylie
Arugais
George E. Ellis
John Weir
J. A. George’s
Washington St
F. Cahn
Kinney
National Baseball League
Seward
Little’s
Walesboro
Code Wise
Morris Stinner
J A George
Rey He City Hall
G.A. R
Finnesy’s
Lom Hull
Callon Hill Bros
Fuller Swift
Washington
Thal
Levy Lows Bros
Walker and Smith
F. M. Stevens & Co
Edward Sibel
City Steam Laundry
Lows Bros
Delverea
Lowe Bros
Luaies
Sram
Hicks
Voilet
Otro
Marles Bruce
Carrie’ Smith
Nashville
Blanch Guthrie
T. D. Calvin
Cincinnati
Thompson
North Jackson
Ata Eata
Lon Allison
Daniel Smith
Lizzie
Annie Beach
Nastysville
Clarence Custer
Wabash College
Charles Carvin
Edinburgh
Dr. Shane
Miner Fuller
Algerson Bradford
Frank Crump
Dad Birt
Geo. W. Jxinney
Lower Bros
Robert Guthrie
Waldron
John H. Guthrie
Furnas Mill Bridge
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