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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1886
Page
4
Friday and Saturday nights offer entertainment titled Black's and Grand with a New Year's matinee featuring Miss Florence J. Bumbley at Black's and Kate Castleton at the Grand on New Year's day with a matinee performance.
Warden Coffin visits the city. Colonel White travels east. Miss Lottle Dongan stays with Mrs. Ricks on Lime Street. Jennie Neal and Paul Geiger visit Urbane. J. M. Bennett named administrator of Ella Smith estate. Ben LeSourd, a Greene county treasurer candidate, in town. Several arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Chief Walker and Deputy Potee arrest Bill Russell on a coal theft warrant. Julia Doyle sues Robert Elder for $1,000 over a November Urbana pike accident. Captain Mark A Smith travels to Columbus over unpaid Second brigade encampment bills. Local merchants await payment for troops' supplies.
Citywide praise as arrangements for a Newsboys and bootblacks supper at St Paul church are complete. Foreman's Band will meet Times newsboys at 7 on Limestein to march to the church, each boy wearing a badge. Program includes prayers, music, recitations, and addresses, with novelties like polar bears and Santa Claus as ice king. Supper to follow upstairs after the event.
A young woman named Ata Smith fled an affidavit accusing mechanic Will Butler of being the father of her child. Butler, who lived on Pleasant Street, fled town after learning of the proceedings. Constables searched the city and arrested a man calling himself Shay, later identified as Will Tuitt, who used a false name. Butler was notified.
Northampton residents Mr. Taylor and Miss Shoemaker visited Charles Sheetentelm. Lagonda Sabbath school held its annual election naming Wm. Hl. Berger as superintendent for over twenty years, J. C. Lawrance as assistant superintendent, J. M. Berner biographer, and other officers. A New Year’s Eve entertainment and gift tree are planned for the attendees. Miss Riley of Bainbridge and Miss Lizzie Luty and Florence Luty of Yellow Bud are visiting N. G. Kerstiner’s family. A Springfield book by Rev. Henry Torkley is recommended for youths as a practical Christian guide.
The piece denounces lime and alum adulteration in baking powders, noting tests by Prof Mott show most brands except Royal contain these toxins. It warns of caustic lime effects on digestive and kidney health, urges avoiding inferior powders, and promotes the Royal brand. It also advertises Dr McMg’s treatment ads with Springfield Ohio contact details.
Ninth ward ladies hosted a supper last night and today for a town bazaar with tables stocked by ward friends. Generous volunteers include George E. Linn B N. Stitt Charles Roberts Thomas Db. Wallace J W. Baker and J L. Nitehman. Tonight a young ladies supper and tomorrow noon a country dinner will be served. An oyster supper closes the feast and a sale of remaining goods will end the event as a large crowd gathers.
A descriptive scene from Canada’s Queen City, Toronto, viewed from a tower above the crisscrossed streets and Lake Ontario. The panorama includes jostling growth, white brick buildings, spires, and distant Niagara spray, portraying thrift, prosperity, and an expanding municipality.
Jay Gould discusses city transportation, saying underground rail may be built but Americans may resist riding beneath. He notes repeated rebuilding of elevated rails, with ongoing work and imagined future capacity, while stressing no limit to trains on double tracks. Report cites Cincinnati Enquirer.
The trained moose in town has sparked wide interest in moose culture. The trainer has received large offers and is highly admired. Plans for a company to breed moose arise, proposing to buy and fence towns like Rome and Vienna with barbed wire. First year crop estimate 1,000 bwad.
A detailed glimpse into 19th century Virginia life describing country merchants, cross roads stores, and rural social customs. The piece explores the antique daily routines, mail routes, Saturday night gatherings, country dances, and the quiet dignity of backward commerce along colonial river lanes in eastern Virginia.
A Southern California writer calls it near crime to lure poor men to colonize in the south. Five acres of oranges can yield a living when mature, but full bearing costs from five to ten thousand dollars without housing or improvements. Miss Fortescue’s surname is Finney. her father is a successful coal merchant in Rogiead.
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