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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1898
Page
2
Time table reads between Columbus and Cambridge City with train times and Pullman services. Notices announce travel information and station agents, plus local health and school teacher examinations and illnesses in the community.
Rail line promotional note invites readers to take excursions to Louisville via Pennsylvania Lines for the May Musical Festival with return tickets valid May 12. Mentions low rates from Rushville and Franklin and other stations. Also notes good fruit prospects in southern Indiana and visits by Mr. Sam McKinley of Borden.
Notes mention Kinney & Kinney insurance confidence after fire losses and warnings about unknown company stand. Local updates include Jennie Nunter and son from Elizabethtown, George W. Cooper in Chicago, James Cochrane visiting Madison, and families planning new homes in Kokomo and Maple Grove. Also mentions Rev Dan Ryan candidacy for Indiana G A R commander and a Stalhuth death.
An advertising snippet lists wall paper for kitchens bedrooms bathrooms and parlors. The brand Holmes Holumies appears in reference to room specific decor.
An assortment of local shop notices lists Triumphs and Si Week seed potatoes from George's Grocery at 227 Ynd street, followed by various merchants. It mentions mail orders, footwear, clothing, coal and wood, blacksmithing, groceries, butter and eggs, and fresh crackers from Scott's bakery, all under multiple business names and addresses.
Bruning and Vonstrohe advertise a full line of fruit and vegetables with fresh oysters and country meat. They claim full value for trades and guarantee satisfaction. Contact via Tel 19472 and Sycamore Street address.
F. Donner at 420 Washington Street remains ahead in watches clocks jewelry and optical goods with fine watch repairing. Carman at 6th Street between Franklin and Mechanic offers boarding gilt stables and weekly or monthly rates with noted care of horses as best and cheapest.
Joen Hughes operates a staple and fancy grocery shop at 623 Washington St, offering good butter and fresh produce as a specialty. The new owner promises the best groceries to be had in town.
The J C Toore Shoe Company undergoes a major ownership change sale with notable results.
Mrs Ed Redman and her daughter Helen traveled to North Vernon this morning to see her mother, Mrs Dr.
Fred Volland touts air tight heaters as the best on earth and notes steel ranges lead. Skates for boys and girls are available.
Henry von Fange runs groceries and dry goods at corner 11 and Sycamore with prompt delivery and calls for orders. Mrs. Gho Fellows, proprietor, promotes a great big 20 cent meal at The Up-To-Date Restaurant with oysters served in all styles described as splendid.
Q J Noblitt announces a complete assortment of dolls albums bibles books and toilet cases plus glove and handkerchief boxes in the city.
Local blacksmith Jos Stobo offers specialty horse shoeing focusing on horses with sore feet. He promises proper technique and reliable service to ensure correct hoof care.
An old style advertisement touts PHOENIX DRUG STORE Hauser and Perber pharmacists offering reliable goods with a promise of satisfaction. The copy invites trade and asserts no experiment and dependable service.
Chicago tailor shop advertises fine custom suits and pants with guaranteed satisfaction. New York store accepts orders. Holmes branded baseball gloves bats and equipment listed with boot and shoe repair services and first class shoemaking priced to suit the times.
An A32 style classified promotes City Cafe on Washington Street offering one of the last $1 a day house meals with Sunday dinners praised as none better by patrons.
John G. Slay offers a premium shave and first class hair cut at his shop opposite the post office, noted as the best in the city for quality grooming.
Spring chickens fresh butter eggs and vegetables of all kinds at Bruning and Vonstrohes 720 Sycamore Street call 194 for orders or details.
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