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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1897
Page
4
The Star lists numerous local participants in a prize gold watch contest with ballots and totals shown. Voters include J H Kaiser E L Williams Miss Emma Ping Miss Ollie Smith Miss Susie Wilson Ed Jones Walter Waltman George Schooler Leonard Lay Ed Everroad and others as names appear alongside scattered vote tallies.
A feature on KH RMS LO highlights an immense stock of men’s furnishings with a carnival of neckwear and colored shirts. The text emphasizes unmatched variety and striking patterns, framing the assortment as surprisingly brilliant and inviting.
Albert Trotter is back from Indianapolis this morning. Cal Hunter returns home from a two week visit in Niles and Columbus. D Findlay Ward of Garden City, father of Mrs Walter Brooks, is seriously ill with stomach trouble and not expected to live. All druggists guarantee Dr Miles’ Pills to stop headache, one cent a dose.
A late 18th century expedition led by Captain Porre and Lieutenant Tayon marched from the Mississippi to the Illinois river through Fort Creve Coeur to St. Louis in winter 1781. Sixty Fox and Pottawatomie chiefs with 60 Spanish volunteers joined a 180 man force, seizing stores at St. Joseph and declaring Spanish sovereignty before returning to St. Louis after a 1400 mile trek with few casualties.
Wood For Heating. Telephone Columbus Handle and Tool Co. 883-121. Homeseekers Excursion West and Southwest via Big Four December 7 and 21. For tickets contact J S Smith Big Four Route pass agent. Warren J Lynch Asst. Gen. Pass and Tkts Agt Cincinnati Dec 20. Bartholomew County Farmers Institute Hope Ind Dec 15 and 16 97 speakers T B Terry Hudson Ohio Mrs W W Stevens Salem Ind premiums on farm products invited.
In Pearson’s Weekly a scene shows a maiden weeping as Algy pleads for consent. The girl explains the father objects, saying he sees nothing in him worth approval and thus cannot relent.
A dense ad page highlights The Sentinel’s wide circulation and promises of news from McKinley era politics. It also promotes the Indianapolis Sentinel and urges subscriptions. An accompanying Cascarets candy advertisement touts health benefits and drugstore availability with price points.
Excursion tickets to Florida and Southern Resorts are on sale via the Southern Railway from Louisville and Cincinnati in connection with the Queen & Cres cent Route. Best routes and schedules provided. Address Wa H Taylor Asst Genl Pass Agt for particulars. Also a medicine ad for Cascarets Candy Cathartic touts constipation relief with a money back guarantee.
City Marshal Vincent Thompson declares his bid for the office under the Republican nominating convention. County Clerk James Burk also files to seek the county clerk position through the Republican convention. Davi Purubies names himself as a candidate for City Marshal under the Republican nominating process.
A vintage ad promising a one day cure for colds with Lexative Bromo Quinine tablets. It notes druggists will refund money if it fails and marks the genuine product with L. B. Q. on each tablet.
The notice promotes interchangeable one thousand mile Big Four tickets valid across multiple railroads including Baltimore & Ohio Cleveland Lorain & Wheeling and Wabash with endorsements by E O Mecomicx and Warren J Lynch. Tickets cost 30 with a $10 rebate if fully used by the original purchaser within eighteen months and cover many routes amid claims of merit and substitutes.
Advertises a bet regarding the location between third and fourth streets on Mechanic Street under Wightman and Wightman.
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