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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1897
Page
3
The Star features a long list of names connected to a prize watch contest with a national convention note and a July 1896 tone. It mentions the Big Four offering excursion tickets, then shifts to a poem excerpt and a health advertisement touting Peruna for catarrh with Dr. Hartman’s claims and a 1898 almanac tease.
Drug advertisement offering Laxative Bromo Quinine Tabs with a 25 cent price and a refund if the cure fails. Includes a caution to buyers to ensure they receive exactly what is advertised and nothing else.
The Indiana appellate court reverses a Nicholson law liquor sale indictment noting it does not state an offense and that the act of selling liquor only becomes an offense once actually sold. The case, John Hipes vs State of Indiana, centers on room sale of intoxicating liquor and location requirements.
A community notice invites all to a show by Grant and Stoner scheduled for next Monday night. The item also includes assorted local notes on residents, railways, and a shoe salesman urging buyers to seek bargains.
The text discusses substituting known quantities and relying on enduring goods. It argues for sticking to trusted items until a convention ends. The moral urged is to seek certainty and avoid taking risks on uncertain substitutes.
A fragmented list of residents and household heads appears in a neighborhood record, naming George Habig and several others including Mrs. Fred Kollemeyer Mrs. Tom Hull and Mrs. Chas Jones along with Dick Jones Wick Larue Frank Lowman Pp. B. Ensley West Jonathan Smith. The readable portion shows multiple individuals but lacks context or a clear purpose for the compilation.
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