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Newspaper

Columbus Evening Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Nov 06, 1897

Page

3

Prize Watch Contest Promises Finish in Star Vote

A list of contestants and voters outlines a prize watch contest with a finish promised. Names such as May J Kaiser E L Williams Emma Ping Oliie Smith Susie Wilson and others appear among participants. The note references a 1896 date and includes rail excursion ticket offers for the National Convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Buffalo from October 27 to November 5 with Big Four Route contact for tickets.

Buffalo N. Y Big Four

Assassins Attempt on Brazil President Sparks Fatal Attack

A Brazilian soldier shot at President Moraes as he landed at the Marine Arsenal. Moraes's nephew was wounded in the scuffle. General Mercado Betancourt, war minister, intervened and was fatally stabbed. The incident caused wide citywide upheaval.

Marriage in the lions cage shocks Boston crowd

In Boston a couple Miss Louise Charlotte Wiberg and Arthur St. Andrasay were wed in a lions cage at a city amusement hall. Rev Thurston officiated before a large audience as trainer kept the lions calm. The groom appeared more nervous than the bride, and the manager called it a box office success. The couple plans a brief stay in Boston to receive well wishers.

Taining Louise Charlotte Wiberg Arthur St. Andrasay Mr. Thurston South Boston M. E Boston

Reading Offer for Newspapers This Week

Reader urges selection of one paper among Indianapolis Weekly Journal Indianapolis Weekly Sentinel Courier Journal Cincinnati Enquirer Prairie Farmer and to send payment for a one year subscription at $1.25. The item lists options and how to respond.

Indianapolis The Prairie Farmer Chicago

William West peddles curealls amid local notes and fires

Bill West promotes a remedy claiming to cure coins earaches boils rheumatism and promote hair growth. The item also reports a major fire in Rockport Indiana destroying a flouring mill a tobacco factory and damaging a Catholic school building with insured losses and a church and Sisters Home affected. Local notes mention rain shucking corn mail service plans ill family members and business news as the Star urges readers to stay informed.

One Thousand Mile Big Four Interchangeable Ticket List

A catalog of hundredmile exchange tickets for major railroads including B&O, Michigan Southern, Wabash, and more. Tickets valid between specified routes with a $30 price tag and a $10 rebate if used wholly by the original purchaser and certified within eighteen months. Warren J. Lynch.

Candidate Vincent Thompson Seeks City Marsh Nomination

Vincent Thompson announces his candidacy for city Marsh tied to the Republican primary convention. The notice says announcements for city or county races will run until the convention with listed rates for daily or weekly ads, noting the merit of such promotions while urging readers to seek what they want.

Vincent Thompson Marsh James Burk

Local Names in The Steel Range List

A partial OCR reads a roster of individuals including George Habig Mrs Fred Kollemeyer Mrs Tom Hull Mrs Chas Jones Mrs Lee Loy Albert Owens Vandy Tuvoley Oliver Ong George Clutch Penning and Dr Shane plus Dick Jones.

George Habig Fred Kollemeyer Tom Hull Chas. Jones Lee Loy Albert Owens Vandy Tuvoley Oliver Ong George Clutch Penning Shane

Also Mentioned on This Page

Ing Dseryl May J. H. Kaiser E. L. Williams Miss Emma Ping Oliie Smith Susie Wilson Jones Walter Waltman George Schooler Leonard Lay Eeeee Pean Ewe Ees Ed Everroad Ethel Beaty Lloyd Smith Mrs .Gill Mollie Biessing Chas Crabb Nellie Long Charles Clark Joseph Hoelke Maggie Christian Will Wolf Weerneeee National Convention Woman’s Christian Temperance O. McCormick Warren J. Lynch TKT CincinnaTi, O Miles Noblitt Pfeifer New York City of Columbus Myers & Fiegenbaum Fiegenbaum Majestic Steel President Moraes Brazil Mercado Betancourt London the Times Rio Janeiro Tanth Battalion Moraes Marine, Arsenal Barbosa Marine Bahia Colonel Was IN the Amusement Resort Art Overstreet Call Meyer & Wiegenbaum’s Noblini Carthy Kinney & Kinney F. Dahn Idol J. A. Newton One Price Cash Shoe Store STAR Cincinnati Enquirer Bill West William Franklin Shel. Rep Rockport Rockroort, Ind Messrs. Hech W. P. and J. Hamilton Detroit Surance Mt, Liberty J.J. Durnall Mary Jane Young Andrew Young Allison Bros Michael West Phaeton Ann Arbor Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Chicago & West Michigan Railway Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad Cincinnatil Hamilton & Dayton Rail Way, Cleveland & Marietta Railway Cleveland, Canton & Southern Railroad Cleveland Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Cleveland, Lorain Wheeling Rail Way, Columbus, Sandusky & Hocking Railroad Dayton & Union Railroad Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation Co Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western Railroad Dunkirk Allegheny Valley Pittsburg R. R. Evansville & Indianapolis Railway Evansville Terre Haute Findlay Fort Wayne & Western Flint & Pere Marquette Railway Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Indiana, Decatur & Western Railway Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Louisville & Nashville Louisville Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis- Consolidated Railroad Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis Railway Manistee & Northeastern Railroad Michigan Central Railroad New York, Chicago & St Louis Ohio Central Lines Pennsylvania Lines Peoria Decatur & Evansville Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railway Pittsburg & Western Railway Pittsburg& Lisbon & Western Rail Way Toledo, St. Louis, & Kansas City Railroad Vandalia Line Wabash Railroad Zanesville & Ohio River Railway Mecomick R & Ticket Ag’t CLERK Choice Brands of Cigars Tion Dan Adam Old Stand Sanders & Tailor Drake JOS. Villa & CO Owens & Williams Fitzgerald Barrains Fred Ulrich Dick Jones Wick Larue Frank Bowman B. Ensley West Jonathan Smith Walter Coup Charles Norton John Fehring James Lash Hal Daffy Thomas Joe Gysie N G Smith Mode Smith Jack Patram Sweene Funkhouser 6Th and Washington Street Winans Grocery Store IND W. Cooper Cooper & Cooper First National Bank Building Olumbus Indiana Iron Wf’. CO Firth and Jackson Streets Bonham's Crystal Fifth Street Telephone Bell Harrison W. C. Roland, M. D OF Ice Griffith Western Union Telegraph Office Citizens Cheatnut Streets Crump’s Theatre Gilmore & Leonard Hogan’s Alley Co New York World Otto's A.T. Morris Columbus Star Piers Tad Howeus Manor Bae Tering Remedy Co Citsaga Jasef. Cox Attorney-At-Law Crump’s Court House Algis H. L. Rost the Jeweler Romanza Sycamore St
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