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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1897
Page
3
The Star's Prize Gold Watch contest invites entrants with a list of names from Buffalo New York and surrounding areas. Readers are urged to obtain excursion tickets at low rates from the Big Four Route agents for the event running from October 27 to November 5.
The American Agriculturist report shows the 1890s apple harvest far below average, with 37,450,6000 barrels produced versus 69,879,000 in 1896 and shortages spanning Michigan New York Pennsylvania Ohio New England and parts of Canada. Western losses linked to heat and drought affect overall quality and quantity. A Wed era anecdote about a caller asking for a water color jokes about a milk dealer appears at the end.
John E Timmons sues neighbor William Sterret over four ducks found on Sterret’s land. Jury verdicts shift from one dollar damages to three dollars with custody. costs reach five hundred dollars and appeal to the Supreme Court is planned.
A promotional plea inviting readers to subscribe for one year at $1.25 by choosing The Semi Weekly Stan and any rival paper such as the Indianapolis Weekly Journal Sentinel Courier Journal Cincinnati Enquirer Prairie Farmer or another listed title.
A catalog of Big Four thousand mile tickets accepted for exchange includes lines such as Ann Arbor Railroad Baltimore & Ohio Chicago & Eastern Union and others. Tickets priced at 8 9 are nontransferable but offer a $10 rebate if used entirely by the original purchaser and cover certified and returned within eighteen months of issue. E O Mecomics and Warren J Lynch Assist Genl Passr & Ticket Agent.
Vincent Thompson announces candidacy for City Marshal subject to Republican primary convention. James Burk declares for County Clerk pending Republican nominating convention. Notices will run until convention for two dollars per day or week. The advertisement hypes substitutes and values, urging buyers to get what they want.
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