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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1897
Page
3
Ed Everroad and Miss Ethel Beaty Lloyd Smith Mrs Gill appear in a notice about low rates and ticket information. Readers are directed to contacting any ticket agent of the Big Four Route or address E O McCormick for full information.
Superintendent Bonebrake of the P G C and St L announces a half mile of standard track laid four miles north of Jeffersonville. If the advantages prove real the Louisville division may be converted into a standard line.
Sealed bids are invited by the Bartholomew County Auditor for constructing ten miles of free gravel roads in Sandcreek Township Indiana. Bids are divided into seven divisions with specific section lengths and may be submitted per division or for all divisions. Bids must be by 10 am November 18 1897 with bonds double the bid amount and sureties living in Bartholomew County. The Board may reject bids and keep bonds. if bonds fail to sell bonds may be taken as payment.
Dwelling and barn with full lot on 15th street offered at 600 dollars with terms of 100 dollars down and 100 dollars annually. Another house barn and lot on Ninth street available for 450 dollars with purchaser friendly terms. Also available are fire insurance with prompt loss payment and an accident policy with sick benefit payable monthly. Visit Kinney & Kinney at 436 Fourth St for bargains.
A dense inventory lists intersections such as 2-Second and Jackson and 13-Fifth and Brown with 14-Fifth and Washington then 15-Seventh and Jackson. It extends through 45-Fifth and Wilson and 438-Seventh and Cheatnut detailing blocks and alleyways.
The document lists exchange ticket options across multiple railroads including Ann Arbor, Baltimore & Ohio, Cleveland lines, Detroit & Cleveland Steam Navigation, and Wabash. Tickets cost $30 and are non transferable. a $10 rebate applies if used by the original purchaser with proper certification and return within eighteen months.
Partial OCR reads P B Ensley Weat Jonathan Smith Walter Coup Charles Norton John Fehring hae Mrs Mode Smith Mrs Jack Patram. Likely a fragment listing individuals in a docket or notice. No clear event or action discernible.
Vincent Thompson declares candidacy for Clay County clerk subject to the Republican primary. James Burk also announces for county clerk pending the Republican nominating convention.
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