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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1897
Page
2
Elegant suits and overcoats designed by artists and made by skilled tailors are offered at 25 to 50 percent less than elsewhere. Includes boys and children's suits reefers and ultrsters. Quality and style emphasized as superior to ordinary clothing and bespoke options.
EH Kinney is listed as managing editor and Turpin is named city editor for HASA. The brief credits indicate a two editor leadership setup for the paper.
The paper marks its second year, thanking patrons for support despite facility limits and past disappointments. It boasts a well equipped office and promises better coverage, declaring intent to publish all the news fit to print. General Master Sovereign and Henry A. Hicks led recent officers as elections concluded.
County Surveyor Lewis Heagy is quite sick. Several residents like Prof O E Butiler and Miss Nellie Shane travel or visit nearby towns. Staffers and visitors from Martinsville to Nashville appear in daily city movements. The Lindsay Shoe Co assignment ends in court. Crumps Driving Park hosts Franklin versus Columbus football. Salvation Army events and sermons planned with music. A medicinal ad markets Cascarets for constipation relief.
A discussion on cleanliness from skin to interior mucous membranes notes catarrh as a frequent cause of disease. Dr Hartman specializes in chronic catarrh treatment using Peruna. The Peruana Drug Ave Co offers free Peru na Almanac and books by the doctor, with free book mailing.
An old ad touts Laxative Biome Quinine Tab Lets promising a cure for a cold in one day. It offers a 25 cent price and refunds if it fails. The genuine tablets are marked with E. B. Q. on each tablet.
San Francisco Nov 12 The Supreme Court adjourns until January making it unlikely that W. T. G. Durrant will be executed this year for the Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams murders. With delays awaiting certificates of probable cause and potential remittal, execution could be postponed to late February or March. Durrant is back in San Quentin cell 21 as the case awaits Supreme Court action.
A dramatic suitor pleads with a steadfast maiden who resists yet yields in the end. He battles his passion and faces rejection before she softens and the pair embrace, as he vows a gift of a chainedless wheel.
Advertisement notes Lexative Bromo Quinine Tablets with price 25 cents and a claim of genuine tablets bearing L. B. Q. on each pill. The copy implies a cure attempt if the product fails.
The notice warns buyers to ensure they receive exactly what they ask for when buying goods advertised. It also mentions that Pain has no show with Dr Miles Pain Pills and notes Passenger train No 2, south, was 30 minutes late this morning. An editor signs off with Best and cheapest wallpaper at Nobiliti's BOQLT.
A list of cross streets and landmarks with varied annotations includes 12 Second and Jackson 43 Fifth and Brown 14 Fifth and Washington 15 Seventh and Jackson 16 Third and Washington 17 Mooneys tannery 18 Starch Works 2nd and Franklin 25 Highth and Praentdia 24 Mevent and Pranklin 25 Fourteenth maid Franklin 26 Sinth and Mechanie 6d Third and Pearl 5 Fifth and Sycamore 56 Ninth and Sycamore 0Thirteenth and Sycamore 37 Fifteenth and Pearl 45 Seventh and Chestnut 5 Fifth and Wilson 40 Eighth and Union 52 Reeves Pulley Works 53 Tenth and Hutchins Avenue 5b Sixteenth and California 57 Seventeenth and Orinoco Ave.
Circuit Court records show J A Carter pleading guilty to forging a fifty eight dollar check at the St Denis Hotel and facing two to fourteen years in reformitory. John Lockridge also pleads guilty to larceny and faces one to three years. The Columbus Manufacturing Co assignment report was heard in circuit court by assignee J R Dun Dassignee.
Sunday School at 9 30 morning services at LU L5 subject Ovverbanging Clouds Brigade at 2 p m LY P U at 6 evening service at 7 subject Buried Alive special music by ladies choir solo Miss Raddick duet Sfisses Raddick and Confare
Jefferson resident Jor Wallet recounts a severe La Grippe attack lasting four months with lung damage and nervous breakdown. After using half a bottle each of Dr Miles Heart Cure and another remedy, she recovered, aided by the doctors and nursing, with the company guaranteeing benefits or money back.
Presbyterian Church announces morning services at 10 30 a m and evening at 7 00 p m The pastor delivers the sermon The evening topic is A Real Encouragement to Young Men The Mission Band meets at 9 30 a m Sunday School at 2 30 p m Y P S C meets at 6 00 p m
Epworth League group gathers at Rev G J Curtis residence corner Izad Pearl Street to study Life on High Levels by Margaret Sangster this evening.
In Scottsburg Indiana on November 13 a major blaze engulfed the business section with no fire protection available. Keith's store lay in ashes while Price's and several other buildings burned amid the spreading flames.
A fragment from the Onerville Journal describes a bicycle incident with a rider expressing fear of a fall while downplaying the danger of an old wheel. The brief exchange notes reassurance that harm is unlikely.
A Tomerville Journal report notes a woman confronted by a man wielding a camera. The incident highlights threats of harassment and the inappropriate use of photography in public spaces. Authorities were notified and investigations may follow.
The bulletin from Cmicaco Illinois on November 13 predicts fair skies and rising temperatures for Columbus Indiana and surrounding areas with warmer conditions expected Sunday.
Mrs Dr Clark, severely burned a few days ago, is slowly improving though she still suffers much from her injuries.
A short moral urges prompt payment to paperboys who deliver all week. The boy who is paid on Saturday for his dime may remember kind customers and say they paid him without being asked to return. It notes that small courtesies encourage steady, respectful work from young earners.
The piece surveys McKinley’s cabinet and Republican state government influence, notes Sentinel’s broad Indiana and foreign dispatch coverage, and mentions the Indianapolis company imprint. It includes ads for Casearets and Dr Miles pills, and a comic panel about a heated remark and odorless vault cleaning.
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