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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1897
Page
3
The Star promotes a watch contest with a finish promised. Names listed include Beryl May J H Kaiser and Emma Ping among many locals. Big Four Excursion tickets offered for Buffalo convention from Oct 27 to Nov 5 with contact for tickets and information. Accidents and sickness insurance offered by Kinney and Kinney with monthly premiums and details via Wm H Taylor.
Sealed bids for ten miles of free gravel roads in Sandcreek Township Bartholomew County Indiana are due by 9 00 A M November 18 1897. Bids may be filed per division or for all divisions. Bonds double bid amount required with two resident sureties. Board reserves right to reject any bids and to pay with bonds if sale fails.
Bartholomew Circuit Court in 1897 set a December 13 final settlement exam for guardian Geo Beels over Sarah Beels deceased. Heirs creditors and interested parties must appear to show cause and prove heirship or claim. Witness Clerk George Wernet Columbus Indiana November 1 1897. Kinsey and Kinney advertise accident and sick benefit insurance dues.
An advertisement states that the Semi-Weekly Lian and another paper of your choice will delay for one year at a price of $1.25. Options include Indianapolis Weekly Journal Indianapolis Weekly Sentinel Courier Journal Twice a week Cincinnati Enquirer Prairie Farmer. Send $1.25.
An old ad touts Mayster Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the most wonderful medical discovery of the age. It claims to cleanse kidneys and liver, dispel colds and headaches, and cure constipation and biliousness. Sold in druggists for 10 cents with a guarantee.
A strongly worded defense condemns the drive to demonetize silver as unconstitutional and ruinous. It claims judges and officials have aided the scheme, harming industry and property values, and cites the Cincinnati Enquirer as a source of plain truth offered for seven cents a year.
Real estate and insurance advertisement offers multiple homes and parcels with down payments and yearly terms. Hartsville properties include a two story dwelling on ten acres, a dwelling with barn on 15th street, and options on Ninth and 16th streets. Insurance plans include fire, accident, and sickness benefits with monthly payments. Kinney and Kinnes advertise 436 Fourth Street.
Announcement lists participating railroads for exchange of thousand mile tickets issued by multiple lines including Ann Arbor, Baltimore & Ohio, Cleveland & Marietta, Nickel entries like Michigan Central, Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh, and Wabash among others. Tickets sell for 30 dollars and are non transferable. full-use by original purchaser earns a ten dollar rebate if cover is certified and returned within eighteen months of issue. E. O. Mecomick.
A list of residents and community figures includes George Habig Mrs. Fred Kollemeyer Mrs. Tom Hull Mrs. Chas. Jones Mrs. Lee Loy te Jonathan Smith Walter Coup Charles Norton John Fehring Mrs. James Lash Hal Daffy Mrs. Thomas.
Vincent Thompson declares his bid for city marsh al subject to the Republican primary convention. County Clerk.
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