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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1897
Page
3
The Star mentions a prize watch contest with total votes to date and notes the National Convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Buffalo from Oct 27 to Nov 5. Excursion tickets are offered at low rates via Big Four Route agents.
In the Bartholomew Circuit Court a guardian has filed final settlement for the estate of Sarah Beels deceased. The court will examine the account on December 13, 1897, at Columbus Indiana. Heirs creditors and legatees must appear to show cause and prove heirship or claim. The Clerk's seal confirms the notice dated November 1, 1867.
Insurance ad for monthly sick and accident benefits. Promotes Kinney and Kinney as providers with payment upon injury or illness.
An offer lists the Semi-Weekly Sran paired with one of several papers including Indianapolis Weekly Journal Weekly Sentinel Courier Journal Cincinnati Enquirer Prairie Farmer and requests 125 dollars for the selection and delivery.
Hartsville real estate listing offers a two story dwelling with barn on ten acres at 15th street priced at 600 dollars with terms 100 down and 100 annually. Also ads houses on Orinces 100 down and 150 yearly payments, a 6th street house near street car stable for 350 dollars with half cash and half in one year, and a Ninth street house barn and lot for 450 dollars with suitable terms. Krsywey and Kinney offer insurance options including accident and sick benefit policies with monthly payments.
Diphtheria claims the son of W J Whittinghill near Robbe's schoolhouse. Local notes report Miss Love Rhule teaching again, Addie Wates photos, sugar price from Sears Roebuck, and various community updates including illness, travel plans, and local anecdotes.
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets as a quick cold cure with a money back refund if it fails. It emphasizes the genuine product bears I B Q on each tablet. A separate report notes a dangerous escaped anaconda in a Philadelphia museum injuring a man and killing a pony before capture.
Bartholomew county invites sealed bids for ten miles of free gravel roads in Sandcreek Township divided into seven divisions with lengths listed. Bids due 10:00 A M November 18 1897 with bonds double the bid and sureties from Bartholomew residents. Board reserves right to reject all bids and to pay by bonds if sale fails.
Advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a pleasant laxative that cleanses the whole system. It claims benefits for kidneys liver and bowels and promises relief from headaches fever and biliousness. Sold by druggists in 10 25 and 50 cent boxes with a guarantee.
The Big Four issue lists exchangeable one thousand mile tickets for multiple railroads including Ann Arbor, Baltimore & Ohio, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis lines, and many others. Tickets sell for $30 nontransferable with a $10 rebate if used in full by the original purchaser and covered, certified, and returned within eighteen months of issue.
The notice lists Marsh als for city marshal and county clerk, announcing candidacies subject to Republican nominating conventions. Janes Burk and David Parnes appear as candidates. The paper offers future notices for a fee, noting ads run until the convention.
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