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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1897
Page
4
An old advertisement extols Bicola Pills as a cure for nervous and blood related troubles claiming they improve heart lungs and brain blood. It features Tur Turners Liver Pills described as small pills that turn the liver and notes the sellers Hauser & Parker at 364-tf eow.
The Rochester Daily Republican is enlarged and improved while Hope News Journal marks its 15th year. Evansville Tribune gains new editor Jacob G. Thacker. Jeffersonville Journal names Carl Brayfield as editor with Charles Foster continuing as managing editor. Col John B. Stoll of South Bend Times is seriously ill. Florida’s Parker establishes Weekly Help at South Milford. Seven weekly papers now operate in LaGrange County with Greencastle Banner Times sold to a stock company. Millard Beckett to edit. Uncle Jimmy Pinkerton nears end of life at Russiaville, wife long dead. he formerly published in Galveston.
In Ashland Mississippi, W H Harrison editor of the Ashland Register was killed by J L McDonald after a dispute over a lecture notice. McDonald, described as highly connected, is jailed. The Inland town lies about twenty miles east of Hollings.
The Boise Sentinel announces the Peoples' party will fly fiat money rather than free silver at 16 to 1, deeming the latter too remote to curb the monopoly. Senator Heitfeld has gained a controlling interest in the newspaper.
A new pastor named Olivier, thirty, will deliver his first sermon next Sunday and plans to move his family to town soon. He was born and raised in Monticello and educated at Wabash College and Princeton University.
In Napiesville on November 14 a special report notes the marriage of Clinton De Vere Lasher of Vernango, Pennsylvania, to Bertha May Cromer of Indianapolis. The ceremony in the county clerk’s office was officiated by Rev. Mr. Huffer. The couple had corresponded over two years without meeting prior to the wedding. Both spouses are described as prominently connected.
Deputy Earl has spent two months in St Joseph and Laporte counties, arresting eighteen people. Fifteen pled guilty, three acquitted, with fines and costs totaling 346 dollars. Seines and nine nets were confiscated and destroyed, totaling 880 feet. Two men jailed for thirty days for nonpayment of fines.
A vivid boast about a striking shirt line describes a magnificent assortment of the finest goods. The text promises a long and triumphant reign for the colored shirt, praising its color power and irresistible appeal beyond words or pictures.
Catherine Bottorff, wife of lawyer Geo W Bottorff, sues for support in Jeffersonville circuit court. S Johnson, executor of Lewis Bottorff's will, is co-defendant. Married Jan 3 1882. abandoned July 3 1893. Bottorff estate valued at $9,000. Johnson owes Bottorff $2,000. Plaintiff seeks reasonable alimony.
A west bound Clover Leaf freight broke in two east of Veedersburg at about midnight. Eleven cars toppled into a ditch, one loaded with matches ignited and burned with four other unsalvageable cars. No injuries. Debris blocked the track for hours. trains rerouted via Linden to Crawfordsville and Veedersburg. Loss estimated in thousands.
John Kingsbury alias King Bird colored, who escaped from Lakeland Ky prison last July, was arrested yesterday morning by detectives while begging on the street. He had a two year sentence for killing Dick Harding in Frankfort prison and a twelve year term for killing Dudley Johnson in New Castle Ky. He confessed and will return without papers.
The editor of the Winamae Journa unveils a decorative header and signals a renewed editorial stance. The brief note hints at a festive commemoration and a commitment to coverage, though exact details are sparse.
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