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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1897
Page
2
The ad boasts elegantly tailored suits and overcoats at moderate prices. It extols high quality, good fit, and brand-name design by artists and skilled tailors, claiming prices 25 to 50 percent below rivals in large cities, with boys and children's suits also featured.
The governor issues a Thanksgiving Proclamation naming November 25 for prayer and praise. Society editor Gertrude Jett reports despite illness, continuing duties and notes readers expect news regardless of weather or health.
The Hope Record notes its first issue under editor H D Leeds and urges Hope merchants to back the daily paper. It criticizes a former railroad turning into a city park and proposes replacing it with a hog wallow or public hog lot to prevent mud and water on sidewalks. The writer questions city council action on the matter.
The phrase underscores the daily newspaper's status as the city’s leading family reader title, widely circulated and valued for local news, features, and community coverage.
The Star offers endorsement and assistance to the R Rly M C A and its officials, proposing to become the association’s official paper and help in its development.
The passage of the Dingley tariff bill is praised as a boon to the Republican party and American industry. It shields manufacturers from cheap European labor, enabling more workers to be hired and providing a strong anti free trade argument for Democrats.
The depositors of the defunct English, Marengo and Leavenworth banks met President Weathers in Corydon yesterday. They selected an assignee at his request and assigned all assets of Weathers & Willet, with Weathers ready to make a personal assignment if assets are insufficient to pay dollar for dollar.
The Indiana Southern Railroad, newly reorganized, could build a line into the city to connect with the Big Four, offering a direct Evansville to Cincinnati route. It would access Bedford stone quarries and parts of the Indiana coal fields, delivering cheap coal and quality building stone benefiting Columbus business interests.
The society began with a small group of young people from Ormosto and Northside and has since expanded to include members from all parts of the city, becoming one of the strongest literary societies locally.
Society notes that Mrs John Perry entertains a company of friends this afternoon at her North Washington street home. This marks the fourth in a series of similar gatherings hosted by her.
Great credit should be given the police for the arrests lately made. Through their efforts the petty crime in this city will soon be stopped. Will Snyder moves to the Clay Pete property at Twelfth and Mechanic. Snyder previously sold his Chestnut street home to Web Hege. Mrs Frank Hogue returns from Indianapolis this evening. Miss Linnie Pope has filled in Lehman’s store during her absence. Miss Lulla Stillinger, ill with typhoid, is improving. Ed Arnold returns from Kansas City tonight. Philip Coons of Martinsville visits relatives in Columbus. Mrs Lon Kebble of Maple Grove is sick with malaria. Henry Faust of Clifford seen on the streets. Gus Garriott of the Indiana Drug Co. in the city. Dr Miles’ Pain Pills cure neuralgia.
Chas. Potter visits his Brown county farm this week. The La Gascogne arrived in New York after a stormy voyage. Reports warn of potential lynching of John Humphreys Conn in Logan county over a murder. Various local notices list drug advertisements and movements of residents. A sweeping appeal promotes The Indianapolis Sentinel and its weekly edition. Public notice boxes set across Indianapolis at multiple street corners and landmarks.
Humiliation hits Harvard as the Varsity eleven loses to Yale. Players mourn the stripped crimson emblem and face punishment for the defeat, with sensational public reaction and dramatic declarations of disgrace. The episode sparks national sympathy and campus turmoil.
The Y M C A will host a social for all at the rooms Friday at 8:30 PM. E L Titus leads class one in an athletic exhibition using parallel bars. A free will offering will aid the class benefit.
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