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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1897
Page
3
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The Star’s Prize Gold Watch contest draws near a finish as voters’ totals rise. Names including Beryl May J H Kaiser E L Williams Emma Ping Walter Waltman Ollie Smith Susie Wilson Ei Jones George Schooler Leonard Layer Ed Everroad Ethel Beaty Lloyd Smith Mrs Gill Mollie Blessing Chas Crabb Nellie Long Charles Clark Joseph Hoelke Maggie Christian and Will Wolf appear among participants with various vote counts.
New York November 18 Senator Hanna of Ohio said the fight in Ohio is over when asked about Governor Bushnell and Senator Foraker. He declined to comment further, saying it would be in bad taste. Hanna plans to return to Ohio next Sunday.
Southern Railway announces sale of excursion tickets to Florida and other Southern resorts from Louisville and Cincinnati via the Queen and Crescent Route. For details contact Assistant General Passenger Agent, Southern Railroad Company, Louisville, Ky. Everett Wrest story mentions a farm accident and a joke about a hypnotic scheme. A Madison appointment notes Chas. Friedersdorff named janitor at the Madison post office.
A social at Decker’s featured a half lunch all day and a cordial invitation. Walter Doup’s educated bird dog, debuting at Crumps last night, drew attention from guests including Grant Noble Doup and others.
An old advertisement claims a single day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It promises a refund if it fails and notes the genuine product carries I. B. Q. markings on each tablet.
An ad touts Utah Kidney Beans to cure kidney trouble and backache. It claims to relieve fatigue, cramps, and urinary irritation, promising healthier bladder function and energy. The Turner family of Philadelphia is credited with discovery and perfection. Tarzina ointment and Turners' Little Liver Turners are also advertised along with Hauser and Parker as sellers.
An elegiac verse extols a departed woman, comparing her memory to a shrine of pleasant thoughts. Rich imagery paints her as calm and pure, with starry skies and polar light motifs. The poem invites no tears, celebrating enduring beauty.
Real estate deals include a house on 16th street near street car stable for 350 dollars with half cash and half in one year, plus a barn and lot on Ninth street for 450 dollars with purchaser friendly terms. Also offered are fire insurance and accident sickness policies with monthly benefits, promoting prompt loss payments. Kinney and Kinney, 436 Fourth Street, Columbus Indiana.
Geo Owens suffered a blaze that destroyed many valuable papers. He was a short hand writer who recorded wartime battles and events. only a small box survived. Florence Morgan covers Ella Duncan's Maple Grove School post during her Bedford absence. A soft coal heater is for sale cheap. inquire at the office.
A historical notice lists numerous railroad lines including Manistee and Northeastern, Michigan Central, New York Chicago and St Louis, Ohio Central, Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh, Peoria Decatur and Evansville, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, Pittsburgh and Western, and Pittsburgh Lisbon and Western and Toledo St Louis and Kansas City. It mentions a $10 rebate for cover returned within eighteen months and identifies E O McComick as Passenger Traffic Manager and Warren J Lynon as Assistant General Passenger and Ticket Agent. It promotes Accident and Sick Benefit Insurance by Kinney & Kinney with monthly dues and coverage for injury or illness.
An old ad fragment promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cure for constipation. It mentions Miss Wilma Coles visiting Edinburg and references various newspapers and a price of 1.25. The ad notes the product may fail and urges readers to select a choice.
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