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Newspaper

Columbus Evening Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1897

Page

2

Curfew Ordinance Gains Favor In Western Cities

Reports on curfew laws from Omaha Kansas City and Denver show strong support for the measure. The curfew bell or whistle alerts youth to return home with few arrests required and police can place loitering boys at their homes. The policy has reduced reform school detentions and is urged for Columbus.

Omaha Kansas City Denver Indianapolis News Johnny Mary Peter Africa Fitzgerald

Clubbing offer for Star and Ohio Farmers Weekly Journal

Readers are informed of a clubbing rate with The Ohio Farmers Weekly Journal, a twenty page publication. The Star and Farmers Weekly Journal together cost one year for $1.35, offering a savings to farmers.

Ohio Farmers Weekly Journal Star and Farmer’s Weekly Journal Ohio Farmer Cleveland Kinney & Turpin

Who Will Succeed Lambert as County Attorney

A quoted candidate asks who will be chosen to replace W. W. Lambert as county attorney. He emphasizes the need for strong oversight if the Democratic commissioners elect him, arguing they must protect the county’s interests as Lambert did.

W. W. Lambert Mr. Lambert

Taxke Hot Time in the Old County Convenes

A political note hints that Democrats will push for a county convention next November while Republicans face a hot campaign rising from the same event.

Letters praise Dr Hartman remedies for Peruna

Women from Tennessee and Ohio write from Bearden and Berlin Heights recommending Peruna with claims of relief for colds grippe and catarrh. They say the remedy saves doctor bills and improves general health after following directions. Free book Winter Catarrh and Peruna Almanac offered by The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company in Columbus Ohio.

Linnie Wiggins Berlin Heights Ohio Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company Columbus

Governor Resists Call for Extra Session

The governor refused to convene an extra legislative session amid heavy pressure, prioritizing the public interest and earning broad party and nonparty support from the populace.

Govenors

Democratic Candidates Announce Names in Star Listings

Several democratic brothers announce their names in the democratic papers for city and county nomination. Republicans who expect to race before the republican convention should join the band wagon and have their names appear in the Star.

Local Notes From The Town At Year’s End 1897

Tomorrow begins the last month of 1897 and Christmas cheer approaches. Typhoid fever in the Hamblen family shows no improvement while a Maple Grove child improves. A rear Star office water pipe burst and flooded the premises. Whooping cough is present in the Wm Hamblen family on Union street. Mrs Ben Kendrick hosts a cards gathering on North Franklin street. U B Church ladies plan a basket festival in the old Normal building tomorrow evening. Edwin Ferris’s grandson’s funeral attendance by E P Ferris and wife from Indianapolis. Crescent Paper Co. rep Walter Nichols visits for business. Mrs Wm Taylor, long ill with nervous prostration, relapses again.

Becks Grove Residents Parade Through Columbus

A miscellaneous town column notes Geo Truax Henry Hartman and William Jackson visiting Columbus, Mike Lynch from Indianapolis, and Scott Carmicheal returning home from a three week visit. The Star adds eleven new subscribers, a rumor about electrifying the Orinoco car line, a new smoke stack arriving for Orino Co Furniture Co, a missionary tea by the M E church, Miss Hattie Hahn’s return from Columbus to Cincinnati, and a small fire incident in the Star office.

Walter Johnson Receives Telegram on Mother’s Death

Walter Johnson was informed by telegram of the death of his mother in Dilisboro Indiana. The brief message gives no further details.

Walter Johnson Dilisboro Indi

Excursion tickets to Florida on Southern Railway offered

Southern Railway announces sale of excursion tickets to Florida and other Southern resorts via the Queen and Crescent Route with Louisville and Cincinnati connections. Includes routes, schedules, and contact: Asst. Genl Pass Agent, Southern Railroad Co, Louisville, Ky. Also notes promotions with The Ohio Farmer and local social items.

Sentinel News Outlook for McKinley Era In Indiana

The Sentinel promises abundant coverage of McKinley’s cabinet and administration, state capitol affairs, and Republican government in Indiana. It touts its large circulation, fast dispatches from across the state and abroad, urging readers to subscribe to the Weekly Sentinel edition of twelve pages.

the Sentinel McKinley Sentinel Republican Party Indianapolis Daily Week Sentinel Indiana Weekly Sentinel

Uncertain patent remedies promise cures and relief

An advertisement touts Arab Kidney Beans and Utah Kidney Beans claimed to cure kidney trouble back pain fatigue and urinary issues. It also offers Tarzina for skin troubles and Turner’s Little Liver Pills said to turn the liver, sold by Hauser & Parker.

Utah

To Cure a Cold in One Day Take L B Q Tablets

Advertising copy claims a single day cure for colds using L B Q tablets. Promises refund if it fails with a 25 cent price and emphasizes the genuine tablets bear L B Q on each piece.

Weather Forecast for Cmeano and Nearby Areas

Weather outlook calls for warmer, cloudier conditions tonight and Wednesday. Snow is expected in the extreme northwest portion. Dr Miles Pain Pills are advertised as a neuralgia cure.

Cmeano Dr. Miles

Pfeifer Bros Offers Daily Lunch and Dinner Hours

A note promotes Pfeifer Bros with breakfast and meals available daily from 9 to 11 in the morning and 8 to 10 in the evening.

Pfeifer Bros

Coat left at City Hall after Episcopal dance

Notice states an over coat was found after an Episcopalian dance and is left at the STAR office. The owner may reclaim by proving ownership and paying for this notice.

R.M. Rowley City Hall

Insurance agent seeks fourfold restitution at revival

A discredited insurance agent once allied with Lloyds and multiple mutuals offers a religious conversion. He proclaims if he wronged anyone he will restore fourfold. At 3 am Jim Green arrives, reporting a town meeting set for sunrise near his door.

Lloyds Mutuals Zaccheus Jim Green

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Funeral for Thos Louden at St Johns Church

The funeral for Thos Louden is set for tomorrow at ten in the morning at St Johns Church conducted by Rev S F Booker. Burial will follow in St Johns Cemetery.

Louden Thos St. John’s Church Rev S. F. Booker St. John’s Cemetery

Local visitors from Waymansville call on friends

Herman Otte Louis VonStrohe and wife John Otte and wife and Mrs. Fuller came up from Waymansville yesterday to visit friends and transact business.

Herman Otte Louis VonStrohe John Otte Fuller Waymansville

Ladies Aid to Meet at Mechanic Street Home

The Ladies Aid society will hold a Wednesday afternoon meeting at the home of Mrs. Joseph Condon on Mechanic street.

Ladies Aid Society Joseph Condon Mechanic Street

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Manhattan Washington Street J.L Gysje Prop Columbus Evening Star E. H Kinney A Turpin Proprietors Ind H Kinney Chas A. Turpin Gertrude Jett Society Perana Dore Santa Claus Hamblen Star Office John Carr Maple Grove Wm. Hamblen Union Street Ben Kendrick North Franklin Street The Ladies of the U. B. Church E. P Ferris Wife Indianapolis Edwin Ferris Walter Nichols Crescent Paper Co Wm. Taylor Jake Siiverspan Truax Becks Grove Henry Hartman Jonesvill William Jackson Burnsville Thos. Truax Krown Co Mike Lynch A. Kiefer Drug Co John Crump Scott Carmicheal Orinoco Furniture Company Womans Missionary Society of the M. E. Church Hattie Hahn Col Umbus Cincinnati Wm. Vonstrohe al Gaston Star Florida Louisville Queen & Cres Ules Wat Southern Railroad Company Louisville, Ky Reapers Susie Wilson Bernice Flora Miles Reason Sanders Thos. Gore Philadelphia Hauser & Parker Portiona Breeds F. Daahn Hed Beines Ovuezisls Refuner Ferguson Joe Young Ulrich’s F. C. Ulrich Lette George Schilinerer Steve Wood Buck Residence Bell Third Street Geo. Schinnerer Hilger -Strauss Owens & Williams Stoney
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