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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1897
Page
3
Owens and Williams offer space in Central No. 18S and Citizens No. 187 for personals selling and buying. They invite readers to contact them to place or respond to ads, promising direct or brokered terms, partial lists, and daily posting possible as part of their business. They promote selling or buying farms and homes in the "New South" with excursion notices and slow rates.
Real estate ads detail numerous numbered properties for sale or trade including several small cottages with wells and cisterns on Cottage Avenue to Third Street, large houses with barns, acres in Brown and Sackville townships, a saw mill, and a 28 acre Clifty Township plot. Prices range from 700 to 7 020 dollars with barter options and liberal terms.
Dr Corbett on the regular medical staff of the Surgical Hotel Columbus Ohio will stop at Columbus Ind Belvedere Thursday Apr 15 1897 and then on the same date each month. Consultation is free for all diseases or deformities. If medicine is required prescriptions are free. He cites connections with hospitals and extensive practice for valuable advice.
An ad should be concise yet clear and engaging. Good advertising keeps customers informed and on their feet. Truth in advertising may be stronger than fiction but attracts and retains buyers. A well followed ad earns customer attention and ties to sales. A timely spring tonic is a liberal dose of advertising.
Cross Roads in Brown County reports most schools closed and peach buds ready for bloom. Entertainment by the Comedy Co. at Christiansburg praised by a large audience. J A Taylor and wife visiting relatives in Story. Miss Alice Bruce guest of Mrs. Robert Wilson in Christianburg. Billy Wert of Pikes Peak suffers flood losses and may move. Mrs Milvin McKinney ill. Will Anthony travelled to Nashville for an exam. Willard Fulks and Will Carmichael attended entertainment in Story. John and Obe Pruitt of Houston seen in Brown County. Local entertainment at Rudolphs and Christianburg drew folks from Seymour. Morton deputy Grange organizer plans lodge at Becks Grove this week.
Louis Henry Becks Gréve died of heart disease Sunday the 28th. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. D. M. Beck on the 29th at 3 o'clock. He leaves a wife and three children. The community extends its sympathies.
Reports indicate the Chandler tornado crossed Kansas with less destruction. Florence reports a severe windstorm unroofing Santa Fe roundhouse sections and toppling wooden buildings. Great Bend, Hay, and Barton record heavy winds, damaged buildings, and cars derailed as telegraph service across the state remains crippled.
A newspaper item highlights a shop offering the latest shirts T shirts collars and a full line of fur nishings for men. The ad markets new arrivals and a broad selection for gentlemen.
For 10 cents per paper or bundle buyers may purchase old papers. Kinney's lunch room offers light meals with special attention to short orders and a varied lunch menu. Call ahead to secure items before they are gone.
The Star advertises cleaning services for houses windows and cisterns and invites applicants at Lotts restaurant 455 Washington-st. The notice is signed Wu C Watson and promotes Star as the city’s newsiest paper.
Local notices promote bicycle livery at J. A. Georges on 509 Washington St and a 24 hour lunchroom with cheap meals at Geo W. Whinney's. The Star solicits well and cistern work through Hill Bros. and advertises girls bicycles for sale at the office.
A Washington Star excerpt features a wild man with a bug gross whip and a shiny coat speaker railing at government failures. The orator laments loss of freedom and urges rotation in office while the farmer in the audience half agrees, noting the need to avoid entrenchment of power and repeated elections.
A damaged OCR fragment shows pricing for weekly newspaper subscriptions. Mentions one year six months and three months with unclear figures. References The Star and Indianapolis Journal and Star and Courier Journal in a two to three newspaper pairing.
A blind tailor, unnamed by Sir William Hamilton, could distinguish Scotch plaid patterns by touch alone, matching cloth with the precision of sight. A second note claims wheat fails to grow below a mean 5 percent temperature. A Philadelphia barber shop placard warns patrons to use brushes and combs only once, and a bootblack stand offers a pedicure-style service for a nickel.
Mrs. C. Murray of Richmond spent Wednesday here. All kinds of job work are done at the STAR office.
Two deaf mutes discuss love on a bus and fail to propose to Mabel as the woman’s silence is read. A second anecdote recalls a czar proposing to Princess Alix of Hesse, who accepts citing Queen Victoria’s command.
An advertisement by Wallace Redding from Scotts Bakery promises high quality photographs at 1.50 per dozen in Columbus. He states the work is not his highest grade but guarantees perfect satisfaction for the price. He invites customers to call and view the service.
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