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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1897
Page
4
A unclear notice from Owens & Wiltrans Real Estate Loans and Insurance promotes loans and insurance with low rates and excursions. They pledge prompt dealing and reliability, inviting potential clients to consider financing and home improvement through their services.
Advertises numerous for sale properties on Cottage Avenue, Maple Gears, and other areas with prices ranging from 700 to 2500 plus terms. Listings include houses, cottages, farms, and acres in Brown, Clifty, Jackson, and Savicrask townships, noting wells, cisterns, barns, and outbuildings. Potential buyers urged to inspect and trade for city property.
Joseph I. Irwin returned from Washington City yesterday morning near Walesboro. D W Thompson and James Noe of Houston visit Wm T Noe. Rev A Armer goes to Jeffersonville to conduct services. Prof McKrey to speak on The Trinity of the New Testament at the UY B church Sunday night. Litel offers Houdam and Polish eggs. High school students seek a library and plan an entertainment next Wednesday night at the school building. citizens urged to support the effort.
Rosenbush & Co. will close today for a brief stock inventory while administrator Wm. G. Irwin settles the estate. After a short closure Morris F. Rosenbush will reopen the store with the remaining stock and a large new goods invoice. The firm has long operated southern Indiana clothing and boot and shoe stores, and will continue under Morris F. Rosenbush offering bargains and quality goods.
A man seeking a notary public appointment offers testimonials of Republican service. Charles E. Wilson says the appeal can succeed if he completes a form, obtains a circuit judge’s signature on moral character, and sends a $1 fee to the secretary of state for the Governor’s approval.
A miscommunication between the American Telephone and Telegraph Co and resident Wm Jones near Franklin led to a temporary pole stay to relieve line tension. Jones refused the payment offered, opposed the work, but later acknowledged the stay looked harmless. The Franklin Star clipping prompted the paper to apologize and credit Mr. Dinkins, the superintendent, for clarification.
Mrs Nancy Coons is reported seriously ill, with family and local residents awaiting updates on her condition.
William Reaser from Louisville is spending a few days at Pfeiffer Bros. A horse led by John Dahn escaped on Third Street but was quickly captured. Sunday Services at the Association rooms feature Rev. Frank C. Hood speaking and a solo by Mr. W H Day with the Young Men's Orchestra assisting. All men and boys invited.
The cases of El and Frank Moyer and Jerry Pittman were postponed from yesterday afternoon to this afternoon. Hartsville College will open for the spring term next Monday with the old faculty resigning and new instructors engaged. Efforts aim to restore the college to its former high standing.
The American Telegraph and Telephone Co. has sixty linemen and fifty line men totaling 110 workers based in the city. Their presence will bring substantial revenue to local merchants and boost the economy.
J L Huber recently sent a letter to a veneering firm that was found water soaked and stained after the ill fated KE and I train at Hezeiton. He plans to frame it as a memento. Isham Keith claims 13 votes in the Nich ford state encampment with a list of officers and committee members accompanying the report.
A mili man in a crowded scene debates the nation’s decline. An orator in a shiny Prince Albert coat questions liberty and equality while the audience ponders the balance of power and rotation in office as a remedy to public ills. The Washington Star is cited.
In a clipped dialogue a man recalls his failed attempt to propose to Mabel. He describes his nerves the moment he spoke and her quiet behavior as she turned out the gas to avoid light. He wonders if her response was encouragement or a deliberate setup to prevent talking in the dark.
The German professor Ludwig Sidinger seeks information from the Lancet on whether fish have memory. The piece notes the curiosity in nature, mentions fishing anecdotes, and jokes about anglers needing memory in flies. It also recounts Li Hung Chang’s American visit and a French court scene involving a needlewoman and a gold coin theft.
In a London court a mother claimed the child had carried away coins from a desk as she testified on oath. The judge tested her assertion by placing coins within the child’s reach. The infant seized the coins revealing the deception, and the mother was acquitted.
D B Marin reports local train schedule noting service every day except Sunday with daily departures and a Sunday pause, affecting commuter routines and station timetables.
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