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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1897
Page
4
Owens and Williams Real Estate, Loans and Insurance advertise spaces on Central No. 188 and Citizens No. 187. They offer to finance with flexible terms, direct or through Building and Loan, and promote purchasing farms in the New South with excursion plans and monthly rates.
A jumble of real estate listings mentioning six room houses, barns, wells, cisterns, and lots in Columbus and surrounding townships. Multiple properties, including price quotes from 21,375 to 3,700, with trades for city property and near-by farms.
Election returns show Cincinnati Democrats by 7,320 while Cleveland Canton Zanesville Columbus Trenton Newark Springfield and Sandusky vote Democratic. Toledo backs the entire Republican slate. Hamilton and Dayton tilt Democratic by roughly 3,000 and 53,000 statewide McKinley leads Michigan by 20,000 in the national tally.
Harry Dune works in the L A Fields blacksmith shop. Jas Nail Robi Porter Adam F May and Thos Hawkins traveled to Shelbyville Monday. Harvey Vaneman went to Dayton Ohio Monday. Dr Pettigrew transacted business in Shelbyville Saturday. Willis Law and daughter Addie visited Columbus Friday. Mrs James McCartney spent last week in Shelbyville with son J E McCartney. The M E S S and Epworth League plan an Easter entertainment Sunday night Apr 15. Rev E Hester and family Sundayed in Greencastle with his father. Mrs Frankshraf is very low with dances.
A brief notice invites readers to an evening event at the local high school with admission priced at 10 cents.
Grants issued to Indiana inventors reported by C A Snow Co and associates. Items include a machine for making twisted wire strands, a swinging gate, a box making machine, farm gate, luttonhole guide and clamp, apparatus for tuning musical instruments, car signal flag, combination ring and knife, spectrums, and other patent summaries from various Indiana locations.
A roundup from Shelbyville reports farmers selling corn, a sawmill stack replaced, and several residents visiting kin or traveling to Indianapolis. It notes weddings and upcoming events including an oratorical contest in Norristown and a Japanese missionary lecture at the M E church.
An advertisement promotes Cascarets as a powerful medical tonic claimed to cleanse kidneys and liver, relieve headaches fever constipation and biliousness. It promises quick relief and urges readers to buy a box, with a guarantee of cure by all druggists.
A vintage ad touts No-to-Bac as a miracle cure to quit tobacco, claiming magnetic life force and nerve vigor. It advertised a cure booklet and a remedy company in Chicago, alongside a local notice for fresh oysters and seasonal foods at W. Kinney's lunch room tonight.
Short OCR excerpts advertise photography from Redaing, a Star Illlee business cut services, and vault cleaning by Fred Dahn. The fragment mentions multiple services and locations in terse promotional lines.
The Engineering and Mining Journal notes Denmark expands rail use by public and private builds, cutting freight rates to the lowest levels and proposing direct tickets between all stations. A 300 by 200 mile coverage would cost under 1.50 for third class, a 50 percent reduction. The piece also includes unrelated excerpts on church, jail chaplain, and the sultan of Turkey fearing bicycles.
Advertisement notes Mrs A E Gerner for spring millinery on Fifth street with store hours shown and a mixed set of local notices. Charlie Zinger moved his horses to St Louis Crossing to train at Bent Reeves farm race track. Also promotes Cascarett and drug guarantees and job ads at Swan office with bicycle and photography services.
The town notes several items including a new bicycle and livery at J A Georges 509 Washingtons. Jonathan Smith's residence is being neatly painted. Henry Lang builds a sewer connection from Franklin street to the city sewer. Ladies millinery opening continues at the White House. The alleged forger 145tt Shaintown remains in jail awaiting bond. Senator Fairbanks backs Mr Poling for Nashville postmaster Brown County. Hope town council approves fire protection and an engine will be purchased soon.
Rev. Joan Constantine of Armenia visited the city as a guest of Rev. Troutman of the German Lutheran church. He aims to raise money in the United States to support an orphanage in Armenia and departed yesterday evening for Seymour. Two thousand dollars in weekly payrolls was paid Monday evening at the Belvedere hotel to long distance telephone workers, totaling about $2900.
A column describes hunter tricks from mischief to harsh pratfalls. It details deer ambush misfires with extra bullets and dressed game, shell tampering including double charges, and substituted components. It notes false trails with bear foot moccasins and fox dog drag hunts, all in a wary hunting lore tone.
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