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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1897
Page
4
Owens Williams offers space phones citizen numbers 187 188 and urges buyers to own names and avoid rent with flexible terms. Includes farm or home investments in the New Bonth and bi monthly Excursion plans, promoting easy financing and prompt service.
A string of urban and rural properties on Cottage Avenue Hutchings Avenue Maple Grove and Highland Avenue with prices from 700 to 2500 and terms including cash or trade. Listings include houses cottages 40 acres 110 acres and a saw mill with descriptions of wells cisterns barns and outbuildings. References to nearby Brown and Jackson townships and Waynesville area.
Rail workers gripe about longer runs and lower pay under new rules. Pennsylvania February net earnings reached the highest for the month since 1803 with strong gross figures, while March prospects look brighter. E F E Genn joins Baltimore and Ohio at Toledo after stints with Fort Wayne Cincinnati Louisville and Lake Shore at Toledo. A Vandalia wrecking train sped thirty six miles Terre Haute to Greencastle in forty minutes clearing the tracks swiftly. The Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton with Chicago Indianapolis & Louisville plans a through freight service Chicago to Cincinnati in fifteen hours, seven hours longer than the fast passenger run.
A Milwaukee couple made a bet before the fall election that the husband would build the fire every morning for six months if McKinley won and the wife would do it if Bryan won. The husband died a few days ago, highlighting the difficulty some men have in keeping such arrangements.
J. Arthur Meeks announces a new Handle Factory offering stove wood by the cord with delivery across the city from the corner of 14th and California Streets. Prices described as right.
The Louisville Society girls meet at members’ homes for Economical Luncheon Club gatherings. They typically serve a killed mackerel starter followed by a dessert of dried apples and horse chestnuts, per the Memphis Commercial Appeal description.
A Colorado man named Munk Sockers applies for a position under the McKinley administration per the Buffalo Courier.
A note describes a stock of books jewelry and notions offered at the G A R building on Washington street. It calls Nebraska a paradise for old people and compares Texas grass to a plush landscape under Nebuchadnezzar’s imagined rule in this era.
Members of the Kentucky Legislature appear to be bidding for the highest bidder in a market style assessment flagged by the Dallas News. The report notes a perception of auction like behavior among lawmakers.
Senator Hissem of Kentucky is noted in Dallas News for endorsing Rainbow Paints from Stahlhuth as top quality. Advertises a new line of carpets and mattings at low White House prices with a strong value pitch.
Star newspaper lists votes for the most popular lady in Columbus in its prize wheel contest as of last evening. The ad section promotes floor paints at Stahlhuths, various job work at the Star office, new hat patterns at the millinery opening, and dinner offerings at Kinney's lunch room. A five ton sale of books is advertised at the G A R building, with notices urging ladies to attend the millinery event at the White House and a sale at the same venue later in the week.
New bicycle livery at J A Georges 509 Washington features the Nobby pattern pneumatic seat and bicycle clothing priced from 5 50 to 9 75 a suit. Visit Geo Kinney's lunch stand Thursday night for food. Three auction sales daily for the next 15 days of books jewelry and notions in the G A R building. Ladies invited.
Coffee served at Geo Kinney's lunch stand from noon to 2 and all night. A girls bicycle, new and cheap, must be sold at once. A bargain, Star office.
Price list emphasizes low prices on various shoes including little gents tan shoes and chocolate vici kid models. Items cover ladies white kid sandals patent leather sandals miss nice dress shoes and solid dongola. All prices shown in plain figures, from J A Newton at 313 Washington Street.
A church class for Sunday lists eight members including Misses Clara Striedmier Clara Dietrich and Messers Martin Donhost Wm Kelmeyer Edward Schaeler and E Schwartzkopf Rev Fischer to conduct services at the Clift German Lutheran church. Additional names include Misses Mable Burbrugg Anna Veiter Malinda Linsmith Melinda Waymeir and Lize Zrorugg along with Messers Edward Ficher Benjamin Overman Samuel Overthan.
In a North American tale, Reginald pleads forMarriage to a hesitant beauty. He promises proof of love by noting Christmas is near, while she orders him to avoid roughness as they draw closer.
New York Herald reports Emma Spreckels intends a $10 000 luxurious bathroom as part of a suite for her own use. The design features porcelain tub with gold fittings, inlaid tiles, and wall panels depicting bath scenes, with the project tied to her 27 year old secret marriage to Thomas Watson.
A Chinese will bequeaths one half to Fuenhuen one third to Nupin and one ninth to Ding-bat from 17 elephants. Suenpunk adds his elephant making 18 then allocates nine six and two to the heirs before taking back his animal. Was the division according to the will?
A Cassel Magazine piece notes the Princess of Wales keeps her bay pony Huffy as a cherished, aging companion and often leads the hunt with fearless riding. It also mentions a stormy meet with Prince George and the princess’s intrepid, high-class horsemanship despite age and weather.
The coming season will feature five drawing room events for American ladies with three led by the princess of Wales and two by the queen in May and early June. The June event will precede diamond jubilee celebrations as a Prelude. The queen, in fine health, oversees jubilee planning. A separate report notes a lab creation of chemical sugar by Fischer and Tafel at Würzburg showing non rotating polarized light.
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