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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1897

Page

4

Real Estate Bargains Offer for City and Rural Property

An Ohio newspaper runs a lengthy classified pitch by SackAllt LOAN RENTAL AND COLLECTION AGENTS offering numerous properties for sale. Listings include three-room cottages, vacant lots, farms in Brown and Jackson townships, several large houses on Maple Grove and Cottage avenues, and properties in Columbus and nearby counties. Many hold in good repair, with small cash down and monthly balance plans, some on trade or sale by auction. several acres, stock farms, and city lots priced from modest sums up to thousands.

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Brownlow of Tennessee Impresses as Patronage Figure

A Washington dispatch profiles Congressman Brownlow of Tennessee as a flamboyant patronage broker in the last Congress, noting his burly Texas cowboy image, frequent White House visits, and his role in directing jobs to loyal claimants. The piece also advertises travel specials to Asheville, North Carolina, via the Southern Railway with dates, rates, and excursion details.

White House Capitol

For Sale Notice Including Dwelling and Bike Parade

For sale items include a box bed buggy in excellent condition offered cheap if sold now. Inquiries at STAR Office. Four room dwelling with barn and large lot priced at $600 with six year terms of $100 annually. Dwelling in Orinoco priced to sell. August 12 bicycle meet and illuminated parade announced in the city.

Highth Wilson Street Harrison Sauoate Sandcreek Star Office Orinoco

Strike settles as tanner Wiedendorf returns to work

John Wiedendorf, a striker, resumes work as the temporary injunction granted by Judge Hord becomes permanent. The delay for arguments on the injunction ended with a court decision at the request of the defendants.

John Wiedendorf Yester Hord Manent

Fashion Restaurant Promotes Sunday Dinners at Washington Street

The ad touts fashionable Sunday dinners at Fashion Restaurant, 609 Washington Street, inviting guests to join patrons who praise the service. It promises continued effort to please both friends and family at hotels or restaurants during the hour.

Fashion

August 12th Event Invitation In City

Public notice invites residents to join on August 12 for a communal gathering. Also includes a classified ad seeking trustworthy traveling agents in Indiana with monthly pay plus expenses and a domestic helper for a two-person household in Columbus. inquire at 1404 Mechanic Street.

Mechanic Street

Ten acres and two story dwelling in Hallsville to sell or trade

Ten acres and a two story dwelling with a barn and a large fruit orchard in Hallsville offered for sale or trade for property in Columbus. Notices mention people arriving from Indianapolis and ongoing sales at the White House with price cut bargains on all goods.

Irwin Columbus Reed and Seventh Streets Court House Hallsville Jose Newsom Indianapolis White House

Mrs Maggie Stewart Sues Felix Stewart for Divorce

Mrs Maggie E Stewart files for divorce from Felix W Stewart alleging failure to provide as the cause of domestic strife. Attorney W S Swengie represents Mrs Stewart. The case may be heard next term. William Beaver jailed by officers Fergerson and McClip for intoxication and assault and battery.

Stewart W. S. Swengie Wm. Beaver Fergerson and McClip

Geo H. Cummins Sells Tackle Hammocks and Croquet Sets

Outdoor goods dealer Geo H. Cummins advertises tackle hammocks and croquet sets at lowest prices, highlighting bargains for backyard games and seasonal gear.

Geo.h. Cummins

Metamorphosis of a Plant Pontedria Crassipes Adapts

A reader reports Pontedria crassipes changing growth habits when transplanted from a window bowl to a boiler and crock. The plant shifts from spreading to climbing and then upward growth, producing large waxen leaves on tall stems. It remains a thrifty, low-maintenance house plant with glossy foliage.

Moving a Brick Chimney Without Accident at Shelter Island

A brick chimney 85 feet high and seven feet square at the base weighing nearly 100 tons was moved 950 feet over rough ground at Manhansett Shelter Island Suffolk County New York. The operation used a grain capstan, two skids, one horse, and four laborers, taking nine days with no damage. The same contractors had earlier moved a 52 foot chimney at Bridgehampton, both without incident.

Manhauset Shelter Island Suffolk County N. Y Scientific American Bridgehampton

Merriam Warns on Loss of Mammals Preserving Specimens

Science writer Dr. C Hart Merriam criticizes Theodore Roosevelt era zoological theories and urges museums, sportsmen, and naturalists to seize opportunities to preserve large mammals from remote ranges. He warns of extinction as buffalo vanish, grizzlies disappear in California, and wolves and elk vanish from much of their ranges.

C Hart Merriam Theodore Roosevelt Europe California United States North Carolina Adirondacks

Lovely Kingdale Dreamlike Daisy Club Scene

A nostalgic verse dedicated to the Daisy Club and its Daisy Lassies. It evokes evening skies over hills, safe journeys to Kingdale, boating and fishing joys, nature’s beauty, a camp fire and a beach spread of meats and bread, ending with memories of the place called Lovely Kingdale.

Daisy Club Kingdale HK. Y

Bears on Anticosti Island Concession Granted

Perisian magnate Mr Menier who owns Anticosti in the Gulf of St Lawrence grants a concession for a curing plant for bear meat and bear ham on the island where bears are abundant.

Anticosti Menier Gulf of St. Lawrence

Esquimaux eating habits and digestion described

A Science News summary details how Esquimaux eat walrus flesh and blubber with minimal chewing, noting their tolerance for raw and thick hides. It describes their eating method, thick walrus hide, and lack of indigestion, contrasting with American eating practices.

America Enquimaux Esquimas

Loss and Gain in a Muddy Crossing Tale

A Detroit Free Press style vignette depicts a street gamin aiding a distressed young woman after she drops her pocketbook. He retrieves items, earns no thanks, then secretly keeps a penny found later. The scene contrasts with a broader column on Thanksgiving dates, evolution of the human toe, and a quick divorce court note.

Detroit Free Press Gamin

Fragmented Quotations From Various Periodicals

A collage of short quotes from magazines and newspapers including Rhinestein, Dorgenbaum, the Boston Transcript, Jugend, Moom shine, and Household Words. The fragmented lines touch on life failures, seeking a profession, illness as nobility, danger beside the insine car, and a playful exchange about a maximum.

Rhinestein Dorgenbaum Boston Transcript Jugend

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