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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1897
Page
3
Voters are told to mark a straight Republican ticket with a blue pencil inside the large circle around the eagle and to use an X rather than a dot. The guidance covers how to handle ballots, pencils, and proper marking to avoid rejection, with penalties for improper handling and requirements to obtain a new ballot if marked wrongly.
Fragmentary ad notes a lost straw hat with a call to return to the Sisk office. It references a promotional sale at the White House with bargain prices and a Columbus Fuel and Ice Co contact, mentioning millinery goods and ice services.
Classified rate card lists daily and weekly ad prices by inch for one week to one year. Local ads in daily editions charge per word with black letters for loyalty. mentions contracts and renewal terms.
Columbus wind risk warning notes Kinney & Kinney tornado policy as a hedge against a worse storm. M C Dunnington advertises Tike Carter Cascara Pills with refund if ineffective at 25 cents. local printer STARTOR PRINT Co solicits superior work at fair prices and guarantees satisfaction.
The Twice a Week Courier Journal and the Weekly Sun offer a one year club plan with both papers for 1:25 to renewing subscribers who pay in advance or to new subscribers paying in advance. Sample copies are sent free on application. Subscriptions should be sent to Columbus Morning Star in Columbus Indiana under Kunnay and Turpin.
Nashville readers note the Great Southern Exposition attracts nationwide interest with routes to Cincinnati and connected lines from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Detroit Toledo Sandusky Chicago Benton Harbor and Louisville Direct links with Q and C Route and I N Ry. Also included are updated voting laws requiring pencil marks in the eagle circle and secrecy rules for ballots with cross marks.
A fragment discusses imperial rivalry and colonization, noting Japanese expansionist ideas toward Australia and Formosa, Dutch responses, and broader cautions about balance of power. It cites opinions from Melbourne’s Argus and Hague’s Dagblad, and links hypnotism to the study of human will and character.
The Persian ruler Muzaffer-ed-Din reduces palace staff of the harem to sixty wives for dignity and economy. The former shah kept 1,720 wives, now widows, as polygamy declines at Teheran. The piece notes gender equality tensions and biblical critique from feminists.
Schedule shows trains west to Big Four lines from Columbus Indiana with stops at Greensburg Ewington Burney's Hartsville Miller's Lambert's and Hope and arrivals and departures listed in AM and PM times. Trains run daily except Sunday according to J. Suira, Agent.
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