Matters of Interest Flawed to the Grain for Busy Readers
Mrs Ward Salmond is ill at her home on Ninth and Mechanice. Wells Griffith and wife returned from Nort Vernon where they attended the Jennings county fair. George Coon and Will Beatty attended the fair in North Vernon Thursday. Fred Kollmeyer of Columbus was here last evening. Mrs J F Cox and daughter visit Franklin friends. C W Lee is named as best man for Congress from the Fourth District. George Birt promotes Washington's Korn Cracker and will open at N Salingers & Son stand today. Miss May Orrill of Columbus visited Cortland and returned home. Seymour Demn and Mrs Sallie Brudel with children passed through en route to Dupont. Mrs George Bosse is improving after rumors of typhoid fever refuted by Dr MacCoy. Brick street work continues despite heat. Capital Waving Co. aims for a first class job. Rep Omer Miler, ex Times employee and Mourning Sun founder, is now in Indianapolis in a job office.
Personal Notes and Local Social Roundup
Mrs. T. A. Garrison and son visited Edinburg friends while many residents and visitors travel to towns like Franklin Indianapolis and North Vernon. Names include Ditmars Washburn Denham Ong Glick Price Barrett Hall. A burial for Mrs. Davis was held in Columbus. Election reminders urge voting early at downtown Star and notes on local business and press expansion.
Prosperity Spreads Across Indiana and Nation
The era brings renewed activity as rail and industry rebound. Jeffersonville Car Works Co. orders 59 cars, Reading Iron Co. resumes in Danville, and wheat and hay prices rise while farm wages improve. Mexico may adopt the gold standard, and rail unions report high employment and rising wages amid broad economic recovery.
Thomas Hull Illness Tied to Columbus Iron Co. Chief
Thomas Hull, genial proprietor of the Columbus Iron Manufacturing Co., suffered two severe paralytic strokes and remains weak at home on Chestnut Street. A plan to seek health at Ashville is mentioned, with friends wishing him a speedy recovery. The item notes a local fire department praise and regional news items including a Niagara Falls excursion and farm mortgage data from 1896 to 1897.
Local notes and jests from the Star’s readers
Local items report travel by A Van Den Ande and D C Stoll with kin, social visits by Lulu Rau ottom and Misses Gilday and Lambert, plus notes on Schaffer Mill’s 3000 bu daily corn, and a sharp rebuke to Mr Dennison. The column mixes travel tidbits, humor, and opinionated editorial venom.
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Schaffer Mill
Welcome L. K. Andrews to Columbus Photographic Gallery
Buffalo photographer L. K. Andrews moves to Columbus to operate and retouch at Ferguson's Photographic Gallery. Revered as a rare talent with a large Rochester gallery background, he is welcomed by the city and the Star as a permanent addition and a desirable citizen.
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Baseball Standings and Local Social Event Mention
The column lists National League standings with teams and records, followed by a local lawn social hosted by the English Lutheran church for Sunday school members, offering free ice cream and cake from seven to eight. It notes tickets will be distributed next Sunday morning. Later, a police officer is described as having euthanized a suffering dog with his mace near the post office.
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English Lutheran Church
McCalip
Perseids Set to Light Up Sky From Cassiopeia Point
On the evenings of the 9th and 10th readers are urged to watch for meteors or shooting stars, especially in the northeast sky. Observers should note multiple meteors radiating from a single point below Cassiopeia, a familiar Perseid display typical for this season. Miss Maggie McQueen of Clifford departed yesterday for an extended visit with friends in Christport Va.
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Cassiopeia
Maggie McQueen
Clifford
Christport
Voulland Furnishings Furnish New Kerr Residence
Fred Voulland through Wege & Co furnishes the furnace for the new and elegant Kerr residence, detailing the stylish installation and upmarket equipment. The project highlights quality craftsmanship and the involvement of a noted supplier in the local housing scene.
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Ieorge. Kerr
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