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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1897
Page
2
Local newspaper note states the Columbus post office is designated as second class matter. Editors H Kinney and Turpin are listed, with Gertrude Jett identified as society reporter.
Republican Tigret announces candidacy for U S House seat representing the district. He campaigns on fiscal restraint, strong national defense, and local economic growth, highlighting prior public service and community leadership.
A published letter criticizes pension delays blamed on Democrat Spencer while praising Republican rule. It contrasts last year’s stagnation with full factory operation and denies a Democratic authorship for a letter from Powell of Greensburg, with A M Browder disputing it.
A Louisville Dispatch clipping notes many new flourmills rising as proof of restored confidence and better times. The article argues that strong security now unlocks abundant borrowing, signaling a booming economy and renewed prosperity.
Bradstreet and Dunn publish a report arguing times are better. They contrast Republican leanings in the lower house with prospects if Lee is elected. They note the Ohio incident where Griffith nominations were manipulated but Major Lee refuses to disfranchise.
A Detroit style political appeal urges voters to back Major Charles Jee Lee next Tuesday. The piece attacks Griffith supporters and praises protective tariffs to revive factories, coal demand, and miner wages while promising an end to the strike.
A Vevay Reveille excerpt argues the United States leads money per person except France and warns free silver at 16 to 1 would end gold and paper money. An exchange tale contrasts a peaceful couple with a cat and dog, ending with a warning to bind them together to provoke a fight.
The Dixie Miller reports numerous flour milling projects including a 51 barrel mill at Pembroke Kentucky a 9 barrel mill at Taborville Missouri builds by J M Day Fasley S C Houstonia Missouri a 150 barrel mill by Houstonia Mills Gregg Tzell Ezell Virginia John Craven Bearsville West Virginia Nesbitt Presley Coddie J O Greaver Kerr's Creek West Virginia Davidson Bros Prairie Plains Tennessee J O Brown & Bro fety barrel mill Smithville Maryland work started on J A L Carp ter Americus Georgia Hedrick Rea Rothrock complete roller mill Lexington North Carolina Dyer Milling Company Dyer Tennessee near operation Pryor Cunningham Folsomdale Kentucky Rivers & Son Alachua Florida Mills in Cloverport Kentucky and Sewart West Virginia organizing to build Purina Mill Company St Louis Missouri contemplates new flouring mill Chipiona Milling Company Midland Texas incorporated with 25000 capital Triplett Thornbrough building 40 barrel mill Knob Noster Missouri S Hardman completed a flour mill Smithville West Virginia Corn mills and elevators noted Pilcher Takeloth plan 400 bushel corn mill Dothan Alabama J S Hynds Manufacturing to build a corn mill Gainesville Georgia Cowala Milling to erect large wheat warehouse Canadian Texas Argentine Elevator Company incorporated Kansas City Missouri with 20000 capital 6 G S Saxton to build buckwheat mill Wytheville Virginia Louisville Dispatch article.
The Democrat comments on Eastern capitalists schemes to seize Brown County land for a game reserve. It argues wild regions could be restored and stocked with deer wild turkeys and other fowls but deems such outcomes visionary not probable. It warns that eastern plutocrats might depopulate the county for the gold standard yet notes locals would resist selling homes and farms to wild beasts for plutocrats.
The Indianapolis Daily and Weekly Sentinel reports record circulation as it promises thorough service with dispatches from foreign countries. It urges Indiana readers to subscribe to the state paper and directs remittances to the office.
The item cites Woman's Home Companion urging thrifty use of waists and matching colors for dreary days. It reports Mr McDonald, once of Mt Healthy, visiting Oregon. Wm E Newcomb retires from the Columbus Democrat editorship. Local politics show Browder blocked by Weary Watkins in Columbus. Farmers busy with wheat crop expect higher yields this year, per Seymour Rep.
The habeas corpus proceeding filed by Wm. Brown will be heard by Judge Gibson tomorrow. Brown, a Cementville tough, allegedly assaulted Conductor Wilbur Robertson and Brakeman George Shipman on a PC&C train at Sellersburg while drunk.
Local merchants report exceptionally fine peaches delivered from Kentucky. Stadler anticipates a large supply arriving soon, boosted by recent shipments and strong demand in the area.
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