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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1897
Page
2
Citizens vote to buy a hearse by voluntary subscriptions creating a joint stock concern. Each subscriber pays one dollar with a pro viso for future rebates if stock is used. The Lubecker plans a first class funeral with plumes and keeps his money.
Wrecks blamed on names ending with the letter a draw notes from San Francisco and Alaska. The British ships Androsa Oreatia Villanta Walapa and Dora are cited with drownings and beaching. A Me suis xe incident follows a bizarre fingertip reunion after a bicycle accident. A Chicago court case draws 109 lawyers for a $1 00 000 sewer tax dispute, highlighting separate and committee options.
A summary of farm mortgage balances in 10 counties for the year to June 1, 1897 shows $980,235 in new mortgages and $1,533,271 paid off. In the Fourth district, for the same period, mortgage activity equaled $1.465 paid per dollar placed. The piece also contrasts federal budget surpluses under Cleveland and McKinley, noting $21,720,014 surplus over 44 months of Cleveland versus $29,082,847 under McKinley in 1897, with four months of McKinley showing higher totals by $7,362,833. It lists monthly surpluses for June and March to May.
The Indianapolis Daily and Weekly Sentinel promises abundant news for a year with Daily and Weekly editions and a twelve page Weekly Sentinel. It proclaims Republican state government control and wide circulation from state and foreign dispatches urging readers to subscribe and remit payments.
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