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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1897
Page
5
A newspaper ad lists numerous properties for sale or trade including three room cottages on Franklin Street with outbuildings and wells, larger farms in Brown and Harrison counties, and city lots. Prices range from 600 to 15 000 with terms like small cash payments and easy balances.
Regular council meeting in session with Mayor Beck presiding. Water works supervisor granted exclusive right to tap water mains while health board proposes weed cleanup, alley sanitation and enforcement staff. Zoning remonstrance against Washington street paving filed. hog limits set. auction notice for The Butcher George Werner of Maple Grove listing six sows and six additional pigs to be sold.
Local items show merchants arguing over honest sales and customer needs, with a divorce suit filed by Jane Lawhead against William, plus an ordinance for paving sections of Washington, Fourth and Fifth streets. Council actions include budget cuts for absences and multiple notices about insurance and job work.
Southern Railway offers one way and round trip tickets from Louisville to Chattanooga at $6.10 and $6.55 with varying return dates. Service doubles daily, departures 7:45 am and 7:35 pm, with an overnight compartment sleeper on the evening train. Informational contact: William H. Tayloe, 216 Fourth Avenue Louisville Ky.
The text questions who endorses the quality of substitutes repeatedly urged on careless buyers. It reflects on consumer advocacy and the doubt cast on assurances from sellers, prompting readers to scrutinize claims and seek reliable evaluation.
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