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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1897
Page
2
Columbus city editor notes the city council will pave with asphalt, praising improvements to Washington street and the brick street on Seymour. The author predicts fewer duck holes as streets modernize and urges continued work. The piece closes with a report that railroad earnings rise nationwide, with July totals up eight percent from 1894.
Comptroller Eckels told the American Bankers Association on August 18, 1897 that persistent low mood in finance has ended. He cited five years of enforced economy and halting speculation, plus a rich harvest at remunerative prices for farmers, as signs of a coming prosperity for the people.
Bradstreets notes a broad advance in July prices for corn oats hay potatoes wheat beans cotton seed oil hemp beeves bacon lard rice eggs mutton cotton tobacco wool and other farm products. The rise indicates a healthier demand and improved prospects for American farmers who have long lacked shares of labor rewards.
Nationwide business conditions improve as several plants restart or expand. Norwalk Woolen Mills resumes operations with potential night shifts. Alabama Rolling Mills Birmingham and Howard Harrison Iron Co Bessem er Alabama increase workforces. Scranton Providence Mine to resume after two years. Newcastle Delaware Iron Works hires 500. Newark wallpaper plant and Edgemoor Iron Co increase staff. Nashville coal miners get 20 cent per ton raise. New Jersey pottery wage increases. Southern Railway returns workers to nine hour days. Hutchinson Mfg Walker Conn to resume.
The council approved paving of Washington street, expressing frustration that the move was delayed but asserting the present council has done something future generations will be proud of.
Reports on the just-ended fiscal year reveal that most export earnings flowed to farmers. Cattle exports totaled 86 357 451 dollars while barley and corn brought in 7 646 384 and 54 087 152 dollars respectively. Other top totals include wheat 59 950 178 dollars cotton 230 890 971 dollars and provisions 137 138 804 dollars.
Dun's Review of last week notes broad trade gains and encouraging crop prospects across cities. It cites many buyers from the country, rising stocks, bank clearings, railroad earnings, heavy product speculation, especially in wheat, making the week notably notable compared with 1879.
The play Side Tracked starring Jule Walters draws praise for its refreshed scenes and impressive mechanical effects at Crump's Theatre. The Columbus Star credits Seymour with stronger utilization of opportunities than Columbus, while rival coverage notes the rival press appreciates the show. The piece hints at local political intrigue around Marion Griffith and populist votes in the district.
The so called Silver Republicans are described as not true Republicans and are working closely with Silver Democrats. Ex Congressmen Towne is shown urging Ohio Populists to oppose a separate ticket and bolster the Silver Democratic candidate for the U S Senate, exposing the group’s true aim.
The Democratic Senator McEnery returns after backing the Republican Dingley tariff law. His cross party support surprised many and was cheered by thousands of Democrats in New Orleans for his endorsement and vote on the tariff bill.
The Seymour faction boasts it is the most enterprising city in Southern Indiana while Columbus papers concede Seymour's progress over time. They claim Seymour is the beat city between Indianapolis and Louisville and the best of its size in the region. The text notes enforcement of Indiana cigarette laws is shrinking tobacco trade, with wholesalers dropping their roles and major manufacturers acknowledging the slowing market.
The Sterling Remedy Co of Chicago and New York has closed a contract to place No-To-Bac Cascarets in this paper. The company values the newspaper as an advertising medium and offers an absolute guarantee to cure or money back. Retail druggists are authorized to sell No-To-Bac guaranteed tobacco habit care Cascarets with no risk to buyers.
The text promotes The Sentinel as Indiana’s leading state newspaper with broad circulation. It touts upcoming year coverage of McKinley era cabinet and administration, state capital news, and Republican state government, urging all readers to subscribe to receive twelve pages of the latest news locally and from abroad.
The Seymour Journal defends the town’s brick streets as clean. Til Caldwell of Indianapolis, brother of George W. Caldwell, is home on a two week vacation and improving after a illness. Mose Condon clarifies it was not his wife blamed by the Times but someone else. A social at Hon. P. H. McCormack residence netted about $40 for church. Wm. Halsey travels to Chicago to witness the Star Poloter and Joe Patchen race.
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