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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1897
Page
1
The column lists church goers, contractor updates, traders like A R Anderson in E town and Dr. Norton in the city, treated with vendor pitches and political nudges. It mentions Kate Rubottom’s stenographer role, Marion Misses visiting Indianapolis, and plans for a street fair to replace fall races.
The notice calls attention to a change in the Big Four time card to take effect Monday August 30. The item mentions local figures and quotes from residents, plus references to subscriptions and local politics in Mt. Liberty and surrounding areas.
A collage of church events includes United Brethren morning sermon on Defeat and Victory and farewell evening discourse Christ all in all. St Pauls features violin and mandolin music with aging attendees honored for longevity, plus Holy Eucharist at 10 45 and sermons on religious knowledge and God’s goodness. Weekly notices list YPCC activities, fruit stand updates, and travel notes from Misses Wells Montgomery and Miss Dickey.
The couple Love Boone and Myrtle Barley plan to marry September 5 at 4 o’clock at the groom’s home at 16th and Sycamore. Rev. Dr. Curtis will perform the ceremony. The note also urges readers to settle unpaid newspaper bills.
J. Petery, A. O. Merick, J. Huffman and John Anderson arrived yesterday on the early train. They were a bit tired but an old soldier endures such hardship with good humor.
ACCIDENT and SICK BENEFIT insurance drive promoted by Kinney and Kinney with small premiums payable monthly. H H Hanna reports seven of eleven Saratoga currency commission appointees have accepted and expects backing from business leaders Congress and the administration. A Courier Journal item notes Columbus needs an inspector of Health and suggests reappointing David Chitty while health costs should not hinder preventive action.
The source notes that among those familiar with the track the prevailing view is a time of 2 00 or faster. Franklin Star.
Mrs. Elien Quick of Petersville visits her daughter Miss Lillian with Mrs. Oakla and Mary Prather of Franklin who have returned home. Many residents travel to Indianapolis and Terre Haute for visits and events as Presiding Elder Campbell conducts meetings.
A brisk morning spectacle in Columbus featured a fox squirrel racing from a fire house to the city building and the Y M C A stairs. Bob Kinsey briefly led the fire crew before the squirrel slipped free and escaped, with a later capture reported.
The G. A. K. boys express pleasure that Cincinnati has been chosen for the next encampment, marking a favorable outcome for the delegation and local supporters.
In Greencastle Carl Jordan son of Col. Henry Jordan and Evansville Courier staffer died of typhoid fever. Mrs Sarah Lyte Johnson, of Logansport and widow of the late William Johnson, died aged and ill in Aug. Ex-county clerk Geo I Richmine and son Frederick join men for Klondyke expedition amid Alaska gold stock talks. The wire mill strike at Annperson ends with open mill policy starting Monday. John Gaehl, 40, dies after a hay unloading accident in Shelbyville, leaving a family.
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