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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1896

Page

2

Local Government Officials and Schedules List

Coroner A Rice County Assessor J 8 Brown and other officials listed. Circuit Court meets February May September and December Mondays. Commissioner Court holds first Mondays in March June September and December. City and county officers across towns including Taylorsville Nineveh Columbus and Jackson shown with names and titles.

A. Rice J. 8. Brown J. L. Kyte H. C. Harris E. B. Newby Hawcreek Geo. C. Moore Hope Flatrock O. Dodd St. Louis Cross German B. McEvenne Tayloreville Nineveh Stucker Taylorsville Q Union Peter M. Daum Columbus Clifty W. N. Bradley Newbern Clay Gun Miller Nortonsburg M. V. Jewell Harrison James Parks Rockcreek J. W. Wright J. W. Wright, Grammer, Sandcreek W. E. Springer Wayne Wm. Wiseman Jonesville Ohio W. H. Smith Ogilville Jackson J. J. Meyers Waymansville J. A. Wade

Fire Alarm Box Locations Listed for Several Intersections

A list details fire alarm box sites at numerous city intersections including 12-Second and Jackson, 13-Fifth and Brown, 14-Fifth and Washington, 15-Seventh and Jackson, 16-Third and Washington, 17-Mooney's Tannery, 18-Starch Works, 21-Second and Franklin, 23-Eighth and Franklin, 24-Fleventh and Franklin, 25-Fourteenth and Franklin, 26-Sixth and Mechanic, 31-Third and Pearl, 34-Fifth and Sycamore, 35-Ninth and Sycamore, 386-Thirteenth and Sycamore, 43-Seventh and Chestnut, 45-Fifth and Wilton, 46-Eighth and Union, 52-Reeves Pulley Works, 53-tenth and Hutchings Avenue, 55-Sixteenth and California, and 57-Seventh and a Orinoco Av211.

Jackson Brown Washington Mooney’s Tannery Starch Works Franklin Fleventh Mechanic Pearl Sycamore

Trains From Pennsylvania Depot Timed For Indianapolis Louisville Madison

Rail schedule effective November 15 lists trains from the Pennsylvania passenger depot to Indianapolis Louisville Madison and Campionce City. Service includes daily and Sunday-except trains with morning and afternoon times for each destination and agent Wy, Dowet.

Pennsylvania Indianapolis

Central Union and Long Distance Telephone Service Expansion

Columbus now connected by Central Union and Long Distance Telephone lines to major U S cities. Local firms in Columbus have discussed with firms in New York Pittsburg Philadelphia and other cities. The Central Union Telephone Company offers copper metallic circuits and long distance equipment with rate quotes on request.

Columbus Central Union United States New York Pittsburg Philadelphia Piqua Dayton Cincinati Cleveland Hamilton Cadasure Chicago Detroit Mich South Bend Terre Haute Ind Central Union Telephone ‘Company

John R McLean and the Enquirer’s enduring success

A historical note extols John R. McLean and the Cincinnati Enquirer for stability and growth. It highlights steady prices, rising circulation, and claimed truth telling as factors driving popularity, with emphasis on the publisher’s policy of factual reporting and broad public support.

United States Cincinnati Enquirer John R. McLean Daily Enquirer Enquirer McLean Wrirer

Monotony and suicide in young women discussed by physicians

Physicians describe cases where young women past age 25 kill themselves amid poverty, illness, and social misery. They note a pattern across maladies and call it pyromania, kleptomania, or hysteria, with monotony driving some to self harm. A question about weights and gravity is explained from the St Louis Republic.

Philadelphia Times East St. Louis Earth Globe St. Louis Republic

The Boy Tom and His Finances Cause Family Fracas

In a Chicago Times-Herald item a couple quarrels over a letter from Tom. The husband scolds for mischief and bills while threatening to halt Tom’s allowance. The wife defends the boy as young and promising despite the tailor bill and rising costs.

Tom Rascal Chicago Times-Herald

Superstitions Shape Numbers in European Cities

A tourist notes scarce houses with number 13 in Rome replaced by 12b or ida while Berlin resists changing shop numbers from 18 to 12b and Frankfurt allows changes by authorities. A Dublin journalist recalls a drowning warning in the Liffey becoming tomorrow’s paragraph, and George Du Maurier's portrait of Trilby’s author sparks jokes about wings or a cloven tail.

Rome Germany Berlin Frankfort New York Tribune Dublin Liffey London George du Maurier

Cleaning Day Chaos in a Rural Home

Florence Montgomery in Good Housekeeping describes a busy household awaiting company. A narrator battles dust, clutter, and noises as a wagon approaches, fearing a dreadful visitor but finding it her father returning home.

D.a Kakm Mercy Sally Ann Father Florence Montgomery Good Housekeeping

Russian Papers and American Reading Habits

A survey describes Russian newspapers in Moscow and St Petersburg with diverse titles such as The New Times The Neva and The Old News. It notes English readers rarely engage Russian language press and cites Warsaw as another center with multiple gazette titles.

United States Sun Gazette Press Observer Star Courier Bulletin Advertiser Eagle St. Petersburg Medical Journal War Office Moscow Viedomosti Gorodskoe Politsii Police Gazette Novoye Vremya The New Times Warsaw Warsaw Police Gazette Gazeta Warsaw Gazette New York Sun

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Bacon Otto Noblitt Q. J. Noblitt Fifth Street Indiana Columbus, Hope & Q Reensburg Cincinnati Greensburg 'S Ewington Barney's Hartaville Crossing Miller's Lambert's BL Shea Dr. Newton George Werner Isaigh B Barrett John Walker Vincent Thompson H.G. Butler John K. Rights Township Trustees Wm. J. Beck John Suverkrup James Sibley Wmn Schooler John W. Donaker Levi Hege Wm. Collins Frank Crump Ben. Patterson Herman Rostee W. W. Adame Wmn. McCullough Ben. Parker H. Schoonover AI. Stevens San Louisville Madison Campliwnce City Dowet Telephone Companies U.S Blickensaerfer No Pri du Maurier Holter Skelter Spectin Company Philadelphia Press Jimson
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