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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1896
Page
4
The case of the state versus Jacob Smetzer ended Friday with a jury acquittal. Court will reconvene December 29 to settle issues and proceed with general court business. Local notices discuss property sales, a Christmas ball, jail and court house work, and various personal notices.
Herman Hall of Azalia visiting Purdue University returns home for the holiday. He starred as Purdue end rusher and injured knee but is recovered. Harrison club hosts a grand ball Christmas Eve at Columbus City Hall with Schuurs rehestiva and Lory Ostard providing music. tickets and ads urged.
Doral Ogden returned from Indiana with a new patent zinc amid praise from officials of the W W Telegraph Company. The firm, long testing zinc solutions, approved the invention as cheaper and simpler. A public exhibition is planned next week, with Ogden seeking to form a stock company or sell the patent. Colum bus tycoons urged to note the development.
A man posing as a United States detective robbed James Hamblen in Hamblen township and tied him up after forcing entry. He then assaulted Hamblen’s two daughters aged 12 and 4 before escaping with about 19 to 20 dollars. A posse pursued and traced the suspect to Greasy Creek by Saturday. If caught, Judge Lynch is expected to preside.
Mrs. George Getz of Union Township died yesterday from cancer. Mrs. W. H. Stevens was to be married at the M E church this morning. The concert program titled And They Were Shepherds featured a Christmas restative and aria by Turpin.
All are invited to attend the Harricot Cub Ball at City Hall on Christmas Eve. Photographer Ferguson reports brisk holiday business with about thirty life sized portrait orders for Xmas gifts and two extra assistants being hired. Councilman Ed Romine recently completed a seven room house for John M. Devie and Mr. Davis praises the work.
Dr Ballentine presents a test of genuine homeopathic remedies to prove superiority over bogus cures. He claims hundreds cured under his care and asserts his physician‑made line delivers quicker relief than any standard drugstore medicine.
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