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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1896
Page
2
Editorial urges reviving the Brinkley furniture factory to employ many Columbus workers and lift the city from stagnation. It calls for a public meeting of interested parties, notes past mismanagement in township spending, and stresses the need for work to revitalize the local economy.
Editorial urges legislators to study corrupt trustee methods cited by the Indianapolis Journal. It calls strengthening laws governing town and school trustees in incorporated towns and condemns lax attention to local appropriations and tax spending.
The Central Union Telephone Company announces copper metallic circuits and long distance equipment to connect Columbus with major U.S. cities. Subscribers can expect quoted rates on request as the service rolls out with confidence from current users. Local firms and the central office discuss the new arrangements with manager visits offered.
The ad touts a toilet preparation with antisemodic properties claimed to cure chaps pimples and other imperfections. It promises clear smooth elastic skin and is sold only in bottles. Columbus Ind. manufactured by Ernest Stabbuth & Co Druggists.
The Cexreat Union Teremone Company unveils apparatus enabling two or more subscribers to share a single line without interfering with each other. The improvement lowers costs for users needing limited service and aims to expand party-line adoption with grounded or metallic circuits. Rates will be quoted on application to the Manager.
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