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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1897
Page
4
Central No. 188 and Citizens No. 187 offer home ownership with savings on rent. They provide direct or Building and Loan financing and advertise loans for farms and homes in the “New South.” An excursion with low rates is mentioned. Owlses & Williams Real Estate Loans and Insurance promote prompt, fair service.
A sequence of property ads lists numerous parcels and homes for sale or trade. Entries include six room houses on Cottage Avenue and Third Street near depots, large modern houses, cottages with wells and cisterns, and farms in Brown and Harrison townships. Prices range from 400 to 2 tentative figures, with notes on quick sale and trade options.
Multiple properties offered for rent including 3 and 4 room cottages with wells cisterns and outbuildings on Buros ville Pike Union and Franklin streets plus a bakery and store room on 6th street opposite Reeves factory. Rents range from 3.00 to 34.09 per month with terms shifting after April 1. Office contact offered and money to loan advertised.
Edinburg residents Arthur Ovestreet and Mary Roope returned from Franklin and Connersville respectively yesterday evening. Ed Lané came back from Vincennes while Ed Maley returned from Bedford by yesterday morning. Jos V Hilger went to Seymour and Wm Henderson and Marshal Schooler to Indianapolis. Ed Remy and attorney Chas Baker traveled to Seymour and Indianapolis. Mrs Norton and Hayes Hollowell planned short trips to Indianapolis and Browns Town. Frank May conducted a business trip to North Vernon for his saw mill.
A fiddling contest unfolds in Hope tonight drawing many city residents. Squire Statler cannot officiate as manager because of illness.
Co A Saltmarsh reports a careful survey of five peach bud varieties finding two killed and one fifth of the remainder alive. The survey beat prior fears of total loss. Separately, a Schwartzkop's opera house show tonight is expected to draw a full house with well known performers.
The Penn Company reports selling 2 21,000 mile books in December and 19 in January.
The Quick team startled by a switch engine at Shaffer's mill bolted west on Third street, smashing into Schwartzkopf's stone fence. No injuries or damage were reported, though many buggies and wagons crowded the street.
February 3 market notes show milder weather aiding shipping of fruits, vegetables, poultry, eggs, and butter. Grocers report good wholesale trade while dry goods quiet. leather prices steady, hides faintly active. Grain prices ease with various wheat corn and oats bids listed. hay prices given.
Advert reads boldly for world Center-114 cards of good Wood at J A George's. It touts the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway connection with the Big Four Route offering convenient service from Chicago St Louis Peoria Indianapolis Terre Haute LaFayette Benton Harbor Detroit Toledo Sandusky Springfield Dayton and intermediate points via Cincinnati. Features include Palace Sleeping Cars Wagner Sleeping Cars Buffet Parlor Cars and Dining Cars. Tickets via Big Four and C and O routes are encouraged.
Mrs. Nancy Hausier, residing with the Newton Spurgin family, celebrated her 94th birthday on the first of the month and is believed to be the oldest citizen in Columbus.
Ed Clark returns from North Vernon and A Spurgin comes back from Kentucky. Miss Ella Spalding of Columbus visits her parents. Mrs Galbrith from Columbus visits Saturday. Massie shipped a carload of stock Monday night. Turkeys shipped to New York. J M Thompson ships corn to Crothersville at eighteen cents a bushel. Wood contracts for next term at seventy five cents per cord. Community notes show busy shoemaker and lingering election prosperity.
In Hartsville the postmaster race ended with John B. Clapp winning 59 votes, over Clint Utter 42 and Albert Wertz 30 among six candidates. Clapp, a longtime resident and trader, has raised a family of six, with one son now serving as principal of the local school.
Our Mr. Turpin will have charge of the carrier boys routes hereafter and will collect on Saturday and Mondays. Route No. one carried by Ed Hosea and Route No. 3 carried by Ralph May will be collected on Monday. Route No. 2 carried by Edgar Abbott and Route No. 4 carried by Chas. Foster will be collected on Saturday. Kindly have your dime ready when Mr. Turpin calls.
Columbus markets show wheat at 86 cents per bushel corn 18 cents per bushel baild hay ten dollars per tun chickens five cents per pound reese five cents per pound eggs ten cents per dozen butter six to seven cents per pound turkeys eight cents per pound ducks six cents per pound coffee one dollar fifty three cents per package sugar forty three cents per pound canned goods five to eight cents per can beans soup two cents per pound marrowfat beans unspecified price kidney beans three cents per pound lima beans four cents per pound soap five cents per cake potatoes thirty cents per bushel apples unknown per bushel wine and turnips fifteen cents per bushel bacon and lard six cents per pound tobacco six cents per cut molasses twenty cents per gallon rice five cents per pound hominy fourteen cents per pound
The article argues that John S Crump, street railway proprietor, can secure enough electric light subscribers to justify buying a new dynamo. A successful sale would provide a dynamo for streetcars and independent currents for the lights, restoring reliable street car service.
Funeral of Mrs. Wmn Abbott conducted at the family home on 8th Street between Chestnut and California at 9 o'clock. Elders preside and burial follows at City Cemetery. Christian church pallbearers listed include Wt. Stricklands, Bradford, Sanith Jr, Tiomp son, N.C. Spargin, and Wm. Aboot Whe wer.
The article portrays J. T. Clapp and family members in church and civic roles, praising their public service. It notes 140 voters invited to vote, 130 cast, and declares unanimous support for Clapp as postmaster, joking about past wagon duties and huckster associations.
In Brown County news, Mrs. Samuel Pruitt at Becks Grove is ill, Edith Phillips’s daughter fell ill after diphtheria, and Samuel Walker arrives with hogs bought in Jackson County. Real estate and farming talk continue as Rich Phillips negotiates for Jacob Ault’s Becks Grove property while nurserymen Merril and Truax promote home stock. A protracted meeting with Rev. Frank Martin is slated at Becks Grove Christian Church.
Walter Brooks visited downtown after a severe grippe. Miss Monta Wells is very sick at her Chestnut Street home. The Beatty infant and spouse report their son is very ill. Belle Dennison of Maple Grove is able to go out again after illness. Joan Williams the railroad worker is quite sick.
Fragmentary OCR indicates Coal firm references Columbus Foes and Fox Co and assorted coal sizes. Readable segments show trade terms and product listings but lack clear dates or quantities. Summary highlights indicate a commercial notice or advertisement for anthracite coal offerings.
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