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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1897
Page
2
The fire at Valparaiso caused extensive damage on Wednesday as Mr Nicholson's usury bill faced a legal cap of 6 percent interest and 9 percent cap on contracts. The rights and privileges committee delivered two reports with a 64 to 30 majority adopting the minority report.
A letter urges OurR and Hopes to fund proper fire protection with cisterns and a capable engine. It warns against buying cheap imperial goods and stresses higher upfront costs for long term savings and safer town life.
Local church notes Rev. Fenwieck Fraser on the sick list with illness prompting absence from services as parishioners pray for swift recovery.
Ex governor Matthews shipped his household goods and horses to Clinton and travelled to Greensburg for a few days. He plans to California next week with Mrs Matthews to seek health, returning by April to settle on the Clinton farm. In Indianapolis they are missed for their admired administration. He jokes about not leaving the plow until political bridges appear.
Travel to the McKinley inauguration via the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and the Big Four Route. Connects Chicago St Louis Peoria Indianapolis Terre Haute LaFayette Benton Harbor Detroit Toledo Sandusky Springfield Dayton and intermediate points with palace sleeping cars from St. Louis and Indianapolis. Trains feature Wagner sleeping cars buffet parlor cars and dining cars. Tickets available via Big Four and O and O Routes.
Our Mr Turpin will have charge of the carrier boys routes hereafter and will collect on Saturday and Mondays. Route No 1 carried by Ed Hosea and No 3 carried by Ralph May will be collected on Monday. No 2 carried by Edgar Abbott and No 4 carried by Chas Foster will be collected on Saturday. Kindly have your dime ready when Mr Turpin calls.
The notice advertises dry beech block and stove wood supplied by Columbus Fuel and Ice Co. The message is brief and businesslike, indicating available firewood products.
Five hundred Russian immigrant children educated under the Paron de Hirsch Fund at the Educational Alliance in East Broadway, New York, competed for Patria club prizes for best salute to the flag and best patriotic song. The event featured American flags, national colors, and a Lincoln bust given by the Patria club, with pupils chanting loyalty to the United States and singing The Stars and Stripes Forever.
A Washington Star piece notes rubber plants and palms should be repotted in spring after storms, with careful location to avoid drafts. Keep leaves dust free, provide light, and indoor warmth for vigor. Orchids rise in popularity with roses and violets remaining staples as the season starts.
A private letter from Africa recalls a Uganda mission station visit where natives welcomed the English ladies with wit and candor. They nicknamed the visitors slender middled and joked about sleeves as storage for food, illustrating naive views of fashion from a distant culture. The piece ends noting such unprejudiced, unmitigated savage perspectives.
Charles I started races in Hyde Park London. Puritans suppressed them during the Commonwealth. Charles II revived the event and gave winners silver cups valued at 100 guineas each.
The Courier Journal will switch to a twice weekly format with Wednesday news and politics and Saturday stories and features. Each issue expands to six pages, totaling 104 pages or 832 columns annually, at $1 per year, with Henry Watterson slated for daily editorials.
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