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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1897
Page
8
Compact old notice promoting home ownership and rent-saving options. Mentions owning a home, cash payments, flexible terms, and a real estate firm handling farms, loans, and insurance. Notes partial list of bargains and ongoing inventory updates.
Advertisements offer house listings Nos 63 70 71 73 74 76 77 79 89 8 82 84 in Brown County and nearby townships. Properties include six room houses cottages with cisterns wells barns and outbuildings with prices from 700 to 4200, some with trade options or cash incentives, plus a 15 acre site in Ohio township and 110 acre Clifty Township farm. Bargains require prompt payment or flexible terms.
A collage of rental notices for cottages, houses, a bakery and store room, and other properties in Columbus. Listings include locations on Durnes Ville Pike, Franklta street, 6th street opposite Reeves factory, Union, East Columbus near Meat Market, Tenth Street between Wilson and Eliot, and Franklin streets. Monthly rents range from 1.00 to 4.00 with some terms changing April 1st. notices invite inquiries and note available loans.
A Columbus man reports youths entering the T.G. Quick warehouse about 3 am last week. The minors, both girls and boys, were chased away by bystanders. The publisher warns parents to monitor their children and notes leniency will not continue. The item also contains a fragment about a sale at Meyers Fiegenbaums and a Columbus report on damaged fruit buds.
Rev Z T Sweeney will dedicate the new Christian Church at Washington Indiana on the 21st of this month Washington residents who do not hear him will miss a rare treat and opportunity to hear a noted preacher.
C A Smith remains deputy sheriff of Brown County while his blood-hounds stay in Columbus. He will be in Brown only when on duty, a move welcomed by locals who value his deterrent work. Kinney and Kinney offer a $20 real estate secured loan.
Mrs. Fred Cahn has recovered from a thigh injury after a fall and is now able to sit up again.
An advertisement offers the Indianapolis Weekly Journal and the Weekly Star together for one year at a price of 1.50. The deal targets readers seeking both papers in a bundled subscription.
Seneca D. Snyder and Maybelle Mc Farling along with Paul P. Taylor and Lulu Maud Taylor are listed as involved parties in a social wedding notice. The snippet names two couples, indicating a forthcoming ceremony or engagement detail in local society notes.
Mr. Richard Thomas told a Star reporter yesterday that circulating reports of the Cerealine mills here reopening are untrue and have no basis. He stated there is no truth to the matter and declined further comment.
Our Mr Turpin will handle carrier boys routes and collect on Saturday and Mondays. Route No 1 Ed Hosea and No 3 Ralph May collected on Monday. Route No 2 Edgar Abbott and No 4 Chas Foster collected on Saturday. Turpin will call. have your dime ready. Also an opportunity to solicit and collect 10 hours daily by honest steady work with W A Sweet at 509 Washington Street Columbus Ind.
A school poem honors the first year high school class through the colors blue and wine. It likens growth to climbing mountains and navigating life’s seas, promising strength, honesty, and an honored name. The piece envisions future success and pride as the class remains true to its colors and strives for prominence.
The MORNING STAR invites non subscribers to review the paper and compare with others in the city. It pledges to be a new, home paper delivered several days weekly for ten cents and offers varied job printing services.
Gora Daniels and Gertie Bell were linked to a porch theft on 2nd Street, with four overshoes and three umbrellas taken last week. Items were found in their possession and returned to owners. both denied involvement while marshals credit their capture and urge action by offended parties.
The great sale is a success and continues at Meyer and Fiegenbaums following earlier promotions at J A Georges. Shoppers flock to discount offerings as bargains persist into the week.
Rumor circulates of a boxing bout between a slugger from Indianapolis and a Kentucky fighter from Louisville to be held at the old Cereatine mill on an upper floor. Local police would attend and arrest all involved if the event proceeds. many outsiders from nearby towns are expected.
Genuine Pittsburg at J A Georges daily Stars offer for the Indianapolis Weekly Journal. Subscriptions available at one year for five dollars.
Li P. Fisuer announces a sale of fire damaged pianos organs violins and mandolins in Irwin block on 5th street opposite the fire department. Rare bargains offered this week during the sale event.
In response to inquiries Mr Crump states mule cars are not yet set for full day service. He hopes to secure more subscribers to install an extra generator and arrange with the Insurance Board to begin electric car operation. Meanwhile schedules will run one mule car trip per day on each circuit.
A schedule of services and meetings at Tabernacle UnitedBrethren Presbyterians M E Churches and St Pauls noting class meetings, sermons on topics such as The Master Hymn of the Ages and The Devil's Black Right Hand, Sunday School and youth activities, brigade gatherings, and a weeklong mission meeting starting next Monday.
An early Star notice promotes dry wood cheap at J A George's and a large wood sale. A separate poultry item claims seventeen hens and a rooster were advertised and sold within four hours. Joe Wooley, the buyer, seeks more chickens. The paper touts advertising value.
Karl Owens infant son of Albert Owens is very sick. Harry Duffy is out after la grippe. Christine Turpin improves from a severe cold. Mrs. Jack Gilday is not better. Prof. Carnagey confined at home by la grippe. Joe Young ill with grippe can partly attend to business. Clarence Havens, Postoffice night clerk, off duty due to grippe. The three year old daughter of att...
A representative for Bley conducted the sale this week in Shelbyville, handling arrangements and overseeing proceedings.
S. W. Daugherty departs this morning for a two week trip through Kentucky on pension business. He is recognized as one of the state’s best pension authorities, having secured pensions for many old soldiers. Rev. Brewer of A M E Church secured an organ for the church and is now collecting funds for chairs, urging public support for Christ’s work.
DiY Wood workers report tird issues at Hatdle Factory with defective logs and tirds affecting daily output. Management investigates the irregularities and coordinates with quality control to identify causes and implement fixes. Production teams anticipate improved efficiency after corrective actions.
In an interview Crump says solicitors for a new lighting circuit are progressing and he may need 2000 to 3000 dollars to install another generator and rewire. If insufficient lights are contracted or insurance rules persist, he may abandon running the electric street cars, which employ seven men, a loss for Columbus. The piece argues for public support to keep the electric railway.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway links Chicago and many Midwest cities to Washington via the Big Four Route. Palace Sleeping Cars from St. Louis and Indianapolis advertised. The line touts scenery, historical interest, and luxurious Wagner Sleeping Cars Bullet Parlor Cars and Dining Cars on all trains. Tickets urged via Big Four and 1G and O routes.
Bargains appear in a wood vat handle factory column, noting deals and prices. The item mentions gd 3t and cross-column reference to aa, suggesting a promotional snippet within a trade page. Read as a catalog-style tease with limited context and emphasis on potential discounts.
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