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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1897
Page
4
Owens Williams Real Estate offers home ownership and loan options with liberal terms. Advertising bargains include farm or home investments in the New South and bi monthly excursions with low rates.
A sequence of properties lists cottages, farms, and big houses for sale or trade. Notable items include No 68 a six room bouwse with barn and outbuildings, No 70 a large modern house on Ratesios Ave, and No 84 a 210 acre farm in Clifty Township with extensive improvements. Prices range from 400 to 7,000 with various terms.
A local real estate list offers multiple rental options on Burns ville Pike and Franklin Street including No 4 Broom cottage with outbuildings at 50 per month, No 8 at 1528 Franklin for 3 per month rising to 1 later, No 3 bakery and store on 6th Street near Reeves factory, No 14 four room cottage near Ursa, Nos 31 82 34 37 cottages with rents from 3.90 to 8.00 per month, plus a 1328 Frank Ha street four room cottage at 8.00. Office can provide more properties for sale trade or rent and loans are available.
The estate of Agnes Graham is settled with a bond of $24,000 filed and accepted by the county clerk. Bondsmen include John Stobo, Joe Graham, and Thomas Graham.
The Herald blasts police, city marshal, and Mayor Beck for eyes closed to crime after a Star report on a Sunday craps game. The piece defends Republican officials and accuses the Democratic Herald of bias, urging confession if officials were Democrats.
On Union street residents demand an inspection by the city council for the unpaved sidewalk condition. They note that in rain the street is nearly impassable, especially for ladies, and seek immediate remediation.
Mayor Beck announces strict enforcement of a curfew for minors, warning that youths out late and in bad company will be restricted. The move aims to help mothers track their children at night and improve safety in the city.
Edgar Wagner filed a civil suit against Wm. H. Thompson Vincent Thompson and John A. Loyd alleging a $150 note. M. D. Emig represents the plaintiff.
The fragment mentions J. A. George and eight loads of wood, but provides no clear event, date, or outcome. Further readable details are needed to craft a full summary and accurate headline.
Dunlap and Coats awarded the contract to furnish the woodwork for the Rush County courthouse with the lowest bid. The project is sizable and will keep the factory operating at full capacity for several months to complete the job.
The Reeves & Co directors did not resume their session yesterday morning due to Marshall Reeves illness. Officers for the ensuing year were to be elected yesterday, but the meeting was indefinitely postponed.
In city news a young society group hosts a domino party at City Hall on Monday evening February 22. Attendees will wear long black gowns with masks until after several dances. Also listed is cheap storage space for rent and a personnel note about Miss Cora Johnson ending her tenure at Kinney Kinney.
Two men who gave the names P. J. McNeney and B. L. Madison of Indianapolis were arrested on suspicion of offering township trustees a bribe. They claimed to represent Madison & Co dealers in school supplies. They stayed at the National hotel in Bloomington, met trustees, and reportedly had liquor on site. Police traced them to sixth street and detained them for telegraphing to Indianapolis, with habeas corpus sought and plans to be held until Monday morning.
A Vermont reader asks for the Columbus Star to send the January 24 sermon by Rev. Darling on Babylon’s Vanity. The letter comments on high real estate asking prices, contrasting a $5,000 half-naked lot and Bloomington prices around $500 for a lot, noting the impact on growth.
A reflective verse by L C Seal on time as ally and deceiver, noting how life fades from manhood to age and how time both wounds and soothes, set in Columbus Indiana on February 6 1897.
Harvey G. McCaslin, sued for divorce by his wife Eva, married Esther Murphy of Nashville, aged seventeen, after the divorce was granted. Murphy had been a domestic in the McCaslin home for three years, and the marriage fuels speculation about the couple’s prior intimacy and the divorce motive. The pair will reside on McCaslin’s large farm south of town, drawing wide comment.
Mr. Lucas of Indianapolis will deliver a lecture titled Smiles and Tears at Petersville M. E Church Wednesday night. It marks the fifth lecture of the season at that venue.
Mrs John Robinson of Maple Grove was taken ill Sunday night with stomach congestion. Mrs Dicky of Cottage Avenue is very ill with lung fever.
A middle aged man and a young woman were seen intoxicated on the street yesterday. Local readers note they are strangers to Columbus and condemn the scene as disgraceful and inappropriate public behavior.
The funeral for Micheal Davis was held yesterday afternoon at the Ohio Chapel Ohio Township with Rev. Sims officiating. Interment followed in the chapel cemetery. John Williamson’s funeral, pending details, will be held Wednesday at 10 30 AM at the Christian church. Rev. Sweeney will conduct, with burial at Garland Brook Cemetery.
A crowded stream of visits and travel notes fills this column. Dr Bland of Edinburg and Dr Coleman return from visits to Edinburg and Indiana polis. Mr Haigh comes back after Madison. Various locals like S A Wilson of Franklin and Chas Wells of Indianapolis are cited for calls. Mentions include Ward Salmond heading to Terre Haute, Drumbeat about a dangerous boiler, and a reference to local public disputes over recent newspaper content.
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