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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1897
Page
4
Owens & Williams Real Estate offers homes for sale with rent savings and liberal financing options via direct or Building and Loan. Partial list of bargains grows daily with calls invited. Excursions twice a month with low rates.
A catalog of houses, farms, and land offers across Columbus and Brown counties. Listings include six room houses, cottages, 4 room dwellings, large lots, and farms with wells, cisterns, outbuildings, and locations on Cottage avenue Hatchins avenue Highland avenue Barnsville pike Purcell add East Columbus and Brown county. Prices range from 600 to 3 700 with cash or trade options.
Agent Dowell of the Pan Handle is reported quite sick at home with symptoms of the la gripe. Two children in Samuel Beam’s family just east of the city suffer severely from a combination of croup and grip.
Prompt service for job work includes affordable cuts of yourself or your business. Guaranteed quality and reasonable prices cited. Note stresses client should remember the SraR in placing orders, though wording is incomplete.
Alfred McEwen, charged with robbing Pruitt Brothers Hardware at Edinburg of $30, is acquitted at Franklin after a widely followed trial. The defendant is from a prominent Edinburg family and the verdict is generally approved.
A Franklin Star clipping discusses the invalid premise of free advertising and warns that such offers waste money. The Midway publication and the Herald are cited for credit and clarification on who engages in this business practice.
Spotters are reported at work on the Louisville division of the Pennsylvania lines. Officials deny knowledge of spotters being employed, but it is understood they are placed on by orders from Pittsburgh and only officials know of it.
A brief classified note advertises dry wood and one to two card bundles for one dollar at the Handle Factory. The fragment mentions a limited supply and a pricing deal, typical of a small-town marketplace listing.
A plea urges Columbus investors to form a joint stock company to build and operate a starch works or other mills. It cites potential labor donations from citizens, possible backing by capitalists, and farmers’ interest, noting benefits like a better corn market and cheap feed.
Frank Smith tried to pass an 85 dollar forged check drawn on Frank E. Records at Franklin National Bank. Cashier Miller doubted the signature and questioned him. he fled south of the city, was captured, jailed, and identified as a Johnson County farmer.
A letter accuses wealthier young men of petty theft in the city, noting store break-ins and the stealing of magazines and holiday gifts. The writer urges harsh action, suggesting forced naming of accomplices to secure convictions and deter further conduct.
Miss Dora Shields was an Indianapolis passenger yesterday morning. Miss Mannie Stader was a north bound passenger yesterday morning. Gordon Davis passed through the city yesterday en route for Franklin. Francis T Crump and wife have returned from an extended tour of the south. Mrs. Clint Puffenberger and baby went to Indianapolis yesterday morning. Hal Taylor of Seymour spent yesterday here with his parents. Mrs. Charlie Turpin and daughter Christine are visiting Franklin friends for a week. Roscoe Frost, Nickle Plate train dispatcher, home in Louisville, passed through yesterday on way to Edinburg.
Notice offers a combined one year subscription to the Daily Star and the Indianapolis Weekly Journal for five dollars. The deal targets readers seeking both publications in a single affordable package.
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 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. Please have your dime ready when Mr. Turpin calls.
Notice offers Indianapolis Weekly Journal and Weekly Star together for one year at 1.50. The deal provides both papers for the same subscriber, details unspecified.
Police request not to publish their Shelbyville mission details. Edinburg visitors G W Wellington and wife seek medical treatment. Rev George Sweeney delivers a strong sermon to a crowded Christian church. Snow thaw raises river level by about twenty inches. Chinese pigs seen guiding small wagons in farming districts. Hot baths and hot lemonade advised for early stage colds.
Dry wood at J. A. George's prompts talk that Senator Foraker possesses the key to the cabinet situation, a clue he reportedly discarded. Envelopes printed with photos offered by the StTar office at reasonable figures. Four boys and two girls from the Indianapolis orphans home passed through the city, bound for Pittsburg where adoption likely.
A classified rental section offers multiple properties: 8 room cottage on Burnsville Pike with outbuildings for $5 monthly, 3 room cottage at 1528 Franklin St for $3 rising to $4, bakery and store with living rooms opposite Heeven factory, 4 room cottage between South 5th and I street on Union for $40, 3 rooms with summer kitchen on tenth street between Wilson and Short for $4 rising, 4 room cottage at Southwest corner of Frank and Office streets for $4, office invites inquiries. Also advertising money to loan and general real estate for sale, trade or rent.
Fare of 15 dollars 75 cents to Washington D C via the Big Four and C C routes. Tickets valid for outbound travel March 1 2 and 3 and return March 8.
The tax office enjoyed a program of mandolin guitar and violin as staff recalled bygone days. The performance inspired memories of the scribe’s youth and happier boyhood times.
Elmer and Frank Garrison plan to relocate to Marion within days to enter the tanking business. Frank, a substitute mail carrier, will resign soon to assist in the move and setup. The Star notes Columbus loses two good citizens but Marion gains them along with Ad Philips and family, Will Robinson and family, and praises Marion’s new settlers.
A lively review notes Lincoln J. Carter's Heart of Chicago at Crump's theatre next Wednesday. The drama centers on love and greed, with dramatic scenes including a convincing Chicago fire and a famed engine sequence.
A Colorado elk farm charms readers as Capt. Marcus Coon details a unique enterprise. He raises a herd at 6500 feet, with fenced ranges and careful horn management. He notes rapid herd growth, seasonal feeding needs, and occasional safety issues within the enclosure, while expressing pride in the herd’s development.
A fragment from a New York Weekly comic line references Mrs Greathead Why and Mr Greathead debating after nomination. The dialogue notes heavy drinking and a vow to prove worthiness to the people, with a humorous tone.
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