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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1897
Page
4
Williams Real Estate Loans and Insurance offers home purchases with rent savings and flexible financing. Partial inventory includes bargains from Central No 188 and Citizens No 187 with repeated calls to visit or contact for investment and productive farm or home options in the New South.
A numbered real estate row offers multiple properties from No. 68 to No. 85 with cottages, farms, and tracts. Prices range from about $700 to $4,250 with options to trade for city property. Locations include Cottage avenues, Highland and Burnsville roads, East Columbus, and Jackson and Brown townships. Some listings note features like wells, cisterns, barns, and 4 to 7 room layouts.
Multiple rental offers listed with addresses on Washington and Franklin streets including 1527 Washington 3 room house and summer kitchen at 4.09 per month, 1531 Washington 3 grooms wall cistern and wood house at 3.00, 1528 Franklin 3 room cottage at 3.00 rising to 4.00 after April, No.13 bakery and four living rooms with a grocery line, No.1 4 room cottage near Union at 1.50, No.31 4 rooms near Wilson and Short Wilson at 3.00 rising to 4.00, No.34 4 room cottage at First and Franklin in good order at 4.00. Also rental agency offers further real estate and loans.
Students at Columbus high school stage a patriotic reimagining of the Continental Congress on Washington's Birthday. John Hancock presides with Homer Davie. debates on the Declaration proceed as singers and cannons echo then end with a chorus of Yankee Doodle and praise for the nation.
A printer advertises job work services promising cuts of customers or their business. It claims guaranteed results and reasonable prices. Readers are urged to keep the STAR in mind when placing orders.
Miss Zoe Cook, widow of about four months, came to attend the Culture club celebration at Mrs. D. F. Long’s yesterday afternoon and the Monday club gathering at Mrs. Donner’s yesterday evening. She will stay as guest of Dr. J. F. Wright, Mrs. M. F. Hinman, and other friends in Madison.
The new Maple Grove school house has been finished and yesterday the Stars and Stripes floated from the staff for the first time, saluted by patriotic American students.
Pupils at the high school celebrated Washington's Day with a decorated chapel, a Washington portrait, and an immortal hatchet. A pupil read a history paper, the Continental Congress was enacted, and the Liberty Bell rang as part of the performance. The audience praised the display as a success.
The Sunday Star announces a permanent eight page Sunday edition with special features for ladies including fashion plates and a continued story. Subscribers to the daily Star are urged to subscribe to not miss the first Sunday issue.
Yesterday afternoon the Starman visited Donner's jewelers and listened to a grammiphone demonstration. Mr Donner showed a rare device that reproduces human voices and music with clear singing, including pieces titled Mary's Little Lamb and Barnyard Early in the Morning. The grammiphone, akin to a phonograph, is described as a remarkable machine and possibly the only one in the city.
The Columbus Culture Club hosted an afternoon event at D F Long's Franklin Street home with a large society attendance. The program featured prayers, songs like The Grand Old Flag and America, recitations, papers, piano solos, and remarks by Mrs. H Amanda Arwine, Miss Ruth MacCoy, and others, followed by elegant refreshments.
A frightened delivery horse belonging to Jose Newsom bolted yesterday morning when an engine whistle sounded. The animal was stopped near the STAR office with no damage or injuries reported.
Miss Eva Hosea Mrs Fuller Swift and Mayor Beck are all reported seriously unwell at home. Dec Trotter of Sy Township remains in critical condition with friends fearing a possible death. Public concern grows as illness grips local figures.
Rail line of P C C and St L suffered a washout Sunday night at Vienna causing several hours of delays. Over forty excursion tickets were sold to Indianapolis for Lee Rosenbush funeral attendees yesterday morning. Print letter-heads with your photo at the Iran office, charges reasonable.
Lincoln J. Carter reshapes The Tornado with a sequence of standout features. A dramatic tornado scene closes the first act, then three more specifications appear in the second, followed by two further features in the third, keeping the audience engaged while the storyline unfolds toward a satisfying ending.
Mrs James Toohey and Mrs Matt Pfeifer went to Seymour yesterday morning. Miss Ida King went to Indianapolis yesterday morning. Miss Frank Lynch of Edinburg, who has been visiting Miss Anna Gilbert, left for home last night. Mrs Frank Dischamp of New Albany is visiting the Kollmeyer family on North Sycamore street. Miss Mayme Phillips, milliner at Silverman's, attends the Cincinnati millinery opening.
Frank Lacy and Emma Penigerman were married last night at 7 at the bride’s parents home west of the city. Justice Palmer officiated and the Star offers congratulations.
The February term of the circuit court convened with Judge Hord presiding. The State of Indiana versus Alonzo Pumphrey and Emmett Pumphrey on larceny for turkey theft from C Butler in the county’s northwest, was the first case heard and testimony is ongoing. The case was a continuation from the prior term.
Police escorted two troublemaking hobos to the town edge after a Sunday shooting incident. Marshal Schooler delivered the order to vacate, noting it cheaper than feeding them at the Sheriff's hotel. The town plans to quarry rock to keep such men away.
The city hall dance titled the Domino Party drew Columbus society leaders for a grand evening in elegant costumes with striking impersonations. Schnur's seven piece orchestra supplied music as masked revelers danced into the early hours, with many attendees from nearby cities. The ballrooms were beautifully decorated, and the event promises to be remembered by local society.
The Big Four Route connects Chicago St Louis Peoria Indianapolis Terre Haute LaFayette Benton Harbor Detroit Toledo Sandusky Springfield Dayton and intermediate points to Washington via Cincinnati. Palace Sleeping Cars from St Louis and Indianapolis enhance travel aboard Wagner Sleeping Cars Buffet Parlor Cars and Dining Cars. Tickets available via Big Four and C&O Routes.
A daily roundup of community items includes visits by Rev. Fisher and Dr. Pratt, a Daughters of Rebekah outing, farm rental in New Bern, diphtheria closures in Clifford, and a Rex fire extinguisher trial. Bargain shoe ads, Joyful Birthday programs, and Standard Oil appoints Dick Cook as local manager amid staff moves.
Funeral services for Lee Rosenbush held in Indianapolis yesterday drew a procession of local attendees including Marshal Hacker J Ny Suverkrup Charles Hege Wm Henderson Norval Hege John Snyder Oliver Ong A W Mason Albert Kendall Adolph Serg H D Dunnington R M Jac F P Smith Archie Thompson Treadway and May.
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