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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1897
Page
2
The city editor questions the fate of the anti cigarette bill and the missteps of a proposed extension of trustee terms. He urges the legislature to require quart shop operators to obtain liquor licenses like saloons, noting widespread public demand against those selling whisky in quart shops.
Tue Varth J reports the House passed a bill by 12 to 35 that repeals the McHugh law and requires municipal elections every two years. It expects Senate passage and final approval, with citizens hopeful as the General Assembly nears adjournment and the bees sing above.
The passage argues the bill favors eastern money loaners and questions the Senate approval. It claims taxing mining stock would destroy small local associations and may reveal the bill’s true intent and impact.
Mr and Mrs Sam Beal visited Edinburg yesterday. Miss Kate Kerr visits Indianapolis friends. Read the Columbus Sunday Star next issue. Anderson Shultz touts a new spring drag. Two more factories would boost Columbus. Subscribe to STAR factory fund. Rev Z T Sweeney preached a powerful sermon to a large audience with two confessions and one baptism. Tonight he will speak on Unpardonable Sin with baptism at service end. All invited. Simon Strauss travels to Columbus to close out goods. his brother Adolph will become a Seymour citizen and join Simon in business at the Gold Mine. Welcome to this business firm. Seymour Republican: Percy Kendall lectures at the high school Saturday evening Feb 27 for the Fourth Ward library benefit. Tickets sold by pupils. aid boys and girls with good books. Kendall deserves a large audience. All should attend. Suryages the Sultan. Grover Cleveland’s calm during Cuba events noted by Philadelphia Press.
A detailed roster lists Mayer Leck as clerk and James Sibley as treasurer with several city officers. It includes numerous street corner designations such as Fifth and Brown, Seventh and Jackson, Ninth and Sycamore, and Chestnut intersections, outlining public works and locations for meetings or services.
Do your hens lay? If not feed Dr. Kurems Poultry Powder for healthier stock and increased laying. The ad notes it makes poultry strong and eager to lay, and identifies Ernst Stahlhut & Co. Druggists in Columbus, Indiana as agents.
A water closet overflow upstairs flooded Joe Hilzer's shop damaging much stock. A nearby remark suggests Mr. Cleveland may write a book but unlikely to match the profits of his checkbook.
Fashion notes describe gores and trimmed seams on new skirts with Spanish flounce fullness at the knee. The long favored full skirt remains popular for tall women while trimmed, trained skirts gain attention for house dresses and street wear, with taffeta linings and cheaper rayon-like substitutes discussed.
The ad promotes Lee Loy in Bevedere Block with groceries sold at rock bottom prices and claims fresh goods bought this week. It also advertises One Price Cash Shoe Store items including girls and boys shoes at 65c to 75c, plus a separate note on J A Newton at 315 Washington St. Contents mix with a humorous dialogue about a visiting preacher and a candy recipe from Ladies' Home Journal.
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