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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1897
Page
1
In an interview Dora Ogden discusses potential Ogden Zinc Works in Madison parties offering terms to move the plant to the town under the hill. Ogden stresses the city’s failure to attract the project may force a local opening with existing orders, while seeking gas belt access to melt zinc.
A Bucksport event described by a participant features a sheet with holes for selecting noses, with participants swapping prized noses and a caller noting the game’s solemn mood and risk of toe mixups. The anecdote asserts similar variations gaining popularity in Columbus.
Adi men and boys are asked to note the postponement of the Sunday rally program at the Ro RR Y. BM 6G A rooms. Hon Geo W Cooper will speak to the young men. A W Stevens will sing. Join for an hour of good fellowship.
The Sunday Star announces a new eight page Sunday paper to begin next Sunday. It will be a permanent feature with a ladies section including fashion plates and a continued story, aiming to be the city’s most popular issue. Subscribers are urged to join the daily Star to not miss the first Sunday issue.
Rev Fuller Swift traveled to North Vernon while Rev Z T Sweeney and Editor Stott were seen as northbound passengers yesterday. Mrs Mullendore of Franklin visits J F Snyder's family. M O Reeves headed to Indianapolis. Fred and Mrs Volland attend John Joekhuizen’s funeral in Cincinnati. N Romine at home after time in Indianapolis. Maud White returns from Edinburg visit with Salmond. Mrs Cline back from Chicago. Boughton and daughter remain there. Mrs James Perkinson returns from Marion visiting Will H Robinson. Prof Samuel Werts travels to Lafayette for a state science meeting. Mrs A F Cooper of Greenfield visits Joshua and Mrs Conn. Rev Noah Harper called from Burney to conduct Mrs Scott Pavy’s funeral. service today. Meyer Fiegenbaum offers special bargains.
Orinoco Bowman and Patrick plan an addition to their store. The Orinoco furniture factory foresees large business in 1897. Marshall Taylor aims to fence his garden this spring to ease dog and chicken trouble amid a busy suburb scene.
A hardware store employee boasted he would win the best looking girl’s pie at a social. His best girl staged a prank by swapping the pie with cotton. He cut into it, found cotton filling, and reacted with good humor and vows to avoid pie socials.
Dry Wood at J A George's Peck's Bad Boy company, long on the road, will perform at Crump's theatre Monday evening. The program promises an ex cruciatingly funny farce with pretty women and witty comedians. Special scenery including the famous grocery store may be expected with magnificent costumes, bright music, specialties and wholesome fun from curtain rise to fall.
Genuine Pittsburg at J. A. George's. DRY WOOD One and one half cards for $1 at Handle factory. Leave orders at Winans' grocery. A horse for sale six years old sound and suitable for buggy. Enquire at this office. 105t4.
If you plan to attend the Washington inauguration, contact the Big Four agent for direct line service with C. O. and other lines. This note directs travelers to secure rail arrangements through the preferred carrier for smooth passage.
Complete outfit of household goods offered for sale by piece or as a whole. Also advertising a church social at A. M. E. church on 16th street tonight with free admission. Shoes for ladies and misses priced at six to ten cents, new stock claimed, store at 313 Washington St One Price Cash Shoe Store.
The B and O railroad reports full recovery from flood disruption in Cumberland Maryland on February 25. Traffic has resumed and trains run regularly to all points with no delays or trouble reported in any division.
Will Cheatam and Joe Everread leave today for Madison weather permitting. They plan to ride to Louisville by wheel, then shift and row back to return Tuesday.
News outlines Big Four buyout rumors of the C. E. I. and C. E. L denied by officials. Eastern excursion rates set for meetings in Buffalo Detroit Terre Haute and Indiana. Tariff standardization to prompt widespread changes. Hutchison Southern rails rush to Medford by March 1 with a possible extension to Dennison and a Wichita gulf link.
Columbus citizens are urged to sign up for a week of free labor to help the Star locate a new factory in the city. The paper notes Kokomo has added three factories recently and appeals for subscriptions and donations to attract industrial growth, promising open office hours and stressing spring as a deadline.
The Shelbyville Republican notes Percy Kendall performed at a high school event on a Saturday night and questions if the Svar was the best paper in Columbus. It also reports The King’s Daughters distributed aid in Columbus with food and meat to eighty four families. The Louisville Herald adds that Columbus power issues from trolley lines are to be addressed with a separate dynamo within sixty days.
Mr and Mrs C J Kollmeyer entertained many friends at their Tipton hill home. Carriages arrived as guests filled the streets and the residence glowed with light. Dancers moved to music as the merriment and hostess praise marked a charming gathering.
A farmer's mule escaped from its hitch in front of F. M. Stevens & Co's store and wandered down Fourth Street to Franklin Street, then up to John V. Storey's residence. No damage occurred to any vehicle during the escapade.
Columbus Handle Company shipped Thursday a carload of handles to Birmingham England. The firm is noted as one of the city’s best factories and participant in international trade.
The Columbus Handle and Tool Company shipped a car load of goods to Birmingham England on Thursday evening. Reeves & Co the Reeves Pulley Co the Orinoco Furniture Co and W W Mooney & Sons are sending frequent large orders overseas. Columbus factories forge to the front and the city expects several new plants this year if suitable locations are found.
The Big Four Route with Chesapeake & Ohio Railway offers best facilities from Chicago to intermediate points via Cincinnati. Palace Sleeping Cars from St Louis and Indianapolis and Wagner Sleeping Cars Buffet Parlor Cars and Dining Cars on all trains. Tickets via Big Four and C O Routes are urged.
Miss Linnie Williamson hosted friends at her residence at 10th and Pearl last evening. Albert Keller entertained with dialogues and songs as the group enjoyed games and conversation. The passage discusses the building and loan bill in the senate with about thirty amendments, urging abolition of the expense fund and assurance of full depositor withdrawal. The piece endorses legislative action to improve the association and meet depositors’ needs.
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