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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1897
Page
3
Owe your own home and pay rent no matter the amount. We offer liberal terms direct or through Building and Loan. Owes Williams Real Estate Loans and Insurance lists bargains and invites calls for reliable production farm or home needs in the New South excursion with low rates.
Several properties advertised with prices and terms across multiple parcels. Listings include houses with 4 to 6 rooms, modern amenities, acreage from 35 to 140, various towns and townships, plus exchanges for city property. Notable offerings mention Ohio township, Harrison town, Brown county, and Waynesville area with cash and trade options.
Describes multiple rental and sale opportunities including No 7 three room house with well and cistern at 1531 Washington Street for 3 per month, No 13 bakery and store room near Heevey factory, No 14 row of tenements between 1st and 16th streets, No 31 four room cottage near First and Franklin for 3.99 to 4.00 monthly, No 43 three rooms with kitchen and wood house on Cottage Avenue for 6 monthly, plus 4 room house at 916 4th Street and general real estate services with money to loan.
In this chapter the detective tracks a cloaked figure and is duped twice by Miss Peabody. He tails a veiled woman who becomes a man in clothing and is knocked senseless by powder. Mr. Jones hints at a deeper, game-like mystery enveloping them all.
Washington Feb 25 Representative Sultzer of New York introduced a resolution declaring war with Spain and its colonies. The bill authorizes the President to use land and naval forces and to issue commissions or letters of marque against Spain and its subjects. The chair notes the move for the permanent Record and later orders it stricken.
In Circleville Ohio on February 23 W F Coey, a Ross County Adelphi District school applicant, failed to win election and then attempted suicide by self harm. Police report him crying in the streets and colliding with a stone wall. He is believed demented.
In Kokomo Indiana February 25 an old colored man named John Russell formerly enslaved on Gen Gordon's plantation called on the Georgia general after his lecture. The two men, once playmates, recognized each other after thirty three years and shared a cordial reunion with Russell remaining as Gordon's special guest during the General's stay.
The masons held a successful meeting at Greensburg February 24. L A Mitchell a spiritualistic hum bug was exposed in a Michigan City boarding house. The Indiana state cabinet of the Ep worth league will hold a session in Terre Haute February 26. Leading society women of Hartford City presented a minstrel performance to a crowded house.
A Larissa dispatch reports 20,000 Greek troops concentrated at the city with high activity. It says hostilities are believed likely to begin on the frontier if Greece is not permitted to annex Crete, signaling imminent danger in the region.
In Clarksburg West Virginia flood conditions worsen with 48 hours of rain. Rail lines including M R Road and West Virginia and Pittsburg suffer washouts and blockages delaying service for days. A section hand Timothy O'Brien was killed by a falling rock near the tunnel east of town. The river rises over a foot hourly.
At the capitol Senator Hale receives a telegram from Secretary Olney asserting Consul General Lee never requested passports or warships and that reports of his resignation are a fabrication.
Republican leaders held multiple talks on the Senate bill for an international monetary conference. Dingley urged eastern Republicans who opposed the measure to withdraw opposition, aiming for House passage with minimal GOP dissent and leaving only a few gold Democrats as potential opponents.
In Washington on February 25 a remark from a Congressional Record reading sparked tension as Mr. Barrett of Massachusetts criticized the House for the way a Bryan visit was referenced. The exchange centered on a line from the bill reading earlier in the day.
In Chattanooga Tennessee on February 25 the nine Woodward family members were laid out at the morgue for public viewing. The bodies were shipped to King's Point this afternoon to be buried in a single grave tomorrow morning following a deadly road crossing collision yesterday.
The Star offers job work including cuts of yourself or your business with guaranteed quality and reasonable prices. Place your orders and remember The Star for reliable service.
Lafayette Campbell was instantaneously killed while cutting timber near Hayden when a tree fell on him. The piece also notes workers Will Allery and Frank returned home from Waukeegan NL after a year at work. | The column references political jabs about Benjamin Harrison and McKinley, jokes about office promises to James T. Cheney, and a presidential election discussion. It also mentions a supreme court ruling in a Burnett will case with local attorneys listed.
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