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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1897

Page

2

Political Appointments in Bartholomew County

Hon W T Newton representative of Bartholomew county was placed on the committees of banks corporations engrossed bill medicine and health and state library. Senator 1897 Fc United States Senator W Fairbanks. 1899 Riley McKeen. Borh the Herald and Republican papers failed to show up at this office yesterday evening.

Borh Herald Republican W. Fairbanks Sena Riley McKeen Dr. W. TV Newton Bartholomew County Medicine State Library

Invitation to Belvedere Hotel Banquet Not Attended

Star ac knowledge receipt of invitation to the Belvedere hotel banquet last evening by Dr A J Banker. unable to attend due to unforeseen matters.

the Star Belvedere Hotel A. J. Banker

Monetary Conference at Indianapolis Leads to Reform Talks

At Indianapolis the monetary conference gathers national attention as delegates study the financial system. The aim is to craft recommendations for monetary reforms to present to congress.

Indianapolis Congress

Indiana Senate Representation and Local Notices

A fragmented local item notes support for McKeen for U S Senate but endorses Charles Fairbanks as the preferred choice. It mentions Riley as a candidate for two years hence and lists locals visiting Hope and Citronelle Alabama newspaper comparisons. Community notes include rabbit hunting, a sick child, and Ladies Aid Society meeting arrangements.

Banquet Arrangements Placed for Local Boys at New Albany

W F S Brooks representing Prudential Life Insurance Co visited the local office to arrange a banquet for local boys at the Madison Hotel in New Albany on the 23rd. Steve Wood is noted for a dollar transaction at John A. George's.

W.F.S . Brooks Prudential Life T Insurance Co New Albany Maxadon Hotel

Local ads and notices mix with poultry show notes

scattered classifieds offer wood for sale rent a three room house on California street and seeds wood for a dollar at J A Georges. Columbus market prices list wheat corn hay chickens geese eggs butter turkeys duck pork and more. plus notices on stockholders meeting poultry show awards and a club meeting description.

California Street Cuarre Turpin

Railroad Rumblings From Local Trains

Chas P Pruitt and Jas Dink from Madison on 105 yesterday morning continued to Indianapolis. Wetzel and Davis run covered for a week. Madison’s 10Q2 arrived twenty five minutes late from Cambridge City. Nick Bennett trainmaster Louisville division passed through en route to Louisville. Geo Stofer Greenline freight engineer from Louisville to Logansport laid over to visit his mother. George Thompson Greenline brakeman visited local friends. Madison train arrived on time. travel was very light.

Chas. P. Pruitt Jas, Dinkinks Madison Indianapolis Wetzel Davis Cambridge City Nick Bennett Louisville Geo. Stofer Logansport George Thompson Lady Friends

Portrait of Geo W Cooper Drawn in Show Window

A large framed likeness of Hon. Geo. W. Cooper stands in a show window, praised as a splendid portrait reflecting credit on the artist.

Geo. W. Cooper

Patronizing Home Merchants in Belvedere Block

The Belvedere Block hosts two groceries in competition to undersell each other. One store is run by a stranger with aims to beat all prices, the other by a long time local. The write urges support for Mr. Loy and home merchants, noting both sell for cash and urging readers to keep money in circulation locally.

Belvedere Loy

Blood hounds sent to track Bengal burglary suspects

In Shelby county a four man blacksmith shop owned by Pike was burglarized Monday night with about 25 dollars in goods taken. C A Smith and his dogs pursued suspects from Franklin to Bengal. The chase extended twelve miles before the trail was lost near a buggy, ending the pursuit of that party.

Bengal Shelby County Black Smith Pike C. A. Smith Franklin Charles Smith Brown County Charles Clark Clark

Kansas Governor Leedy Defends State in Inaugural Address

The Kansas Governor addressed critics from the East, arguing higher illiteracy crime and misery there than in Kansas. He contrasted eastern conditions with his own state in the inaugural remarks reported by the Courier Journal.

Kansas Leedy Courier Journel

Photographic records of projectile motion in cannon bore

United States board of ordnance researchers used an electronic device to capture photos of a shell’s progress inside a cannon tube. A wooden rod attached to the front carries copper rings that form electrical contacts, recording intervals as the projectile travels. Some gaps between records were as short as 0.0005 seconds and 3.7 cm separated images.

United States Board of Ordnance Scientific American

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H. Kinney C. A. Turpin T. Hubers Owens City Editor the Postofficatia Ceiumsan, Ludiana McKeen United States Senate Indiana United Senate Charles Fairbanks Riley Usildud Stairs Senate Tuarpie J. A.georges Kinding Charley Barmis Hope Lewis Artz George Kinney Will Shields John Pence Citronelle Ala Times Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church Treadway Jennie Reeves Ag Steve Wood Jno. A. George's Kignwest Stahlhuth & Co Columbus, Ltd J.a.george J. A. George John A. George Columbus Dunningtons George Werner Courier Journal The Daily Star Dick Kraining Della Watson Swift Owens & Williams Soan 1Wlif Owens & Williams Citizens Building & Loan Aassociation Secretary’s Office David Stopp Sid Corcger Flatrock Fred Donner Chestnut Street Tan the Limited Mail Beatrice Otto's Suppl Company Washington ST Drake Blood Hounds Ladies Union Childs Union Silverman Gifts TV Arnold & GQ T. G. Quick John L. Bonham Telephone Columbus,indiana Fifth Street Columus Jackeon J.M. Reilly W. Lambert Attorneys At Law Irwin Fiegenbaum
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