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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1897

Page

4

Three Room House For Rent On California Street

For Rent a good three room house on California street at $3 per month. Claire E. Terry advertises cheap rents as times are hard. Also note a wood offer to buy a load for one dollar from John A. George. Licenses to marry issued to Harry H. Littiken and Cora M. Steenberger.

California Street Claire E. Terry John A. George Harry H. Littiken Cora M. Steenberger Franklin Street 14Th

Market Prices in Columbus Today

Wheat 90 cents per bushel. Corn 18 cents per bushel. Bailed hay 10 dollars per ton. Dickens 5 cents per pound. Gease 5 cents per pound. Eggs 15 cents per dozen. Butter 61 0 7 cents per pound. Larkeys 8 cents per pound. Duack 6 cents per pound.

Big Bargins at J A Newton Shoes

Big bargains on ladies sandals at 25c, mens Gandale 60c, coin toe Arctic shoes $1.25, youths lace shoes 1.00, Dongolia buttons 1.50, mens calf heavy cork sole 2.00. Fresh goods announced by J A Newton at 312 Washington Street.

Star ads and notices run through local paper’s pages

The fragment lists promotions and ads from the Star including subscriptions to the Twice-A-Week Courier Journal and the daily Star, notices from W H Buxton and Kinney & Kinney, and a request for an agent at county post offices. It mentions J F Snyder & Son installing a jewel steel range at City Hospital and a new Euchre club called the Bobo link. A furnished room for rent on Washington Street is advertised with inquiries at the Star offices.

Washington Street

Bargain Real Estate Listings From Owens & Williams

Owens & Williams Real Estate offers a varied sale of homes, farms, and lots with flexible financing. Properties include a Cottage Ave six room house priced at 1200 with payments, a large modern home on Hutchins Ave for 1700, and multiple parcels in Brown and Harrison townships with farm land, saw mill, and a 140 acre grain and stock farm.

Eee Ua New South Cottage Ave Hutchins ‘Ave Meple Grove 7Th Brown County

Local Notables and Visitors Listed Around City

Mrs Wm Boyer returns from Cambridge City after extended visit. Mr Alex Kenedy of Chicago in the city with Miss Mary Stamp of Dixemond Lake visiting the Donner family. George Kerr of W W Meeney & Son went to Cincinnati last night. Fred Taylor back from Indianapolis. Mrs John George returns from Indianapolis. Dr Will McLeod arrives from Elizabethtown. Phiegley Mahuen case heard in circuit court with judge Hord ruling residence in Brown County. Phiegley arrested and jailed to face original charge.

Misa Mary Stamp Dixemond Lake, Michigan Fred Donner George ,Kerr W. W. Meeney & Son Cincinnati Sweet Metroplitan Life Insurance Co Seymour John George Indianapolis Ellis George W. Cooper Ferguson Will McLeod Elizabethtown Lillie Donner Frank Doty Elwood Phiegley-Mahuen George Phiegley Magpie Mahuen Brown County Mise Mahuen Wm. Waltman Wm. H. Shea J. F. Cox

Pension agency raises mail volume with Seely case

A Busy Pension Agency S W Daugherty and Co secured a pension for George Seely a former Columbus gentleman now living in Mobley Missouri. They mailed 200 pieces Wednesday and 300 pieces yesterday and have a man on the road covering Indiana and Kentucky. The agency is described as very busy and reliable.

S. W. Daugherty,&Co George Seely Columbus Mobley Missouri Indiana Kentucky

Circuit Court Divorce and Estate Disputes Filed

The circuit court records new civil actions including a divorce and child custody case Josephine Percefield versus Frank Percefield with attorney M D Emig. a divorce action Henry Hight versus Phoebe Hight. an estate sale against Clara M Reed Arvo R Reed and Lester C Read with attorney Marshall Hacker. and a note mortgage suit John G Schwartzkoph against Mary C Nengester Sasac N Nangeaster and Wm H Whittington with attorney C J Kollmeyer.

Josephine Percefield Frank Percefild M. D. Emig Henry Hight Phoebe Hight Hanovibal Hughes Wm. A. Reed Clara M. Reed Arvo R. Reed Lester C. Read Marshal Hacker John G. Schwartzkoph Mary C. Nengester Sasac N. Nangeaster Wm. H. Whittington C. J. Kollmeyer

Help Wanted Solicitors for Daily and Weekly Paper

Help wanted to hire a hunter to solicit subscribers for the paper both daily and weekly. The ad seeks a reliable person to push subscriptions and expand reader base. Compensation details not provided.

Real estate ad and public notices mix

A rental notice urges owners to place houses with Claire R Turpin for quick finds. A courtroom inquiry is noted before Judge Helms, prompted by relatives from Hope over Willie Albright. An assault and battery charge is listed. Also referenced are political questions about Senator Fairbanks and budget bills, plus a local shoe store promotion at 313 Washington Street offering men’s dress shoes at 95e.

Helms M. L. Herbert Hope Willie Albright Daily Call J. A. Newton Washington Street

Idle laborers fear after McKinley vote comment

A Columbus resident laments unemployment and labor worries to the Star. He credits McKinley’s election with initial improvements and wheat price gains, predicting a move from darkness to light as hope grows. The Starman offers a quiet Amen.

Columbus McKinley Anderstood

Costs Less Than Life Insurance Cheaper Kindling

The notice advertises J A George offering kindling cheaper than coal oil and life insurance. A weekly test alarm was completed yesterday morning from box 13 at Fifth and Brown Street.

John A. Gaorgas J. A.george Fifth &Rown Street

Little June May of Maple Grove Improves

The article notes improvement for June May of Maple Grove. James Culp, ill for several days, was downtown yesterday. The Silver Lincoln League of Bartholomew plans to hold meetings, select delegates, and report to E. L. Williams before late January, correcting February notice.

Maple Grove James Culp Ben Lincoln League of Bartholomew E. L. Williams

Hungry man in tatters prompts charity appeal on Washington Street

A starving man with torn clothes carries a ham bone and bread as onlookers wonder how many poor hungry children exist in the city. The Star suggests churches unite to raise funds and plan entertainment to aid the needy.

Washington Street

Blood Hounds Trail Suspects Through Bengal Area

C A Smith left yesterday on the 8 45 train with his blood hounds to Franklin then Bengal and to a shop that had been burglarized. The dogs scented the shop and traced to a man in a crowd near Bengal who grew excited. Smith said warrants had been issued for arrest and praised his dogs for cold trails. He returned about eight with the dogs and reported a successful outing.

C. A. Smith Franklin Bengal Black Smith Smith Mr. Smith

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J. A.georges J. A. George Big Bargins Washington St Star Dunningtons George Werner The Courier Journal Daily Ster W. H. Buxton J. F.snyder & Son Rogers Greensburg Owens & Williams Our Insurance Office Fourth Street Kinney & Kinney C. A. Turpin &Co Mies Lena Huber Highland Ave 19Th Street Orinoco Swengle Ohio Township Harrison Township Barnesville Pike East Colnombue 3D Street Big Four East Columbus Lienberger Tailor and Furnisher Wm. Boyer Cambridge City Alex Kenedy Chicago Charley Spaugh Newbern Way Fred Taylor Inianapolis Wm. Spears Deering Harvesting Co Waymansville Nashville M. ©. Dunnington Howard Lee Henry Johns Jackson Township Circuit Court Claire R. Turpin Real Estate Exchange Lionberger Fairbanks Shel H. M. Holmes & Bro H. L. Rost Violet Deparme Mystic Shrine Dunnington W. ¢. Roland M. D Griffith Western Union Telegraphs Office W. Cor Cheatnauiéte Cleizens White House J. V. Hilger
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