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Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1897

Page

2

Apportionment Bill and Local Notices In Bartholomew County

The text discusses an apportionment bill by Representative Bab cock that would place the county in the fifth district, listing Brown Bartholomew Decatur Shelby Rush Franklin Union Feyette and Wayne as included counties. It also notes a wood sales joke phrase and an apology for a previous Lincoln League notice, plus O P Stillabower opening a meat market on seventh street near Polley works with a neat shop and expected trade.

Babcock Brown Bartholomew Decatur Shelby Rush Franklin Union Feyette Wayne the Star Lincoln Bartholomew County O. P. Stillabower Seventh Street Polley Works

Belvedere Grocer corrects public impression and local notices

The Belvedere Grocer proprietor LxE Loy invites customers to visit or call for prompt delivery. Mortgage notices list five liens against F M Stevens & Co on horses, stock, goods, and property totaling about 1,115.16 with additional debt around 400 on a 702 mortgage. Legal actions include Stoddard Manufacturing Co. vs F M Stevens & Co for account 150 with W W Lambert as attorney. A rumor about Columbus Republican being bought by Kinney Star editor is denied and the proposed consolidation is off.

F. AL. Stevens & Co Fourth Street William Schooler F. M. Stevens Francia T. Crump Elizabeth Lucas Wm. A. Stevens St. Raub Indianapolis Se Cvivguru Fee de Justice Dennison Stoddard M’f'g. Co T. M. Stevena W. W. Lambert Stoddard M’s‘g. Co F. M. Stevens & Co Columbus Republican Kinney The Star Martineville Democrat

None Genuine Skin Treatment Claim

Advertisement claims a preparation free from acids and alkalies cures CHAPPS and PIMPLES while keeping skin clear and smooth. It touts imitation risks and offers 25 bottles only, with supplier Ernest Stanrace & Co. Droggists Columbus Indiana.

Train Wreckers Indicted in Alabama Case

Jefferson county grand jury indicts Tom Parker and Andy Feagin for train wrecking tied to a rail-removal plot on the Southern Railway. Parker confessed and implicated Feagin and others in the scheme to wreck and rob a passenger train. The Bloomington source notes a mix of local notices and a banking bill discussion in Congress.

Birmingham Ala Jefferson County Tom Parker Andy Feagin McCoomb Southern Railway Parker Feagin

Inauguration Month for Governors and Legislatures

This month will witness the inauguration of twenty seven governors and thirty legislatures. Local notes include social visits from L C Beal of Colombia and John Blosher of Scotteburg to Rev W J Stewart. Court case McQuien's in Clifford settled by compromise for twenty dollars.

L. C. Beal Colombia John Blosher Scotteburg W. J. Stewart Seymour Fred Volland Inlanapolia Nizit Carl Rost Crawfordaville

Turret foul play and a stubborn battleship story

Lieut Emile Duboc recalls a tale of a faulty French turret and a tobacco plug choking a pipe ending the era of steam power for battleship operations. A courtroom farce then shows a woman lawyer demanding the last word before the judge and the prisoner is discharged.

Emile Duboc New York Herald

Sleeping car courtesy cited in Washington Star report

A Washington Star excerpt quotes a sleeping car conductor lamenting scant courtesy toward women travelers. He notes men traveling with wives or sisters claim lower berths and refuse to yield upper berths, despite upper berths being safer and better ventilated.

Washington Star

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