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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1897
Page
4
Owens & Williams Real Estate offers farm and home bargains in the New South region. Listings include No 68 Cottage Ave on sale for 1200 with payments, No 70 Hutchine Ave Maple Grove priced 2500 cash or 1700 now, plus multiple parcels, farms, and a saw mill offering quick deals as part of local property options.
Prosperity grows as the Orinoco Furniture factory wins a $3000 order for tables. The note mentions Thursday evening as the timeframe and signals local business activity despite ambiguous surrounding phrases.
Classified items include a poultry purchase request for 100 hens by Jon Woo ey at Cor 7th and Chesnut, a circuit court dismissal in Beazzel v Newsom for adultery and damages, a cheap rent for a three room house, wood sale offer, and local league meeting notices. Also an R Y M C A lecture at First Baptist church featuring J DeWitt Miller on January 19.
The Star urges readers to subscribe and warns of a bustling grocery market with signs at Dunningtons. Owens Williams advertises loans and real estate help while Lawrence Stnckey notes dull business and heavy competition. The political note mentions Platt securing the New York Senate nomination with 147 to Choate 7.
Mr. William Cook and daughter of Elizabethtown stayed with Frank Toohey and wife. Attorney Lambert and Swengle traveled from Clifford for business. Louis Vonfange and Mrs. Dee Netnaber with Will Brusing and wife attended the funeral of Herman Reisner, father-in-law to Mr. Vonfange, at Seymour yesterday.
Market notes list prices for corn at 18 cents per bushel and corn products. Live poultry including chickens at 5 cents per pound geese 5 cents per pound turkeys 8 cents per pound ducks 6 cents per pound. Eggs 15 cents per dozen butter 6 to 7 cents per pound and bailed hey priced at 10 dollars per ton.
Dash a bird dog and Desh a fire dog impress their owner with clever behavior. When alone in a meat shop he enters to fetch a porterhouse or soup bone, but when clerks are present he pretends not to know the shop exists.
Subscriptions are coming in for the Weekly Star amid a city shoe and clothing war. A Chicago Chronicle rep visits for newspaper subs, while Kinney & Kinney advertise loans and real estate. A Turpin & Co office is also noted at 436 Fourth Street as the insurance firm. Nearby, fish were peddled on the streets, caught in White River.
A brief report notes a northbound train or vehicle coming in fifteen minutes past schedule, with no further details on cause or consequence.
A sensational note claims no accident policy covers a person named J. A. Georges, implying tabloid intrigue around a fire incident and the involvement of an unnamed insurer. The item suggests a legal or social feud but provides few verifiable details.
Franklin Indiana January 15 rival factions of the oratorical association clashed twice and Dan V Noland and Y Andrews led the worst blow struck. Andrews travels to Indianapolis tomorrow for the state oratorical contest and may miss it due to injuries. President Stall warns expulsions may follow further outbreaks as tensions remain high.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company distributes almost 1 million dollars in dividends to its industrial policy holders. The sum was not promised and is described as a New Year’s gift. The act reflects well on the company and may attract future customers.
A terse obituary note reports Dan Snyder died last evening of heart failure. The Evansville Courier recalls his notoriety as a crook and his notable figure among the prison 400, while the Jeffersonville Journal remarks on his current resting place and diminished appetite.
A planned meeting at the St Denis Hotel parlors for organizing a Young Men's Club did not attract attendees, with only three present. The note urges persistent effort to advance the commercially valuable initiative and achieve a successful completion.
The Hope News Journal reports a heated contest for the Hopa post office with active aspirants Mirssis, W A Rominger, John A Miller and Philip Spaugh leading a field of many hopeful candidates seeking the appointment.
The regular business meeting at the club's headquarters on third street elected Theo Troutman president Henry Ehlers secretary and Lane Scheidt treasurer for the coming year A literary meeting is set for next Thursday night with a membership of thirty German American citizens in flourishing condition
A Seymour Representative argues that many legislatures push bills to prove usefulness, but stresses that the number of laws enacted does not reflect service value. He says citizens want effective governance, not just more laws.
Advertiser seeks loan by mortgage on real estate with no questions asked. Jed Owens and William Smith are seeking sums of $50.00, $100 and larger from lenders willing to secure the note with property as collateral.
The stockholders will meet at the secretary's office on Thursday evening January 21 at 7 30 for electing three directors. Davin Srogo Secretary 618.
The note hints at resuming coverage with the upcoming Sunday issue. No further details on format date or story content are provided.
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