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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1897
Page
4
Our office near F M Stevens Co Agricultural store on Fourth Street invites farmers and Columbus citizens to call in. The Star aims to provide weekly town and country news telegraphic markets legislature and state news with a Republican stance. We note J F Matson returns to paper work and supports Marion County Gazettee as the county Republican organ.
The speaker calls for better times for farmers and higher grain prices. Wheat is quoted around 0 cents and corn about 0d. He argues for a starch factory in Columbus to create demand and aid both farmers and the community.
A column discusses money credibility, government stamp usage, and coinage. It surveys U.S. Senate races from 1897 including Penrose in Pennsylvania and Teller in Colorado, noting party lines and race outcomes, then shifts to a humorous tale of a Black family in a freezing night with a vain attempt to save flowers, ending with a note on Dr. Bozzel's visit to the city.
Druggiste of Columbus Indiana notes the appearance of wrinkles bumps and other unpleasant troutles as a point of concern highlighting cosmetic issues in remedies and patient observations for public awareness.
Ballot totals list Rep. Denny with 13 votes, Daniels Pop 10, Turner silver Rep 6 and 12 scattering. Illinois records William Mise as another Republican and In- Mian elected C. W. Fairbanks.
Reports describe a man who offered a $4,500 check on the Auburn Bank to C E Magee for the Magee farm near Winchester. Magee warned authorities. the man later vanished. A Columbus, Ind. case involved a forged $4,500 Auburn check tied to a farm loan, with trials set for January 23 and locals summoned to testify.
Abram Johnson awaiting trial for obtaining money under false pretenses denied involvement in a Delaware county scheme to call on Lee Loy the grocer in the Belvedere Block. Harter allegedly scouted farms in Delaware county and fled with a horse and buggy after borrowing small sums from locals. Johnson’s hearing is set for Saturday Jan 23.
The item notes Happy Jack Kinney recovering after a period of sickness. Fred Sxellmeyer visited Franklin last evening. William E. Mason is chosen United States Senator in Hlinvis. Dr Carmicheal of Walesboro was in the city on professional business. An eclipse is predicted for February 1 visible before sunset, with a second occultation around July 26 in this region.
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