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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1897
Page
4
A long list of properties for sale or trade is advertised by HemESie Loan Rental and Collection Agents. It includes houses, cottages, farms, and vacant lots across Columbus and nearby townships, with prices, cash terms, and monthly payment options. Many listings promise substantial discounts from assessed values and offer trade possibilities.
Fragmentary text hints at a social note urging readers to seek fashionable status by adhering to a hurried hour. The fragment references trends and appearances without concrete names or events.
A clipped customer note warns readers to ensure ordering details match what is advertised and to beware of substitutions offered by sellers. The fragment urges vigilance to obtain the correct goods and avoid substitutions.
The Wayne county board of review rejected all claims by the so called tax ferrets including a current case against Twin Jackson of Cambridge City. Claims total over 20000 dollars but none have been placed on the tax duplicate. The decision indicates any further action must go to a higher tribunal.
A brief note highlights water motor fans sold by M. Kellar and Company, promoting compact cooling devices. The item showcases a practical household gadget featuring portable operation and simple maintenance claims.
Fort Wayne Indiana July 7 Py Curtice a prominent real estate agent was arrested and released on his own recognizance charged with embezzling $1000 from Louis J Pel tier Curtice says he arranged a loan for Pel tier and claims the contract would prove he acted with no criminal intent.
Bloomfield Indiana July 7 Superintendent A T Hert of the Indiana Reformatory said John A Pate resigned last Monday. Hert announced Joseph E Shryer of Bloomfield to fill the vacancy. Pate was a Bloomfield man.
Liberty Indiana July 7 Roscoe Macy son of John B Macy of this place was located in Toledo Ohio yesterday by his father. The boy had written a letter to a friend here who notified the father of his whereabouts.
Minnie Lemon sues Allen Lemon in Madison circuit court. In a surprising turnout four witnesses were all divorced, including her mother the grandmother half sister and an aunt. The line of divorces stretches across generations.
Fragmented text appears: unclear product name and mixed phrases. No coherent event or persons to describe. Unable to determine a readable news item or outcome from the provided material.
Grant Fish a local middleweight prize fighter has signed to face an unknown opponent from Redky next Monday night for 50 dollars a side. The bout will end the contest and take place near Redkey drawing many local admirers.
Fragmentary text references a cathartic cure for constipation and a druggist refund policy but lacks clear names dates places or actions to summarize into a valid news card.
In Terre Haute Indiana on July 7 the Sheriff detained two youths for vandalizing a schoolhouse in Honey Creek township. They trashed furniture tore plaster maps broke the glass and set debris on fire though the blaze was extinguished without major damage. The act was linked to malice toward a township official from a recent election.
In Detroit Iree Press style, a cowboy in a saloon explains he avoided violence toward a barkeep who mocked him. The barkeep had been arranging a life policy for ten thousand dollars for his widow, a plan now in effect, prompting the cowboy to fear further bullying and consider confrontation with the widow.
English dramatist Colman testified before a Commons committee on theatrical revisions. He said he always expunged oaths from submitted plays and admitted many oaths appear in Heir at Law and John Bull, though he disapproved of them. He denied regret for writing those comedies, joking about shaving a good pudding while lamenting bad plants. A local note reports Herrick, Pennsylvania resident GC Perry fattening a 20 pound snapping turtle and allowing it to roam the yard.
Morning alarm at a yard near Farmer Perry follows a theft spree by a fox. A turtle nips the fox’s nose as the thief attempts to cross a fence. The fox dies from gunfire, the turtle keeps its grip, and returns home with the fox’s nose as a trophy.
Astronomers and geodesists are completing a global earth measurement using star observations and cross continental signals. The record longest line of sight is 183 miles between Colorado’s Uncompahgre Peak and Utah’s Mount Ellen, with 190 miles noted from Mount Shasta to Mount Helena but no reply.
Japanese and Chinese vines have been acclimated near Alencon in northern France. The district had never grown grapes for wine. The fruit ripens mid September and yields fair wine.
A man pays $500 for a frightened joke about a husband’s injury. The North American Review notes South Africa could be self-sufficient with farming and pastoral development, but needs mining-driven local markets. Coal fields span 56 000 square miles, iron near coal, plus lead silver cinnabar tin in various regions, with the Transvaal leading among mining districts.
A St. Louis Globe Democrat tale recalls James G Blaine as speaker of the house guiding a $12,000 resolution to aid President Zachary Taylor’s destitute widow daughter. Blaine’s quick five minute appeal electrified the chamber and secured passage, then moved to the senate for final action.
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