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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1897
Page
2
Classified ad rates from Columbus Indiana post office listing pricing for advertisements in PROPRIETORS, WEEKLY, and DAILY AND WEEKLY categories. Locals in daily copy priced at one cent per word first insertion with extra charges. black letter locals two cents per word. Special and yearly contracts offered.
The report warns a tariff on raw hides would only benefit heavy cattle slaughterers and not help small consumers. It argues workers should seek employment and notes some men prefer hard times to sustain imagined hardships while benefiting from credit unpayable by many.
The page mixes patent medicine pitches offering o-T'o Bac at 50c and $1 with a Sterling Remedy Co. solicitation, plus sharp political squibs on Candidate Griffith and William J Bryan. A Lexington dynamite incident kills six laborers and injures others, and ads note carpet discounts at C. M Kellar & Co. with Clarofate product mentions.
A local notice highlights Policeman Harry Jackson as a capable officer who patrols the city to deter害 bad boys loitering on street corners. The piece notes he may be nominated for city marshal at the upcoming Republican city election, with commentary that he would serve the city well. Additional items include ads and community notices on goods and church events.
A Chicago inventor unveils a water powered revolving drum clock in a small circular box suspended by strings. Hours are shown along the frame while interior divisions mimic a water wheel. water moves between compartments to slowly rotate the drum, rewinding when needed.
The People’s University near St Anne Illinois is a self supporting educational experiment. Students and teachers live on 640 acres working co operatively to provide food clothing fuel and shelter. The project funds itself with no endowments or charity and structures progress with communal labor.
The Indianapolis Daily Sentinel touts its widespread reach and abundant news coverage for the coming year. It promises extensive details on McKinley’s cabinet and administration, state capitol happenings, and Republican state government, urging readers to subscribe for twelve page weekly issues and daily dispatches from Indiana and abroad.
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