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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1897
Page
2
Columbus Star details advertising rates for daily and weekly editions dated July 13 1897. Mentions E H Kinney Co A Turpin proprietors city editor Chas A Turpin and local ad terms including word rates and contract conditions for locals and long term deals.
Locaman Mrs William Spaulding is very sick and Dr Cummings of Houston visits. Elisha Phillip's and Hendrick Co Bluford Sutherland of Waymansville handle legal business in Brown Co. Herman Carter, Mrs Anna Marie, and others visit or move through. Obituary for Samuel Cline of New Bellsville noted. Campaign chatter mentions Dr Browder populist with possible joint discussions planned in the county.
A 1897 document outlines funds and prizes for a city bicycle parade on July 26 with a $200 guarantee for 1500 raffle numbers toward two White Flyer bikes and additional prizes. Subscriptions list Baker S. Ruddick and others as contributors. Remnants note local travel to Acton and Hartsville.
A rowdy Independence Day story describes Hal, Joe, Al, and three campers enjoying a chaotic camp reunion with a grand feast for guests, then fish and chicken vanish from the table, leaving the three campers hungry as the visitors depart.
Farmers busy making hay. Charles Cohorn works for Dr A A Manuel this week. Several from Becks Grove attended a Hills Grove picnic Saturday, but rain turned it into a soggy event. Susie Phillips is sick.
The display proclaims a large assortment of men’s shirts underwear bicycle and outing goods with a claim of wide fashion driven variety and no cheap counterfeits.
Mr J W Holmes of this place visited friends at Walesboro and Tonsville last week, while suffering neuralgia of the stomach.
The undersigned administer with will annexed at Sally Foater Bertolomew County Indiana deceased requests probate proceedings. The estate is to be governed by Wa Fooren as administrator with the will annexed. Attest Grorot Weeren Clerk Marsuat Hackle Attorney.
The Sentinel proclaims large circulation in Indiana and promises abundant coverage of McKinley’s cabinet and administration, state capital news, and foreign dispatches. The paper touts its extensive state and foreign news network and urges readers to subscribe to Weekly, Daily, and Sunday editions.
An old lawyer recalls a backwoods North Carolina hog theft case where a jury failed to deliver a verdict, then swore in court after confusion. In London, the Needlework Guild reports high free contributions with the duchess of York and others sending thousands of items to the Imperial Institute exhibition.
An old newspaper line notes that skilled lawyers enjoy probing the court, yet the competent judge usually has the final say in proceedings.
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