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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1897
Page
2
The Columbus daily and weekly ad rate chart lists prices for display and local ads. Rates shown include one inch vertical measurements for various durations and weekly/daily editions, with special contract notes and location rates.
The circuit court docket lists Mary Miller versus Charles A. Miller for divorce with attorney M. D. Emig. It also shows Noah Wilson against Harry E. Langdon and partners as H. E. Langdon & Co. seeking damages of $5,000 with attorney C. J. Kollmeyer representing the plaintiff.
At a church board meeting the Presbyterian church decided to repair and remodel the building. The lecture room needs work as do the roof and walls which will be frescoed. Funds for the project are raised and work will begin immediately.
Indiana towns listed free mail delivery limited to fifteen cities. Notes on a Sey mour furniture factory reopening and St Paul newspaper prospects. Mentions lapsing papers and expectations for Crumpacker appointment. Veterans care at Marion soldiers home with seventy five deaths. A Louisville Division pay car robbery planned then thwarted by authorities. Franklin Star warns delinquent accounts may be cut off while urging settlement.
A newspaper ad proclaims Lienberger as a headquarters for men’s furnishings with immense stock. It touts colored and neglige shirts, underwear, bicycle and outing goods and claims true quality without cheap counterfeits.
Notice given that the undersigned has appointed administrator of the estate of tally Foster, late of Bartholomew County, deceased. Estate to be administered in pall. Foster. Attest: George Wearge, Clerk. Marsan Hacker, Attorney.
The undersigned is appointed administrator of the estate of Wells Price Stornes late of Barth Jones County deceased The estate is believed solvent E C Stornes attest George Werner Clerk Marshal Hacker Attorney
Bert Cox met a talkative man on a northbound Jeff road train. He noticed a hat in the rack he believed belonged to his companion, pulled his head from the window to throw it ashore, and then realized he tossed a different man's hat. He spent fifty cents telegraphing to locate and return the hat to its owner.
The Princeton Evening News, an independent republican paper, has been sold to William Herschel, M. E. McCormick and C. E. McCormick. No policy change is planned. Bernal July 14 Capt. Ira B. Myers named consul to St Johns New Brunswick and will depart for post. Capt. Al Myers, a veteran of the late war, is noted for his service.
Governor Drake was injured by a fall on the capitol steps. He struck his hip, which was penetrated by a bullet during the war. Physicians warned a severe blow there could be dangerous, and the injury may prove serious.
Special Superintendent A E Wilson of Williamsport appointed three truant officers for Warren county Hosea Cronkhite for the First district William Mc Farron for the Second and James W Mather for the Third None of the towns within this county are entitled to any officers. BLOOMFIELD July 14 The semi annual distribution of township funds has been made to Greene county townships and incorporated towns Total 47411.67 distributed 33542.02 from direct taxation 300 from liquor license 13569.60 from state school distribution.
The Anderson plant closed tonight for the season leaving 800 men unemployed. Extensive improvements will be made so that the mill resumes September first, with 1,000 workers. In Andersonville, the Blackberry Crop promises an unusually large season with large, juicy berries reported.
The crippled child Reba Bowman, daughter of merchant Mr. Bowman of Orinoco, fell from the top of a stairway near Flat Rock while eager to greet her father. She suffered severe bruises but had no broken bones.
A document outlines funding and prizes for a July parade and street races. Bakers S Ruddick L C leads planning with a $200 cash trigger to allocate 1506 numbers for prize drawings on the Ladies White Flyer and Gentlemens Barnes Road Racer bikes.
In Brazil on July 14, miners from semi-block mines at Clay City and Woodside join nationwide strikers. Local speculation runs from two weeks to four months about how long the stoppage will endure, signaling no material change in the mining situation.
The Sentinel proclaims the largest Indiana circulation with full coverage of McKinley’s administration and state government. It touts constant news from Indiana and foreign dispatches, urging readers to subscribe for daily weekly and Sunday editions.
Funeral services for Fred Cline were conducted by Rev Dr Curtiss at 5 PM yesterday. The body, received from Indianapolis, lay at the wife’s residence before interment in the city cemetery, with many friends attending the last sad rites.
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