21 Jul 1897
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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1897
Page
1
A 1897 Seymour Indiana notice details a plan to fund an illuminated bicycle parade and related street races on Monday July 26. Signatories pledge payrolls to cover expenses and prizes for Barnes White Flyer and Ladies models, with entries for multiple race formats and no entry fee. Local papers note surrounding social updates and community notices.
Danville youths totaling around six to eight left Niagara Falls station and, amid misadventure with hackmen, negotiated a four dollar carriage ride that led nowhere near Hanging Fork. A police stop prevented further trouble as the group stayed around the falls. The item weaves in local notes from Danville, Daytona, and Edinburg.
London reports poetess and novelist Jean Ingelow is gravely ill at sixty seven, condition long thought serious since January. Born 1830 in Boston Lincolnshire, she rose to fame thirty five years ago with poems once likened to Browning and Keats, later writing four novels and children’s stories that did not match her verse in popularity.
A mixed column of advertisements and brief notices mentions patent agents and devices, brewery pricing disputes with Pabst, local merchants and trains, weather services, sermons, public works, and political sniping about the Dingley bill. It references Indiana cities Columbus and Indianapolis, a Hamilton beer note, and various local concerns.
Residents visited relatives and guests were hosted from Rushville Edinburg Shelbyville Wilson and Hartsville. Threshing continues and a July 28 Knights of Pythias picnic is planned. A local money saving sale at the White House advertises bargains among all items.
Bessie Potter headed to Indianapolis after the Baldwin Piano sale. Miss Laura Dobson of Brownsburg sues her brother Willis Dobson. A Turpin family member left for Indiana and Chicago. Frost traveled to Indianapolis. Sadie Hamilton plans a visit to Indianapolis friends next week. Amine Keith will depart today. Gilday and daughter Margaret Sutday remain in Dayton. Clara Bond of Cape Girard visited cousin Lie Ettinger and returned home yesterday.
Wheat rose two cents to seventy cents per bushel for No. 2 in a light market as farmers hold for higher prices. The Currier Journal notes farm prices at a multi year high for the season while readers are invited to insure with Kinney and Kinney against fire and wind. The G A R room allocation is announced over the Republican office.
The store promotes low prices on fishing tackle hammocks and croquet sets. Aimed at outdoor enthusiasts, the deal highlights affordable gear for boating anglers and backyard games.
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