24 Jul 1897
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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1897
Page
1
Local Consul Ruddick announces Bicycles Races with multiple heats and handicaps in Syracuse New York. Events include 1 mile and 2 mile handicaps, 3% mile, tandem, and 5 mile races with entry limits and no entry fee. Prices from White Flyer maintained.
The Blenheim home of Mrs. Wm McCaullough three and a half miles north of the city hosted the Twentieth Century Daisy Club a social evening of games and country life entertainment. Miss Mayme McCullough led the guests including Florence Jones Ethel Fulwider Lillian Volland Enna Volland and others. Local notices mention business trips J E Coleman clover hullers and Wheat market activity while Edinburg plans an electric light plant and curfew bells for youths amid summer leisure.
The notice explains a time work schedule effective July 12 1897 for ten hour days. It lists tasks Skiving or Facing Setting and Stuffing Blacking and Setting Scouring Flesh Finishing Grain Finishing with corresponding hourly rates ranging from 10 to 22 1 2 cents, resulting in daily earnings of about 2.00 to 2.25 dollars. It includes a July 21 1897 date line and table figures for different duties and hours.
Barbers and clerks plan a charity game Monday at Cramp's Park to raise funds for uniforms for a new professional club being formed in the city. Lineups include Lederhans, Webber, Burns, Benry, Bozzell, Wink, Everroad, Stanton and more with substitutes listed.
The North Vernon Fair runs August 3 to 6, 1897, offering 5650 in purses and premiums. Daily races feature Cook's Roman Hippo drome and LEquinine Paradox with Roman Standing Races plus livestock events. Ladies' Department grows. half fare on railroads serving North Vernon. Write Fred H. Nauer for premium list and entry blanks.
Dr A T Davis returned from Franklin and appeared unsettled claiming licenses and seeking a marriage by Justice Helms who noted the doctor was not authorized to perform the ceremony. Over three hundred visiting strangers expected for the Grove gathering.
The Evansville and Richmond railroad reorganization completes with control by J. R. Taylor of New York as president W B Salter of New York as secretary and H H Roseman of Evansville as treasurer Appointments include J C W Thompson Bedford general superintendent H H Roseman as freight and passenger agent Gardiner Gardiner attorneys and Dr A J McDonald chief surgeon all based in Indiana Seymour Republican notes the change follows court receivership and mentions expected attendance at a German Lutheran mission feast logistically linked to nearby towns.
The Daily Democrat reports early efforts to organize a baseball team in Columbus. Enthusiasts debated forming a squad and practicing before August 12, but organization faltered despite obtainable players. A game Monday will fund uniforms, with plans to field a competitive club by next summer.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a local notice about a dry handle factory and related woodwork at an unspecified site. The readable text offers limited detail on location dates or responsible entities, hindering full reconstruction of the event or notice.
The sixteen months old child of Mr and Mrs John Osborn of North Washington street died yesterday evening at 4 30 o clock from flux. Funeral announced later.
The Sentinel reporter cites Editor Clark in Indianapolis on Sunday declaring it likely Mr. Griffith will win. The Greensburg review notes rumors that "the king" is upset and would be disappointed if Griffith loses by about 2,500 votes.
The Y M A hosts a Sunday afternoon shirt sleeve meeting at 3 30. W S Swengie speaks on What wilt thou have me to do. Carl R Loop conducts the session. All men and boys invited for cool singing and rooms.
Frank Voyle of Elizabethtown reported a young man hired a horse and buggy from his livery stable to go to Waynesburg to set up a machine. The rider did not return the rig by Thursday night, leaving Voyle anxious for his property.
Last evening between six and seven o'clock after John Gilday and Ed Turner quit work they were met by strikers and badly used up. Gilday, an old citizen of Columbus, is well connected and respected. Reports say an agreement existed between Turner and Kinsey that the first to return to work would take a whipping, a notion to be judged harshly.
Miss Mayme Wert entertained a number of friends Thursday evening in honor of Miss Effie Weaver of Seymour. The gathering featured social visiting and refreshments as attendees paid tribute to the guest.
Wm. Nading and the mills pay 66 cents for new wheat in Shelby while Edinburg dealers pay 70 cents. The Edinburg Call notes haul costs can still yield top market prices, urging Shelby farmers to ship north. Editorials from Franklin Star advise taking regular inventories of stock and methods, valuing at cost with depreciation to measure profitability.
Notices remind readers to request the advertised product exactly and avoid substitutes. The column emphasizes accuracy in orders and urges buyers to confirm the specific item listed in the newspaper advertisement.
Geo H Cummins advertises fishing tackle hammocks and croquet sets at low prices, highlighting affordable outdoor gear for sale.
The Big 4 runs a special round trip excursion train from Columbus to Cincinnati Sunday July 25 for 1.00. Depart Columbus 8 a.m. return Cincinnati 7 p.m. Tickets valid only for that date and train. Attractions include Brooklyn vs Cincinnati Reds baseball and Lagoon attractions at Coney Island and Chester Park.
Local notice advertises a horse and surrey sale at Shea and Fahy with inquiries invited this week.
Advertisement for travel positions with responsible established house in Indiana. Monthly pay $65 plus expenses, steady work, reference required. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope to The Dominion Company Dept. H Chicago.
Charl Daimbert spent Sunday with his parents in town. A.J. Banker of Columbus visited Raymond Bowman who is dangerously ill with flux. L. Lehman a Columbus merchant was here yesterday to discuss mercantile interests.
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