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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 30, 1897

Page

3

Voting Instructions Under New Ballot Rules and 1892 Debate

The article explains the new voting method using a blue pencil to mark a cross inside a circle around the eagle on the Republican ticket, detailing where to mark, how to handle ballots, and penalties for incorrect marks. It also recalls 1892 Cleveland campaign arguments about prices and tariffs, noting Democratic and free-trade positions and a late Senate vote on tariff restoration.

Charles W. Les General Harrison Major McKinley Harrison McKinley United States Senate

Card of Thanks for Infant Death

Card of Thanks extends heartfelt gratitude to friends and neighbors for assistance during the last illness and death of their darling baby. The family expresses appreciation for kindness and Christian encouragement. Wu, Watenr and Family.

Classified Advertising Rates From Local Daily and Weekly

The notice lists rates for daily and weekly ads by inch and duration, including one year five dollars for daily and five dollars for one year in weekly editions. It details term pricing for six months, four months, three months, and one month, plus local notices at one cent a word first insertion and half cent additional insertions. Special rates apply for local advertising contracts of 500 lines or more.

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Windstorm caution and medicine advertisement

The notice warns Columbus of stronger winds and suggests a Kinney Kinney tornado and windstorm policy. It also promotes Teke Carters Cascara Pills by M C Dunnington, with a refund if they fail to cure, priced 25 cents. It ends with a consumer guidance line urging rejection of inferior store offerings.

Columbus Kinney & Kinney Teke Carter M. C. Dunnington

Starjor Print Co Guarantee Ad Promises Satisfaction

An advertisement notes Starjor Print Co offers fixed prices for quality work with guaranteed satisfaction using the best materials and invites all work. It emphasizes reliability and customer satisfaction in a period-voice business notice.

Starjor Print Co

Special clubbing offer for local papers

Kinney and Turrin advertise a twice weekly Courier Journal and the Weekly Star package, one year for 1.25 dollars, available to subscribers who renew or new subscribers paying in advance. Sample copies sent free on request. Subscriptions must be sent to Columbus Morning Star in Columbus, Indiana.

Courier-Journal Weekly Star ouher-Journal Columbus Morning Star Columbus Ind Kinney & Turrin Chicago

Great Southern Exposition Draws Route and Voting Notice

Nashville readers learn routes to reach the Great Southern Exposition with through trains to Cincinnati from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland and Columbus and from Detroit Toledo Sandusky and Chicago Benton Harbor to Cincinnati and Louisville. Voters are instructed to use a pencil and place a cross inside the eagle circle on the ballot with no marks outside it.

Nashville Tenn Marist

Big Four Rail Schedule Mixed Trains West and East

The timetable shows Big Four R. C. H. and G. branch trains running west and east with mixed services between Greensburg Ewington and Columbus. Times listed include pm am schedules with daily operation except Sundays.

Notable Women Mentioned In Various Roles Across 19th Century Society

The article highlights Grace Banks Griffith and Sarah McCardy among graduate stories, Clara Stimson of Houston managing a large shingles mill with plans to produce millions of shingles. Olga Hilton, an Alaska native, studies household economics for teaching better methods. It notes a queen of Württemberg's steadiness during a runaway carriage, a St. Louis family hiring a female coachman, and Mire Craigie’s leadership in journalism while detailing her American birth.

Northern ‘Inc Grace Banks Griffith Sarah. McCardy Clara Stimson Houston Olga Hilton Prat Wurtemberg St. Louis Mire Craigie Association of Woman Journalists

Four athletic girls run a coal mine in Mahoning Valley

The piece reports four German daughters of Joseph Mans laboring in a Shamokin area mine with roles as breaker boss Annie pumps operator Lizzie mule hoist Mary slate picker and Kate breaker chief. It notes Mans wealth from mine timber and farm holdings and cites a medical oddity about a fingertip reconnecting after a bicycle accident.

Mahoning Valley Shamokin Atlanta Constitution Joseph Mans Kate Annie Lizzie Mary Mans

Genealogy Societies Grow in Public Interest

A surge in genealogical societies favors membership based on ancestral deeds over personal merit. Groups such as the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution and the Society of Colonial Wars attract growing numbers, with the New York Mail and Express running a weekly section for family history queries and responses. The movement is praised for fostering respect for ancestors, patriotism, and interest in American history.

Sons and Daughters of the Revolution Society of Colonial Wars Society of the War of 1912 Colonial Dames Society of Mayflower Descendants Holland Society New York Mall and Express

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