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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1897
Page
6
The item notes the Columbus Star published in Columbus Indiana with proprietors and city editor Chas A Turpin. It lists post office mailing details and date June 22 1897. The brief line indicates second class matter status.
Rates for various insertions are listed by length and time in daily and weekly formats. Local ads priced at one cent per word for first insertion, half cent for subsequent insertions, with black letter repeats two cents per word. special rates available on local advertising contracts of 500 lines or more. Yearly contracts expire then billed monthly at stated rates.
EveryTime prepares a July 5 celebration in the city with a driving park horse show on Monday. A Republican caucus in the city nominates a candidate to oppose Francis M. Griffith, urging harmony and a determined victory.
The StAn urges Bartholomew County to support Hon Geo W Allison of Brown County as a Republican Congressional nominee at today’s convention. The call emphasizes party unity and local backing for the candidate.
Hon W S Howiaian won the district by 825 votes aided by the Populists. The Populists tally in the district is twice that number. Republicans are urged to nominate a capable candidate, with favorable prospects cited.
The Star recalls its early advocacy for a city celebration on July 4 and notes it was prepared to raise funds for Jay Cooke's hippodrome. It states subscription papers were drawn up and that its paper would be paid when called, while criticizing ad committees for excluding The Star from advertising shares. It rejects any printing role from the Herald’s foreman and thanks others for consideration.
Miss Rosy says her mind isn’t made up while Miss Speyt retorts it’s more than she can say for her face. The New York Journal notes a patient arguing with a dentist about pulling a tooth without extra gas.
A local writer criticizes party partisanship and elected professionals arguing bread and funds come from circulation. He questions why laborers are excluded from lawmaking and denounces the focus on lawyers and preachers for public office. The piece laments broader economic distress and calls for scrutiny of political power.
A Washington Star quote shows Mable's father scolding a young man who kept calling, the youth replying he did not think it necessary. The father asks why the calls continue and learns the man now makes seven calls weekly.
An Indianapolis Journal snippet questions whether a man’s conduct proves love or misbehavior. The snippet centers on perception of affection and social judgment in relationships. The wording implies doubt about genuine feeling versus acted display.
The Philadelphia Times notes that posters and ads on streets and fences blend with printed notices. It observes that high grade magazines and newspapers dominate household reading, with thorough entertaining promotions rivaling news columns in appeal.
In a Washington Star excerpt, Mr. Comrox notes his wife enjoyed a new twenty five dollar hat despite drizzle and public display. He says she valued the reactions of others and felt she had gotten her money’s worth.
The Fat Lady greets Reginald and Sam in a wry scene as talk turns to a quarrel. The India Rubber Man grows angry with the Leopard Boy and vows to punish him over a long stretch of years.
A humorous notice describes a lady cyclist in knickerbockers near Wareham asking a countryman for directions. The man inspects her and wittily replies that her route is correct, remarking that she seems to have the “ve got'em on all right.”
In a Rochester Dem ocrat and Chronicle note, Amatella, battered, explains he pursued few lessons to learn enough of the mily art to defeat a min. He now decides to send the opponent to finish the lessons.
In a Yonkers Statesman excerpt a tramp refuses to cut wood claiming he is a member of the Society for the Preservation of the American Forests and vowed never to cut timber. He cites loyalty to his trust and a commitment to conservation over work.
A client declares no case but offers money, the lawyer asks for Yen thousand dollars, and the attorney jokes about avoiding prison with that sum in a Boston Traveler snippet.
The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes Wallace recalling a Cuban uprising insurrection from twenty years ago. Ferry asks if he was present as Wallace narrates a vivid, near-immediate engagement sparked by his father’s large black Havana cigar.
Fragmentary dialogue set in Boton features Browning and Tam discussing spectacles. The garbled lines reference a judge and Nisa, leaving the scene as a terse domestic exchange with unclear context.
A garbled OCR fragment shows incomplete phrasing about marriage and unexpected actions. Names, dates, places are unreadable, offering no clear event or identifiable entities to report.
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