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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1897
Page
2
The Columbus Star issue lists E. H. Kinney as co proprietor and Chas. A Turpin as city editor with Turpin’s name at the masthead. The note confirms second class mail status and post office filing in Columbus Iowa.
Rates show advertising pricing by duration from daily to yearly for one inch blocks. Pricing lists include daily weekly and monthly terms with per word local ad charges and contract notes, plus special terms for larger campaigns.
Notice to Republicans in Bartholomew County Indiana detailing a meeting at precinct election sites on June 19 1897 at 2 30 p m to elect delegates for a convention in Columbus to nominate a candidate for Congress in the Fourth district following the death of William St Holman. It lists apportionment by precinct and names county officials and dates.
Ad copy describes a medicine claimed to be “most wonderful” for cleansing the system and curing various ailments. It promotes dietary use and lists prices in cents while asserting reliability and benefits. It imitates old time medical patent tones with bold assurances.
A baby girl weighing nine and a half pounds was born yesterday morning to Mr Ralph Owens and Mrs Owens.
A local notice shows a versatile advertiser listing a shop on Front Street offering cigars tobacco confectionery hot oyster stews boiled eggs umbrella and sewing machine repairs bottoming chairs and a shooting gallery. The notice contains garbled text claiming various remedies and dubious advertisements from a branded Sterling Remedy Co and other misprinted lines.
An unnamed man, haunted by questions of faith, discovers belief after hearing his daughter say her father has found God. He reflects on the burden of being a man without faith and expresses gratitude for the childlike moment that spurred his search. Community ads follow, promoting Cure Constipitis remedies and bicycle offers from local merchants.
Sunday June 13 the Big 4 runs a one dollar round trip excursion from Columbus Indiana to Cincinnati Ohio. Train leaves Columbus in the morning and returns from Cincinnati at 7 pm. Tickets valid only for this date and train. Attractions include river trip to Coney Island Lagoon Zoological Gardens Chester Park and more, agent J S Samri signs the notice.
Report lists voting tallies by names Susie Coons Lou Stadler Emma Moore Anna Tooley Dot Matthews Jessie McLeod Jane Voris Hattie May Kate Rubbottom Hazel Gysie Lertha Lays Ivy Dunlap Maud Belle Jessie Mead and others with totals 3058 240 116 158 70 41 627. The item also includes ads for Cascarets with claims of curing constipation and money refunds from druggists.
A two week camping party gathers this week led by Col. Star. Members include Louis Thompson John Crump Dr Will Schwartzkopf Frank Uberoth and James Sibley. Guests Harry Winterberg and Wk Adams drop in briefly with the group.
A salesman explains how on the Burlington line from Leavenworth to St. Joseph a traveler can exploit transfers to gain 13 miles under the passenger tariff. The method starts with a ticket to St. Joseph, then shifts to Atchison via Armour Junction, and finally to the Missouri city, all while satisfying tariff rules.
A string of sly epigrams on love, wealth, and social foibles. The author riffs on governing wives, rich widows, and the folly of men who seize assets. Humor surrounding coincidences, spoken quips, and martial ambitions undercuts serious pretensions with light irony.
Two little girls discuss belief in God, one cites her father who says there is no God. The other asserts there is a God and that her father may be wrong. The father overhears and contemplates the implications, feeling lonely as the weight of the idea sinks in.
Crowded New York cable car scene ends with a well dressed woman asking for a nickel instead of pennies. The conductor refuses, a man nearby quietly swaps pennies for a nickel and passes it to the conductor, leaving passengers amused by the clever turn.
An article notes Americans as top dancers ahead of Russians Spaniards with the view that cotillion leadership is born not learned. It also recounts Alfred Pease’s election as M P for Cleveland while abroad and Jenny Lind’s last public appearance in 1883 at Malvern Hills aiding a railway benevolent fund.
Prof Elihu Thompson argues that melting through thick iron and steel is possible with time and sufficient current but burglary paraphernalia time risk and discovery make it unlikely. Miss Alice C Fletcher notes a Omaha Indian song recorded by phonograph matched a 12 year old transcription exactly.
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