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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1897
Page
2
Proprie tors registered at the Postoffice in Columbus Iowa as Second Class Matter. City Editor Chas A Turpin. Columbus, Lind. June 1807.
A fragmented ad rate schedule lists prices for daily weekly and monthly insertions in various currencies and formats. It notes per word pricing for local notices and special rates for advertising contracts, with bunched figures and partial phrases.
The article argues for moving hitch racks from the courthouse square to Railroad Square. It notes farmers would support the shift, cites paving plans for asphalt, and highlights Railroad Square as more accessible near the city hall and Market House with ample space and a potential water well.
An editorial argues that public complaint worsens hardships and that removing negative notions would spur investment and work. It cites a well healed man who delays a $10,000 public improvement due to hearing constant talk of hard times, delaying circulation and deepening poverty.
The speaker argues that fear and division drain capital from circulation and worsen hard times. If Americans unite beyond politics and invest, the nation will brighten with prosperity akin to a blazing sun. Try it.
The writer urges strong American action to recognize Cuban belligerents and end Spain's aggression. They claim Congress has done little to stop the war and urge Americans to back Cuban freedom against a brutal foe. The piece invokes historic battles for liberty and calls for a proactive United States stance.
The mother of Mrs. EK Gibson of Greelyville South Carolina details her daughter's long illness with weakness poor appetite constipation and night sweats. After trying various medicines she used Peruna and fully recovered praising the remedy and requesting a free women’s book from The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company Columbus Ohio.
A New York Journal item notes Mrs Hashleigh and a prospective boarder arguing over table board charges with playful dialogue about riding a wheel.
In the Detroit Free Press a mother pleads for help with dusting the parlor while Arabella jokes about a century run, highlighting fatigue and domestic strain in a light domestic vignette.
Edward Gregory, a farmer two miles from town, unearthed a vessel containing two hundred silver dollars while plowing. He suspects the money was buried by a local miser named Donahue about forty years ago.
Mrs George Snyder a county woman today drank carbolic acid while temporarily deranged and her life is despaired of. The burns she received are terrible and she had attempted to drown herself a few weeks ago.
J W Dashiell announces the Indiana Assembly at Acton Park returning as one meeting from July 14 to August 8. The event draws Indianapolis cottagers with headquarters in Acton, featuring speakers from church groups and universities, plus days for temperance and missionary societies.
Division superintendents of the Pennsylvania lines have notified conductors that they must not carry mail for Adams Express Company unless paid by the company. A new law forbids railroad employees from handling mail unless a portion of their salaries is paid by the employer for the company performing the work.
The article highlights McKinley's cabinet, naming John Sherman General Alger and Lyman J. Gage as prominent members. It states they possess large private fortunes earned through business and pine lands in Michigan. It notes the President and Congress as the leadership force guiding the nation to better times.
The county trustees meet with a majority in session seeking a county superintendent. Two Democratic trustees who failed to appear face mandamus actions as the sheriff searches for them. The majority plans to adjourn daily until the missing trustees are found.
Pendleton funeral honors H P Shafter former Muncie mayor with Odd Fellows and G A R in charge burial at Pendleton Cemetery. Shafter, a veteran of Mexican and Civil Wars, died recently. Jesse Chih prominent resident of Etherington aged 51 dies after long illness. funeral at M E Church this afternoon.
The Bloomington World laments those who harm others with slander and destroy reputations for personal gain. It warns that justice will meet such heartless acts, if divine retribution ever strikes the guilty.
The report surveys several regions with optimistic wheat, strawberry, and orange forecasts while noting reduced peach and potato prospects. Connecticut peach growers may lift their crop if lighting off the “yellows” succeeds. Michigan faces severe losses from cold and wet weather. Louisiana cotton gains pace but remains small for the season. Flood sufferers return to farms with cautious expectations. Phosphate products from Stahlhuths are advertised as palatable at a fountain.
A man seeks a prescription for his wife to resist department store ads. The doctor considers giving a positive order to avoid papers for weeks to keep her from city summer trips. Also notes ice cream, strawberry festival at Anderson Schoolhouse on Friday night June 11.
A vintage note promotes an old fashioned M Ik Shake with fruit juice as a fine drink and urges trying an Ice Cream Soda at Stahlhuths Fountain where real ice cream is promised for six cents.
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