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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1897
Page
1
The tale follows George Hanford and Agnes Melton as a dinner encounter reveals a clash of hearts. Agnes rejects him after a mistaken habit at the table, exposing a comic misunderstanding that ends their engagement and their future together.
A lively column covers local topics from strawberries to livery, bicycle interest, and building societies. It notes Valentine Ault Jr with seven acres of fine strawberries, fruit selling at five cents a quart, and upcoming Republican nominating events for Congress.
A Chicago Herald piece recounts an insurance inquiry where the applicant emphasizes a sedentary life and avoids sports. The underwriter probes risks from football to bicycle racing, concluding that venturing abroad on foot is a greater danger, and preserves the humorous contrast.
Terre Havre Inc reports a blaze at the Terry Company bituminous coal mine near Clinton. Fifteen workers were inside but all escaped unharmed as the mine burned fiercely. Loss estimated at 50,000 dollars with 12,000 dollars covered by insurance.
Rushville reports a woman's head found buried in soft sand among barrels in the Parsons building yard on Second Street north of the courthouse. The body is aged about forty, with blond hair and dental details noted. murder suspicion exists but no killer identified. Police plan a thorough probe as Jubilee church event and local notices appear amid the mystery.
A collage of brief notes from Columbus area papers mentions health, travel, weather, and local commerce. Highlights include updates on Geo W Cooper in Colorado Springs, Mrs. Winters and family en route to Louisville, a Friday City Hall dance, and merchants promoting ads. The column notes rising star subscriptions, factory payrolls at Elwood, and a big town cream festival at Orinoco with music and speeches.
Mrs Frank O Foster of New Albany visited with Mrs J M Lindsay on Sunday. Levi Hege made a business trip to Vernon. John D Long arrived from West Point to see his parents Mr and Mrs D F Long. J M Lindsay and son Will left for Terre Haute. Col McCord of Becks Grove was in the city. Otis Sandifer came from Shelbyville. Lee Williams traveled from Shelbyville to Washington Indiana to pitch today. John R Gent left for Chisago. Mrs Bessie Hamilton is home from Greensburg. Dr Allen returned to Edinburg. Mrs James Howe and daughter Michel visit Mrs Roe at Walnut Hills Cincinnati. Dr Frank C Doty returned to North Vernon. Mrs Frank Wetzel and son came from Indianapolis. Mr Herman came from North Vernon. Mrs W R Newman of Indianapolis visiting Mrs Pritchard. Miss May Weider home from Indianapolis. Fred McCoy, ill recently, was out downtown. Mrs Lopp and children go to New Albany for summer. Miss Carrie Daimbert went to Hope. Dr Huffminn went to Seymour. Dr George Rowe and wife returned to Indianapolis after visiting the Misses Linton. Fred Frah of New Belleville and Mr Cook of New Belleville in town. Will Perkinson joined Campbell, Boyd & Co. George Kitzinger has a new awning. Donner Milling Co. installing a wagon dump on Fifth St. Reeves Seward Cycle Co. advertises bicycles on sale at reduced prices.
Mr. Byum relocates to Brooklyn near the commissary department of the gold standard movement. Indiana suffers a severe setback, yet the Hoosier State shows notable recuperative powers.
Fourth precinct Republicans convene at the marshal’s office Saturday at 2:30 PM to elect a delegate for the congressional convention in this city on June 23 1897. Committeeman Wm Sansoler. presiding officer listed.
The Duke of Roxburghe, Victoria's first peer, reaches 21 this summer. His grandfather became an Earl sixty years ago when Queen Victoria ascended the throne and created him a peer in the United Kingdom.
A jumble of local items reports job ads for Rise and Pearsons, social visits in Hartsville and Greensburg, a corrected marriage name, a Fifth Street tea gathering with Grace Emmons and friends, plus a long anecdote about fraternal orders and a black man remark at a funeral procession.
The notice lists a partition lawsuit with John C. Gross and others versus the Covert and Brown families led by attorney M. D. Emig. It also notes a divorce case Elizabeth Vaislup versus Thomas Haislip with attorney W. W. Lambert.
A notice notes a lady will own the Star bicycle wheel in Columbus after about three weeks. Other items include local ad rates, Pearson selling peanuts via advertising, and a severe burn incident in Gladstone Missouri from a lamp mishap. A narrow near miss occurred as Jimmy Casin risked being struck by a southbound passenger train near Flat Rock.
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