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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1897
Page
2
Classified masthead shows Columbus Indiana newspaper branding with editors Turpin and Kinney. Publication details indicate the Columbus Star issue date June 21, 1897 and post office usage as second class matter.
An archival ad rate sheet lists price per inch for intervals from one month to one year, with varied monthly and quarterly terms. It includes word pricing for single and multiple insertions, black letter display, and special rates for local advertising contracts of 500 lines or more.
Sugie Coons won the popular vote in Columbus for the Star prize wheel, tallying up to a notable total as of last evening. Local readers submitted ballots indicating support for the event and its favored participant.
Brown County delegates and alternates chosen by mass meeting will represent the county at the Columbus convention. Henry Cook and Ed Godfrey lead as first and second delegates with a full list of others including Frank Clark Win Fisher Al Mcvaughilin Charles Dehmer V Philip Knorr Fremont Davis M Hutchins Wm Dinkens Albert Owens and M T Poling at township levels with Dr Reynolds district names noted.
The author portrays Matanzas and western Cuba as a vast ash heap after January destruction. He notes a lack of local organization among survivors, with families starving isolated and communities unable to unite to seek relief, amid ongoing famine and fear of plague.
A Yale Divinity Hall student fired a toy rifle at a lamp but hit a window and embedded a bullet in a wall. The eminent professor of science traced the ball’s path to an innocent colleague and proved the act. The student confessed, and the matter was dropped.
The piece notes fifty six as a pivotal age for geniuses with figures like Dante and Henry VIII cited. It offers riding advice emphasizing steady pace, prepared meals, and minimal delays. It also highlights Earl de Gray as a top hunter, averaging over 25 thousand game per year and once shooting 50 pheasants in three minutes.
The Star offers fixed prices for work done with quality materials. It guarantees satisfaction and advertises modern styling for all printing needs.
A New York Sun column recounts a women’s club gathering where several members discovered they forgot their watches. The first vice president fixes a belt watch, the chairwoman jokes about readiness, and the president learns the watch was wound but not set, highlighting social dynamics over a simple time mixup.
The Benton River Mont Press reports rising wolf depredations across Montana range country. Professional hunters say the pray wolf is elusive and solitary, avoids poisoned bait, and targets the strongest cattle while the weak surrender. Wolf hunting remains a slow, costly occupation requiring trapping, chasing, and shooting for any real results.
An advertisement claims Peruna cures a wide range of female ailments including nervous debility and fatigue. It urges sick mothers and married women to write to Dr Hartman’s Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co in Columbus Ohio for a free booklet titled Racets and Paces detailing free treatment outcomes.
The Indianapolis Daily Weekly and Sunday Sentinel touts abundant coverage under McKinley administration. It claims the Republican state government and broad foreign news reach, promising extensive state and national dispatches for readers. Subscription rates are listed for daily, weekly, and Sunday editions.
The new shah of Persia trims the palace harem to 60 wives, a move described by The Figaro and Pall Mall Gazette as wise economy. He has 23 daughters and 4 sons from a 50-wife lineage, while the previous shah kept 1,720 wives who are now widows. The piece notes gender inequality and feminist critique of biblical phrases.
Prof Lu Thompson discusses melting through thick iron with enough time and current, noting impractical burden and risk for burglars. Miss Alice Fletcher cites phonograph-recorded Omaha songs matching 12 year old notes. Local ad mentions discounts on lace and shoes at 314 Washington St and J A Newton one price cash shoe store.
Special low fares advertised for travel to Put in Bay and multiple Great Lakes regions including Lake Erie islands, Niagara, Thousand Islands, Adirondacks, Lake George, and major cities like Cleveland and Detroit. Mentions routes via St Louis and Chicago and to contact TG Four Rout for details.
Round trip from all stations to points on its line within 200 miles from selling point good returning to and including July 6 1897. Call on agent Big Pour Route for tickets and full information. Dry Handle Fretory Wood at Columbus Pud & tee Co Wohi. A girl to go general house work at family of three. Over 527 Washington Bis Bargains three houses on a sixty foot lot $600 for all three. Who
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