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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1897
Page
4
The document lists routes and schedules for the Big Four Route and related lines, promoting reduced fares and through train service to Cincinnati and connections to Buffalo, St. Louis, Louisville, Indianapolis, and Columbus. It cites officials and stations across multiple cities and notes a convention in Chattanooga with special pricing.
Advertisement copy offers 10 cents postage for a free sample 18 inch by 6 pound package with 60 percent commission on a $1.00 price. Claims 40 similar items for men and women and prompts sending for a descriptive circular from Romanza Agency at 719 Sycamore St Cincinnati.
San Francisco hosts a convention July 7 to 12 for the Big Four route. Special low rates will apply from all points on the system via Chicago St Louis or Peoria. Through trains run from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis to St Louis and Peoria and from Cincinnati and Louisville to Chicago. Details available from local agents.
The Bie Four Rours will name special low rates for teachers and heads for the annual Milwaukee meeting. The trip is a summer pleasure, with the Bieour Route serving Cincinnati Indianapolis Dayton Springfield Columbus and intermediate points to Chicago. Full trip information available from any Bic Four Rourk agent.
A note from Minneapolis dated July 6 to 10 announces special law rates for the Big Four Route to accommodate BLES members and friends. The route between Cincinnati Louisville Indianapolis and surrounding territory and to Chicago is conceded by all at the National Educational Association Convention in Milwaukee on July 6 to 9.
Kinney and Turpin announce a clubbing deal with the Twice-a-week Courier-Journal. Subscribers who renew or new subscribers who pay in advance will receive both papers at a special price. Sample copies sent free on request. Offer valid until July 1 1897 and limited time. Subscriptions to Columbus Morning Star, Columbus Indiana.
One Way and Round Trip tickets to the South offered by the Southern Railway from June to October, with two cent per mile one way fares from Ohio and Mississippi River points and round trip at one fare plus two dollars. First and third Tuesdays of each month. Wm. H. Tayloe, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky, notes schedules and special rates to all points south. The line claims access to eight Great South States.
The TPWORTH League Convention announces Special Love Rates highlighting a cross country route from St Louis to Toronto and from Cleveland to Detroit with stops including Veolia Indianapolis Cincinnati Dayton Springfield Columbus Buffalo Niagara Falls Poledo. Apply for full particulars.
A large lighthouse model is built inside St Marys church Whitkirk near Leeds as a fitting memorial to civil engineer John Smeaton whose Eddystone lighthouse work was renowned. The rock base bears inscriptions and a historic lantern feature is noted from Ely cathedral restorations.
Leslie's Weekly profiles Judge Roy Bean Langtry Texas as law west of the Pecos. An anecdote recalls Bean holding a coroner inquest over a man who died on the railroad bridge. The court fines the deceased $10 for carrying a loaded gun, illustrating Bean’s brisk frontier administration.
English painter Frederick Frith aided the future Kaiser’s early art exposure at Windsor. A four year old prince’s face was smeared with green blue and vermilion as he babbled at an unfinished canvas. His screams and vengeance later hindered Frith from finishing a likeness.
Citizens of Lubec Maine form a hearse corporation by voluntary subscriptions aim to fund a funeral vehicle. Each subscriber pays one dollar with a rebate option if the hearse is used by the subscriber within a set years. The plan includes ensuring a first class funeral for contributors and refunds on death.
Insurance underwriters fear ships ending with the letter A as a hoodoo. Recent wrecks include the British ship Androsa sailing from San Francisco, the Oreatia damaged near Liverpool, and the Villanta lost with crew. Other disasters cited are Watlapa Dora Colima Columbia Umatilla, all linked to final A endings.
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