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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1897
Page
3
The administrator WM G Irwin announces all debts to L Rosenbush or Rosenbush and Moore must be paid within 30 days from date of notice. Open accounts and past due notes are due promptly. excuses will not be accepted.
A March 17 wire from Carson City will deliver a full report from the Corbett-Fitzsimmons ring side to the English opera house in Indianapolis. An operator on stage will read the dispatch to the audience as details arrive. Col Robi Ingersoll, recently ill, now lectures thrice weekly and will visit Indianapolis on March 14 for a new talk on reforming mankind.
An impatient caller to his own house overheard a garbled exchange about livery stables and a heavy carriage. The dialogue included misheard phrases like a 300 pound girl and a wide seat, and the line ended abruptly as if shot.
The article outlines Kid Gardner vs Sally Smith for March 15 at Broadway Athletic Club for 31 000 a side and Fitzsummons vs Corbett on March 17 with a 31 500 side bet. It notes Johnny Echardt organizing a special New York to Corbett Fitzsummons train trip to San Francisco with return via several cities. It recalls early Corbett-Choynski encounters from 1889 and mentions Kid McCoy's international letter.
Madden says a former American fighter is now worth about 15000 dollars. He has heard from Joe Goddard and expects Lee to arrive in American within weeks to challenge and box any heavyweights.
A brief notice lists dry wood for sale at J. A. George's and one and a half cards for $1 at a Handle factory with leave orders at Winans' grocery. The item mentions Bedford ladies at a theatre and a council ordinance dispute amid Bloomington World coverage.
The notice offers job work services to produce portraits or business cuts with guaranteed results and reasonable prices. It states Route No.4 resigns from Charles Foster and is now carried by Hal Smith, with collections handled solely by Mr. Turpin and calls patrons to report undelivered papers or carrier negligence.
The Beard will play short for Scranton next season and was eyed for Detroit management. Comiskey bans southern arrival with St Louis report date March 15 as Saints train at Sportsmen's Park. St Paul opens in Kansas City while Stallings predicts Western League title threats from Indianapolis Kansas City Detroit Milwaukee and maybe Columbus. Columbus releases Newt Fisher from Mobile and Loftus expects him with Discoverers, leading to Detroit-Columbus tiebreaker talks at the March 8 league meeting. Larry Mitchell signs as Akron outfielder. Twitchell’s decline noted as he joins a club with $900 monthly cap. Judge Hord runs the ninth circuit with notable dispatch.
Promotion of the Big Four Route via the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway highlights service from Chicago St Louis Peoria Indianapolis Terre Haute LaFayette Benton Harbor Detroit Toledo Sandusky Springfield Dayton and Cincinnati. Palace Sleeping Cars from St Louis and Indianapolis Wagner Sleeping Cars Buffet Parlor Dining Cars are featured in a premium travel experience. Tickets requested via Big Four and O and O routes.
The Courier Journal announces reformatted publication from 1897 with Wednesday news and politics and Saturday stories and features. Each issue will be six to twelve pages weekly, totaling 104 pages per year, keeping the Democratic platform and raising prices to 14 dollars yearly for the Twice-a-Week edition.
The document enumerates trustees Hawccreek Geo C Moore Hope iPlatrock J O Dodd and many others across towns Columbus Harrison Reekcreek Newber Clay Northneburg with names like M V Jewell Wm Wiseman and W F Norton plus city roles Mayor Beck Clerk Suverkrup Treasurer Sibley Marshal Schooler City Engineer Rights and council members Crump Patterson Rost Adams Parker Schoonover Stevens Komine and others.
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