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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1897
Page
5
Owes Williams Real Estate Loans and Insurance offers bargains to buy or sell homes with rent savings. If you have cash in hand, they propose direct or Building and Loan options. They promote investments in productive farms or homes and advertise excursions and low rates.
A wide array of properties for sale or trade across Columbus area including houses with cisterns wells and barns, a 16 acre Ohio acreage, a saw mill, farms in Brown and Jackson townships, and multiple lots. Prices range from 450 to 3,000 with terms and trade options noted.
Multiple property options with rents from 3.00 to 6.00 monthly, including cottages and rooms at 153 Wasehtatter and near First Street, plus stores and living spaces opposite Reeves factory. Also listings for cottages at various corners with terms and a note of available money to loan and showings by office.
A detective questions Miss Peabody on a mysterious case involving a jarred alibi. He tracks a suspect to Mrs. Brown on the fifth floor, where a tenant recently left and denied knowledge of prior connections, while the inquiry deepens into a dangerous web of innocence and guilt.
New York on March 2 James P Kernochan was run down at Fifth Avenue and Forty second Street while heading to Patriarch hall. He was found unconscious and carried home in a cab to 824 Fifth Avenue where he did not rally and suffered a dangerous concussion of the brain.
Editorials from Seymour Knightstown Tipton Muncie and Muncie News commend Governor Mount for common sense governance. They highlight his veto power insistence on public input and willingness to sign or withhold on bills after full review. They also discuss proposed changes to Indiana’s special verdict law to reduce redundancies and confusion for jurors.
Six miles north of Farmland Indiana a cooperative farming company hit a rich gas well as the drill penetrated Tren ton rock this afternoon. Gas rushed forth with a roar and the farmers say they will stop burning wood in the wake of the discovery.
Robert Catterson, a notorious inmate from Prison South, was released today on expiration of his five year burglary sentence. He had been sent from Terre Haute and led a revolt during Warden Atten’s administration until officers suppressed the uprising.
The repair shops of the Consolidated road at Valley Falls began full-time operation today, delivering sixty hours a week. These shops, key to the Consolidated system, previously ran on short time last winter, then full-time from spring until August, after which they operated forty hours weekly. About 500 workers are employed.
Gosnen Inc reports the death of Mrs. Jesse Sternberg aged thirty six by hanging this morning. The woman used a short rope tied to a barn rafter and jumped from a barrel, death apparently instant.
Chas Cheshire of this city to wed Miss Florence Cordy of Brown County in the Anderson neighborhood Brown County on Thursday March 11. The bride lived with George L Williams and family on South Walnut Street. the groom works for W T Parrish the liveryman.
The Indianapolis city council authorized issuing 350000 municipal bonds at 4 percent interest redeemable in 30 years to fund park improvements.
A four-room house on Brown Street is available for monthly rent from C. A. Turpis. The listing notes four rooms and a rental price per month.
Word reached Hopkinsville that Governor Bradley will replace Dr. Letcher, superintendent at the local asylum, within a day or two after a state inspector's report faulted him for mismanagement and neglect. Letcher hails from Henderson and is related to the governor's wife.
Official notice outlines residence at S W corner 8th and Chestnut and hours until 3 plus 7 to 8 PM. Includes local phone number 121 for citizens.
Trains depart from the Pennsylvania passenger depot with new timings starting November 15. No 105 runs daily except Sunday at 8:50 am, No 19 at 10:25 am, No 7 at 4:20 pm, No 5 at 5:50 pm, No 101 Sundays only 7:45 am and daily 11:15 am. For Lancaster and Madison routes, daily and Sunday variations list morning and evening departures.
A sequence of street intersections and business names appears, listing 12th Street at Jackson through 57th at Orinoco Avenue, with sites such as Mooney's Tannery and Reeves Pulley Works. The notes map cross streets like Fifth, Washington, Franklin, Sycamore, and Union, highlighting a busy urban grid and local commerce anchors.
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