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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1897
Page
3
W A Smith of Waymansville entered the normal this week and says many more from his section are expected for next term according to the Hope Record.
Miss Claudie Phelys hosted a pleasant Tuesday evening with games and cards. Rumor suggests Orson May of Central Union Telephone Co may marry a local society lady. Otto Stillabower and Kate D Snyder have license to wed. The Bison City quartette sang to the Star office at eleven, courtesy of Patty May over Bell telephone.
John Adams resigns from the volunteer fire service after a month. At the meeting last night Alex Craneing was elected as his successor. Kent Reeves resigns after several years of service and his successor will be elected in a month.
The Atlanta Constitution cites Will N. Warben as a writer who sold a dozen stories to a leading magazine in youth. Despite earlier pride at checks, none of the tales ever appeared as editors claimed is crowded. A note to the editor about future publication reveals a supposed conspiracy to wait until his death, and Warben later marries.
The message offers cutting services for individuals or businesses with guaranteed work and reasonable prices. It notes Route No 4 previously carried by Charles Foster is now handled by Hal Smith. Collections are restricted to Mr Turpin and patrons should report missed deliveries or carrier negligence.
The Big Four Route linked with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway offers premier facilities from Chicago St Louis Peoria Indianapolis Terre Haute Fayette Benton Harbor Detroit Toledo Sandusky Springfield Dayton and intermediate points via Cincinnati. Palace Sleeping Cars from St Louis and Indianapolis. Scenic route with Wagner Sleeping Cars Buffet Parlor Cars and Dining Cars. Tickets via Big Four and O and O routes.
A fragmented OCR list names township trustees and local officials including Hawcreek Geo C Moore Hope Flatrock J O Dodd and Columbus figures such as M V Jewell W H Smith and J W Wright. The source shows scattered entries for towns like Taylorsville Nineveh Union Rockcreek and Jonesville with several surnames and initials.
The Weekly Courier-Journal becomes the Twice-2-Week Courier-Journal with Wednesday pens and politics and Saturday stories, miscellany, pictures and poetry. Each issue will be six pages, twelve pages weekly, for $1 per year with no price change. Henry Watterson editorial features planned.
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