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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1897
Page
4
Real estate, loans and insurance firm Owens & Williams promotes buying homes to save rent. Mentions Central No. 188 Citizens No. 187 and the New South Excursion twice a month. Describes fair dealing and investment options in productive farms or homes.
A list of varied property for sale and rent appears alongside a serialized mystery featuring Miss Peabody and a detective. The real estate items include cottages, farms, and improvements with prices and locations. The narrative follows dialogue about guilt, innocence, and a visitor linked to a robbery as clues unfold.
Notice invites readers to vote for the most popular lady without signing their name and to fill out all blanks on every Star Cup ballot. It encourages participation with or without a signed name and repeats the voting instruction.
Private in formation from Indianapolis reports Amos Rusie the Hoosier pitcher is weakening in his stand toward the New York Club. He has arranged to confer with officials and likely return to the team if conciliatory steps are taken.
The column lists social manners and local events including theater outings and dress costs, notes on illness and editorial unavailability, a fish ladder dispute at Tannehill dam, and a stray house in Bedford floods. It identifies long serving railway worker James Weddel, and announces Luther Hord’s appointment as Oklahoma Territory pharmacy board president.
Home markets list prices for Wheat at 80 to 81c per bushel Corn 19c per bushel Oats prime 19 to 20c per bushel Timothy baled 9.50 per ton loose 9.00 Clover baled 8.00 loose 7.50 Clover seed English 3.75 per bn red 3.60 per bushel Cattle 2.50 to 3.25 per hundred Hogs 3.40 per hundred Horses 5 to 100 per head Poultry prices per pound and per dozen Butter 7 to 10c Eggs 7e Lard 5 Flour 2.60 per 100 pounds Brand 60c per 100 pounds.
A Covington report states Mrs. Walling pleaded with Scott Jackson at the Alexandria jail to reveal the truth to save her son. Jackson denied concealing information, while Walling insisted he knew the truth and threatened a scaffold. Guards intervened as she wept and left.
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