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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1897
Page
4
Post Office Columbus Indiana accepts local ads with pricing terms. One cent per word for first insertion, half cent per word for additional insertions. Black letter game matter locals cost two cents per word per insertion. Special rates available for large local advertising contracts.
A recent Friday event described as Anyclone caused extensive damage across Mississippi and Texas, with severe property destruction and loss of life reported. Authorities note substantial force and scale of impact.
Yesterday's pleasant weather sparks optimism for Columbus and its merchants. If trends continue, Mr. Van Ansdall and other draymen may see more work, with Finney of the Martingville Democrat and the Times taking notice of the local prospect.
Reports describe floods large parts of the South with Paducahicky and Memphs Town surrounded by rising water. The Mississippi River causes extensive damage across affected areas as communities fear for safety and property.
The article notes that recent years have seen the south suffer more from destructive winds than any other region. It cites several bad cyclones this year, underscoring ongoing wind threats in the southern states.
In a Martinsville and Columbus Times illuminated row the Morning Times editorial columns defend Columbus against a Finney critique. The piece denounces a slur on Wes Vanausdaul and rebuts accusations from the Silver Weekly and Columbus Times, praising local honesty and resilience and urging boom in Columbus amid hard times.
An Indianapolis area ad from Eanst StauLiotn & Co. Druggists promotes famous Expectorant and Minute Cough Cure and lists numerous brands such as Kings Allens Halls Hattera Jaynes Boschees Pisos Kilmers German English French Indian Brazilian Columbian Smiths Browns Whites Goldens Layties Sellers Bulls Drakes Ransoms Chamberlains Scotts Crooks Angiers Warners Ackers Primleys Hierces Phillips Moellers etc. Columbus, Ind.
A request to baptize the infant Franz MckKinley Drac using water from the White House faucet was granted. The child, born on election night, will receive the christening at a marrow night ceremony as described by the Enquirer.
Mrs. Robert J. Day wife of the Daily Democrat editor halted a runaway horse after it bolted with her baby in a light buggy. She wrapped the infant in a laprobe then climbed over the dash to seize a rein and steer the horse into a building, preventing a possible wreck.
McKeesport reports a severe burn case in Mrs James Biehelberger. Dr Andrew Hunter leads a pioneering skin graft program using grafts from volunteers to cover burns on her right arm side and breast. About 25 to 50 donors may be needed to save her life.
Robert McIntyre an itinerant dealer in dry goods was assaulted by a gang of tramps in Littleton on March 19 and left insensible. His stock was stolen and he was found lying in the street by a passerby.
Farmer's receiving price data shows wheat at 80 to 90 cents per bushel, corn 19 cents, oats 19 to 20 cents per bushel. Timothy hay baled nine fifty per ton, loose nine dollars. clover baled eight, loose seven fifty per ton. Clover seed English 3.75 per bushel, red 3.60 per bushel. Live stock values list cattle two fifty to three twenty five per hundred, hogs three forty per hundred, horses five to one hundred per head. Poultry prices pullets six cents, hens six cents, roosters three cents per pound. ducks six cents, turkeys seventy four cents per pound. Butter seven to ten cents, eggs seven cents per dozen, lard five cents. Flour two dollars sixty cents per hundred pounds, brand sixty cents per hundred pounds.
Anderson March 19 Bayney Van Hoorebeke was found not guilty of murdering his wife after a jury verdict this morning. He plans to return to his farm south of the city and begin anew. Miss Pritz, the state's witness, was released and later married Van Hoorebeke.
John Graham, famed American athletic figure, leads a lineage of proteges at the Boston Athletic Association gym who have dominated New England events. The ad highlights Paine's celery compound as a trusted remedy endorsed by Dartmouth and Harvard medical circles for blood purification and nerve restoration.
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