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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1897
Page
2
The Columbus Indiana publication announces G A Turpin as City Editor with H Kinney and Turpin as proprietors. It notes second class matter at the Columbus post office and Charlton’s ownership in the byline.
Advertising rates listed include one cent a word for first insertion and half a cent a word for additional insertions. Game matter and locals ran in black letters cost two cents a word per insertion. Special rates apply to local advertising contracts of five hundred lines or more. Yearly contracts not carried to expiration are billed at monthly rates per the above schedule.
A weather bulletin reports colder but fair weather for today. Separately, Senator Fairbank introduces his first bill in the U S Senate proposing a pension increase for William Webster of Company 1 Eight New York Cavalry to $50 a month.
A heavy wind storm swept through the southwest of the state yesterday. Evansville and nearby areas suffered damage including an opera house, a brick building, and a dwelling torn to pieces with other property badly damaged.
The first ballot in the General Assembly for United States Senator failed to elect. Dr. Hunter, the Republican caucus nominee, fell short as six Republicans bolted. Sound money Democrats, previously courted by Hunter, voted for Davie.
At a Wabash alumni dinner Governor Mount decried public aid to any single college. He praised the noble work of all state institutions and urged equal encouragement, privileges, rights, and advantages for higher education. He insisted public funds should not favor one institution over another and called for equal justice to all colleges.
The item compiles varied notes from multiple locales including New York Springfield and Comora with scattered statistics. It mentions churches, car builds, sailors, pennies in a bank, wild turkeys, hops imports, a St Paul damage award, Denmark’s flag history, and Arkansas senate action, but no single coherent story emerges.
An advertisement from Beast Straubuurn & Co. in Columbus Indiana catalogs a wide range of mock and real brands including Blue Time Expectorant and One Minute Cough Cure among many others such as Kings Allen Hall Harters Jaynes Boschees Pisco Kilmer German English French Indian and Brazilian Colombian. The listing presents a generic catalog style common to early 20th century druggists.
In Anderson Indiana March 22 the railroad manager paid quitting workers a month's wages in cash and promised another sum before April 15 to avert a shutdown. All but two returned to work and trains ran on time. One man said he would not work for the company and another left to visit his mother. If other points follow suit the line will run smoothly for another month.
Dr. J M Davies pastor of First Presbyterian Noblesville preached on The Crime and Punishment of Jackson and Walling blaming Pearl Bryan. He denounced society for allowing such men into rank but said the evidence did not justify death sentences.
The speaker denounced dancing late at night and interactions with questionable men, urging strict parental guidance. He warned crime would rise unless strong influence surrounded children, using vivid imagery to stress guardianship before danger overruns youth.
Good house with four rooms and a large barn on a big lot offered cheaply on easy terms. Inquiries at STAR office, 127 5t.
The report surveys multiple counties from Bedford to Danville noting heavy losses in wheat yields. Counties such as Johnson, Gibson, and the south face substantial declines, while places like Connersville and Danville show better prospects. Overall forecasts indicate a mixed season with many counties below 1896 or last year’s output.
John Graham, foremost American athletics trainer and Boston gym superintendent, endorses Paine's celery compound as a remedy for fatigue and illness. He credits the formula to Prof. Edward E. Phelps of Dartmouth and cites widespread professional use and reported health benefits for students and athletes.
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