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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1897
Page
3
Ke H Kinney and A Turpin publish the Columbus Indiana daily edition with Chas A Turpin as City Editor and distribution handled through the local postoffice. Second-class matter designation indicates standard mailing.
Classified notice outlines pricing for local advertisements with rates for first insertions and subsequent insertions. Special rates apply for five hundred lines or more with contracts. Monthly charges apply to yearly contracts not carried to expiration.
Colder, fair weather today. Senator Fairbank's first bill in the U S Senate introduces a pension measure to raise William Webster's pension, a lieutenant in Company I Eight New York Cavalry, to fifty dollars per month.
A heavy wind storm swept through the southwest part of the state yesterday, striking Evansville and Cynthiana near Princeton. An opera house, a brick building, and a dwelling were torn apart, with other property badly damaged.
The first ballot in the General Assembly failed to elect Dr Hunter the Republican caucusman. Six Republicans bolted the caucus while sound money Democrats Hunter courted voted for Davie.
At a Wabash alumni dinner Governor Mount voiced views on higher education. He asserted that colleges are doing noble work and urged equal encouragement and rights for all institutions preparing professionals, arguing public aid to one harms others and that higher education should rest on equal ground.
A mix of brief items notes and claims: reference to 1 093 churches in greater New York boundaries and Springfield Mass building a four car with five engines on electric routes. Scandinavian sailors prominent on vessels of various national ties. A Laconia New Hampshire merchant deposited 25950 pennies in a local bank last week. Comorm Virginia and nearby areas enjoy abundant wild turkeys. Last year 17500000 pounds of hops were imported by British brewers. A St Paul judge awarded a citizen five dollars damages after a motor man refused to stop for him. The oldest national flag is Denmark's in use since 1219. Arkansas senate repealed a rule allowing reading twenty papers at state expense. Mieke reports President EC Chamberlain Western mining company training elks in Portland Oregon.
An advertisement lists agents for many patent medicines including ime Expectorant and One Cough Cure and other brands such as Kings Allen Halls Harters Jaynes Boschees Pisos Kilmer German English French Indian Brazilian Colombian Smiths Browns Whites Goldens Layties Sellers Bulls Drakes Ransoms Chamberlains Scotts Crooks Angiers Warners Ackers Primleys Hierces Phillips Moellers DeWitts Fellows Munyons Humphreys.
In Anderson Indiana the C and E railroad manager paid striking workers a month's wages in cash and promised another by April 15. All but two men returned to work as trains ran on time. One quitter said he would not work for the company and another left to visit his mother.
Dr J M Davies of the First Presbyterian Church in Noblesville denounced society for admitting Jackson Walling and Wood to public life. He blamed Pearl Bryan for the crime while urging better home training for children and stated the evidence did not justify death sentences.
A speaker warned about rising crime and the need for better parental influence to protect children. He described worldly pitfalls in vivid terms and urged guardians to shield youths before danger becomes irreversible.
A well located house with roomy spaces and a large lot is offered on easy terms. Enquire at the STAR office for details and pricing.
Reports from Indiana counties show widespread damage to the wheat crop from floods and hard freezes. Projections vary by locale, with Bedford predicting up to 60 percent loss, Columbus noting far below last year, and Connersville anticipating yield more than doubling last year. Overall prospects mix with some counties faring better and others severely hit.
The article extols John Graham as a leading American athletics figure and trainer for Columbia Princeton and Harvard. It credits Paine's celery compound with strengthening the weak and aiding athletes, citing Prof Edward Phelps and endorser Graham, and claims broad medical approval and blood cleansing benefits.
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