Columbus Star masthead and editor credits
The Columbus Star lists E. H. Kinney and A Turpin as proprietors with Chas A Turpin as city editor in its post office registration notice.
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Chas, A. Turpin
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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1897
Page
2
Local Advertising Rates and Contracts Details
The notice explains advertising rates for locals: one cent per word for first insertion, half a cent per word for subsequent insertions of the same matter, and two cents per word for locals in black letters. Special rates apply for contracts of 500 lines or more, with monthly charges for non-expiring yearly contracts as listed.
Weather Outlook Promises Warmer Friday Across Regions
A brief forecast notes warmer conditions for Friday. The rest of the text discusses political duties for Kentucky Republicans to elect a U S Senator, urging action beyond party lines.
Third Kentucky senatorial ballot totals reported
The third ballot for United States Senator in Kentucky showed Dr. Hunter of the Republican party with 67 votes, Blackburn (Silver Democrat) 42, Davie (Gold Democrat) 13, and 69 needed to clinch. Dr. Hunter again received three votes from Silver Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky General Assembly
United States
Kentucky
Dr. Hunter
Rep
Blackburn
Davie
Hunter
Postmaster Appointments Discussed Across Counties
Local references suggest Johnson Jackson Jennings Jefferson Decatur and Bartholomew Counties have recommendations for postmasters. Columus may soon name a postmaster with election talks likely abandoned.
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Johnson
Jackson
Jennings
Jefferson
Decatur
Bartholomew
Columbus
Editor’s Mixed Signals Stir Weekly Democrat Controversy
Readers note the Weekly Democrat omitted the Star from its exchange list for two weeks. Journalists speculate the editor’s absence and a prior boast about taking aim at the Star may color the awkward situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcoms
Weekly
Democrat
Srar
Silver
Votes in Columbus Star prize wheel poll show top lady
The Star reports votes for the most popular lady in Columbus for its prize wheel up to 6 oclock on March 25 1897. The count reflects liberal patronage and will be updated daily with results announced each day.
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Columbus
Cough Cure Dealers Advertise Broad Elixirs
Ernst Stanshuth and Co druggists of Columbus Indiana advertise a wide assortment of cough remedies and patent medicines. The list includes brands such as Blue ime Expectorant One Minute Cough Cure and many others like Kings Allen s Halls Harters Jaynes Boschees and Kilmer's. The ad emphasizes a large catalog of remedies from various nationalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings
Allens
Halls
Harters
Jaynes
Boschees
Pisos
Kilmers
Smiths
Browns
Whites Goldens
Layties
Sellers
Bulls
Drakes Ransoms
Chamberlains
Scotts
Crooks Angiers
Warners
Ackers
Primleys
Hierces
Phillips
Moellers
DeWitts
Fellows
Munyons
Humphreys
Wild Cattle Roam Hartford Area Prompting Humane Action
A Hartford Connecticut Courier report describes three yearling heifers roaming wild near West Hartford Farmington and Windsor due to snow. One was shot near Pipe Swamp after straying from summer pasture, as officials note calves survive by foraging but risk starvation in deep winter.
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Jungies
Hartford
Connecticut
East
West
The
Humane Society
Hartford (Conn.) Courier
West Hartford
Farmington
Pipe Swamp
Windsor
Dwight W. Thrall
Society
Description of Dolmens Across Regions and Variants
Dolmens occur in India Palestine Persia and Peru with France counting about 4000. Some are not covered by mounds yet all are called dolmens by many writers. In India Capt Meadows Taylor counted 2129 in the Dekkan. many have one side opening for the soul.
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Hutchinson
France
England
Europe
Meadows Taylor
India
Saxony
Crimea
Circassia
Central Asia
Palestine
Arabia
Persia
Australia
Penrhyn Islands
Madagascar
Peru
Lack of Courtesy Among Passengers Toward Lady Travelers
A sleeping car conductor criticizes male passengers for denying lower berths to women traveling with relatives. He notes upper berths are safer and better ventilated, yet men often claim lower berths, leaving female travelers with fewer accommodations during trips between the city and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Indy
Odor detecting bank paper scentograph device described
A small wood machine about 12 inches by eight inches is described as a scentograph that can scent bank paper or perfume a room. It features a nickel plated nostril opening and is touted for banks to deter fraud and for affluent homes and hospital rooms to maintain a delicate fragrance at nominal cost.
Natchez Sun Worship Tradition Described by Priests
A Natchez temple keeper explains a legend of royal descent from the sun. The tradition says ancestors followed the sun from its rising, endured a long journey, nearly died, and arrived in this land without further clues. The text links mound builders and biblical migrations to the Natchez origin tale.
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le Page du Pratt
Natchez
Egypt
Promised Land
Yale Students In Old Exam Scandal And Printer’s Trick
A Yale tradition of bribing printers to obtain exam proofs ended when authorities cracked down. One student devised a plan using a printer to wear white trousers to sit on the type forms, allowing access to the locked questions. The ink-stained trousers became the unlikely bestsellers of the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Lee
Paine's Celery Compound Backed by Athletics Leader
John Graham, renowned American athletics figure and former Harvard trainer, lauds Paine's celery compound as a curative aid for the weak and overworked. The advertisement markets the remedy through endorsements from medical professors and athletes, claiming it purifies blood, rebuilds nervous tissue, and relieves rheumatism and other disorders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Graham
Athens
Columbia College
Princeton
Harvard University
Graham
Harvard
Boston Athletic Association
White
Brewer
McCarthy
New England
Weeks
Brown University
Vaine
Edward E. Phelps
M.D
Dartmouth College
Paine
Prof
Phelps
Odor Detecting Microscope Invention Reported
A St. Louis Republic note describes a machine that distills odorless liquids to release strong fragrances. Placed on a nosepiece the device emits overpowering smells that could cause suffocation with continued use. It could aid grocers chemists druggists and physicians in detecting adulterations.
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St. Louis Republic
Also Mentioned on This Page
Columbus Star
E. H. Kinney, Co
A. Turpin
Proprietors
Postoffice
Indiana
DAILY
Star
Seward
Susie Coons
Lou Stadler
Lou Patterson
Dot Matthews
Anna Tooley Wee
Margaret Gilday
Emma Moore
Frank Schwartzkopf
Hattie
May
Kate Rubbottom
Hazel Gysie
Bertha Lay
Ivy Dunlap
Mrs
Ben Thomas
Maud Belle
Sadie Leach
Emenne
Scattering
Ernst Stanshuth & Co
Columbus, Ind
Fiegenbaums
Irwin’s Bank Block
America
Paine’s
Dr. Sargent
Gcity
Bowlen & Lay
Broom Factory
Herman Vonsiycke & Co
Third Street
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