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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1897

Page

2

Local Columbus Post Office Record Notation

The notice lists H. Kinney and C. A. Turpin as proprietors and indicates entry at the Columbus Indiana post office as second class matter.

Columbus Indiana

Classified Rates and Terms for Local Advertisements

The notice lists pricing for word-based insertions: one cent per word for first insertion, half a cent per word for additional insertions, and two cents per word for locals run in black type. Special local contracts offer five hundred lines or more, with yearly contracts billed monthly if not carried to expiration.

Disputed Office Clash Alleged at Columbus Star

A Martinsville Democrat letter claims a row occurred between the editor-in-chief and the city editor of the Columbus Star, while the paper’s editor denies any trouble and says the claim is false.

Columbus Star Martinsville Finney Cheit

Building and Loan Stock Promoted as Safe Saving

The piece urges poor men to save through Building and Loan stock, asserting small weekly or monthly deposits grow to hundreds of dollars. It notes two Columbus options, Citizens Building and Loan and Enterprise Building and Loan, and cites David Stobo and Judge Dun can as secretaries to assure reliability.

Columbus Citizens Building and Loan Enterprise Building and Loan David Stobo Citizens Judge Duncan Enterprise

G A R Meeting Aims to Secure 1898 Encampment

G A R to hold a city meeting next Monday night at 7 30 at the city building to press for Columbus securing the 1898 encampment. Residents urged to attend, with no donations asked, to show support and advertise the city.

G. A. BR Seymour Columbus Anderson Muncie Richmond G. A. R. Men

Drug ad lists myriad surname brands in Columbus Indiana

An 19th or early 20th century advertisement enumerates numerous medicine brands and family names, urging purchase from STAHLHUTH & Co. Drug, Columbus, Indiana. The list includes Kings Allens Halls Harters Jaynes Boschees Pisos Kilmer German English French Indian Brazilian Colombian Smith Browns Whites Goldens Layties Sellers Bulls Drakes Ransoms Chamberlains Scotts Crooks Angiers Warners Ackers Primleys Hierces Phillips Moekers DeWitts Fellows Munyons Humphreys.

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 Moekers DeWitts Fellows Munyons Humphreys

No sleeper awake as the journal ads close with laundry note

A playful note on sleepers and sleeping appears in Worthingtons Magazine style. The piece ends with a laundry advertisement from City Steam Laundry and a Lowe Bros. prompt inviting trial for first class work.

City Steam Laundry Lowe Bros

Senator Fairbanks backs Bonner for successor seat

In a narrow escape report Senator Fairbanks announces he will recommend J. W. Bonner to succeed Phil. At Elizabeth town Phillip Spaugh is named to replace Eph Norman at Hope. Fred H. Nauer of the Bander-Plaindealer to succeed Jas. Renie at North Vernon. M. C. Garber of the Courier to replace Ed Nicklaus at Madison. The successor of Thomas Rush at Columbus has not yet been announced.

Senator Fairbanks J. W. Bonner Phil Elizabethtown Phillip Spaugh Eph Norman Hope Fred H. Nauer The Bander-Plaindealer Jas. Renie North Vernon M. C. Garber Courier Ed Nicklaus Madison Thomas Rush Columbus Edinburg Courier

Brinkley Furniture Sees Strong Orders For Bedroom Suites

Rushed with orders Brinkley Furniture reports over 500 bedroom suits on order and plans to hire extra help as demand grows. Utilities and travel items dominate the scattered notes from local society pages with fox hunting and archbishop Magee quoted on Spanish manners and daily life.

Brinkley Furniture Grunning Tui

A Bread Relic and Earliest Soars of Ambaston

A 600 year old loaf tied to the Soar family of Ambaston Derbyshire is kept with the deed and writs granted by King John. The loaf travels with land grants as sacred relics, illustrating historic ties and customs tied to early genealogy and property.

Soar Ambaston Derbyshire England John

Hypnotism and the power of character in mind control

A Harper's Bazar discussion argues hypnotism shows mind over mind but proves less potent than an individual's character. It notes true temperance and modesty resist hypnotic sway, affirming dignity and kindness as core traits that govern behavior beyond suggestion. The piece also challenges Adam's fall as a result of personal weakness.

Harper’ Bazar Adam Eve

Ruined as a Health Resort Mentone Faces Tuberculosis Scourge

The article notes Mentone France on the Mediterranean 15 miles from Nice as a climate haven for invalids especially consumptives. It cites a Journal of Medicine and Science that the mean temperature is about 61 degrees and describes tropical vegetation and a population of about 8 000.

Bacilli Mentone France Mediterranean Nice Journal of Medicine and Science

Paine's celery compound praised by athletics leaders

John Graham, famed American athletic organizer, credits Paine's celery compound with aiding high level training and recovery. The piece cites Boston athletic association superintendent Graham and professor Phelps, noting extensive use by students and physicians and claims of blood cleansing and nerve restoration.

John Graham Athens Columbia College Princeton Tfarvard University Graham Harvard Boston Athletic Association White Brewer McCarthy New England Brown University Paine Edward FE. Phelps Dartmouth College

Also Mentioned on This Page

H. Kinney, C. A. Turpin Proprietors Chasa Turpin City DAILY Iron Meg. CO Jackson Streets Test Stahlhuth & Co Columbus, Ind Eeper Worthington’s Fred SeeCoy Ed Cobb North Meancen Edininrg George Cutsinger William Connor Magee York Jamaica Mastral Cabellius Fiegenbaums Irwin’s Bank Block I. Ed Paine’s Prof Phelps Dr. Sargent Crystal OHN I. Bonham Broom Factory Colushaus Broom Factory Herman Vonstycke & Co Third Street
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