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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1897
Page
4
Real estate firm Owens & Williams advertises buying options for homes and farms with low rates. Offers direct or Building and Loan financing, flexible terms, and prompt service. Includes partial stock list and calls readers to inquire.
Advertiser lists numerous properties for sale or trade across Columbus area plus Ohio Township Brown County and Clifty Township parcels. Listings include six room houses, cottages, 40 to 110 acre farms, saw mill, and large barns with prices ranging from 700 to 4000 dollars and trade options. Entities include Brown County Ohio Columbus Purcell's addition East Columbus Clifty Township and Harrison Township with prices and terms noted.
A traveling man reflects on rail dangers and signals as a honeymoon couple shares quiet joy on a car. A desperate chase to halt a moving train ends in disaster when the bridge wrecks, leaving grief and a lifeless watch as a lone remembrance.
This item mixes rustic proverbs about people and behavior with brief notes from the Atlanta Evening Journal and a Leigh Hunt quotation. It references the idea that appearances mislead, and ends with a casual lunch-room advertising line for Kinney's lunch room.
A playful collection of wordplay and banter from Tit Bits and Philadelphia Times. Jokes range from age riddles to a humane apology tale and a sharp retort about love and family. The humor reflects late 19th century newspaper whimsy with quick punchlines.
A man awaits news from a doctor who confirms all is well and then hints at an unusual outcome. The doctor finally remarks they will need a tandem wheel, implying a twin birth or shared effort, in a quip from The Chicago Post.
A jittery ad text promotes Kinney’s lunchroom offering oysters in every style and warm lunches. The message also mentions a “Birtsold stand” and invites ladies to send lace curtains to a laundry service with a promise of pleasing results.
An editorial note critiques perceived female advancement as a backsliding trend. It laments limited opportunities for women while noting matrimony as a recurring refuge for unprovided girls, and weighs the costs of work against conventional care and security.
Simple classified notice offering one bicycle for ten dollars with half payment down and the rest to be paid later. Inquiries directed to the issuing office.
Wallace Redding promises not to use cheap materials and offers 50 photographs per dozen in Columbus. He claims the work is not his highest grade but guarantees perfect satisfaction for the money and invites calls to inspect. He signs from over Scott's Bakery and notes two medals for high grade work.
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