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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1897
Page
2
Advertising rates are listed for daily publications. One inch ads run for one year at five dollars, six months at three dollars, three months at two dollars fifty, and one month at one dollar. Local matter priced per word with discounts for multiple insertions and black letters for game matter. Special rates apply to contracts of five hundred lines or more.
A proposal suggests brick paving for Washington street to enhance appearance and reduce long term maintenance costs, advocating an economical appeal to city officials.
The piece argues that successful commerce hinges on reciprocal support, describing the economy as a wheel within a wheel where businesses prosper by patronizing each other. It emphasizes mutual dependence and the shifting nature of national business practices.
Members are urged to attend tonight at the city building to discuss securing the encampment here in 1898. The note invites all who can to join for a brief meeting of a few minutes.
The Brinkiey furniture factory reports 500 ordered bedroom suites ahead as demand climbs. Real estate inquiries rise, money loosens, and several plants run around the clock including the Handle company. Draymen' earnings grow, signaling renewed confidence despite critics.
Judge Penfield rules township officials lack power to issue orders. Enterprise Window Glass Company president John W. Taylor is dead. An discussion on fish transport emphasizes selecting strong stock before shipment to improve aquarium survival odds.
An old Columbus Indiana advertisement from ERNST STALLHUTH & Co. lists a wide array of surnames and origins alongside the product Cough Cure. The dense roster includes Kings, Allens, Halls, German English French Indian Brazilian Colombian Smith Browns Whites Goldens and many others.
A Paris sale features a timepiece once owned by Duc d Aumale and linked to George IV, a clock without works showing time via eye openings. Other clocks include a planetary age recorder and a tide clock in England. A Japanese clock frame depicts plum blossoms, a tortoise hand, a sun dial, and a fleeing mouse.
Heirs of William A. Clarke transfer the triangle of land at Thames and Farewell streets to the Newport Historical Society. The deed designates the site as the Liberty Tree, a memorial of colonial opposition to the Stamp Act, set for Sons of Liberty use and as a symbol of public liberty and loyalty to the crown, with future enduring protection and commemorative purpose.
The Ark City Traveler recounts Henessey, commander of a Wichita Fort Reno supply wagon train, who refused to abandon his post as 1,000 Sioux attacked. He fought bravely, was overpowered, burned alive, and buried beside the trail. Freighters tended the grave until the Rock Island line passed. The marker calls him an Hibernian valor.
A white man, seen with a cigar, sits beside a Negro woman and persists in talking. The woman slaps him, he smiles and persists. A tall Negro rises, blocks him, and points away. The scene ends with no further remarks or action as all return to their seats.
A discussion of factory reform describes shirtmakers in New York where immigrant men with black beards enter the shop, take work home, and drive locals from wages. The girls strike after prices fall, but the influx of men increases and the factory closes, forcing many women out of work.
Healthful spring advice urges Paine's Celery Compound to cleanse the blood nourish nerves and regulate digestion. Endorsements claim relief from rheumatism neuralgia headaches insomnia and heart and liver troubles with testimonials from New York professionals backing its claims.
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