03 May 1897
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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1897
Page
1
An essay discusses timid stay at home girls over twenty five, their bashfulness and how a mother’s talkative role can burden or aid. It notes self reliant youths contrast with the shy type, echoes need for proper guidance and timing in developing womanly power.
John Merriman panned out $1.50 in gold on the farm of James A. Fleener last Friday. He is optimistic about riches and believes he has found pay dirt. Brown Co. Dem.
Advice suggests avoiding crowded drawers for veils and advises stretching the veil over stiff material like cardboard to keep it neat and ready for use, as practiced in stores. The guidance emphasizes preserving fabric quality and preventing wrinkles or damage.
Reeves-Seward Cycle M'P'GR announces this week a large stock of tine wheels at unusually low prices to clear space for a forthcoming special line arriving soon. Do not miss this opportunity.
An elderly man named Kiner narrowly escaped death on Madison Sunday morning. He walked along Jackson street tracks ahead of a long train and only moved when warning cries from passengers on the platform drew his attention. He remained calm afterward, saying it would have been a small loss if he had been killed. Yardmaster Whitlach has repeatedly warned people to stay off railroad property, warning shots at a potential lawsuit if another incident occurs.
An editorial urges restraint on publishing factory plans to attract industry to Columbus. It cites a pure foods factory proposal offering 300 initial jobs, 2800 at five years, five acres of ground, and $904 cash, with natural gas ready. It argues public candor harms local bids and calls for community support to raise the bonus.
Fred Volland and wife spent Sunday in Indianapolis with relatives. John Riley and wife visited Indiana's capital. Louis Brooks and wife spent yesterday in Madison with Brooks in Indianapolis yesterday. Hear Bro Swift at Baptist church Tuesday night. 172 Mrs. Limeberger left for Terre Haute. Casper Leve and others were Cincinnati passengers yesterday. Charles Danforth and Hart visited Elizabethtown relatives. D W Lambert plans to work in Indianapolis all summer. Willlace Redding and wife visited Indianapolis friends. Lecture at Baptist church Tuesday on God Save our Cities admission 10c. 17012 A: early morning train rolled into Columbus depot seventeen minutes late. Thirty-seven tickets were sold to Cincinnati over the Big Four yesterday. Excursions remain popular on the line. Frank Adkins leaves for Walkerton to join bridge gang on L E W road. Flo Adkins and engine duty on same road. Vhs Sipe and Blair’s dog cars attached to Madison excursion to North Vernon for today’s show. Airship not yet anchored in Brown County. Reports cover county except Thomas Scrogham’s bailiwick. Miss Dora Williamson surprised at poor farm. New election law uses blue crosses on ballots. Circle replaces large square with party emblems and straight-ticket cross. No ballot directions for scratched tickets. Dissolution of Fulwider Brothers Marble and Granite Dealers Columbus Indiana. J W Fulwider retires. W H Fulwider continues.
Instructions describe repairing a tear by moistening a patch with very thin mucilage and placing it under the tear. A level weight is applied until the mucilage dries, leaving the patching nearly invisible.
An old column shares sewing and dressmaking advice: pockets placed at knee level with trimming, loose whale bone casings for flexible bodices, soaking bones to soften them, bent hooks and alternating hooks and eyes to prevent unhooking, and waistlining extra length.
Local home improvement note touts Stahlhuth varnish stain as cost effective for refurbishing old furniture. Advertisement mentions Niagara bicycles at J A Georges with unclear typography.
A Pennsylvania Railroad engineer, Frank Wetzel, about 35, died Sunday near Jonesville after leaping from an out of control engine. The wreck followed a freight collision at Chastnuthidge. Wetzel sought to clear the track for a southbound Chicago train. He died from a broken neck, his body found fifteen feet from the rails. Funeral set for Tuesday at the Christian church with J D Emmons Co in charge.
The Geo. H. Gammas band juniors offer fishing tackle and baseball rods for sale. Local readers are invited to browse the assortment and place orders for seasonal gear.
The excerpt outlines a monthly auditing board meeting on the first Tuesday, warrants for expenditures by trustees except teachers, and their submission for approval. It notes warrants from prior periods must be reviewed before payment and applies to both existing and future indebtedness.
Nathan Underwood a Columbus delivery man was reported to have been badly bitten and torn clothing after a dog attack while unloading a barrel of salt. A competing account claims the dog did not break the skin or cause severe injuries and notes Underwood is sick without a bite-related cause.
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