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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1897
Page
2
Rates for various durations for OVAS Turpin Advertising include one inch ads at 39.00 for yearly placement and smaller periods with price lists for daily weekly locals, two cent a word for game matter, and special local advertising contracts over five hundred lines. Contracts not renewing to expiration switch to monthly rates.
Advertisement lists Roosters at 2c per pound Ducks 6c per pound Turkeys 8c per pound Butter 7c per pound Eggs 7c per dozen Lard 5c per pound. The notice ends with the directive You have to pay for it.
The Louis Moore Shoe Co plans a Saturday opening. Wm and Tine Ault, Sweet Ireland farmers, visited the city this week with a friendly message. Louis Yonstrabe of Waysansville is ill with stomach trouble. The Big Four orders agents to collect waste paper and ink bottles for shipment to Cincinnati. projected yearly savings expected.
Indianapolis leads with nine wins and seventy two games played. Columbus shows ten wins and seven losses with a strong run of results. Grand Rapids records nine wins and nine losses as Milwaukee and Kansas City trail. Detroit, Bow, and Minneapolis occupy lower positions in the table.
Wheat 84c per bushel, corn 22c, oats 20c. Timothy baled 9.50 per ton, loose 9.00. Clover baled 8.00, loose 7.50. Clover seed English 3.25 per bn, red 3.25 per bushel. Cattle 2.50 to 4 per hundred, hogs 3.50 to 8.10 per hundred, horses 5 to 100 per head.
The Star lists votes for many contestants in Columbus prize wheel entry with names such as Susie Coons Lou Stadler Emma Moore Anna Tooley Dot Matthews and Jessie McLeod among others. The notice also advertises printer apprenticeships and furniture, varnish stain, and steel hose promotions from local firms.
By the dish quart or gallon at any hour at Andy Effinger 16913 Kellar Co s corrugated hose stand 1000 pounds pressure Ten acres of ground two story house barn in Hartsville will trade for Columbus property or farm Also good dwelling barn and full lot in Columbus will sell cheap on small payment down or on monthly terms inquire of E H Kinney
The Citizens Telephone Co. provides telephone connections to all county towns at no charge to subscribers. Prospective users should contact the Manager for rates and terms with a guarantee of reasonable rates and best service.
A vintage ad lists women’s slippers at 75 cents and 1.00, Dongolia Stop Sandal 75 cents, patent leather sandals 1.00, boys’ tan lace shoes 75 cents, boys’ dark tan lace 3 to 5 priced 1.25, boys’ black lace 3 to 5 1.35, and men’s two buckle plow shoes 1.00. The page closes with a garbled end.
Old furniture can be made new with one coat of Stahlhuths Varnish Stain. Located at 509 ashington Street. The ad promotes a sale of 112 dry handle wood cards for a dollar and varnish stain for restoration.
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