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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1897
Page
2
City editor announces advertising rates for daily and weekly editions. Rates include price per inch and duration for daily one inch ads, weekly one inch ads, combined daily and weekly, plus local and contract terms with special rates for large insertions.
The Supreme Court refused to grant a rehearing in the Trans-Missouri Freight Association case, leaving the previous ruling in place. The denial confirms the court's prior decision and ends further review on the matter.
Those who believe the Times is neutral should read his May 11 editorial on the Dringley tariff bill and the tariff on hides. If Mr. Marsh can write a good editorial it is a democratic one. He learned that years ago when he first knew John Overmeyer.
Many Republicans in both houses express dissatisfaction with portions of the amended Dingley bill. The measure will be taken up by the Senate on the 18th inst and pushed rapidly through. Further changes are expected before Senate passage and more before it reaches the conference committee stage.
John Ss. Hail and Ettie Rush licensed to runiarry. Rev. DO Darling attends U B Church conference. Samuel PD Helrean Ben Hutchins Wm Brahaney MC Dunnington were passengers for Richmond yesterday. Mrs Irene Hawley Mrs Eliza Polen and Mrs Lina Poffenberger WRC representatives left for Richmond yesterday morning. Columbus to fund encampment fight in 1808. Terre Haute and Maron both vying. Omer V Follows of Bowling Green Ky visiting. Happy dack recovers. joins boys singing plant ation songs and dancing. Prosperity seen as tariff driven. republicans retain power if it comes, else others gain in 1900. Martha J Woods wife of Rev Miles Woods visiting sister Mrs Tf Snyder and Policeman Jackson and her father Joseph Y Patterson to return to Worthington Ind holiday morning.
An advertisement urges buyers not to be fooled by higher costs from competitors and promotes J. A. Newtown as the shoe shop where expenses are kept low for customers. It emphasizes value over rivals.
A 19th century advertisement touts Paine's Celery Compound as a universal remedy for dyspepsia biliousness liver complaints and neuralgia among nervous diseases. It cites Dr Edward Epps Pheaps of Dartmouth College endorsing the tonic as a passive cure and claims repeated success for kidney troubles where other treatments fail.
Fragmented OCR shows varnish ads promising one coat protection, furniture revival, and household cleaning tips. It lists numerous city officials and addresses, including engineers, attorneys, and council members, alongside scattered place names and street pairs.
Fragmentary OCR text shows names and phrases like attorney at law and court references but is largely garbled. The readable bits suggest a legal filing or notice mentioning an attorney and court house but no coherent event, date, or outcome can be determined from the fragment.
A fragmentary item from Columbus iron manufacturing notes discusses graves at twelve vents and deeper cracks in the proportion. The unclear text hints at structural concerns within the works and potential safety risks for workers.
I visited a Paris newsroom with a friend to seek rectification of a misstate ment about him. Two gentlemen in black with legion ribbons and waxed mustaches sat in a refined room and identified as the fighting editors. They conducted negotiations in a businesslike manner and defended articles they had perhaps never read.
A Jacksonville broker invited to defend a prisoner in Alabama mountains is appointed by a judge who deems the broker not a lawyer. The broker’s brief cross examination and a quip about Chitty on Pleadings precede a verdict of not guilty as jurors cheer the defendant and his counsel.
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