Classified Rate Schedule From Local Paper Ad Section
One inch one year five dollars. One inch six months three dollars. One inch three months two dollars fifty cents. One inch one month one dollar. Weekly rate one cent a word for first insertion and one cent for each additional insertion. Local ads in black letters two cents a word per insertion. Special rates on advertising contracts of five hundred lines or more. Yearly contracts not carried to expiration charged at monthly rates as listed above.
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Focal
Columbus Star Reflects on 1895 Camp and Local Education Leaders
The Columbus Star praises the county school trustees for selecting a superintendent believed to raise licensing standards and exam integrity. It notes the 1895 encampment success and lauds the committee’s work. It urges unity for future progress and supports Cuban independence causes.
State Encampment of the G. A. R. to be held in this city
The 1908 State Encampment of the G. A. R. will be hosted here, offering Columbus a rare chance to advertise the town across the state and neighboring commonwealths. It will accelerate business, promote social intercourse, and create a season of innocent festivity for all to enjoy.
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A. R
Greetings for Union Veterans Meeting Next Year
Enthusiasm grows for welcoming the greatest gathering of Union veterans to our city next year. The old soldiers decline with age, and citizens are urged to forego comforts to offer a warm two day stay and share with the gray beards who defended the land of their fathers.
Two Kings at Victoria's Jubilee and Varnish Stain Ad
An old notice extols Stahlhuth's Varnish Stain for furniture finishing. It promises a glossy, durable fill that imitates oak mahogany walnut and cherry without fading. The ad also mentions Niagara bicycles at J A Georges stands.
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Stahlhuth
Hose Pricing Sparks Lower Grade Costs Across Mills
The Columbus Iron Manufacturing Company quotes an 18 cent grade of hose at 12 cents and offers cheaper grades at proportional prices. The move signals a broad price reduction strategy across hose products.
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Columbus Iron Manufacturing Compiaine
Water piping and street crossing update in Columbus
Question about water pipes repairs and new water service by Columbus Iron Manufacturing Co offers first class workmen. A street crossing at Washington between 10th and 11th streets has been installed.
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Columbus Iron Manufacturing Co
Washington
11Th-St
New Bicycle Livery and Shoes Advertised at J A Georges
Advertisement note shows bicycle livery at J A Georges 509 Washingtons and a shoe sale at J A Newtown with prices on Ladies slippers Boys tennis shoes and Youths tan shoes. Mentions M C Dunnington druggist and Tek-Vter Cascara Pills with refund offer. Retail notices urge bringing ads to Stan office for results.
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J. A. Georges
Washingtons
M. C. Dunnington
Iit
Visit to remote village pastor yields eerie domestic tale
A nervous visiting minister stays in a room with a houseful of sacred memories and morbid relics. The woman recounts ghosts of her former husband and father, two skeletal remnants, skulls, and bones stored in cupboards, shaping his uneasy night.
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Tduston
Jenks
Allus
Myron
Fragmentary street grid list with place names and streets
A garbled OCR style record lists intersections and place names such as Fifth and Warhington, Third and Washington, Seventh and Jackson, along with factories and streets like Mooney’s Cannery, Starch Works, Franklin, Sycamore, Mechanic, Pearl, Chestnut, Wilton, Union, and Reeven Pulley Works. It ends with veath and Hatelina Avenue in California.
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Fecord and
Jackson
Firth and Brown
Warhington
Washington
Mooney’n Cannery
Starch Works
Cond
Franklin
Frankli
Mechanic
Pearl
Sycamore
Chestnut
Wilton
Wighth and Union
Hreeven Pulley Works
Veath
Hatelina Avenue
Coeva
Evel Olifornia
Footpad chase story ends with mutual vow to drop matter
Beemer and Deemer walk home in fear of footpads then both claim to have scared off a robber after yelling police. They reach home shaken, meet for lunch next day and recount the tale, finally agreeing to drop the incident.
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Beemer
Detroit Free Press
Deemer
Phedte
The Wild Turkey Trap and Lord Ampthill Anecdote
The article describes a turkey trap using a cone shaped box of logs and corn to lure turkeys, noting the narrow opening prevents escape. It mixes this with a brief historical anecdote about Lord Ampthill and Lord Palmerston from the foreign office about clerks answering a bell.
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Lord Ampthill
Foreign Office
Lord Palmerston
Odo Russell
Caramel making notes and heat measure in old text
The text discusses heat as a unit equal to raising one pound of water by one degree and notes 967 units to convert water to steam. It then describes preparing vanilla or chocolate caramels with nuts in buttered tins and hints at strawberry varieties. A scientist couple is credited with producing chemical sugar in a university lab, claiming it resembles natural sugar.
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Lachsen Shure Jones
Profs, Fischer and Tafel
University of Wurzberg
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Ndiana
Chas
Turpin
City Editor
Vic Turk
Greece
Wien
Tom Watson
Colt
STAR
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Mr. Chirk
United States
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Inen
Hood
Fey Rethie Mart
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J. A Newtown
Buici
Ben
Newton
Jas. EL Cox
Attorney-At-lLaw
Omup
Hlaweeek
Neat C. Moore
Hope
Flatreck
K. O. Reed
Louis Cro German
B. McEvenne
Taylor
Nineveh
Sucker
Ayloraville Union
Peter M. Daum
Colu Clutty
W. N. Bradley
Newber Clay
Gus Miller
Nortonsburg
M. V. Jewell
Columbus Harrison
James Parka
Rockcreek
J. W. Wright
Gramme
Sandcre
Florida
C. B. Cory
Department of Ornithology
Field Columbian Museum
Chicago
Ineidela
Atanas
Thler-Co SE
Sib
W. W. Lambert
LAW
Irwin’s Bank
J. D. Fmmons & CO
G., W. Cooper
Irwin
Columbus, Ind
B. Cooper
Cooper & Cooper
Attorneys-at-Law
Mazonic Building
Indiana
W.C. Roland M. D
Griffith Bock
Western Union ‘Telegraph Office
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8Th and Nesnut
Columbis
Broom Factory
Funkhouser
Wilson
Denist
Pridge
6Th and
Washington Street
Winan
H. L. Rost Washingon Sf
Plililiiig
Sherman Vonstrohe
Crumps Theater
Third Street
Columbus, Inl
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Pat&ant
Reeves Pulley CO
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J. H. Arnold
Eward
Pisce Balil
Crank
MNDTZ
SWIC
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F. ¢. Ulrich
Staps
JOS. H. Young's
Maple Grove Grocer
Drake
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Columbi
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Jackson Streets
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Hijfth
Harrison
Tan
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R. OH. & G. Branch
Bud
Mexel
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