17 May 1897
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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1897
Page
1
A Brown County shipment of gold dirt totaling thirty sacks and 4730 pounds left for Chicago yesterday to be washed at White. An invitation was extended to Governor Mouat for Nashville Exposition on Governor's Day June 1. decision on attendance pending.
We list names and votes for top participants in a prize wheel draw at Columbus with scores for Susie Coons Lou Stadler Emma Moore Anna Tooley Jussie McLeod lone Voris Hailie May Kate Rubbottom Hazel Gysie Bertha Lay Ivy Duonlap Maud Belle Jessie Mead and others. An invitation from Messrs John Wedderburn & Co invites readers to the Board of Awards meeting in Washington City on the 24th. the board includes William M. Stewart Claude A. Swanson John C. Ecklett Frederick E. Woodward and Arthur C. Moses.
An assortment of opinion notes and local notices recount Spain's Cuba actions, calls for justice, and reflections on public discourse. It includes livestock and grain prices, travels of Franklin residents, and mentions of bicycle racing events and community sentiment.
A garbled telegraphic digest notes Philadelphia funding for cycling paths in Fairmount Park and Buffalo’s $10,000 for bicycle paths plus three miles of road. It honors truthful journalism while condemning a quarrelsome critic, mentions a Greek victory over Turks, and reports a U S treasury balance and gold reserve. It cites Judge Gibbons ruling the American Tobacco Trust illegal and notes Yvette Gilbert’s London marriage to Dr Max Scheller and Edith Danquart’s suicide in Wiesbaden.
A STAR reporter visits the city cemetery to reflect on the dead and the power of memory. He notes mourners, such as an old woman in deep mourning by a husband’s 1856 grave, Lt. Col. Keith from Perryville, and Elizabeth Hubbard’s 1833 burial, while praising well kept plots and notable monuments. Clarence Havens is buried at Garland Brook with services led by Rev. Sweaney and Tabernacle music.
Haste to profit harms writers says H. E. Rood, arguing publishers and editors push trendy works. He praises patient craft and integrity, noting rising book purchases but warning only true artists withstand the drag of haste and market pressures.
Kinney and Turpin offer a joint subscription deal with the Twice A Week Courier Journal for 1.25 dollars. Renewal or new subscribers paying in advance receive both papers. offer valid through May 5, 1897, via Columbus Morning Star. Sample copies available on request. Also offering 250 old papers with coupons at 2 cents each, cash only.
Notes from London report Beerbohgy Pree financial trouble and speculate Duse may appear in The Second Mrs Tanquery. Saharet tops New York sensational dancing, Theresa Vaughn and Joe Ott lead a new comedy, Bernhardt plans Hamlet with a new text, Julia Arthur opens A Lady of Quality at Wallack's in November, Pearl Andrews earns a diamond studded medal in Detroit, and Ejvig Crax Reybrooke has made a high.
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