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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1897
Page
4
The record shows St. Paul at 25 wins and 21 losses for .720 with 7.667 PCT, while Indianapolis is 18 with .720. Milwaukee stands at 24 wins and 14 losses. Minneapolis records 25 wins and 14 losses, Kansas City 26 and Grane Rapids 23 with 9 and 12.
Fragmented baseball standings show Baltimore 19 17, Cincinnati 17, Pittsburgh 16, Philadelphia 13, Cleveland 12, Boston 4, Louisville 10, Brooklyn 10, New York 6, Chicago 6, Washington 6, St Louis 6. Compact snapshot of NL clubs with wins and losses from a period tally.
Our spring suits are praised for perfect fit and style. The big-acc tailoring is supported by superior methods, with the finest fabrics and careful construction. Our spring wardrobe offers choice fabrics and dress forms to sharpen a polished look.
A ragged mix of notices and ads appears: tailor and refinisher listing, job inquiries at 1104 Mechanic, Miss Heek from Louisville visiting Miss Suverkup, odorless vault cleaning by Fred Dahn, a house for rent via Hauser, Thiger-Simtuss Company wood scale notes, Mrs. Thoprs visiting Quine for weeks, motor parts seller Smith and Walker trading five phaetons, and a predicted Democratic daily launch on June 7th.
A jumble of local and national snippets reports jury delays and a new trial motion in a case, travels of Miss Elizabeth Rudick and Miss Tubby Engelbach to Indianapolis, and a Columbus youth at Butler University. Town happenings include the Alabama Society meeting, Louisville and Nashville march plans, and a bustling local shop scene.
Farmers report prices for wheat at 4 cents per bushel and corn at 22 cents per bushel. Oats top 20 cents, timothy hay sold by ton or bale, clover by ton or bale, and clover seed priced per bushel or hundredweight. Livestock includes cattle from 2 50 to 4 dollars per hundred, hogs 3 10 to 3 50 per hundred, horses 5 to 100 per head. Poultry and eggs listed with chicken and turkey prices. flour price given as 2 60 per 100 pounds. Rental listings for cottages and two story house in Louilian’s area.
In Circuit Court the case of Joseph V. Hilger against br. James W. Frali has been dismissed. A notice calls for return of a lost Policeman's mace to the Star office. Comstock Cops Co versus Arthur Overstreet assignee results in a judgment for plaintiffs. Reporter Hubert Owens suffers a severe injury to his right middle finger using pipe tongs.
A Washington Star debate fragment shows a young man in a Prince Albert coat opposing women's cycling while a bright local woman questions the fad. He claims bicycles are a passing diversion and cites rising disfavor as proof.
Two young women sold shoe polish at the Wichita courthouse. Each man who bought received a free shine, drawing attention as they tended to the arches and leathers of county officers. The scene drew amused remarks from County Superintendent Mackey and County Clerk Denny.
While Jerman Decker and Anton Muchenbach chopped a stump near Marshfield Wisconsin they found an old coffee pot containing a copper 1850 Bank of Canada coin a Spanish coin dated 181– a Georgia claim for nine pounds sterling and another for 25 pounds plus counterfeit currency plates a 1483 London Knights Templar era key and lock and a discussion of Arabian hospitality by Talbot Neriy with anecdotes of Bedouin gifts and etiquette and a New York Ledger note on a southern belle wearing decollete gowns and pre ball preparation.
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