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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1897
Page
2
The Columbus Star credits E. H. Kinney and A. Turpin as proprietors with A. Turpin listed as city editor. The paper is entered at the Columbus Indiana Post Office as second class matter.
The notice lists rates for ads with durations from one inch for daily and weekly to longer terms. It specifies pricing per time frame, with variations for daily locals and general listings, plus special terms for long local advertising contracts and contract expirations.
The editorial argues civil service should not affect mail delivery, praising Columbus post office staff as efficient while noting civil service hinders political power beyond the post office. It urges retaining capable mail carriers regardless of party.
Immigrant data show most newcomers settle along the Atlantic seaboard. Of 343000 arrivals in the last fiscal year, 127000 planned to stay in New York state, 61000 in Pennsylvania, and 36000 in Massachusetts, totaling about two thirds of all immigration. A separate note recalls a Lincoln anecdote about a neighbor’s modest possessions and a rat hole.
A concise note places Crater Lake in Oregon's Cascade Mountains as a small surface water body at an altitude of about 8 060 feet. The statement emphasizes its high elevation and geographic setting within the state.
In Denville Kentucky a party hunting dogs fled in fear after claims of a voice from a distressed soul near an old tree. An elderly local recalled a similar event three years earlier tied to a murder of Louis Streat whose body lay beneath leaves. Henderson was jailed, posted bond, then fled.
Popular Science News notes a native Esquimaux resilience to indigestion. Eskimo children bite and digest walrus hide and fat with little cooking, eating until satisfied, unlike American dyspepsia concerns.
A Detroit Free Press narrative recounts a small girl and a passerby who helps recover a pocketbook’s contents in a muddy crossing. The rescuer receives no thanks yet later discovers a penny he had missed, revealing a lighthearted tale of chance amid city life.
A couple and their daughters rented a furnished Irish house for six months. A girl saw an old lady in a shawl in a locked room and later another sighting occurred in the doorway. The incident puzzled the family until a friend learned the house had belonged to two sisters who moved to Geneva and one sister died at the time of the apparition.
The Temps reports a strange catalepsy case at Hopital de Pont l Eveque Deauville. A naked man found asleep in Deauville weeks later awoke claiming he had never left Paris. Louis P age 21 from Faubourg du Temple says he was at work in Paris before vanishing and returning home after three weeks in hospital.
An essay extols the Sisters of the Good Shepherd for renouncing luxury to save fallen and virtuous women. It describes their vow based life in cloisters, work from four in the morning to nine at night, and their mission to protect girlhood and redeem women. The piece notes stringent standards for entry and the shelter they provide. It also mentions a separate probate paragraph about a smoking penalty in a will among three sons and their sisters.
The Albany Argus discusses letters addressed to Mayor Thacher from distant readers seeking city information. A deceased-southern man longs for slavery, while other items touch Thanksgiving timing with Canada, a theory on the big toe and evolution, a quick divorce filing, and a jab at liberty versus Nosnee.
A historical note explains Belgium’s absence of the death penalty and describes an alternative punishment involving confinement in a dungeon where the condemned would be unable to hear any sound from the outside, highlighting a harsh, solitary confinement scheme.
City records enumerate officials including Mayor W. J. Beck and Clerk John Ruverkroph. Officials named span roles from City Attorney W. F. Norton to Engineer John K. Rights with ward and street pairings listed for multiple districts and firms such as Reeves Pulley Works.
Local notice urges advertisers to submit ads to the Star office to maximize visibility and reader reach. The appeal highlights timely submission and placement in upcoming editions to boost responses.
Agents warn buyers not to be misled by sellers with heavy expenses and urge customers to purchase at J A Newton where costs are kept down. Advertises ladies slippers 35c, boys tennis shoes 35c, ladies three point slippers 50c, ladies strap sandals 75c, youths tan shoes 100c.
The Land of Promise area is promoted in eight Great Southern States via Southern Railway routes. One way and round trip excursion tickets are offered to encourage settlers to visit the region. The line serves Asheville and Hot Springs North Carolina, marketed as the Land of the Sky and a premier health and pleasure resort. Through vestibule trains connect Cincinnati and Louisville with through Pullman sleepers.
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