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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1897
Page
2
The Columbus Star lists EH Kinney and CG A Turpin as proprietors with Turpin serving as city editor. The paper is entered at the Columbus post office in Yaniana as second class matter.
Earnest Stathuth, a Cincinnati Pharmacy College gradu ate and Indiana Pharmacists Association member, runs a prominent local drug store opposite City Hall beside Lenis Hotel. The firm emphasizes dispensing, integrity, and a seven product line including varnish stain and toilet lotion. Clerks Frank Joro assist as the staff, with wholesale partners in the area handling supplies.
The L C Seal Printing Co founded three years ago by LC Seal has grown from a small venture to a thriving Columbus business. The firm markets refined printing at fair prices and publishes The Artistic Printer, a promotional journal praising the company. Pastor Sweeney is highlighted for his civic and diplomatic roles. his career links include consul general to the Ottoman Empire and Indiana roles in education and religion.
The firm Von Strohe & Co opens as a leading wholesale liquor house on the Pennsylvania line between Indianapolis and Jeffersonville, with Herman Von Strohe a war veteran and active in local affairs. Donington & Sanders, Smith and Walker also expand, offering drugs, wine, cigars, and farm machinery Iines as Columbus embraces new business despite hard times.
Rev Fuller Swift, native of TI and son of a Baptist preacher, arrived from Centralia Illinois two years ago to lead the First Baptist church. A college bred man, he has preached ten to twelve years and is now in his second pastorate. He is popular and successful in his work here.
In Columbus the merchant tailor Robert Lieuburger stands out for his skilled cutting and fashionable, perfect tailoring. He claims top prices for workers and runs a shop at Fifth and Washington, with fine gentlemen’s furnishings and popular shirt brands. Meyer & Fiegenbaum’s dry goods store at Washington and Franklin is highlighted for enterprise since February 1881, growing from a single room to a large, diversified business trusted by locals and county residents.
Dr T A Shane, aged fifty eight and the oldest active practitioner, represents the homeopathic school during Columbus medical week. He has continuously practiced and contributed to the event.
A 19th century notice profiles Dr. Shane, listing his education from Pulte Cincinnati to Cleveland Homeopathic College, noting he began practice before his Columbus location in 1865 and has become a trusted physician for women and children. It praises his devotion to homeopathy and his upright character.
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