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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1897
Page
2
Strictly Business urges fall suits and overcoats in ready to wear and tailored makes at about half the price of merchant tailors. It boasts wide sizes and perfect fits while contrasting Seymour and Columbus in costs, streets, and local road history. The piece defends spending locally and promotes Seymour’s street fair and potential gains.
Columbus Fuel and Ice Co warns of cold weather and urges customers to stock Pittsburg or Jackson lump coal or coke plus dry beech block stove wood and kindling for a warm breakfast during a coming snow storm or cold snap.
The note argues J N Marsh deserves victory in a suit against Pullman Co claiming Marsh held a rightful birthright with a ticket. It asserts the court should rule in his favor based on merit and entitlement.
Daniel Parsley and family suffered serious injuries when a runaway horse pulling their buggy on a hill near the Morgan county line caused the mother to jump free with the baby. The child fell face down and the mother was gravely injured. the father sustained facial and back injuries and a broken thigh. The boy escaped unharmed and the baby is in danger. The incident occurred while en route to Mahalasville.
A listing touts a one day cure for colds with misleading temperatures described as warm and dry. The ad makes bold health claims without evidence and targets general readers seeking fast relief.
Announcement lists a city marshal candidate and a string of receipts and notices. It reports a variety of local business claims, church notices, travel tickets, obituaries, and social gossip from Newbern and surrounding areas, with remarks on politics and community life.
An aging farmer signs over his forty year farm to his son and daughter in law who plan to build a sunny room for him. He sleeps in the hay mow that winter and eats near the granary dog as cases like this recur. For sale ad notes two cooking stoves at Jon Wogley Cor 7th and Chesnut.
Two story Hartsville dwelling with ten acres and barn offered for 600 dollars with 100 down and 100 yearly payments. Orinoc home 100 down and 450 yearly. A house on 16th street near the street car stable priced at 350 dollars half cash half in one year. A ninth street house barn and lot listed for 450 with purchaser friendly terms. Also offers fire insurance and accident policies with sick benefit payable monthly. Kinney Kinney 436 Fourth St Columbus Indiana.
A dense directory of street intersections and notable sites including Mooney's Tannery Starch Works Reeves Pulley Works and various cross streets such as 12th and Jackson 13th and Fifth 14th and Washington 15th and Jackson 16th and Washington 17th Mooney's Tannery 18 Starch Works 21 Second and Franklin 25 KEighth and Franklin 24 Eleventh and Franklin 25 Fourteenth and Franklin 26 Sixth and Mechanic 35 Ninth and Sycamore 36 Thirteenth and Sycamore 37 Fifteenth and Pearl 43 Seventh and Chestnut 45 Fifth and Wilson 46 Eighth and Union 52 Reeves Pulley Works 53 Tenth and Hutchins Avenue 56 Sixteenth and California 57 Seventeenth and Orinoco Ave.
An old style advertisement offers office printing for Dodgers and others. Kinney and Turpin promote business cards letterheads and envelopes at low prices with new type and presses. Also mentions a tobacco habit cure and other dubious notes.
Partial railway timetable shows stations Greensburg C H G June Ewington Burney Hartsville Hope Miller Lambert and Columbus with mixed morning and evening times. Entries list arrivals and departures in am and pm across several routes.
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