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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1897
Page
3
The Star promotes a prize gold watch in a contest with readers urged to cast votes up to the date shown. Advertisements urge payment of debts, note printing services offered by the Star office, and insurance offers from Kinney and Kinney. The page repeats marketing lines about reliability, substitutes, and printing services.
The Columbus Morning Star announces a special rebating arrangement with the Twice-A-Week Courier Journal. For one year the two papers cost 1.25 dollars when subscribers renew and pay in advance or when new subscribers pay in advance. Sample copies are sent free on application. Mail to Columbus Morning Star, Columbus Indiana.
A 140 acre farm located three miles southwest of Waymansville offers 100 acres under cultivation with ample water. The property may be rented for three or five years for cash. Rent seekers should apply to dawsw. The notice also mentions a sidewalk paving project along the north side of the post office building and a druggists guarantee for Dr Miles Pain Pills at one cent a dose.
Fragmentary copy promotes MW Dascarets Candy Cath as a potent health discovery claiming to purify kidneys liver and bowels and provide refreshing taste. The text also markets a sleepy merchant and a vigilant neighbor contrasting practices in trade and customer needs.
In a lively local feature, housewives vie for a prized steel range in a friendly kitchen furniture contest. Votes were tallied Friday with Mrs. Fred Ulrich and others among top contenders, reflecting strong community interest in this household prize and the festive, good natured competition surrounding it.
The famed singer Adelina Patti is granted the freedom of Brecon in recognition of her benefactions to neighbor Jean de Monstiers, Marquis de Merinville, who recently wed Gwen Dolan Caldwell, Washington heiress and head of a historic French family estate in Limousin. Additional notes reflect on various figures and reflections on democracy, travel, and public life.
Fragmentary note mentions a druggists refund policy and reference to candy or remedy tastes, with partial phrases about cures and a guarantee of money back. The readable text is incomplete and lacks clear events or identities.
Lizzie E. Norton sues Richard A. Norton in 1897 Bartholomew County Circuit Court for sale of real estate. The defendant is a nonresident of Indiana and must appear by November 10, 1897, or be defaulted. Clerk George Werner prints the notice. Marshall Hacker serves as attorney for the plaintiff.
The Indianapolis Sentinel pledges extensive state and foreign news with Meclineys cabinet and Indiana politics. Subscriptions advertise daily weekly and Sunday editions with increasing circulation and a focus on Republican state government reporting.
Notice states E i H Kinney has been appointed administrator of the estate of James C Miller of Bartholomew county who is deceased. The estate is described as solvent. Attest: Gro Werner, Clerk.
Four athletic girls aged 16 to 19 aid their German owner father in a coal mine near Shamokin Mahoning valley. Kate 80 oversees breakers Annie 16 pumps Mary 19 oversees slate removal Lizzie 18 drives mule hoist. The report notes their attire and the family’s expansion into timber land and mine ownership. A second feature describes a river transit bridge concept near Nervion and a future Rouen Seine version and Spain's inventive pont transbordeur.
A humorous piece blends superstition about spirits hindering repairs with jokes about Chinese farming and aging dog names. The narrative shifts to a Virginia countryside ride where foxes, a banshee cry, and a cavalry-like march heighten the scene's vivid, rambling tone.
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