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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1897
Page
2
Strictly business promotes ready to wear options and tailor made garments. They claim big discounts on fall suits and overcoats with wide sizes and better fit. The pitch promises equal style and finish to merchant tailoring at about half the price.
The discussion questions whether famine abroad is the sole cause of rising prices and acknowledges domestic factors. Critics argue against crediting the Dingley law, urging a broader view of economic pressures in the coming year.
In town all factories run at full force and business is good. Reeves & Co will shut down tonight for about ten days to perform necessary repairs and then resume operations for the winter. Confidence has been restored.
Revenue from the second half of August ran just over 9 million dollars, while the first half of September exceeded 10 million, and the second half of September topped 11 million.
The fragment suggests Henry George of New York and Tom Johnson of Ohio as possible 1900 Democratic ticket choices on a single tax platform. It notes free trade and free silver waning as party issues with a need for a clear stance.
An article claims catarrh sensitize mucous membranes to malaria germs and promotes Peruna as a cure. It asserts Peruna destroys germs and restores membranes, citing Dr Hartman and a Columbus Ohio company. An unrelated line notes a $40,000 estimated loss.
The first engine arrives at Seymoor Indiana and tomorrow morning forty five cars on the Evansville and Richmond road will be pulled out. The Pennsyl vania line cars have rested on side tracks since the March flood and the track has been repaired for three weeks. This marks the line’s first passage in seven months.
The article notes a plan to erect the world’s largest tin plate mall at Newcastle Pennsylvania. It recalls a prediction from a few years earlier that protective encouragement would not enable tin plate manufacture in America.
Hope News Journal reports Carl Daimbert of Columbus visiting homefolk on Sunday and John R. Winnedge conducting business in Columbus yesterday. Socials note funeral attendance for Jacob Sidener with Jane Sidener and W. J. May of Columbus. Judge Hord of Columbus spent Sunday in Hartsville. Fitz Jones of Columbus seeks the Democratic nomination for county recorder. John M. Klipsch of Flatrock Township files for divorce from Charlotte Klipsch in Columbus Circuit Court. Ben Scudder, John E. B. Gilliland, Jonas Fishel, Frank Stapp and others from Hope transact business in Columbus. A brief political update discusses Spain and Cuba, noting possible home rule offers and insurgent demands for independence.
A sequence of cross streets and landmarks appears, including Fifth and Brown, Fifth and Washington, Seventh and Jackson, Third and Washington, Mooney's Tannery, Starch Works, Second and Franklin, Eight and Franklin, Eleventh and Franklin, Fourteenth and Franklin, Sixth and Mechanic, Thirteenth and Sycamore, Fifteenth and Pearl, Seventh and Chestnut, Fifth and Wilson, Eighth and Union, Reeves Pulley Works, Tenth and Hutchins Avenue, Sixteenth and California, Seventeenth and Orinoco Ave.
A list states that one thousand mile tickets of the Big Four system will be honored for exchange. It includes numerous railroads such as Ann Arbor, Baltimore & Ohio, Chicago & St. Louis, Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, New York Chicago & St. Louis, and Wabash among others, with routes between Louisville Cincinnati St Louis Evansville and related connections. The note also cites Trese books priced at $30 and is signed by Warren J. Lynch, Assistant General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
During the term of court closing Saturday, five were sent to Jeffersonville, one to Michigan City, and one to Plainfield. Homer Waggener and Cash Hammond were sentenced but not sent to the penitentiary. Waggener was released on a floater. Hammond had his sentence revoked after a petition signed by local citizens and others from his former town. Jeff Jordan, found guilty by the jury, jumped his bond.
The Star urges citizens to secure the railroad square as a city park at little or no cost. It argues the ground, under railroad ownership, would become a beautiful park in a few years and serves as the best low expense option for a public green space.
A morning fire in St. Elmo near Lookout Mountain wiped out twelve business buildings. Originating in Mrs. G. W. Kirkland’s residence, the blaze spread to adjacent stores, causing an estimated total loss of about $12,000.
September clearings show 78 cities aggregating over five and a half billion dollars, up about 14 percent from last year. Despite yellow fever suspensions in the South, the improvement remains strong, suggesting durable business growth to free-silver and free-trade advocates amid ongoing campaigns.
A four year old gelding owned by Mr Hamlin won the second heat of the Tran sylvania stake in 2 84 at Lexington track yesterday. He had earlier captured the first heat. Bush claimed the third heat, Tommy Britton the fourth, and Rilma won the fifth.
Dr J K Smalley has sold his medical practice and business at Hartsville to Dr Tugate of St Louis Crossing. He will move to Franklin Indiana to continue practicing medicine.
Forest fires rage in the county and approach Decarter Indiana. The fire department has been put on standby to combat the flames. strong winds and dry conditions raise fears of heavy logging losses if rain does not arrive soon.
Fifty high class horses perished in the Cheshire Improvement Company stables on Ocean Parkway Brooklyn. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 50 dollars. The night watchman, overcome by smoke, is in a precarious condition while attempting to rescue the animals.
Fire crews report the fires in the southern part of the county under control by tonight. Landowners along the Kankakee in this county await changes in wind direction and assess ongoing risk.
A fire in Macon Georgia at the Central Railroad shop buildings destroyed the facilities shortly after 1 o clock this morning. The loss is estimated at $75,000 with no insurance as all policies expired last year and a sinking fund for insurance had been started.
Prairie fires burning through Kenosha area on October 7 amid parched vegetation and dried wells. Somers and Bristol report property losses from sparks from passing engines. Efforts to halt flames include various methods as underground burning persists after surface extinction.
President Charles R. Long of the Louisville Water Company submits a communication to the Board of Directors accusing Mayor Todd of misstatements in his annual message. The document contends the mayor's claims are not supported by the facts and defends the company’s position.
Court ordered a 12 percent dividend Saturday in the Thompson bank receivership of Edin burg. Previous payouts were 50, 10 and 15 percent, bringing total declared to 87 percent thus far.
Farmers sow wheat as Becks Grove shows activity with three new unions within a week. Rev. Martin pastors the Christian church while services and singing are planned at the U B church. A A Manuel improves his dwelling, Jacob Ault harvests apples, and Miss Ida Wilson visits relatives as Wm G Moore to teach Pecks Grove school.
The Twice-A-Week Courier Journal and the Weekly Star join to offer one year subscriptions for 1.25 to renewing subscribers who pay in advance or new subscribers who prepay. Sample copies of the other journal mailed free on application. Send all subscriptions to the Columbus Morning Star in Columbus Indiana.
A reader questions shoe firms for false statements and overpriced goods. J A Newton asserts One Price Cash Shoe Store in Columbus sells same grade goods honestly. Kinney & Kinney note they are in the insurance business.
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