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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1897
Page
2
A local ad invites men seeking fall suits and overcoats to visit for tailored reads. It claims ready to wear is inferior and promotes specials in tailored goods with large size ranges and exact fitting. The message promises equal style and finish to merchants at about half the price.
Readers warn of danger from contagious disease as crowds gather nightly in front of the Salvation Army building till late. They cite scarlet fever and diphtheria in the city and urge Mayors to enforce a curfew ordinance.
State Health Officer Sanders concluded a suspicious fever case at Alco near Brewton is yellow fever in a very mild form after rough investigation.
Situation at Biloxi Mississippi October 9 there was one death from yellow fever today W Hurn The board reports eleven new cases and one death There were no new cases in McHenry today.
Six new cases are listed for Mobile Alabama dated Oct 8 with patients including J A Wright L P Wagoner Lilly Lizzie Lane Mrs John A Hughes Lizzie Fond bringing total cases to 108. Deaths 17, recovered 60, remaining under treatment 33. Two new localities of infection were found today.
Oscar Wilde has arrived in Naples from England. His health is broken and he has taken residence in a villa owned by Lord Alfred Douglas son of the Marquis of Queensberry. Douglas has long resided in Naples and remained Wilde's friend during the prosecution.
In Munich on October 9 Herr Schaedler questioned the government in the Reichstag about recent army maneuvers claiming Emperor William wrongly took command of the Bavarian forces and sacrificed cavalrymen. Premier Baron Von Aseh denied most claims but admitted several personal crises during the exhausting exercises.
Loxpon October 9 Dick Burge and Tom Causer opened a twenty round bout but Causer lasted only half a round. Burge feinted then pummeled Causer with lefts to the jaw and a right to the chin. Causer collapsed and was counted out after fifty one seconds.
William Racker of Hope sues the Pennsylvania Railroad Co for 1000 dollars claiming he was forcibly removed from a moving freight train on the Indianapolis and Vincennes line. He fell hitting his head on a tie and was treated by a railway surgeon before being held at the county asylum for several days.
Acting U S consul general reports George Samuel Newton a former Havana watchmaker died in Havana September 30 from wounds and fever contracted near Baracoa in Pinar del Rio province. Newton’s father is in Caracas and his mother in Ogden Utah.
A Franco expedition of five hundred soldiers and two thousand carriers began from the West Coast of Africa on October for operations in the area. The move signals intensified French military activity along French Africa frontier.
An advertisement claims Peruna destroys malaria germs and heals mucous membranes preventing illness. It cites Dr. Hartman and a free book offer from Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co of Columbus Ohio. The text also notes colonial moves around Lagos and Dahomey with French and British officials involved.
News from West Virginia confirms the Bartlett estate, valued at about $3000, has been settled after years of litigation. James Beshears, veteran Cripple Creek prospector, becomes heir to nearly $200,000 as his portion of the property.
In Kokomo Indiana on Oct 9 a woman held as a possible Mrs. Luetgert is identified as Lillian English of Anderson. She had been wandering the country for three months. Officer Secrist transported her to Anderson today.
An old advertisement offers Teke Carters Cascara Pills with refunds if they fail to cure. It cautions buyers to demand value, avoid substitutes, and asserts Dr Miles Pain Pills cure neuralgia. Also mentions farm land for rent near Waymansville Indiana and secondhand coal base heaters for sale.
A series of intersection names and business locations are enumerated, including 2 Second and Jackson, 18 Starch Works, 31 Third and Pearl, 52 Reeves Pulley Works, 57 Seventeenth and Orinoco Ave, and other city points. The list reads like a map of local places and coordinates with no narrative context.
A catalog lists one thousand mile tickets from the Big Four system and related railroads. Tickets include lines such as Ann Arbor, Baltimore & Ohio, Cleveland routes, Chicago lines, and Detroit area carriers. Prices are fifty four dollars with a ten dollar rebate available if conditions are met and the Dover is certified and returned within eighteen months.
In Kentucky commissioner of agriculture Moore reports drought has reduced tobacco yields by 16 percent and severely damaged the corn crop. Hog losses are mounting as many counties report water shortages.
A group of six Muncie saloon operators found guilty of violating the Moore law ordinance have withdrawn appeals. They will close their establishments by a May or Cromer decision, seen as a victory for the one hundred committee and a reduced saloon presence in the city.
I H Kinney appointed administrator of the estate of James C Miller, late of Bartholomew county, deceased. Estate is supposed to be solvent. Attest: Geo Werner, Clerk.
Joseph Gable of Columbus arrived with warrants for eleven people accused of seining fish. Four suspects were arrested and bonded at $100 each to appear before Justice Charles G. Mitchell next Monday. A search warrant found a sixty foot seine at Jonathan Everhart’s premises and the deputy fish commissioner moved it to Columbus along with other seized nets.
An 1880s style collage shows a candor on a laxative product and a real estate pitch for a three room house on Ninth Street with a 30 by 120 lot. The ad mentions a price flexibility and urges inquiries at the Star office along with a club offer for newspaper subscriptions and a jump to Columbus Morning Star advertising.
Gen Sir William Lockhart leading punitive expedition against rebellious border tribes issues proclamation to Afridis and Orakzais. The government will march through their country after citing breach of the 1881 treaty. Final peace terms to be announced upon arrival at their capital. Sub mission to British authorities urged to avoid damage. otherwise punishment for resisting the advance.
F N Farnham of Seattle reports organizing a New Jersey incorporated company to build a steam narrow gauge railroad from Skaguay to Lake Bennett. Backers include James A McNaught Senator Watson Squire John A Stewart and James G Maturin. Estimated cost 450000 dollars with a proposed completion by June 1 next year.
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