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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1897
Page
2
Strictly business ad claims ready wear is inferior and promotes tailored goods. It promises a wide range of sizes and styles with big cuts in lines and claims perfect fit, style, and finish at about one half the price of merchant tailors.
Notes from New York report the German Democracy leaning toward Tammany after a county clerk nomination. A stampede to George follows as Democrats back a preferred candidate amid judicial case commentary.
A George manager voiced disgust at low candidates claiming they seek election as eagerly as Tammany nominees and would use the same methods. The piece questions whether the professedly righteous lied or were exposed.
The labor commissioners of this state are praised for settling the Anderson window glass dispute by arbitration. Their service in the coal miners' strike and success in the case show the law works and they are in full sympathy with it.
At a free silver Democratic gathering in Kentucky on Monday ex Governor Proctor Knott hailed William Jennings Bryan as the foremost man in all the world. The report notes that Professor Cain and Commonwealth Coxey are still living.
A Chicago bank sent a registered package containing 14000 dollars to a West Coast financial institution. Inspector Jas E. Stuart and team tracked the funds to Omaha where records stop. Authorities will not disclose the sending or receiving banks. Kinney Kinney offers ACCIDENT and SICK BENEFIT insurance with small monthly premiums.
First Assistant Postmaster General Heath will visit Louisville on Friday to personally investigate the necessity of establishing branch mail stations in the city. The visit comes as Louisville rides the wave of McKinley prosperity noting national optimism.
In Peoria Illinois on October 14 representatives from the railroad brotherhoods met informally without Grand Chief Arthur of the Engineers. He arrived later and the federation adjourned to tomorrow. Five chiefs pressed to study legislative matters as W F Hynes of Denver was chosen to reside in Washington during Congress to watch rail labor legislation.
The Daily News reports a speedy conclusion to a general arbitration treaty. President McKinley is expected to propose a clause requiring approval by both the Queen and the American Senate before any subject is referred to court or arbitration, likely urging Senate ratification.
A meeting in Kentucky elicited a remark from Mr Bryan stating he opposed government ownership of railroads while the Rothschilds supposedly owned the government He added that the current administration is Republican indicating a political jab at the era context.
A brief warning item notes how advertising costs and merit matter. It contrasts honest promotion with counterfeit mimicry and urges consumers to insist on receiving what they order, highlighting the risk of substitutes.
Fine Work. You can get at this office Dodgers, ro b Note Heads, Bill Heads, Letter Heads, Statements, Calling Cards, Horse Bills, Envelopes, Business Cards And all other kinds of job printing. Prices as low as the lowest. Give the Star a share of your printing. New type and new presses give us unequal ed facilities to please. Give us a riat and you are our customer. KINNEY & TURPIN.
The President announced appointments including Talbot J. Albert as consul at Brunswick Germany and William A. Pickett as consul at Rheims France. Collectors of customs named are John Bethell for Richmond Virginia Jesse W. Elliott for Newport News Virginia and William B. Shepard for Apalachicola Florida. Indiana postmasters named Wallace W. Williamson Corydon Thomas J. Wilson Thorntown and Robert S. Potts.
A dated plea urges debtors to settle accounts with the newspaper office. The notice emphasizes prompt payment by all patrons when the collector visits, insisting the publication must receive its money.
Cary E. Cowgill, a leading Republican from Wisbash, announces candidacy for Congress in the district. The field includes Major George W. Steele, Hon. S. E. Nicholson, and Cowgill with potential others likely to enter before the convention. Names like Quincy A. Myers and Dr. Charles Good are mentioned as probabilities. James B. Kenner has stated he will not run.
Vincent Thompson announces his bid for City Marshal pending the Republican primary convention as county clerk James Burk notes himself as a candidate.
An offer advertises combining the Weekly Star and Twice a Week Courier Journal for $1.25 per year and the Weekly Star and Weekly Sentinel for the same one year price.
Henry A. Rouse, president of the Missouri Kansas Texas Railway, is seriously ill at his Euclid avenue home in Cleveland. The family physician declines to comment while a business representative says the illness resembles typhoid, not yellow fever. A Dallas telegram notes possible exposure in Texas but excludes Houston or Galveston.
A dated catalog lists street corners with numbers and nearby works such as Mooney’s, Starch Works, Reeves Pulley Works, and various intersections including Fifth and Brown, Eighth and Franklin, Pearl, Sycamore, Chestnut, Wilson, Union, Hutchins Avenue, California, and Orinoco Avenue. The entries map 18 to 57 blocks with business sites and cross streets.
A catalog of Big Four one thousand mile tickets listing participating railroads including Ann Arbor Baltimore & Ohio Chicago & St Louis and others. Tickets cost 30 and are non transferable with a $10 rebate for original purchasers if unused and returned with proper certification within 18 months. Signed by E. O. Mecomnick and Warren J. Lynch.
Harry Earle, an English Cuban commissioner and filibuster organizer, arrives in the gas belt and builds Cuba societies across Anderson Muncie Marion Elwood and Kokomo. He recently spoke to Congress on recognition and plans a return to Cuba in three weeks. About 3200 gathered at Muncie. A note on low cost accident policies with Kinney and Kinney.
The State Department reports from Maracaibo that Prof Leopold Stern, an optician from New York with a suspected San Francisco brother, was murdered and robbed near Tovar in Colombia. Seven other peaceful travelers have also been killed in the region, with no bandits brought to justice.
Wm. Wright our solicitor has resigned his position and is no longer in our employ. d2t&w2t Carpwel t & DRAKE.
Dispatch from Constantinople states the Sultan seeks withdrawal of American missionaries in Asia Minor to enable extermination of Armenians without European witnesses. The report notes intensified efforts and potential genocide plans amid regional tensions.
Frank Phiscator of Benton Harbor Michigan reports negotiating with an English syndicate for a two thirds interest in his Klondike claim. He sought 1 333 000 dollars and an London telegram allegedly says offers were accepted. He expects the deal to close soon.
Sheriff Hayes of Lake County Indiana led a Hammond raid based on grand jury true bills. Arrests included Marcus M. Towle Hammond National Bank president, Henry Crawford justice of the peace, Frederick F. Friedley justice of the peace, George Randolph Second ward alderman, Henry Burge township constable, Max W. Crawford deputy city marshal, with charges ranging from embezzlement to altering public records and an escaped prisoner. Other arrests were made for minor offenses.
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets as a quick one day cure for a cold. The claim highlights rapid relief and emphasizes the product use for seasonal symptoms.
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