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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1897
Page
4
The Twice-week Cour tier Journal announces a renewal offer for subscribers and a prepayment option for new subscribers. Sample copies of the journal are sent free on application, with all subscriptions to be mailed to the Columbus Morning Star in Columbus Indiana.
An old advertisement proclaims Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the wonderful medical discovery of the age. It asserts gentle action on kidneys liver and bowels cleansing the system dispelling coils curing headache fever and biliousness. Boxes priced 10 25 and 50 cents sold guaranteed by all druggists.
The administrator of Willard Mitchell's estate will privately sell between 9 p.m. and 4 p.m. October 30 1897 at the east door of Columbus courthouse. The 40 feet by lot five in George W Cooper's addition lot will be sold to pay debts including a mortgage to Citizens Building and Loan Association and taxes. Terms: one third cash one third in six months and one third in twelve months with note and approved surety. ACQUILLA Marcheli Adm r W W Lamvent Atty.
Anpamtract advertisement for a laxative product.Caustcarets marketed as a cure for constipation with promise of lifelong relief. Mentions druggists refund policy and sales copy tone.
The Indianapolis Sentinel Company advertises subscriptions for daily weekly and Sunday editions. It claims broad state and foreign news coverage and urges readers to subscribe now with cash refunds promised for Cascarets.
Hartsville real estate bargains list two story dwelling with ten acres and barn for 600 dollars with 100 down and 100 yearly payments. Also a dwelling and lot in Orinoco for 100 down and 450 yearly, a house near street car stable for 350 with half cash and half in one year, and a ninth street house barn and lot for 450 with purchaser friendly terms. Kayney and Kinney offer fire and accident sickness insurance with monthly benefits at 436 Fourth Street Columbus Indiana.
A reader recalls a historic pest problem on the St Francis River bottom lands. The gnats resemble buffalo in form, bite faces, crawl into mouths ears and nostrils to lay eggs, causing livestock and game deaths. Planters burned logs to generate smoke before stock to drive the pests away, with deer hogs and turkeys using the smudge for protection.
A young man escorts Mazie after a theater. She challenges his poetry and honesty while comic dialogue on money and carfare follows. He ponders what future suitors and clever women will be like in an era of sharper wit and modern flirtation.
The marshes around St Clair Raleigh and Dover Plain flood to a vast shallow lake where ducks drift in endless rafts. The scene features Mallard and a multitude of duck species with geese in hundreds, creating a legendary huntable landscape described by Outing.
Alaskan barling speaker on large grizzly skins from Kodiak and Kotak island. He recalls a native hunter aged 62 using a spear and windward stealth to stalk and trap bears in an unfrequented cave, detailing a dramatic hunt with primitive method and daring.
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