Contested Prize Watch Draws Star’s Prize Claim
Voters figure in a tally cited by The Star as a contested prize watch race. The document lists numerous names including J. H. Kaiser E L Williams Miss Emma Ping Miss Ollie Smith Miss Susie Wilson Mr Ed Jones Walter Waltman George Schooler Leonard Lay Ed Everroad Miss Ethel Beaty Lloyd Smith Mrs Gill Mollie Blessing Chas Crabb Nellie Long Charles Clark Joseph Hoelke Maggie Christian among others with vote counts and marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Ping
Ollie Smith
Susie Wilson
Ed Jones
Ee Ade
Ed Everroad
Ethel Beaty
Lloyd Smith
Gill
Nellie Long
Charles Clark
Joseph Hoelke
Maggie Christian
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The Great Southern Exposition sparks national interest as travelers seek the best route to reach the event. The Big Four offers through service to Cincinnati from major eastern cities and connections via Q and C Route and L and N Railway. Full travel details available on request.
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Nashville Tenn
Mar
Cincinnati
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Columbus
Detroit
Toledo
Sandusky
Chicago Benton Harbor
Louisville
Good Girl to Do House Work in 8 Family Home
A local notice seeks a girl to assist with house chores in an eight member family residing at 1023 Mechanic Street. Position requires reliable care and housekeeping duties. No other details provided.
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Mechanic St
Pope Appears in Excellent Health at Pilgrim Audience
A Rome dispatch to the Daily News reports the Pope greeting Irish pilgrims this Thursday morning and showing excellent health. He appears more bowed than last year, but his voice rings clearly through the Sistine Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily News
Rome
Carter's Cascara Pills Refund Policy Note
Drugstore M C Dunnington refunds the money if Carter's Cascara Pills fail to cure. Advertisement mentions price 25 cents and page reference 149ff.
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Carter
M. C Dunnington
Attica Expected to Win Free Delivery Service
Washington report says the Post Office Department may approve free delivery for Attica Indiana. Congressman Landis pressed the case in Washington and officials indicated strong support. If approved Attica would become the smallest U S town with free delivery service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Congressman Landis
Department
Attica
United States
Tobacofiter advertising copy for tobacco cure
An old advertisement claims a product named Tobacofiter or Bac promises easy tobacco quitting. It appeals to vitality and nerve, urging purchase from druggists with a 50c or $1 price and offering a free booklet and sample from Gerling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerling Remedy Co
Czisago
New York
Kaiser Council at Potsdam Sparks Naval Reform Rumors
Emperor William chaired an imperial and Prussian ministers council at the new Potsdam palace. Rumors swirl over naval and judicial reform after talks with Hohenlohe Miquel and von Bullow. No statement issued, fueling talk of ministerial disagreement ahead of Parliament.
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Berlin
William
New Palace
Potsdam
Prince Hohenlohe
Miquel
Herr von Bullow
Butter Egg and Poultry Shippers Convene in Chicago
The Butter Egg and Poultry Shippers holding their annual convention at the Palmer House decided to campaign for lower carload shipment rates. Delegates delivered addresses and the veteran officers were reelected for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Butter, Egg and Poultry Shippers
Palmer House
Notice announcements for candidates to run for office
Public notice states candidates from city or county will be printed in this paper from now on until after the convention for two dollars daily or weekly.
Political murder shocks Kentucky as ambush claims Gibson
Alleged killing linked to politics in Mippuessoro left Joseph Gibson dead and Robert Wilcox in custody. Gibson is brother-in-law to Gil Colson and brother of Congressman D G Colson, fueling intensified political tension and fears of further bloodshed.
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Mippuessoro
Robert Wilcox
Joseph Gibson
Gibson
Gil. Colson
D. G. Colson
Popular Housewives Enter Kitchen Furniture Competition
Housewives of this city enter a lively Friday afternoon competition for a fine kitchen range. Votes pour in for numerous named entrants including Mrs. Fred Ulrich and Mrs. Tom Hull while others such as Mrs. Lee Loy and Mrs. Mode Smith appear among the participants.
Administrator's Sale of Willard Mitchell Estate at Private Sale
The administrator of the estate of Willard Mitchell deceased will sell at private sale at the east door of the Bartholomew County Courthouse in Columbus Indiana between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on October 30 1897. The property is Forty feet by parallel lines of the north side of lot 5 in George W Cooper's addition in Columbus to pay decedent debts including a mortgage to The Citizens Building and Loan Association and taxes. Terms are one third cash one third in six months and one third in twelve months with purchaser providing a note and approved surety. ACQUILLA MITCHELL Adm’r W W Lampert Att’y.
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Willard Mitchell
Circuit Court
Bartholomew County
Indiana
Court House
City of
Columbus
Said
George W. Cooper
City of Columbus
Citizens Building and Loan Association
Acquilla Mitchell
Adm’r
W. W. Lampert
Att’y
Non Resident Notice in Norton vs Norton Court Action
The Circuit Court of Bartholomew County Indiana notifies Richard A Norton non resident to appear by November 10 1897 in Columbus to answer the complaint for sale of real estate filed by Lizzitx E Norton through attorney Marshall Hacker. Clerk George Werner seals the notice dated September 16 1897.
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State OF Indiana
Bartholomew County
Lizzitx E. Norton
Richard A. Norton
Circuit Court
Indiana
State of
Columbus
George Werner
Marshall Hacker
Notice to Non-Resident in Bartholomew Divorce Suit
Bartholomew Circuit Court December Term 1897 case Regina Keller files for divorce and child custody with affidavit that defendant is a non resident of Indiana. Defendant must appear at the next term, December 13, 1897, at the Columbus courthouse or answer by then. Witness and seal dated October 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W Morgan
Indiana
Bartholomew Circuit
Columbus
Wein
Sleepy merchant downfall puzzles doctors in quiet market note
A brief tale describes a merchant slipping into slumber and dying while neighbors report a peaceful rest. Physicians are perplexed by the case as the surrounding market thrives on demand, with a wideawake neighbor profiting by supplying what customers want.
Desperate ex-deaf mute Shipley jailed for a year
Alleged deaf mute John Shipley, arrested in Pendleton for theft, subjected to a stern sentence of one year in the penitentiary after a violent confrontation with officers. He has since expressed fierce, profane outbursts toward officials. A separate notice advertises a Bis 4 excursion from Columbus to Cincinnati on Oct 17 for one dollar round trip, with trains at 8 am and 7 pm and attractions at the Cincinnati Opera House.
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Pendleton
Ind
John Shipley
Cincinnati
Columbus
Opera House
Cincin
Orestes Glass Workers Club Opens New House
The Glass Workers' Republican Club of Orestes Indiana has fitted up a $2000 clubhouse with a stage and a winter lecture and entertainment course. Debates occur twice weekly with Tuesdays set as ladies day. The club draws nightly visitors, has about eight hundred members, and is out of debt with funds on hand.
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Exwoop
Ind
Glass Workers’ Republican Club of
Orestes
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promise cure in one day
An old ad claims TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets sold by all druggists. The maker offers a refund if the remedy fails to cure, price 25 cents.
Incendiary Fire Destroys Barn in Clinton County
The barn on Robert McClamrock's Kirklin township farm burned last night with twenty tons of hay and several hundred bushels of wheat and corn. One horse perished. Loss, 2500 dollars, fully insured. Officials believe arson, noting four similar barn fires in Clinton county in the past two weeks within ten miles.
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Kirklin Township
Clinton County
Col Augustus G Robinson to Retire Tomorrow
Col Augustus G Robinson assistant quarter master general will retire under the forty years' service clause. He has been stationed at Jeffersonville Indiana for three years and is well known in Indiana. A Maine native and a July 1858 Military Academy graduate, he served in artillery before transferring to the quartermaster department in 1868 and served throughout the war.
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Washington
Augustus G. Robinson
Jeffersonville
Ind
Indiana
Robinson
Maine
The
Military Academy
Quartermasters’ Department
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May
J. H. Kaiser
Mr. E. L. Williams
Wee
Walter Waltman
George Schooler
Leonard Lay
Cere Te Ee
Miss Mollie
Chas Crabb
Petent
J.A. Newton’s
One Price Cash Shoe Store
Fiegenbaum
Majestic Steel
Columobus
Weaten
Landis
Kaiser
Fred Ulrich
George Habig
Fred Kollemeyer
Tom Hull
Chas. Jones
Lee Loy
Accesnees
Albert Owens Eas
Tandy Tooley
Beeees
Oliver Ong
Viedsloes
George Clutch
Penning
N G Smith
Mode Smith
Jack Patram
Administrator's Sale
Bartholomew Circuit Court
Regina Keller
James Keller
Bis 4
J.S. Smit
Washington Street
Jas.f. Cox
Attorney-At-Law
Crump’s
Men & Womn
Bomanza Agency
Sycamore St
Orestes Republican Clubhouse
Lambert
Attorney AT Law
Irwin’s Bank
Drake
JOS. Villa & CO
A. T. Morris
Columbus Star
Fifth and
Jackson Streets
Patent Office
Reeves Pulley CO
Frankfort
Robert McClamrock
John OR
Choice Brands of Cigars
Tion
Dan Adam
Old Stand
Crump’s Theatre
Otto’s
Col . Robinson
Funcii
6Th and
W. Cooper
C. B. Cooper
Cooper & Cooper
First National Bank Building
Columbus, Indiana
Central
WM Anderson
Sixth Street
Washington and
Franklin
Harrison
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