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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1897
Page
3
A local pageant or contest lists participants and votes with names such as Beryl May J Kaiser E L Williams Emma Ping Ollie Smith and Walter Waltman. The tally shows scores including 1255 and 427, indicating a competitive finish and community interest in the prize watch event.
A reader criticizes shoe firms for deceptive statements and price tricks. He offers no trust in dishonest trade and urges firms to prove their claims. The note mentions Nashville Town and a One Price Cash Shoe Store as context. The piece also notes the Southern Exposition and travel routes via the Big Four line to Cincinnati and connections with Q and C House and L N Ry.
An Ontario woman reports relief from nervousness constipation and heart symptoms after using Dr Miles Nervine Heart Cure Nerve and Liver Pills Anti Pain Pills Restorative Tonic and more. The ad touts seven distinct remedies and a money back guarantee with a free book on heart and nerve diseases from Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind.
Ex Senator A Paddock died suddenly of heart disease at the Paddock Hotel in Beatrice Nebraska at 1 o clock this morning. Strong local figures were noted in attendance as the event prompted early notices.
The State Board of Health reports one new yellow fever case at Cayugat, another at Clinton, and three new cases at Edwards. Dr. Rr. R. D. Miller and Mrs. R. D. Miller relapse. E. K. Noblin dies. Six are seriously ill, two likely to die within forty eight hours.
M C Dunnington a druggist offers a refund if the Cascara Pills fail to cure the sick headache. The ad lists a 25e price and page reference 149ff.
An advertisement touts a cure to quit tobacco forever with a product named the wonder-worker. It claims to restore life and vigor and promises a guaranteed cure with a free booklet and sample. A New York address and an insurance call are included.
An old advertisement extols Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and Cascarets as cures with druggists refund guarantees. It mocks substitutes and urges readers to get exactly what they want, noting years of popularity as proof.
Notice to Deaf Mutes and friends announces a church service at St E F aul s Church Columbus on Tuesday November 9 at 7 30 p m conducted by Rev J Russell Holst with Rev A W Mann interpreting. A sermon will follow detailing Episcopal church work among the deaf mute community and Mann s decades of language involvement including recent travels to England.
Housewives of this city join a lively, good natured competition over a prized kitchen range. Friday’s turnout featured many residents including Mrs Fred Ulrich Mrs Fred Kollemeyer Mrs Tom Hull and Mrs Chas Jones among others with diverse bids and lighthearted voting remarks.
The administrator of the Willard Mitchell estate will sell, by private sale at the east door of the Bartholomew County courthouse in Columbus Indiana, on October 30 1897 between 9 am and 4 pm, 40 feet by parallel lines of the north side of lot 5 in George W Cooper’s addition to Columbus. Proceeds cover decedent debts including a mortgage to The Citizens Building and Loan Association and taxes. Terms are one third cash, one third in six months, one third in twelve months, with purchaser’s note and approved surety. ACQUILLA MITCHELL Adm’r W W Lampert Att’y.
In the Indiana Bartholomew Circuit Court Lizzie E. Norton sues Richard A. Norton for sale of real estate. The defendant, deemed nonresident, must answer or demur by November 10, 1897, or the relief requested will be determined in his absence. Clerk George Werner presides. Marshall Hacker attorney for the plaintiff. Notice No. 3520.
Notice to non resident defendant in Bartholomew Circuit Court divorce and child custody case. John W Morgan attorney files complaint with affidavit stating defendant not resident of Indiana. Defendant must appear by December term to answer or demur. Clerk Groner Werner signs. Columbus, October 12, 1897.
A woman seeking cash must be identified before withdrawal. She jokes she will fetch an evening gown while the bank opens for an hour, noting a strawberry birthmark on her shoulder as unique proof of identity. The teller explains rules require ID and delays the funds until the next day.
The Bryan Free Silver Club of Canton Ohio renounces the Democratic party and aligns with the Populists. It endorses the People’s party platform of Columbus 1897 and pledges support for the statewide and national Populist ticket. It also condemns Democratic leadership for allowing bribery and corruption in Ohio politics.
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