WATS CONTEST TOTAL VOTES REPORTED FOR STAR PRIZE
Contest records show votes tallied to date for the Star Prize Gold Watch with entrants including J. H. Kaiser E. L. Williams George Schooler Leonard Say Ed Everroad Ethel Beaty Lloyd Smith Mollie Blessing Chas Crabb Nellie Long Charles Clark Joseph Hoelke Maggie Christian and others in the ongoing race with prize claims and final standings yet to be declared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Everroad
Ethel Beaty Lloyd Smith
Perenne
Mollie Blessing
Multiple Disasters and Events Reported Across Cities
Telegraphic items note the St Vincent de Paul convention in Louisville and Osceola Ark’s business district fire causing up to 100000 dollars in losses. Other reports include a masked robbery near Lewiston Wash and Uniontown, a fire at West Tennessee Asylum for the Insane with 25000 dollars in damage, and bicycle match planned for Thanksgiving at Madison Square Garden. Also ships silk from China valued near a million, labor protests over the Marine Band, a rapid hospital train from Walsenburg to Denver after a shooting, and a patent medicine ad for Cascarets.
Regina Keller v James Keller Divorce and Custody Notice
Bartholomew Circuit Court case in Indiana notices non resident James Keller of divorce and child custody. Plaintiff’s affidavit confirms non residency and requires appearance at the next term in Columbus. default leads to judgment in absentia. Clerk George Werner seals the notice dated October 12, 1897. attorney John W Morgan represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W Morgan
Indiana
Bartholomew Circuit
Columbus
George Werner
John W. Morgan
One Thousand Mile Big Four Interchangeable Ticket List
A long list details Big Four one thousand mile tickets honored for exchange covering numerous railroads including Ann Arbor, Baltimore & Ohio, Chicago & St. Louis, and others. It notes tickets sell for 30 dollars nontransferable, with a $10 rebate if fully wed and cover returned within eighteen months. E O McCormick and Warren J. Lynch sign as traffic managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandalia
Wabash Railroad
Zanesville & Ohio River Railway
Administrator's Sale of Real Estate in Columbus Indiana
The administrator of the Willard Mitchell estate will sell by private sale at the east door of the Bartholomew County courthouse in Columbus between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on October 30, 1807. The property is 40 feet by parallel lines of the north side of lot 5 in George W. Cooper's addition. Proceeds repay decedent's debts including a mortgage to The Citizens Building and Loan Association and taxes. Terms: one third cash, one third in six months, one third in twelve months, with notes and approved surety. ACQUILLA MrrenEeLi, Adm'r. W. W. Lampert, Att'y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Mitchell
Circuit Court
Bartholomew County
Indiana
Court House
City of
Columbus
Said
George W. Cooper
City of Columbus
Citizens Building and Loan Association
Saidland
Acquilla MrrenEeLi
Adm
R. W
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Quinine Tablets
Advertises a laxative and quinine tablet claimed to cure a cold in one day. Promises refund of money if it fails to cure and states price five cents.
Big Bargain for Readers Offers Star and Courier Journal Deals
Advertises farm rates for Star and Courier Journal combinations at $1.25 yearly with advance cash. Claims customers should buy in demand goods and avoid unsold stock. Notes Capt P H McCormack from Columbus en route to Rushville for courthouse contract. George Mitchell complains of a “fair deal” in a brief mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. McCormack
Columbus
Rushville
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Aerrand
JOS. Villa & CO
Mani Bt T
A.T. Morris
Cincinnati
Columbus Star
Fifth and
Jackson Streets
WATS
Ing
J. H. Kaiser
Mr. E. L. Williams
Emma Ping
Ollie Smith
Susie Wilson
Ei Jones
Walter Waltman
George Schooler
Leonard Say
Chas Crabb
Miss Nellie Long
Charles Clark Joseph Hoelke
Maggie Christian
Telegraphic
National Convention of the
Sovieties of
St- Vincent Del’aul
Louisville
Osceola
Ark
Memphis
Lewiston
Uniontown
Wash
United States Mails
Express Box
Asylum For the Insane
Frank J. Starbuck
Jimmie Michael
Madison Square Garden
New York
Belgic
San Francisco
China
New Jersey
Connecticut
Chicago
Coliseum
Morrison
Gulf Road
Walsenburg
Col
Denver
State OF
Bartholomew Circuit Court
Regina Keller
James Keller
Comy’t
Ann Arbor
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Chicago & West Michigan Railway
Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Rail
Cleveland & Marietta Railway
Cleveland, Canton & Southern Railroad
Cleveland
Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway
Lorain & Wheeling Railway
Terminal & Valley Rail
Columbus, Sandusky & Hocking Railroad
Dayton & Union Railroad
Detroit
Dodgers
Sram
Kinney & Turpin
Columbia Township
Connersville
Aminer
Kinney & Kinney
Tion Co
Detroit, Grand Rapids & Western Railroad
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley
Pittsburg
Rt. R. Evansville & Indianapolis Railway
Evansville & Terre Haute
Findlay
Fort Wayne
Ohio Central Lines
Pennsylvania Lines
Peoria
Decatur & Evansville
Way
Toledo, St. Louis
Kansas City Railroad
E. O.mccomick
Warren J. Lynch
Ass’t Gen’t
Pass
R & Ticket Ag’t
Myers & Fiegenbaum
Tne
Fiegenbaum
Majestic Steel
J. G
Administrator's Sale
Funkhouser
6Th and
Washington Street
Winans Grocery
IND
Our
W. Cooper
C. G. Cooper
Cooper & Cooper
First National Bank Building
Columbus, Indiana
Ier Journal
The
Star
Indianapolis Journal Or Sentinel
Oderness
F. Dany
Weekly Star
Courier Journal
Greensburg Newa
George Mitchell
J. H Arnold
Wrighte
Reeves
Choice Brands of Cigars
Tion
Dan Adam
Old Stand
Broom Factory
Cwens & Williams
Barcains
Jas.f. Cox
Attorney-At-Law
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Crump’s. Blotk
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