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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1897
Page
3
A list of names and figures appears with references to votes and totals up to a date, followed by advertising lines for printing services and a notice offering combined newspaper subscriptions and a grand sale at Meyer and Kiegenbaum. The fragment includes names such as Kaiser Williams Ping Smith Wilson and others, plus printing offers.
Mrs Monta Hlessing and Miss Bertha May of near Hops visited Columbus yesterday. Several residents including Mrs G I Winins in Edinburg and Miss Lula Sparks returning from Madison and Columbus were noted. Travelers like Elder Percy Kendall, Prof QO E Butler, and Col Jansifer were also mentioned along with visits to Indianapolis and Louisville.
A clustered roster of individuals including Delmore and Wilson, Al Weston, Wm Ahearn, John Waller, Abe Levi, John Stevens, H F Weeks, Harry Graham, Alice Hanson, Sadie Miner, Ellie Countis, May Countis, Lena Waller, Annie Patrick, and May Le Grand appears as readable fragment in a public or social notice.
A garbled OCR fragment lists many personal names including Mrs. Fred Ulrich George Habig Mrs. Tom Hull Mrs. Chas Jones Wandy Tooley Oliver Ong George Clutch Penning. Dr. Shane Dick Jones Wick Larue Frank Bowm P. B. Ensley and others, with scattered initials and incomplete phrases.
In Bartholomew County Indiana the Bartholomew Circuit Court issues notice to James Keller a non resident of Indiana in Regina Keller vs James Keller case number 3547. The defendant must appear on the first day of the December 1897 term or risk hearing in his absence for divorce and child custody.
The administrator of the Willard Mitchell estate will sell private real estate in Bartholomew County Indiana on October 30 1897 at the east door of the courthouse Columbus between 9 am and 4 pm. The property is 40 feet by parallel lines of the north side of lot 5 in George W Cooper addition. Proceeds cover decedent debts and taxes with terms one third cash one third in six months and one third in twelve months upon note with approved surety. Acquilla Mitchell Adm. Wm W Lambert Att’y.
A shopper denounces shoe firms for false statements and overpricing. J A Newton's 321 Market Street claims other firms undersell on the same grade of goods, urging buyers to demand fair trade and honest pricing.
An Erie area note reports Growing Kinney and Kinney Insurance firm expanding with top line of represented companies. A separate item cites Elwood Catholics planning a 50000 cathedral next summer with 19000 already in the building fund.
Advertises Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a remedy for constipation with a 10c or 25c price. Claims the product cures constipation and offers a druggist refund if it fails. Includes promotional claim about guaranteed results.
The Twice-a-Week Corner Journal and the Courier Journal plus the Weekly Star are offered for one year at 1.25 when subscribers renew in advance or new subscribers pay in advance. Sample copies available on request. Subscriptions must be sent to the Columbus Morning Star in Columbus Indiana.
The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror notes Barnstable jail stories eclipse Nantucket tales. E C Knapp, serving five years for bank fund theft, was seen in prison garb teaching the jailer's wife bicycle lessons. Convict Lewis Rogers walked a cow to Yarmouth. A Portuguese prisoner Joe allegedly promised marriage to Rosa and later married another woman after borrowing $30.
Olge's simplicity of taste and kind disposition earn the queen of Greece broad public affection. Her eldest daughter Grand Duchess Paul died soon after marriage, a sorrow that still shadows the royal family. Athens mourned the bridal journey as a funeral, and the queen's dignified response deepened the nation’s sympathy.
The Indianapolis Sentinel claims the largest state circulation and promises extensive coverage of McKinley’s cabinet and administration, state capital events, and foreign news. It touts Republican state government, widespread dispatches, and a twelve page Weekly edition, urging subscriptions.
City and county candidate notices will appear in the paper from now through the convention for two dollars daily or weekly.
Accidents and sickness benefit insurance call on Kinney and Kinney advertises small premiums payable monthly.
The great southern exposition has spurred nationwide interest as applicants seek the best route to reach Sashville Town. The Bia Four offers the best line from the East with through trains to Cincinnati from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland and Columbus and from Detroit Toledo Sandusky to Cincinnati and from Chicago Benton Harbor to Cincinnati and Louisville. Direct connections are with Ben. & Co. Route.
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