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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1897
Page
2
The column lists residents and visitors from Columbus and nearby towns, with brief notes on calls at local offices, visits to friends, and social events. It references Meyer & Fiegenbaum sales, vault cleaning ads, and a Firemen’s ball on Thanksgiving Eve, alongside multiple short notices about people traveling or staying with relatives.
A group of seven Columbus girls Misses Ella Warner Emma Pyles Lillie Fultz Bertha Fultz Emma Sears Addie Schooler and Sadie Emick visited Shelbyville yesterday. They enjoyed their day with local friends and joked that Shelbyville boys outshine Columbus. The visiting party plans a return call soon and notes a fried lunch at Pfeffer's 9 to 10:80 a.m. and 8 to 9:30 p.m.
Miss Lucey H Hitchcock of the W C T U Vermont endorses Paine's celery compound as a remarkable remedy for exhausted nerves. She cites personal benefit and urges others to try it, arguing it purifies blood, improves sleep, and relieves neuralgia and headaches, with broad distribution across cities and railroads named in promotion materials.
A window arrangement at Stahlhuths drug store draws crowds with hundreds of wood toothpick boxes priced at 2 cents per box. In front, thousands of loose picks circle a wooden block holding the machinery, a hatchet, and an ax with a card asking why chop your own picks when 2,500 can be had for 2 cents.
The Big 4 runs a Special Excursion train October 31 from Columbus Indiana to Cincinnati Ohio. Round trip price is one dollar. Tickets valid only for that date and train. Depart Columbus at 82 1? and return from Cincinnati at ? m. Special theater attractions planned. Bring lunch baskets for a pleasant day outing. Agent J. Smirn 3501.
A catalog of street corners and landmarks paired with cross streets and business names such as Mooney's Tannery Starch Works Reeves Polley Works and notable intersections including Jackson Fifth Washington Pearl Chestnut Sycamore Union and California among others. The list reads like a late 19th or early 20th century directory of locations and establishments with many pairs shown.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Buffalo New York announces an excursion sale from October 27 to November 5. The Big Four Route offers very low rates with ticket agents available for full information. E. O. McCormick and Warren J. Lynch listed as officials.
Albert Dunn of Amity, recently shot and in critical condition for ten days, shows slow improvement. The ball remains in his right lung, making breathing difficult according to Franklin Star reports.
A terse notice seeks a willing person to hustle at a Washington Street location between Gankam. Call to arrange details at the provided number 509.
Ambiguous OCR fragment mentions a Wii context and Midway game influence. Readable parts show a note on a console call and a historical term but lack clear events, people, or places to describe a concrete news item.
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