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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1897
Page
2
James E. Barton sold 110 tickets to a Werks lecture held last night showing strong hustling. The press committee chair Everr vad and five editors on the committee are praised for potential success.
The piece notes earth bank removal and cement laying for a walk, credit to the paper for urging the project spurred by a dangerous security issue. It reports the treasury gold reserve growing by 3.8 million since October 1 to 151,411,148, reflecting better times and discusses bond sales versus free gold offers.
The piece notes New York bank managers weighing interest cuts to spur borrowing while business faces money scarcity. It mentions sidewalk improvements and a push to aid widows and the needy, with local notes on residents, factions, and upcoming political activity amid the era’s civic debates.
Women’s Christian Union in Buffalo announces excursion tickets available October 27 to D. This sale covers six excursion tickets at reduced rates. For details contact any Big Four ticket agent or address E O McCormins Pass Train MGE Warren J. Leo assistant general passenger and ticket.
A garbled census of street corners and shop names appears with overlaps like is Pink and Brown WYith and Washington and Seventh and Jackson Third and Washington Mooney's Tannery and Starch Works Second and Franklin Highth and Frankin Eleventh and Wranklin Fourteenth and.
The dispatch records 132 cents of yellow fever and 14 deaths in the region. New Orleans reports 59 cases and 7 deaths, Mobile 3 cases, and Ads with 10 cases and 1 death. Montgomery and surrounding towns show scattered cases while no outbreak is expected for weeks.
The Big 4 runs a special round trip excursion from Columbus to Cincinnati on Oct dist for one dollar. The train leaves Columbus at 8 a m and returns from Cincinnati at 7 p m. The day features theater attractions and lunch opportunities with a pleasant outing promised. Agent J. Smirut of 3301lw advertises the trip.
A notice seeking a man willing to hustle calls for contact at 59 Washington Street, upstairs, between and 8 avm. The document mentions a race meeting at Windsor and an expected terminus without clear details.
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