Rubicon Passed as 1898 Brightens Columbus Outlook
City foresees a revival after years of depression with hopes for manufacturing growth. The author predicts an improving tide for 1898 and notes optimism about finance and business in Columbus.
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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1897
Page
2
City poised for 1898 boom with paving and gas growth
A 1898 forecast predicts major public works bringing asphalt street paving, new cement sidewalks, and abundant labor income. Encampment of the G A R in May will draw strangers who may invest locally. growth includes natural gas, manufacturing advantages, and rising trade. Also noted: Susie Wilson opens a dancing school. city visits. Union Pacific subscriptions in London. Wabash railroad offices in St. Louis burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiod
Breeding Suit Seeks Note Demand and Attorneys Named
Richard Breeding faces a note demand for 700 dollars with accompanying actions by Marball Harker and Elizabeth Brown attorneys. The filing lists Ever Road and Brown as counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Sergeant
Richard Breeding
Everroad
Brown
Mrs J R Holst Hosts Friends at Progressive Authors
Mrs J R Holst entertained a number of friends yesterday afternoon at a gathering centered on progressive authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J R Holst
Saw Mill Burned Near North Vernon
A saw mill owned by Frank May burned to the ground yesterday near North Vernon, described as a total loss. Mrs Mary A Tompkins departed yesterday morning via the Big 4 for a short visit in Rush County. Brown County farmers report a larger, better corn crop than last year. Mrs Calvin A Remy visits relatives in Hope for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank May
North Vernon
Mary A. Tompkins
Rush County
Brown County
Calvin A. Remy
Missionary Rev Cross Moves to East Columbus
Rev Samuel J Cross of Freetown has moved to East Columbus and now leads the M E Churches in the Ogilville circuit. Mrs Isaac Bradford of Columbus, mother of John Bradford, remains in critical condition after a paralytic stroke. Ed Call reports developments. Mayor Harrison of Chicago leads 800 Cook county Democrats to New York to advocate for War Wyck. Gov Atkinson’s Georgia Legislature message condemns lynch law and pushes liability indemnity for mob victims. Michael Wolfe, a butcher, is badly injured in his right hand, hindering business.
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Samuel J.cross
Freetown
East Columbus
Isaac Bradford
Columbus
John Bradford
Call
Harrison
Chicago
Cook County Democracy
New York
War Wyck
Georgia
Gov. Atkinson
Michael Wolfe
Grain Receipts Surge at City Mills and Elevators
Mills and elevators in the city reported large grain receipts on Thursday. Ruling prices were 90 cents for wheat and 20 cents for corn.
St Denis Proprietor Plans Tuesday Night Election Displays
Mr Tuttle, owner of St Denis, arranges to show state election returns Tuesday night using sterioptican letters on canvas opposite the Hotel. At the New England Cotton Manufacturers Association annual meeting in Philadelphia, it was noted the United States grows over half the world's cotton yet exports less than 5 percent of its manufactured cotton.
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The
New England Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Philadelphia
United States
Another Republican newspaper coming to Columbus area
The town ten miles south of Edinburg, Already with five daily and five weekly papers, is reportedly to get a new Republican paper. J. T. Brown supported by Joseph I. Irvin plans to launch it, with Brown an experienced editor. Wm. Coffey of Mahaleysville is in town buying crossties for the Big Four, contracting 10,000 ties for the Co. H. & D. division between the city and Hops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Edinburg
J. T. Brown
Joseph I. Irvin
Browns
Irvin
Call
Wm. Coffey
Mahaleysville
Brown County
Hops
Kansas visitor Wesley Shepherd sees mother after nine years
Here From Kansas reports Wesley Shepherd of Rushton Kansas visiting his mother Mrs Elizabeth Shepherd of East Columbus for the first time in nine years. He has spent sixteen years in the west. A child of John Boflings nearby at Mt Liberty fell from a wagon while imitating bicycle riding and broke his leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Shepherd
Rushton
Kansas
Elizabeth Shepherd
East Columbus
West
John Boflings
Mt. Liberty
Property purchases and local business moves reported
Samuel E Bailey and Lillie D Kelly J W Fuiwider bought the Walter J Quick property on Mechanic near Tenth Street. George Childers joins Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Bert Cox of Daggett Co Indiana polis candy makers visited the city yesterday. Wm Hendricks of the fire department travels to Nashville for a few days with his wife visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Saint David. Constipation remedies advertised as Candy Cathartic claim cures with pricing notes.
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Wm. Hendricks
Nashville
Mrs. Saint David
Womans Christian Temperance Union Excursion Sale
Buffalo N Y hosts a union event from October 27 to November 5 with the Big Four selling excursion tickets at very low rates. For tickets and full information call any Big Four ticket agent or address E O McCormick Pass TRAFFIC MGR Warren J Lynon Asst Gen Pass and Txr April October 29 Cincinnati Ohio.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Buffalo
N. Y
Peru-n a remedy praised for throat and nervous weakness
A testimonial describes long sore throat relief after using Peru-na, noting improved strength and health. The letter credits the medicine with stopping throat pains and curing chronic female trouble, and mentions a July 1897 note from Mr Blanchard alongside a claim about the product’s broad South reception. It invites readers to request the 1898 Peru-na Almanac.
Kite misfires but rebuilt after smash
Depa Ogden's kite flight ended when the device abruptly failed and crashed. The craft will be rebuilt. Yellow fever cases rose in New Orleans with eleven deaths and fifty two new infections, plus three deaths in Mobile and two in Memphis. Joe Patchen, famed pacer from Chicago, failed to beat Johnston's 2 06 pace time despite a later mile run in 2 06 with a wagon. About 10 000 spectators watched the event.
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New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Mississippi
Joe Patchen
Chicago
Johnston
Patchen
Verdict for defendant in Langdon & Co cellar fall suit
The Columbus jury after about ten minutes returned a verdict for the defendant in the suit of Noah Wilson H. Langdon Company the Third street grocer for five thousand dollars damages suffered from a fall into a cellar way while employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Noah
Wilson
HH. E
Langdon &Co
Third Street
Shel. Democrat
Cure Constipation Forever and Excursion to Cincinnati
An ad lists Cascarets candy cathartic guarantee with refund if ineffective. Also notes an elegant fried lunch window, a for rent notice for a three room frame house on Ninth Street, and first class shoe making by Ww. Donhoston. Excursion to Cincinnati Ohio described with train details and theater attractions. Fire alarm box locations follow in a separate street list.
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Ninth Street
Regional railroad listings and rebate offer announced
A catalog lists numerous railroads including Baltimore & Ohio, Michigan Central, Lake Shore and more. It notes books priced at 30 dollars non transferable with a 10 dollar rebate if the ticket is used wholly by the original purchaser and returned with proper certification within eighteen months.
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Prop
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Pittsburg
yColumbus Fuel & Ice Co
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Columbus Star
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Chas A. Turpin
Gertrude Jett Society
Susie Wilson
Charles Stickens
Waymansville
Union Pacific
London
Seth Low
Bagdad
Railroad Commission
L. and C. and
Daniel E. Sickles
Gen. Tracy
Greater
St. Louis
Boyer
Marball Harker
Cross
M. E
Ogilville
Has Aun
Samuel E. Bailey and
Lillie D Kelly
J. W. Fuiwider
Walter J. Quick
Mechanic
Tenth Street
George Childers
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Bert Cox
Daggett & Co
Indianapolis
National Convention
E. O. McCormick
Warren J. Lynon
Meany
Pera
Hartman
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Depa Ogden
Pfeifer
Donhoston Midway
Cincianat
Will
Potum
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J. S.surra
Muat Beung
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Sait
Jackson
Washington
Mooney's Tannery
Starch Works
Franklin
Eighth
Union
Reeves Pulley Works
Tenthl and Hutchins Avenue
Sixteenth and
California
Orinoco Ave
Ann Arbor
Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern Rail
Chicago & Eastern
West Michigan Railway
Cincinnati& Muskingum Valley Railroad
Cincinnati& Hamilton & Dayton
Cleveland & Marietta Railway
Cleveland, Canton & Southern
Cleveland
Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling
Way
Columbus, Sandusky & Hocking
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Detroit
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Pere Marquette
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Louisville &Nashville Railroad
Louisville
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Toledo, St. Louis
Kansas City Railroad
Vandalia Line
Wabash Railroad
Zanesville
Ohio River Railway
E. O. Mccomicr
Warren J. Lynch
Ass’t Gen’t
Pass
R & Ticket Ag’t
H. &G. Branch
Greensburg
H. & G. June
Ewington
Burney's
Hartville Crossing
Ferguson
Joe Young
Ulrich’s
F. C. Ulrich
Herman Vonstrohe
Seeqed Street
Steck
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