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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1897
Page
3
A list of names including J H Kaiser KE Williams Emma Ping Ollie Smith Susie Wilson El Jones Walter Waltman Leonard Lay and others appears in a fleeting notice with scores and numbers interspersed. The fragmentary text includes ages and street directions but no clear event details.
Mrs. Hatfield's child on north Washington street is quite sick. New York styles in cloaks advertised at Meyer and Fiegenbaum's. Mrs. Alex Ham and son Blane travel to Newbern. The six year old child of Thos Gore, formerly Night Operator here, now in Columbus, died yesterday of diphtheria and was buried at Jonesville.
Admission prices listed as 25 35 and 50 cents for an event featuring 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 May Le Grand Seats on sale at Otto's beginning Thursday evening.
Fragmentary text shows scattered names and addresses with garbled words. No coherent event or dates emerge to identify a clear notice or action. Additional readable context is required to produce a precise summary.
One genuine case of diphtheria was reported in the family of Thomas Evans with Dr. Ross of Nashville as the attending physician.
William Vonstrohe, the painter, has rented the Charles A Turpin property on east Ninth street. The house is undergoing repairs and improvements.
The price of corn and wheat shows little change. Wheat pays 90 cents and corn 19 to 21 cents in the local market.
Circus traveler Harry Peil of Ringling Bros expected to return home a week from Monday. News notes report Jay Cook and Joe Young went hunting yesterday with an average catch.
Fin Work. You can get at this office Dodgers, Note Heads, Bill Heads, Statements, Letter Heads, Calling Cards, Horse Bills Business Cards Envelopes, And all other kinds of job printing. Trices is low as the lowest. Give the Star a share of your printing. New type and new presses give us unequaled facilities to please. Notice. If you want the Weekly Star and Twice a Week Courier Journal take them both for $1.25 for one year. Grand cut price sal, dress goods, cloaks and underwear at Meyer & Hiegenbaum's. 348-tf
Peter F. Bryce the bread king of Indianapolis was in the city last evening transacting business with George Birt. Perhaps this may mean cheaper bread.
Sheriff Weddle of Johnson county yesterday arrested Mrs Lockridge on theft charges in Franklin. He escorted his prisoner to Franklin by evening train. Meanwhile the Big Four passenger department chief E O McCormick and his bride received 150 pieces of solid silver as a wedding gift, including knives forks and spoons stored in a mahogany chest.
Superintendent Geeting reports county superintendents note increased attendance under the compulsory school law. Truancy officers are reclaiming missing children and overall attendance rise is about 25,000 compared to last year. Closing out wallpaper Noblitt's 71 Great Cloak opening Monday at Meyer and Fiegenbaum's.
An infant from Werner Avenue area dies Thursday night. Funeral is held this morning at the family home with burial at City Cemetery.
In Bartholomew Circuit Court Indiana the case Reavis Keller versus Conmyt No 3547 is filed for divorce and child custody. John W Morgan attorney states defendant is non resident and must appear by December 13 1897 at Columbus Court House or face default. Clerk George Werner signs notice.
The administrator of Willard Mitchell’s estate will sell at private sale at the east door of the Bartholomew County Courthouse in Columbus between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on October 30, 1897. The property is 40 feet by parallel lines of the north side of lot 5 in George W. Cooper’s addition. Proceeds cover decedent debts including a Citizens Building and Loan mortgage and taxes. Payment terms: one third cash, one third in six months, one third in twelve months with a note and approved surety. AcgulStLaA Mircnei, Adm'r, W. W. Lampert, Atty.
The Indianapolis Daily Sentinel advertises the paper as the state’s largest circulator with abundant news on McKinley’s administration and state government. It touts extensive foreign and domestic dispatches and urges readers to subscribe for yearly or weekly editions.
Tickets for Florida and other Southern resorts are on sale via Southern Railway from Louisville and Cincinnati. For best routes and schedules, address Wm. H. Taylor, Southern Railroad Company, Louisville, Ky. Goods advertised for years prove merit. substitutes are unknown quantities. Get what you ask for.
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