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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1897
Page
2
In Columbus Indiana on September 1 1897 local editor urges October street fair and removal of hitch racks around the courthouse to spare horses and protect the beauty of Bar fomew's court house and block.
Tickets go on sale September 8 and 9 and return validity ends September 15 1897. For full details contact any Big Four Route ticket agent or Warren J. Lynch Assistant General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
A reader note states the business has moved from the Jio ws building to the former H Thompson location, updating the office address.
The column lists residents visiting and returning to towns including Edinburg Indianapolis Rushville Elizabethtown Seymour Madison Taylorsville Walesboro and Flatrock along with remarks on boys and social behavior criticizing vagrants and promoting equal treatment of boys and dogs.
A condensed Indiana telegraphic roundup reports a deaf mute resisting arrest after a suspected country house robbery in Pendleton, four officers needed. marriages in Hagerstown between an elderly groom and bride. a missing man found at Marion Soldiers Home. boxing challenge and wager in Greenfield. judge vows to convict White Cap outrages in Broomimeron. Baltimore & Ohio conductor Chester Shaffer drowns at Lake Wawasee with dependents in Garrett City.
Rev John H Brown colored of Columbus recently bought a home here and works as a state agent for Indiana and Illinois with A T Morris Co Cincinnati. He traveled widely and impressed the Seymour Democrat with his knowledge and talk. local officials praise his start on the road.
The Indianapolis Sentinel promises abundant news for readers with McKinley era coverage. The paper touts Republican state government control, wide foreign dispatches, and growing circulation as it invites subscriptions for daily weekly and Sunday editions.
The Ladies Relief Corps will meet Wednesday evening September 1 at the G A R Hall. The guilt upon which chances have been taken will be disposed of that evening. Ice cream and cake. Everyone invited.
The page promotes sale of office and printing goods with low prices and easy terms. It advertises odorless vault cleaning services by QB21 and notes, “Prices as low as the lowest,” urging customers to show no substitutes and visit the dwelling in Orinoco for cheap terms.
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