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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1897
Page
3
An article describes the People’s University near St Anne Illinois a rural community building a cooperative city on 640 acres. Students and teachers work without pay to construct facilities farm and sustain themselves while studying and living in 12 by 8 foot cottages.
A small street gamin helps a young woman recover her muddy pocketbook and its contents. He kneels to gather coins and items, but receives no thanks as she continues on, while he secretly pockets a penny he found among the spilled goods.
In Barnesville a lawyer, described by the Atlanta Constitution, boasts a costly suit bought on credit. A bystander jokes about cash, but the lawyer insists he will not wear shabby clothes, arguing respect and success depend on appearance.
Mixed westbound and eastbound station times show arrivals and departures at Greensburg Ewington Burney's Hartsville Hope Miller Lambert Ar Columbus with varying morning and evening slots. The fragmentary data lists several stations and corresponding times, including am and pm indicators and price-like figures.
The notice lists daily and weekly classified rates for various durations and ad formats. Rates vary by length from one inch and one month to one year, with distinct sections for locals and special rates, including contracts and renewals.
A notice urges Columbus readers to consider Kinney & Kinney tornado and windstorm insurance, noting a potential worse storm ahead and describing the policy as costing a trifle.
An old ad promotes Carter's Cascara Pills for headaches with a money back guarantee by druggist M. Dunnington. It urges shoppers to refuse inferior articles and trust what they want rather than the storekeeper.
The Starjiro Print Co offers to do your job work at fair prices with quality materials. All work solicited and guaranteed to give the best of satisfaction.
Our paper offers a one year Twice-A-Week Courier Journal and Weekly Star pair for 1.25. Renewing subscribers who pay in advance or new subscribers paying in advance receive the combined subscription. Sample copies of the Courier Journal mailed free on request. Send all subscriptions to the Columbus Morning Star in Columbus Indiana.
The Great Southern Exposition has created wide interest and applications for the best route to reach the city. The Big Four offers through train service from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland and Columbus to Cincinnati via several eastern paths and from Detroit Toledo Sandusky to Cincinnati, with direct connections to Q and L N routes. Full information is available on request.
Advertisement by J A Newton offering Leadus Genuine Dongolia cat but ton shoes in all sizes at $1 each. He claims superior quality and price unmatched in Columbus Handle and Oil Company area.
Flood conditions along the river damages earthwork while guards patrol washings. A Morgan railroad wharf reports seepage and a foreman notes a four foot alligator drilled through the bank, leaving a muddy trail as water floods resting spots.
A Bahamian tale of a boy outwitting danger ends with a dinner party gag. A Hartford Courant note recalls Jericho hotel dining with Butter Norway cheese Swiss marmalade and Jericho coffee. A Japan heir story follows a Californian birth of a son to Matsuko Yamagata and Yoshira Funakoshi. Nansen cherishes a carrier pigeon that returned after 30 months with a mission update. The New York Mail and Express lauds the pigeon’s feat beside human grit.
A reader asks about whether Central-169 can call for and repair shoes. They confirm willingness to pick up and deliver at work with reasonable prices and a repair guarantee.
Boots and shoes by WM Anderson offered on Sixth Street between Washington and Franklin with phone contact Harrison 157 for fittings repairs and custom work.
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