Conditions of local residents updated from physicians
Mrs. Wm. Cottons condition remains critical with no improvement. Josiah Beatty shows no material change. Mrs. Charlie Turpin has recovered enough to be up after a severe illness. Miss Bosse near Fourth street continues to improve. Granet Perry reported slightly better yesterday. Fremont Davis recovering from a severe cold and has regained his voice. Carl Volland remains laid up with an injured leg. Mrs. Joe Haefele beds bound with chills and ague. Mrs. Hartwell Kennard suffers a severe material fever. Elijah Carmichael with material fever is much improved and able to be on the streets.
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Elijah Carmichael
Rushville Fair Visit By Columbus Party In Horseless Carriage
A Columbus party led by M. O. Reeves visited the Rush County Fair at Rushville yesterday morning. The group traveled in Reeve's horseless carriage, including Mrs. Shank and Louis Reeves. The account notes commentary about sales, lumber prices, and a political result from South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Rushville Fair
Appointment of Administrator for James C Miller Estate
Notice states E H Kinney appointed as administrator of the estate of James C Miller of Bartholomew County. The estate is described as solvent and the clerk is Geo Weener.
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James C. Miller
Bartholomew County
E. H. Kinney
Geo. Weener
Brewers fall in Indy as storm halts game
The Indianapolis club and Milwaukee faced a rain disrupted game with crowd attendance swelling to about 2500 before the storm. Wisconsin’s team exits the area for the season while St Paul benefits from rain checks. The Big Four earning report shows weekly gains. A storekeeper scolding customers, a near accident involving John Newbanks’s son, and a Baptist Sunday School picnic are noted amid local ads and standings.
Justice Dole Out By The City Squires
Judge Palmer handled cases with a busy reporter noting each action. Pilly Paragraphs mention Fawesti allowed to go on his own recognizance while Willis Russell was discharged after assault and battery charges. Billy Lake teased about a prize watch as a reflection on local ettiquette.
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Palmer
Willis Russell
Bradford
E-town
Avalanche Like Dash of James Perry’s Private Driv er
A runaway horse belonging to James Perry bolted from a city stable and raced down Washington street toward the river. It fled across the river and was halted at Perry’s farm west of the city without injury or damage.
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Mr. Perry
Local notes and city business and health updates
Louis Mobley from Columbus visited last night. Senator Strauss made a business trip to Columbus this morning. Second hand furniture stores in the city number three, with three shops handling this class of goods. There are two diphtheria cases in Roy Jones's Fourth Street family, affecting Miss Ethel fourteen and Master Challen nine. the family is quarantined and Mr Jones’s foreman role at the paper will be filled temporarily during the quarantine.
Country wedding ties two local families in Hawcreek area
Miss Della Boyer and Frank Bonnell wed at the bride’s parents home eight miles east of the city. The ceremony drew friends and relatives. the couple will live on their Hawcreek farm. An unfair dinner was planned today, and notary LL C Seal has been named. Mrs. Kimsey travels to Oregon Ill. for a ill mother. Large payroll referenced and Sid Conger, known as the chicken king of Flatrock, was in town yesterday.
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Lyman Boyer
Sid Conger
Flatrock
City seeks all night electric light through subscriptions
Mr Gottschalk, manager of Crump's lights, asks residents to subscribe enough to run an all night circuit. The city has long needed such service and The Star will lead the drive to secure support and funding for continuous illumination.
Funeral notices from Bethany and nearby churches
Funeral services were held yesterday for Mrs. John Gilbert at South Bethany Christian church with Rev J H Clark presiding. Mrs Cash B Cooper also had services at the Methodist church with Rev Sigmund and Tinsley. interment followed at Garland Brook. Lee Lane’s funeral is set for Taylorsville today at 2 pm. Other obituaries note infants Carter and Jam Morrison, Mrs Woody Herod, and Mrs Nerod with services led by Swift and Rev Percy Kendall. Interment at Thomasons cemetery.
Death of prominent county farmer Josiah Beatty at age seven
After a lingering illness Josiah Beatty died at his home last night about 11 o'clock. He was a prominent farmer in the county and his death leaves a great vacancy in the community. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Josiah Beatty
Grain movement swamps railroads as shipments surge
News briefs report railroads strained by an unprecedented grain movement from the west with box cars stock cars and other equipment pressed to capacity. India suspends sale of bills of exchange for ten weeks aiding gold standard prospects. Local notes mention cricket scores and court testimony with August readings and visits by local residents.
City Council Adopts Paving Plans and Finances
City council in regular session with Mayor Beck approves paving of Washington streets and directs bids by January 15 1898. Treasurer reports and bills totaling 2008 17 are approved while cemetery collections and destroyed bonds are noted. Health board records show 7 births and 6 deaths.
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Beck
Columbus School Opens as Teachers Named for Township
Summer vacation ends and Colum bus township along with city schools begin Monday. Trustee Jewell selects A. B. Phillips George M. Wheeler Frank Winchester W. S. Higgs Charles N. Bruce H F Mensendiek Mrs Della Henry Mrs Grace Meyers Mrs Mary Shumaker Miss Linnie Thompson Miss Sallie Cook as teachers. Also notes a Birth in Columbus East and mentions George H. Barnhill and Herman Aldenhagen news.
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Della Henry
Grace Meyers
Mary Shumaker
Linnie Thompson
Misses Winnie and Bettie Williams Attend Seymour Ball
Local society notes report Misses Winnie and Bettie Williams traveled to Seymour for a social ball. Several visitors and residents are listed visiting or returning to Indianapolis Bloomington Jeffersonville Richmond Franklin and nearby towns.
Local notices round up town events and visits
Druggists refund if cure fails. Marriage licenses issued Townsend Hand and Minnie Wilson. Frank Bunnell and Belle E Boyer. Miss Gladis Bassett of Columbus visiting Nashville. Annie Crouch returns from Columbus. V C C switch engine derailment near North Washington St. funeral postpones Ladies Aid meeting. High grade footwear sale at Bubshoe Store.
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Tinues Critical
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Della Boyer
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New Hore
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LL. C
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Oregon
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Dea
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C. B. Coover
Cash B. Cooper
Sigmund and
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Garland Brook
Lee Lane
Taylorsville
Carter
Bob
Jam
Morrison
James Morrison
Walesboro Key
Swift
Mrs. Nerod
Services
Woody Herod
Charles
Boeschen
Herod
Percy Kendall
Thomasons
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Tine Ault Feed
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Will Lake
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Secretary of State For
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H. F. Mensendiek
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Daisy Lingon
Atten Ion
Rolla Lodge, KX
East Columbus
Herman Aldenhagen
George H. Barnhill
Winnie and
Bettie Williams
Seymour
Alex Colvin
Amelia Deng
Wm. A
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G. W. Lane
Edinburg
Jas. Surver
Samuel Webb
Bloomington
Joe Watts
J. A. Remy
Nelli Taylor
Bessie Browning
Lawrence Jackson
Ren
Ed Rector
Jeffersonville
Geo. Fering
Geo. Weisel
Richmond
Misa Abbie Wilson
Franklin
Mattie Davis
Mrs. D. C. Stott
Geo. H. Cummins
Washington St
Townsend Hand and
Minnie Wil
Frank Bunnell and
Belle E. Boyer
Gladis Bassett
Nashville
Brown Co. Dem
Annie Crouch
Dem
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C. B. Cooper
Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
Bub
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