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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1897
Page
2
A bold sales note declares updated styles and top quality menswear designed to keep prices low despite tariff changes. It invites customers to inspect the latest clothing hats and furnishings, claiming markets secured through diligent study and skilled workmanship.
Columbus Fuel and Ice Co promotes anthracite coal and coke dry beech block stove wood and kindling. They urge stocking coal bins ahead of storms or cold snaps with high grade fuel for grates and furnaces and claim their nut coal and wood will keep homes warm.
Gertrude Jett notes Spain Cuba Hawaii and U S civil service exam issue after Cleveland order. Bryan claims the Chicago platform is gaining ground despite repudiation in Maryland and New York and weak support in Iowa.
SpreiaL dispatches from Hawaii state that Japan has been landing troops there for months under the guise of laborers and secretly making other preparations to resist annexation by the United States. The report questions the plausibility of such a bold move.
English, French and German financiers have stakes in Cuba and favor U S intervention to end Spanish rule and end taxation and death to legitimate industries, bringing peace and prosperity.
The text argues Hawaii’s stance toward U S parallels Texas after independence, noting Texas sought annexation with broad acknowledgment and approval of a treaty before U S formal acceptance. It contrasts conquest by other nations with the United States receiving territory as a gift.
The text notes a large inflow of European gold contingent on the value of American securities held abroad. It cites a balance of trade in our favor of $95,229,213 for the eight months ending in August and forecasts continued export strength for three to four months, potentially attracting tens of millions in European gold unless import interruptions occur.
The United States has crossed the Rubicon and will intervene to stop the Cuban conflict. Spain is notified that hostilities must cease by November first. if not, the U S will act in the interest of peace. The message from President McKinley via Minister Woodford asserts Cuba’s independence and Spain’s inability to quell the rebellion. Weyler’s forces and pacification efforts are described as failing on paper despite a large army.
Mrs Eva Williams and son returned to Indianapolis after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs M Y Jewell. Miss Fege Richie of North Madison visits Columbus relatives. Mrs Harry McCormack went to Edinburg yesterday. Samuel Mathers and Thos Lingle from Orange County return home after visiting Dr Elrod family. Will Irwin returns from Indianapolis. Mrs Wm Brown and children visit friends in Indianapolis. Miss C D Laird visits here then goes to Lancaster. Frank Coats comes from Rushville. Miss Ethel Stevens goes to Seymour to work as milliner. Mrs Mattie Clark of Taylorsville visits her brother Sam Tice and wife. Miss Lou Rhea returns to Madison from visit with sister Mrs J A Carnagey. Harry Clay returns from Atlanta City and the East. family to join later. No improper characters at U F B or P boys dances in Seymour during street fair. ladies will be treated courteously. If Karl Volland was sick yesterday.
The New York Journal reports that Spanish patriots, after two and a half years of fighting, are stronger and bolder. They have opened the Fal campaign with notable triumphs, captured fortified towns, threaten Havana, and possess better arms, equipment, and supplies. Their organized government rules large parts of the island amid a recent presidential election.
A Franklin Star endorsement extols newspapers as advertising media. handbills attract attention by accident, but a home delivered paper sits in the family circle and speaks directly to thousands who buy it for entertainment and confidence.
Terre Haute Sept 23 The Rev W A Schnell pastor of St Patrick s church celebrated the twenty ninth anniversary of his ordination. He was ordained Sept 22 1868 at St Meinrad s seminary with several priests in his class. Schnell has led St Patrick s ten years and previously served in Columbus Tad eighteen years, earning the nickname Railroad Priest for his rail line rounds. He is a Civil War veteran who served until Lee s surrender.
Bargains include a two story dwelling on ten acres in Hartsville with barn and full lot on 15th street for 600 dollars with 100 down and 100 yearly payments. Also a dwelling and lot in Orince for 100 down and 150 yearly payments. A house on 16th street near the street car stable for 350 dollars with half cash and half in one year. A house barn and lot on Ninth street for 450 dollars with purchaser friendly terms. Kinney & Kinney offer fire and accident sickness policies. Kinney & Kinney, 436 Fourth St, Columbus, Indiana.
Advertises No-To-Wac tobacco habit cure claiming to strengthen the user and sell cheap in Orinoco. Offers learn terms and urges readers to act, presenting a brief, dated sales pitch with scattered phrases.
A catalog of street intersections and notable nearby sites including Mooney's Tannery, Starch Works, Reeves Pulley Works, and multiple crossings such as Fifth and Brown, Seventh and Jackson, Washington Ave, Franklin Ave, Sycamore, Pearl, Chestnut, Union, and California.
A long catalog lists One Thousand Mile tickets of the Big Four system and codes many railways for exchange. Included lines cover Inter State routes such as Ann Arbor, Baltimore and Ohio and Cleveland routes among others plus connections to Louisville Evansville St Louis and Chicago St Louis corridors.
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