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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1897
Page
2
We present the newest brightest and most fashionable clothing for men and boys. Our stock, secured markets and skilled workmen ensure the lowest prices despite tariff changes. Come inspect our selection and pricing before you decide.
A Columbus Fuel and Ice Co ad urges readers to stock coal and wood before a coming cold spell. It promotes Pittsburg or Jackson lump and milt coal Anthracite coal and coke dry beech block stove wood and kindling plus nut coal and wood for warm mornings.
In Columbus on September 28 1897 the article notes the south’s yellow fever outbreak and frost delays. It accuses Democratic candidate for Ohio governor of citing fraudulent commodity prices while hinting at mining ties. The Methodist Conference denounces Sunday newspapers as condemned by the Journal.
A 19th century journal notes that forcing marriages of girls to men without parental consent is a grave moral evil. The piece criticizes church complicity and calls for stronger protections for young women against arranged matches.
Critics who trusted the Baney story to vindicate Hinshaw are silenced as the tale is revealed as a sham and evidence grows that Hinshaw helped concoct it.
A fragmented notice describes Indianapolis politics with a renegade named Smith as a potential spoiler. It suggests Smith could run as an independent, not aiming to win, but to defeat the regular Republican nominee.
The Indianapolis Journal reports that a colored man in Georgia was shot by democrats for accepting the ostmaster office, and cites a lynching in Arkansas of a educated colored man giving normal instruction to negro teachers. It notes ongoing democratic hostility and forecasts some colored voters backing Mr Taggart.
The secretary of the treasury refused a New York bank’s proposal to exchange a million dollars in gold in San Francisco for an equal amount of paper currency in New York. The gold stems from a recent Australian shipment and the banks hoped for a reserve strength boost. The move signals government confidence in its gold holdings and contrasts with past administration behavior.
Kinney and Kinney at 436 Fourth St Columbus Ind advertise two story Hartsville property on ten acres with barn and full lot for 600 dollars with 100 down and 100 a year payments. Also a Orinoc dwelling with 100 down and 450 yearly payments. A streetcar area house on 16th St for 350 dollars half cash half in one year. A Ninth St house with barn and lot for 450 with suitable terms. Also fire and accident policies.
Dwelling in Orinoco offers cheap sale terms for housing and advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine at 25c. Local readers are invited to subscribe to the Weekly Star and Courier journals for one year at 1.25 each. Seymour hosts dances by the uniform rank at Armory Hall during a Free Street Fair week. City Marshal Vincent Thompson announces candidacy in the Republican primary. Kinney and Kinney advertise insurance services.
Division of Statistics notes a consumer letter praising Paine's celery compound for nervousness sleeplessness and general health while urging others to cleanse the blood and steady nerves. The letter claims full recovery after four bottles and extols the product as a cure for rheumatism headaches and dyspepsia in sweeping terms.
The list shows numerous street corner references such as 12-Second and Jackson and 16-Third and Washington, plus company like Mooney's Tannery and Reeves Palley Works. It reads as an archival directory of addresses, cross streets, and place names with scattered punctuation and OCR quirks.
Interchangeable thousand mile tickets issued by multiple railways will be honored for exchanges. The list includes Ann Arbor, Baltimore & Ohio, Chicago and more, with many lines across Ohio Indiana Michigan and Illinois. Tickets cost 50 dollars, nontransferable, rebate of 100 dollars if used by original purchaser and properly certified within eighteen months.
One regiment of militia near Hazleton Pa will be withdrawn this week amid some disorder. Government troops in Nicaragua are paid off and disbanding. Rebels arriving at Managua in chains. The National Irrigation Congress meets today at Lincoln Neb. Ohio silverites show dissatis faction over campaign emphasis. County commissioners plan Sept 30 bids for new court house boilers. Edith Duncan recovers from grippe. Dry Handle Factory wood and local shoe deal promotions noted.
Fred Rowell has begun a new position in Cincinnati. He steps into the role with responsibilities announced by the organization and signals a shift in leadership for the department.
Roy Jones receives a Board of Health certificate confirming his residence is free of any contagious disease germs. The notice records official clearance and the health department qualification for occupancy.
Neatly painted three room house on Ninth Street with cement walk iron fence good well of water and some fruit. Lot is 30 by 120. Sold at once purchaser can almost name his own price. Star office offers details and terms.
An Atchison visitor to western Kansas reports a family sleeping without pillow cases and using a tin teapot as a storage container. He learns banks in that county refuse new deposits, so residents hide cash in pillow cases and the improvised teapot. The family fears future crop damage will force them to remove socks to conceal money.
The text contrasts the value of genuine advertising with inexpensive imitators. It argues sensible people seek verifiable merits and insist on receiving what they order rather than a cheap substitute. It emphasizes the cost of advertising and the risk of imitators.
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