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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1897
Page
2
We offer the newest brightest fashionable clothing for men and boys with low prices. Our purchases and advantages allow us to quote the lowest prices on brand clothing hats and furnishings in the area. Please inspect our selection whether you buy or not.
Columbus Fuel and Ice Co advertises anthracite coal and coke, dry beech blocks and stove wood with delivery and kindling, urging customers to stock up before a heavy snow or long cold snap. The notice promotes Pittsburg or Jackson lump coal and public coal or wood for reliable fuel.
Ex-Senator Pelfer of Kansas argues that gold and silver cannot remain on parity under free coinage and supports it, claiming it will push the nation to a silver monetary basis due to cheaper currency. Chicago street railway managers face criticism for opposing employee organization amid alleged corruption and long franchise extensions.
Chicago plans a systematic street sweeping program mirroring New York and Indianapolis. Officials debate uniforms for the sweepers and aim to curb smoky, sooty streets by eliminating bituminous coal use.
Yue Nepublicans of Nebraska filed no protest with the secretary of state against the so called silver Republicans being permitted to have a place on the state ticket arguing the new election law bars any new party from using part of an old party name. The silver Republicans call themselves the original party citing state Republican platforms favoring free coinage of silver.
Hanna is credited for ending a coal strike by paying his men 60 cents while rivals paid 54. He refused to hire non union workers as strikers faced pressures from the coal miners union president and Senator Hanna aided in easing tensions, though he faced opposition as an alleged labor oppressor.
A Loxpox writer laments salling funds to the United States and notes that Canada Australia and India do not supply Hopland with needed wheat. He suggests the mother country must rely on American breadstuff as long as demand continues, hoping for a steady drive to supply.
Mrs. Mary Young improves as others travel to Chicago to visit relatives. Diphtheria cases decline while Cross returns home at Liberty Ind Jor Norton moves into the Cook property vacated by Marcus Stevens. Indianapolis visitors and local comings go on as residents change jobs and attend events. The murder of Mrs Wesley Nading is noted with funeral services on a crowded day at Norris Lawn cemetery.
Mrs. Nading a faithful church member touched by sorrow as Coroner Booker questions a witness after the Nading tragedy. Burglars struck Willis Lawn and Henry Coffmans Sunday night, with locals warning of dangerous nights and cold lead threats.
A young child, a son of Beech and Flora, contracted diphtheria at the Maguie Grove home of his grandfather Lawrence Stucky. The incident centers on the family residence and health concerns.
Joe Critchfield visits Columbus circulating among his friends and seeking business for his house at an Indianapolis sanitarium. His abilities at work are praised and his persuasive powers are described as unlimited. The note predicts CVES may be involved.
Miss Kate Gaddis, a compositor, fell in a dimly lit room and slipped through an open cellar door, spraining her ankle but not seriously injured. The item also includes local notices about excursions, real estate offers, and brief social notes from Columbus and nearby towns.
Kisney and Kinney offer multiple properties for sale in Hartsville and nearby areas including a ten acre Hartsville tract with dwelling and barn for 600 dollars payable with 100 down and 100 yearly, an Orinoco dwelling with 100 down and 45 yearly payments, a 16th Street house near a street car stable for 350 dollars split cash and one year, and a Ninth Street house barn and lot for 450 dollars with flexible terms. Also advertised are fire insurance plus an accident sickness policy payable monthly. 436 Fourth St Columbus Indiana.
An advertisement promotes a cold cure laxative Beomo Quinine Tablets with a 25 cent price and money-back refund if it fails. It also offers bundles of the Weekly Star and Courier Journal for a year at 1.25 and notes dances by unitorm rank boys at Armory Halls during the Free Street Fair in Seymour.
Mr. E. L. Williams faces Miss Emma Ping in a watch contest event held in Mississippi with a .82 score noted for the competition.
A historical note lists one thousand mile tickets of the Big Four and related lines. It names railroads including Ann Arbor, Baltimore & Ohio, Chicago & Western Illinois, Grand Rapids & Indiana, Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh, and others. It states twelve Trese books sell for $30 and that they are not Ass't Gen't Pass't & Ticket Agent.
A dense list of street corner names and factory or business designations such as Mooney's Tannery Starch Works Reeves Pulley Works and various numbered intersections across the city including Jackson Washington Franklin Sycamore Pearl Chestnut and Hutchins Avenue detailing locations for mapping or addressing purposes.
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