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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1900
Page
3
Burdette contrasts European shop windows with American displays and lampoons British hospitality receipts. He notes chaotic European windows, proud American advertising, and humorous irritation at bill heads and hotel bills. The piece examines consumer culture and cross Atlantic differences.
A dramatic broadcast asserts a radical plan to disband armies and seize control of global power, signaling a bold, unsettling vision of dominance and conquest. The speaker proclaims ownership of the earth and a willingness to dismantle forces to achieve it, stirring international alarm.
Robert J. Burdette recalls cheaper railway passes and theater programs before a long digression on Cologne’s Church of St. Ursula. He describes the bone-filled ossuary and its 24 cent admission, contrasting American modern thrift with antique legends and the river Rhine’s medieval lore.
The narrator contrasts American and continental habits, noting European houses stockpiling schedules and meals, minimal leftovers, and strict economic frugality. He laments hunger, laments luxury items, and recalls a trip to Urana with Phocion Howard as guide.
The author describes riding a Federated Imperial Brewing steamship from Cologne to Mayence with abundant beer aboard. Passengers repeatedly fill tables and demand waiters while one traveler tells of a Teuton’s legendary quick consumption of beer, transforming into a human siphon rather than slowing down.
A downtown store window and nearby coops hold hundreds of tiny chickens offered for sale at 13 cents each. The seller says customers buy them for children to take home, or to raise in the country, with the note that the chicks will not die of old age. A separate item reports a bloodhound in Brownsburg injuring a man during Uncle Tom's Cabin show and being shot.
A Rhine river vignette in September sets a hungry scene aboard a boat. The Lorelei figure pleads for food and drink including schnitzel, sausage, bread, wine, cognac, and beer while recalling past loves and changed times from Mainz to Bonn.
Nz oo waa features as a standout figure in local lore while Shoulders Above the Guner highlights a notable achievement. The piece foregrounds distinctive names and events shaping the historical scene.
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