15 Mar 1897
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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1897
Page
1
Fort Wayne reports doctors split on the cause of death of a young attorney Colerick. Coroner and City Bacteriologist insist asphyxiation, while attending physicians claim poison. Miss Hall slowly improves and may provide details when conscious.
The piece notes McKinley upholding Civil Service rules and 12,000 office applications. It reports no vacancies in War State and Navy, prompting seekers to seek Civil Service. It also mentions tariff debate with 18 cent sugar rate and Senate Republicans retaining committee control after rearrangements.
Cathan, son of Congall, recounts Luccat Patricius’s escape from pirates and voyage to Ireland, where he converts the crew, endures famine, and finds deliverance. The tale ends with Patricius’s Christian ministry and Cathan’s vow to honor him.
A man whose wife left him to keep house narrates a comic misadventure. He forgot to turn off the furnace gas after a nighttime furnace run, bringing him fear of burglars and a tense search that ends with the realization the gas had burned all day. The tale, recounted by the Chicago Times Florald, spreads as the wife scolds the gag bill.
An English coast accident near Gravesend between the coal barge True Love and the schooner Gravesend reveals True Love built in Philadelphia in 1764 and likely the oldest vessel afloat. Formerly the bark True Love, built in Kensington 133 years ago, her live oak timbers remained sound until struck. No ship has sailed so long, and perhaps none ever will.
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