29 Apr 1898
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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1898
Page
1
Daily ads and society items list meals, jobs, visits, travel and trades. Entries mention Pfeifer Bros lunch menus, a first class tailor Lienberger, two girls sought for day and night work, inquiries at Star office, various visits from Dupont Louisville Indianapolis Hope and Nashville, illness update for Raymond Thompson, sales of a three year old colt, trades offered for a gentle horse, and school expulsion of Henry Shireman.
A local ad touts Never Vakes clothing emphasizing faithful fashion. Spring topcoatings suitings and trouserings are offered with a nobby line of hats and gents furnishings available for selection.
The article describes a porpoise shaped steel torpedo weighing 1,160 pounds and 16 feet 5 inches long. It uses a dry gun cotton primer and a wet gun cotton warhead of 220 pounds, with a 1,350 psi air flask driving compressed air. It consists of four sections and includes horizontal and vertical rudders, with a double bladed tail and sleeve joints. The feature appears in the U S Torpedo Boat Flotilla 30 special feature, 1838.
The Cushing was among the first U S torpedo boats, named for Commander Cushing who sank the Albemarle. Displacement is 10 tons with 1720 indicated horsepower and three torpedo tubes.
Brig. Gen. McKee issues first general order designating Camp Mount and prescribing reveille to recall drills and parade, amid criticism of lax guard discipline. The report notes Spanish fleet movements, neutralities declared by Portugal and Brazil, and local antis with civic details and commerce items.
The Stiletto is the navy's only wooden torpedo boat and the smallest in the fleet. With a displacement of 31 tons and 359 indicated horsepower she carries two torpedo tubes and lacks a naval hero namesake.
Harrison township fruit grower Clark Gates reports peaches and apples doing well so far and may require thinning. Annex bids on legal printing. a bid of 25.00 rejected as Star offered 17.40. Also notes marriage licenses for Robert L Benefiel with Kate Schinnerer and John L Washington with Cary Fy Mayhew. Samuel Carruthers visiting from Bloomfield, Iowa. Pingree potato plan proposed in Franklin with two acres leased from Col. Oyler. sixteen families to receive seed. Also ad for Cascarets and Real Estate transfers in local records.
An old advertisement promotes No-To-Bac as a safe cure to quit tobacco easily. It claims to restore vigor and strength, with a money-back guarantee and a free booklet from Sterling Remedy Co in Chicago New York.
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