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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1897
Page
3
In an English Illustrated Magazine excerpt a rough boy and a bashful maiden quarrel briefly. The boy growls then softens as the girl asks forgiveness. Their reconciliation returns them to play with gentler tones and a whispered sense of divine grace.
A Chicago printer and an ambitious editor Jack Hill confront a past of crude printing methods and gauged honesty. The old days fade as clean modern work awakens a new era. Prohibition and a drunken visit reveal tensions shaping the town’s newspaper scene.
A chemist warns against overreliance on chemistry in legal cases after a beef extract controversy. He notes glycogen testing can mislead when extracts come from heart liver or blood, showing how initial conclusions can be challenged by broader evidence.
The article highlights a wide range of ribbons for attire with Roman era style stripes and multiple color shades. Velvet edges and plaid patterns appear, with Oriental brocades and border ribbons adding variety. A new blue purple shade appears among the latest ribbon designs.
The piece contrasts Edmond de Goncourt as a spokesman for realism with arguments that realism was a method shift rather than a fundamental new truth. It compares literary innovation to Bacon and notes that earlier writers already explored life in detail. It also recounts General Hancock praising a pompous major as remarkably smart after a failed battalion drill plan.
The famed vaudeville company Gus Hill's World of Novelties will perform at Crump's Theatre next Friday. The act is praised as a leader in vaudeville with a fifteen year standard of merit. This season promises an up to date program and top artists. The company plays Friday December 10 at Crump's Theater.
Kansas report notes very slow returns with only about six counties tallied out of 105. Kansas City Missouri dispatch says Republicans may have carried most of the state ticket except coroner, surveyor and clerk of the court of common pleas with small margins. Fusionists predict a majority of the 18 judgeships and about two thirds of county officials.
Moses P. Handy United States commissioner to the Paris World’s Fair asks Congress for an appropriation of 919600 dollars to finance national exhibits. He outlines plans and expects to showcase American industry and culture on a prominent platform in France.
Wisconsin scientists Dr. Babcock and Dr. Russell report that cheese ripening is caused by enzymes in milk rather than bacteria. They isolated enzymes from milk and slime, demonstrated enzyme driven breakdown of casein, and showed purified enzymes speed ripening without microbes. Their work suggests a chemical rather than microbial mechanism behind cheese flavors and texture.
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