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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1897
Page
3
A local fruit seller advertises Good muscatels at 6c per unit Large muscatels 8c Seedless muscatels 9c and Cleaned currants 9c noting they carry all kinds and urge customers to buy without quoting further prices.
A local watch contest shows total votes collected to date with numerous participants and voters listed. Names such as J H Rais er E L Williams Miss Emma Ping Walter Waltman Miss Ollie Smith Susie Wilson and others appear among contestants alongside notices for a North Carolina excursion and travel information.
An old advertisement offers Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab No-To-Bac for fifty cents and claims a guaranteed tobacco habit cure that makes weak men strong and purifies the blood, with the figure 506,61 and the word atl dugaista appearing in the text.
Chicago Chronicle recounts a 1781 expedition by Captain Eugenio Purre and 60 Spanish volunteers, aided by Fox and Pottawatomie, marching 1400 miles from the Mississippi to St Louis via Illinois and Desplaines, after sacking Fort St. Joseph stores and proclaiming Spanish sovereignty.
The scene shows a weeping maiden and a troubled Algy as they debate parental consent. Lucy confirms the father has voiced a firm objection and will not relent, leaving Algy hopeful yet uncertain about the match.
The readable fragment mentions a person and a place with pecans involved, suggesting a local item or event. Additional concrete names, dates, or organizations are not clearly provided in the text.
A prompt to verify stove quality ahead of a meal, suggesting asking about it and then purchasing a new model to ensure a tender, turkey-like center to the feast.
A Field Museum entrance guard refuses entry to a man with a cane from Marshall Field’s, citing a 6 cent check‑in fee. The man balks, questions the price and the museum’s namesake, calls the policy absurd, and leaves in a huff.
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