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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1897
Page
4
A garbled OCR fragment lists scattered names and initials such as Oliver Ong George Clat Penning Dr Shane Dick Jones Wick Larue Frank Bowr Pp B Ensley and West with stray numbers, suggesting a ledger or roster excerpt without clear context or dates.
Bartholomew Circuit Court 1897 December term notices final settlement of Ellen B. Wallace estate. Wm B Treadway administrator filed account to be examined January 28, 1898. Heirs creditors or legatees must appear and show cause or prove heirship. Clerk George Werner seal Columbus Indiana. STANSIFER BAKER attorneys.
Notice is given that Charles S. Reed administrator of Nathan Reed deceased has filed his account for final settlement. The court will examine January 10, 1898 in Bartholomew Circuit Court Columbus Indiana. Heirs creditors or legatees must appear and show cause why proof of heirship or claim should not be made. Clerk George Werner. Attorney Marshall Hacker.
A tale from St. Petersburg recounts Peter the Great challenging princes to a wrestling match. A young dragoon steps forward and accepts on strict terms. The czar is thrown, and the soldier earns lifelong free drinks at crown inns as his reward.
Westminster Gazette recalls a tale in which Queen Sophia of the Netherlands teased that Chancellor Bismarck was Germany’s greatest foe during a prewar Amsterdam exhibition. The actual exhibit showed a large pest among German crops, not the chancellor, provoking astonished reactions.
Joseph de l Etoile, Ottawa inventor and Interior Department employee, unveils a cigar shaped airship with a beneath car housing an engine to power a hot air balloon. Aimed at Klondike travel and mail routes Edmonton to goldfields, a trial is planned in days. separate inventor E B Haycock proposes a thawer excavator to mine frozen Klondike ground year round reducing shaft depth time and cost.
Two dogs Major and Tige remain loyal guards to Adolph Luetgert at Chicago home. Major sits on the porch awaiting Luetgert’s return while Tige sometimes joins. Both dogs stay vigilant by day and patrol by night, protecting Luetgert and his children.
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