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Newspaper
Columbus Evening Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1898
Page
4
The observer recalls meeting Robert Browning in a casual setting, noting his unassuming, sturdy presence and kind blue eyes. He contrasts Browning with Tennyson, emphasizing Browning’s ordinary, amiable demeanor and the impression of a typical southern gentleman.
A Chicago Inter Ocean piece recalls post office clerks stopping letters on urgent pleas from customers. Stories include a woman begging to recover a letter home, an opera-goer delaying a letter with tickets, and others seeking tampered or reconsidered notes. Clerks explain the procedure and occasional telegraphs to Berlin and St. Petersburg to block hasty requests.
A Richmond Central Presbyterian note describes how tree species show distinct fall colors. Oaks, birches, red maples, tulip trees, hawthorn, poison oak, sumac, and wild vines each retain characteristic hues despite soil and drying conditions.
A London paper recalls illustrator Sir John Gilbert being asked to adjust a story to fit a printed panel. He saw mounted soldiers where the text described infantry, and agreed to change it. An assistant later altered the copy but forgot to omit the chapter about soldiers climbing a steer mountain with ladders.
Vincent Thompson declares for City Marshal under the Republican primary. Davi Purllies and James Burk announce candidacies for County Clerk and City Clerk respectively, subject to Republican nominating conventions. J. D. Hunter also seeks the City Clerk nomination by public notice.
The New York Ledger recounts a parable where a man rescues a sick beggar by offering his horse. The beggar recovers, rides away with the prized animal, and the donor pleads the thief to keep quiet to avoid discouraging honest beggars from seeking aid.
The piece extols The Sentinel as the state’s leading newspaper with the widest circulation and timely dispatches from Indiana and abroad. It links McKinley era news to robust coverage from Indianapolis and urges subscriptions to the Weekly Sentinel edition. It also includes unrelated snippets on remedies and reflections on prognostication in history.
In Bass Harbor Maine an elderly couple known for piety and good works is said to have a crown engraved on the husband’s tomb and a full blown rose on the wife’s stone after their graves were erected. Witnesses from Deer Isle Gazette confirm the sight as authentic.
Fragmented excerpts discuss Edmond de Goncourt shaping note book culture and the claim of realism in fiction. A Civil War vignette then recalls General Hancock handling a dispatching officer with sharp humor. A dramatic scene shows Fannie Grayson excited by an engagement proposal amid class tension with Lillian Grayson.
In 1883 Gladstone offered Arthur Henry Hallam Tennyson the baronage as a tribute to literature. Tennyson declined insisting on remaining plain Mr Tennyson. He finally admitted the honour could mark literature’s place in society, but chose to stay a commoner in the House of Lords.
Fragmented note mentions warm coastal weather and comfortable conditions for travel. Includes garbled phrases about a rumored faster option and a request to get web data. Mentions Head Quar and Duel Tee Co at 413 Wash St with unclear context.
Fragmentary OCR text notes a mixed event titled Going West with references to 405 and 401. No clear individuals, organizations, dates, or locations are readable to form a full card.
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