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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1897
Page
3
A historical note describes lavish Burgundy weddings among well to do middle class, detailing champagne, carriages, meals, and gifts. It argues high social expense and wear strain contrast with Anglo norms, suggesting that such costs help explain a shrinking French population and foretell rising marriage rates only after reform.
The witness admits eighteen months in prison under questioning, a Pittsburgh News report notes. The attorney uses the admission to argue credibility, while the jurors are asked to weigh the value of testimony from someone with a prison past. Andersonville is named as the prison.
A misread field message among warring units near Aldershot caused a private line to spread a joke about tobacco. The captain received a humorous reply about cigars when asked who said he smoked. The incident shows miscommunication during cavalry movements.
A New York Journal report recounts a girl's confrontation with a police officer who accused her of scorching while riding her bicycle. She denounces the claim, threatens to report him, then notices a lamp flare red on her bloomers as tears cool her eyes.
A landlady demands payment from a timid boarder in a New York Journal tale. The boarder replies with quiet humor, accusing poor meals and service and proposing to stay two more months to settle three months’ debt.
Mrs Porter portrays Japan s Empress as taller than most women with a patrician beauty. She notes a delicate waist, long pale face, jet black hair and exquiste hands, plus slender feet in pointed European shoes. The cherry blossom garden party outfit features a soft brocade silk in golden brown with rose and chrysanthemum motifs.
Fragmentary OCR passage describes extreme heat affecting vision and mentions a suspected victim. The text is garbled but suggests a scene of heat exposure impacting observers and implying harm to an unspecified subject. No clear names, dates, or places can be confirmed.
In a desolate landscape the exhausted travelers, guns abandoned, wanderers stumble into a sudden natural roar near a river. A terrible, unearthly cry echoes through the rocks, prompting the pair to flee into the heat and silence.
Sims Reeves criticizes the "vicious encore system" in The Gen Heman's Magazine, calling it a dishonest nuisance that disrespects performers and audiences alike. He argues encores provoke boos and disrupt balance across lyric stage, oratorio, and ballad concerts. He urges managers and public to stamp out the practice to restore civility in musical performances.
Zinc wall paper is touted as a new decorative material that imitates marble with a permanent enamel surface and washable finish. It can be applied to any surface and can mimic tiles or murals at lower cost and with easy installation. A Cumberland Gap joke about a schoolteacher and a boy about presidents follows the main item.
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