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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1897
Page
4
Owens and Williams offer space loans and insurance with easy terms for buyers and sellers. They advertise cash purchases, liberal terms, and investments in productive farms or homes in the New South with frequent excursions.
A long list of properties for sale or trade across multiple districts. Includes six room cottages, larger homes, farms, acres in Ohio and Indiana towns, saw mill, and various outbuildings. Prices range from low thousands to over two thousand, with many indicating trades or liberal terms. Readable entries mention Highland Avenue, Burnsville Pike, Purcell's addition, and proximity to Columbus landmarks.
A girl eight in Europe and previously from New York shows a rare heartbeat sound heard when the skull is tapped. Doctors report a unique, celllike cadence that echoes a musical note, with no clear nervous involvement and no similar cases found by specialists in the US or Europe.
Hunters discovered a cave in the sinkholes eight miles west of Red Bud. It features a seven foot entrance, a 16 foot wide passage with stalagmites, and a central stream feeding a lake two miles in. Eyeless fish lived briefly in the stream. skeletal remains and winter snakes are found in rock crevices. A party built a boat but failed to cross the lake.
The Jamaica fruit trade to England repeatedly failed as shipments spoiled or were condemned on arrival. Jamaica growers struggle with pickling and long voyage methods, hindering market success and raising questions about memory in fish and the value of specialized angling lures in Fleet Street commentary.
The period heralds a new Spring suit season with exclusive Eastertide woolens. Many patterns available, but a ready-made suit is considered absurd. tailor-made fits offer true freedom of choice and a more becoming pattern for each man.
An old advertisement promotes Ke Cassarets Candy Cathartic for constipation. It markets single or bulk boxes and mentions a money back refund if not effective.
The Citizens Telephone Co provides connections with all county towns and offers free service to subscribers. Interested persons should contact the Manager for rates and terms. Rates are stated as reasonable and best service guaranteed.
Stockholders of the Columbus Gas Light and Power Co. are notified the annual election for directors will be held Monday April 19 at the office 2 Washington Street. Poles open from 2 to 5 p.m. C. M. Keller Secy. April 9, 1897.
A classified note offers 112 cards of dry handle wood for one dollar at J A George's located at 509 Washington Street. The snippet also mentions improving Columbus with more factories to become the best town in the state.
Sir Francis Galton argues Mars sends flashes of thought via a telegraph like signal. He describes a method using a clockwork pen to log dots and dashes and paragraphs. Galton cites long work by Flammarion, Lowell, and Schiaparelli on Martian surface observations.
The text describes snows from the north and south poles diminishing to reveal water flow in artificial canals. Vegetation changes from orange brown to bright green as crops ripen. Harvest reduces canal water, snow caps reappear, and advance toward the equator resumes.
A New York Times report from Washington notes President and Mrs Cleveland will invite Mr and Mrs McKinley to dine together the day before the inauguration. Maj McKinley arrives March 2 and stays at the Ebbitt House until moving to the executive mansion. The Clevelands plan a return to New York March 4. Princeton home repairs delay occupancy. Cleveland likely resumes law work in New York after office.
Joseph Pulitzer, owner of the New York World, paid 45000 dollars cash for the Furness cottage on Jekyll Island. He plans winters there with telegraph lines run in to keep in touch. A dredge boat near the cottage caused a price for cessation until his departure. The piece also explains carat standards for gems and a sea tale from Captain Peterson of the Norwegian ship Telefon about a starving boat with four dead men and one survivor from Guadaloupe, who died later.
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