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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1897
Page
2
Local ad rates listed for daily and weekly editions with pricing for inch ads and locals. Mentions taxes payment timeline and a misquoted statement about wheat prices tied to a 1896 election context.
Dispatch from Washington to the Indianapolis Journal confirms Will A Stevens our townsman is the Fairbanks pick for postmaster here. City council meets Thursday to address unequal rates for outskirts residents lacking water fire protection sidewalks and valuable land while farming plots receive rebates of 75 percent.
Cincinnati edged Indianapolis 8 to 0 with a late rally while Kansas City Cowboys defeated the Colts 15 to 9 in Louisville, St Paul lost 6 to 0 to Louisville in a separate contest.
Get the best stove wood at the Handle Factory corner of 14th and California streets. Sold by the cord at the factory or delivered to any part of the city. Prices right. J. Arthur Meeks 1443. For any business printing needs visit the STAR office The Rainbow Paints sold by Stahl.
A letter from Representative Robert Nail of Batesville Arkansas recaps his daughter’s illness and recovery after using Paine's celery compound. He asserts the remedy is excellent and urges access to the product, warning against substitutes and urging prompt use for nervous debility and impure blood.
Classified snippets advertise a job seek for a good girl to do house work at 1122 Pearl Street. Several ads promote sales on wall paints, hats, bicycles, shoes, roof paints, and a large book and jewelry sale at the G. A. R. building on Washington Street.
H J Barling, linked to Alaska's salmon industry, narrates a Kodiak bear story. He recalls a 62 year old Indian hunter who used a spear to strike a grizzly in a cave ambush, after greasing his head and waiting windward. The tale showcases traditional Kodiak bear hunting methods.
The text describes caverns containing a large percent of lime carbonate that dries with evaporation leaving lime to cement snail shells. This cementing process gradually fills caves year after year, threatening to close all Cuban caverns over time.
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