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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1897
Page
5
Alf follows a light to a cave where Stark leads moonshiners preparing to execute Henry Baird. Alf frees Baird with swift knife work, and they flee down the mountain while outlaws fire a shot. Baird urges Alf to run and survive as danger closes in.
Liemberger grapples Baird on the slope then hands him a Winchester as a posse races after them down a mountain. Alf realizes Baird escaped and the mob closes in with shots and shouts, forcing a perilous escape down a cleft.
Sipe Dolman and Blake present America s greatest dog pony and monkey show in Columbus with 100 dogs 50 ponies and 25 monkeys in two performances on April 30 and May 1 at new mammoth water proof tents at 11th and Washington. Admission 20 cents adults 10 cents children. Also notes Rev Z T Sweeney and wife left for Indianapolis and Yellowstone Park party reunion tonight.
An astronomer concludes that a reported airship sighting across Indiana and neighboring states was not a mysterious craft but shooting stars. The explanation counters superstitious interpretations of the phenomenon.
Sunday afternoon at 3 30 o clock a men s meeting addressed by Rev Fenwick Fraser featuring a duet by George H Dennison and W H Day lasts about an hour and invites attendance for a good service.
Sale of J A Heininger property on 16th street near the street car stable announced for one o clock. W W Lambert not a candidate for congress, supporting M R Sulzer instead. Various city notices include trades, moves, injuries, marriage licenses, and G A R encampment plans with delegates and preferred encampment site. Local ads mention dry goods sales at the White House and a bank of short items from Edinburg and Indianapolis observers.
A fragment from an AP dispatch references white Flyers and white winged events labeled as AP coverage. The readable text hints at a sports or team context but lacks clear details such as names, dates, places, or outcomes.
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