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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1897
Page
2
Columbus Indiana hometown page urges residents to join August 12 events. Social notes by Gertrude Jett highlight community engagement while editor Chas A Turpin notes post office matters. A recruitment ad from The Dominion Company seeks prudent, faithful travelers for Indiana with monthly pay and expenses.
Citizens hear about politics and new products as residents share updates on households travels and plans. The item lists neighbors Carr ie Hoglan Emma Winter and others, mentions car or bicycle events, a funeral in Greensburg, sales at the White House, and various cures and consumer goods advertised for hot weather.
A curious black cat wandered into Bristol Methodist Episcopal church as services neared. It climbed the choir loft and pulpit while several choir members tried to coax it to a pew. The pastor set the cat outside, calling it a good omen before continuing with the sermon.
A satirical look at aging phrases and stock lines in modern speech from The New York Herald. The piece notes how old witticisms like last rose of summer and distance lends enchantment are overused or misquoted, while it defends a few indispensable quotations in writing and conversation.
A Chestnut Street cafe Angora cat alarmed customers when a star patron offered a toothpick to tickle its nose. The splinter was daubed with todase sac, causing the cat to leap and scramble behind the bar. The scene unsettled the cashier and revealed the danger of handling hazardous chemicals aboard ships.
The Seattle Post Intelligencer reports Count Montebello of France and Prince Radalin of the German empire lost their ambassadorial posts for failing to kiss the czarina's hand. The piece argues such courtly acts carry risk and reward and urges timely boldness in seizing social opportunities.
The piece portrays Matanzas as a vast ash heap with a five mile untouched radius around the city. General Molinas decreed destruction of all property and crops in March. The narrator notes widespread disorganization among the people, who lack collective action and self preservation, leaving families to starve.
A Yale Divinity Hall student fired a toy rifle at a lamp. The bullet shattered a professor of science's window and embedded in a wall. The professor traced the ball to a colleague, who denied knowledge. The student confessed and asked the matter be dropped, and it was.
The Denver Republic notes Madagascar court life at Antananarivo where Queen Ranavalo is watched during her morning bath. French envoy M. Le Myre de Vilers visited and left confident after soap and ceremony amid Hovas’ Parisian manners and starch as ritual.
Our marked down sale offers ladies oxford shoes reduced from 2.00 to 1.50 and Tan Lace styles to 1.70 with additional cuts on men’s shoes from 2.00 to 1.75 and 3.00 to 2.50. Also 3.50 Black and Tan shoes cut to 3.00. Fresh clear goods and genuine bargains from J. A. Newton's One Price Shoe Store.
The Indianapolis Sentinel pledges abundant national and state coverage as McKinley’s cabinet and administration promise news and gossip. It touts wide circulation, foreign news, and dispatches, urging readers to subscribe for a year or weekly editions.
Lee Loy introduces prices at The New Grocer Belvedere Block with Lion coffee at 24 cents per pound, Our Own Roast 15 cents per pound and various staples such as Star, Gloss, Big 4 soap, pie peaches, Bestzoorn, tomatoes, string beans, bananas, lemons and more listed with per item values and small discounts.
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