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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1897

Page

4

QWENS AND WILLIAMS OR INDEMNITY SUN SKIN ANT

Indemnity matter involves QWENS and WILLIAMS and SUN SKIN ANT in a dispute over liability. Resolution status and court action details are not fully stated.

Real estate auction offers across Columbus area homes and farms

Classified ad lists numerous properties for sale or trade by loan rental and collection agents. It describes cottages, farms, vacant lots, and large houses with prices, terms, and locations in Columbus and nearby counties, inviting cash payments or monthly installments and trades for city property.

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Turkish War Fleet Reaches Sigri Island in Aegean

The second Turkish squadron of seven ships under Hari Pasha arrived at Sigri on Mytilene after sailing from the Dardanelles. Turkish papers say the move is for maneuvers and not a reinforcement landing in Crete, amid fears of clashes with the international fleet in Cretan waters.

Constantinople Hari Pasha Dardanelles Sigri Mitylene Cretan Crete

Fort Chakdara Relieved After Prolonged Siege

A dispatch from Camp Malakand reports Fort Chakdara was invested by large native forces on July 26 while relieved by Colonels Goldney and Meiklejohn under General Blood. The garrison endured repeated charges and dwindling food and ammunition before relief.

Malakand Chitral Chakdara Goldney Meiklejohn Blood

Its Quite Fashionable Nowadays Sunday Dinner at Fashion Restaurant

A notice promoting Sunday dinners at the Fashion Restaurant 609 Washington Street invites patrons to enjoy fashionable dining hour. It promises well prepared meals and pleasing service, noting past patrons have highly approved and hoping to continue pleasing future guests.

Money market signs of end of cheap money in New York

The Times notes signs in New York that heavy local purchases of American securities are shrinking the money market’s surplus. It predicts a narrowing cheap money era as autumn wheat and cotton shipments balance U S imports of wool and similar products from Europe.

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Edwards family visits and Peru claim discussed in Wallington notes

Local items record visits by Locke man Edith Phillips and Mabel Phidips to Seymour and Waymansville respectively, and Wesley Rudolph visiting Beck's Grove. News from Wallington notes McCord’s Peru claim and new minister’s arrival, plus a demand for $50,000 indemnity and U.S. diplomacy. Also small ads and notices for deliveries, goods, and shop items.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic Ad Claims Wide Benefits

An advertise claim extols Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the most wonderful medical discovery of the age. It promises gentle cleansing of kidneys, liver, and bones, relief from headache and biliousness, and urges purchase in various box prices.

No-To-Bac Offered as Guaranteed Cure in Local Ad

An advertisement urges buyers to insist on genuine No-To-Bac tobacco habit cure and warns against substitutes. It promises available from local druggists and mentions a 50 cent price and guarantee, placed by the Dry Handle Factory Wood at Columbus Fuel & Ice Co.

Union Third Street Big Four Wayne Township Mar’ Ees Fifth St Nummer Combus Fual & Ice Co

Great Bicycle Meet and Parade Set for August 12

The city hosts a Great bicycle meet and a timed Bike Parade on August 12. The 239tf Women's Bazar closes August 10 with bargains this week. Keep cool by drinking Sthluath's Chorolate.

Unclear Ad Text About Constipation Remedies

An irregular advertisement fragment cites Clarofate and Cascarets as constipation remedies. It mentions dissatisfaction with cures and a request for a refund, reflecting consumer complaints amid a hot day context. The fragment also includes stray letters and numbers, with no clear product claims or brand details.

Not Safe to Sleep or Sip in Cantonese Tea Houses

The piece describes Cantonese hotels offering gaudy signs like The Fortunate Star The Golden Profits The Bank Conferring and The Happiness. Rooms are tiny with thin walls and smoke from nearby opium. Tea saloons hire singers and orators while serving cakes and tea. A dog and cat stew restaurant is noted as a costly local novelty with baseless "black animal" nutrition myth.

Lippincott China

Yeast of Long Descent Traced to Cromwell Era

Mrs Barbara Curran of Orrington Maine preserves a two quart hand molded crock of Irish yeast said to have traveled from Ireland in 1546. The yeast was renewed with scraped potatoes during the voyage and kept alive through generations from Cromwell’s time to present, with roots tied to Galway and Norton family history.

Ireland Cromwell Barbara Curran Orrington New York Sun America Boston Medford East Orrington

India Shawls and their French Imitations

The Chautauquan notes that genuine India cashmere shawls are softer and spun differently from imitations made in France after Tibet goat introductions. Experts say real shawls have unevenly woven webbing, brighter colors, and borders sewn from small pieces, with centers added separately.

France India Tibet

Chinese preventive of rabies liver remedy described

A French missionary in China observed locals who bite victims eat raw liver from a mad dog to prevent hydrophobia, a ritual noted as potentially isopathic and worthy of study. The report cites Plinius and mentions Pasteur Bach and Jenny Lind, last public appearance in 1883 in England aiding Railway Servants fund. a nurse recalls supporting Jenny Lind during illness.

China Plinius Pasteur Bach Jenny Lind Spa Falvern Hills England Raymond Maude Ladies’ Home Journal Railway Servants’ Benevolent Fund

Fires and famine witness in Matanzas reconcentration notes

The narrator describes Montserrat fires and Matanzas reconcentration chaos under Gen Molinas. People lack organization and governance, with committees but no effective action, amid famine, misery, and looming plague as the population endures extensive suffering.

Birmingham Matanzas Exel

Infallible Science Confesses Surprise Miss

A Yale Divinity Hall student fired a toy rifle at a lamp and the bullet hit a professor of science. The professor traced the shot to a colleague, proving the error. The student confessed and urged dropping the matter, and the issue was resolved quietly.

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Unexpected Horror Strikes Strong English Visitor in America

A robust Englishman landed in New York healthy and eager to see America. The next morning he collapsed into a wreck after discovering eight pictures of himself in American papers, an event described with astonished shock by onlookers.

Steiamtron New York America Parette

Excursion to Cincinnati by Big 4 from Columbus Indiana

On Sunday August 8 the Big 4 runs a round trip excursion from Columbus Indiana to Cincinnati Ohio for one dollar. Depart Columbus 8 p m return Cincinnati 7 p m tickets valid only for this date train. Attractions include League Park game Cincinnati vs Louisville Lagoon Coney Island Zoological Gardens Chester Park and more.

Big 4 Columbus Indiana Cincinnati Ohio League Park Louisville Coney Island Zoological Gardens Chester Park

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