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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1897
Page
3
Instructions explain using a blue pencil inside the large circle around the eagle to vote the straight Republican ticket at the August special election. It warns against stamps or other marks and notes that only one name will appear on each ticket.
The passage explains voting steps using a blue pencil, marking the ballot inside designated areas, and returning the ballot properly. It then mixes in historical opinion from the 1890s about tariffs, debating free traders versus protectionists and referencing General Harrison and McKinley. The excerpt ends with short classified-like notices and old advertisement snippets.
Classified ad rates listed by size and duration. One inch ads range from 1 month to one year with prices from 1.00 to 10.00 dollars. Daily and weekly rates vary, and locals are priced per word with discounts for multiple insertions. Special local contract rates offered for 500 lines or more annually.
A sales note urges Columbus residents to take tornado and windstorm insurance with Kinney & Kinney, claiming low cost and quick refunds if coverage fails. Includes assorted drugstore product pitches and a newspaper subscription club offer with special terms for readers renewing in advance.
The Great Southern Exposition in Lashvill, Tennessee, attracts applicants nationwide. The notice explains voting changes requiring a pencil and a cross in the eagle circle, with instructions on ballot handling and seal. Direct rail connections from major eastern and midwestern cities to Cincinnati are outlined for travelers.
A pigeon returned after 30 months away to Mrs. Nansen in Christiania carrying a message about his Arctic expedition. The bird crossed over a thousand miles of ice and another thousand miles of ocean and plains to reach its home. The New York Mail and Express hails the bird as one of the wonders of the world.
An article notes Miss Alice C. Fletcher recording Omaha Indian songs by phonograph confirming accuracy after 12 years. It includes a section on cyclists and cold baths with medical cautions about heart fatigue and safe bathing, plus a hunting tale of a rancher trapping panthers and dispatching them after finding a pair in the brush.
The piece notes that high born ladies travel with beds linens blankets and a Mackintosh sheet to guard against dampness. It mentions Grand Duke Paul Russia carrying a built bed when traveling and two tapissiers in Queen Victoria's service who manage packing and palace communications for royal journeys.
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