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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1897
Page
4
An extensive classified real estate ad offers houses, cottages, and large farms for sale or trade. Listings detail multiple towns, acreage from 40 to 480 acres, city lots, modern residences, outbuildings, wells, cisterns, and payments terms including small cash and monthly installments. Some properties promise trade for city property.
Travel writer notes in Lippincott describing Canton hotels with grand titles like The Fortunate Star and The Happiness. Rooms are cramped and smoky with neighboring voices audible. Tea salons employ singers while tea and cakes tempt guests, and a dog and cat stew dining option is mentioned as an odd local practice.
Mrs Barbara Curran of East Orrington Maine preserves a two quart hand molded crock of yeast brought from Ireland in 1846. The vessel and its yeast have endured since Cromwell era with a family tale claiming an ancestor baked bread for King Charles I troops and was hanged at the ash tree.
The Chautauquan notes that France imitates Indian cashmere shawls after Tibet goat introduction. Genuine India shawls show less even weaving and brighter colors, with borders sewn from small pieces. Many so called real India shawls are made in France, while true softness comes from thread spinning and Tibet goat conditions.
A French missionary in China witnessed Chinese carriers bitten by a mad dog and heard anecdotal claims that eating the raw liver of a rabid dog within a set time prevents hydrophobia. Five bitten men were shown, and Pliny is cited. The article notes uncertainty but suggests further investigation into this supposed tsopath idea linked to Pasteur.
A Ladies' Name Journal excerpt recalls Jenny Lind's last public concert on July 23, 1883 at the Spa Vlasvern Hills England. The charity event supported the Railway Servants Benevolent Fund and drew country crowds paying 18 pence for standing room amid poignant recollections from Mrs. Raymond Maude.
The Fashion Restaurant at 609 Washington Street promotes its special Sunday dinners for entertaining guests. It claims patrons have been highly pleased with these offerings and expresses a commitment to continued satisfaction in the future.
A 1951 staged insurance notice urges customers to avoid substitutes and to trust Kinney & Kinney for accident and sickness coverage with small monthly premiums. It extols reputable firms, warns against misleading substitutes, and stresses verifying labels and trademarks before purchase.
An advertisement seeks a two story dwelling with Tenacres barn orchard for sale or trade in Hartsville, asking buyers to specify preferences and suggesting Columbus as a trade destination. The note also praises local grocery ads and the Star newspaper circulation.
A reader shares observations on Pontedria cransipes adapting to containers from dinner boiler to crock. The plant shifts from spreading to upward growth with air bulbs forming long stems and large leaves, highlighting its attractive waxy foliage and low care needs.
A 85 foot high brick chimney weighing nearly 100 tons was relocated about 950 feet over rough grade at Manhanset Shelter Island Suffolk County with two skids and a grain capstan. Four workers completed loading and moving in nine days, placing the chimney on a new foundation without damage. This is the second such move by the same contractors. a prior chimney 652 feet high at Bridgehampton also moved without accident.
Dr C Hart Merriam ends a Sciente article denouncing Roosevelt era zoology with a plea to musseums and naturalists to rush to collect and preserve large mammals. He cites European extinctions and warns many U S species are vanishing, including California grizzly and wolves, with elk history wiped from eastern ranges.
Mr Menier who owns Anticosti Island in the Gulf of St Lawrence has noted abundant bears there. He grants a concession to establish a curing plant for bear meat as bears and bear ham become a fashionable delicacy in Paris.
A New York Times Washington report says President and Mrs Cleveland will invite Mr and Mrs McKinley to dine the day before the inauguration and the invitation is likely to be accepted. McKinley to arrive March 2 and stay at the Ebbit House until moving into the executive mansion after the ceremony. Cleveland plans an exit by March 4 to New York as Princeton home undergoes spring repairs.
Joseph Pulitzer owner of the New York World buys the Jekyll Island residence of Mr and Mrs W R Furness for 45000 dollars in cash. He plans winters there and to install telegraph wires to stay in touch with the world. A dredgeboat near Pulistser cottage caused distress until his secretary paid the foreman 100 dollars a day to halt work.
In a sea tale a river mishap leads to the Essex encounter where Captain Henry Coombs meets Henry Fancy, who reveals himself as the missing son of Capt. Fancy. Coombs, surprised, recognizes the youth as his sister’s child after a tense voyage transfer.
A camel aboard a Bremer steamship landed at Hoboken after a rough voyage. The animal refused to sit or move, paralyzed by cramped quarters. A clever improvised method used a sling to lift the creature until its rear legs could move again. He now stands and walks, but never sits.
A Jersey City applicant refuses to renounce loyalty to the queen claiming a form cannot force allegiance. Judge Roy Bean tells a Mexican-horse theft joke as a quick jury note. In France Asiatic vines thrive near Alénoon producing a weak wine to blend with stronger southern varieties.
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