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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1897
Page
3
A New York Mail and Express reporter notes English habits during a summer visit. Signs outside shops reveal practical humor and formality, from Do Not Ring the Bell Unless an Answer is Required to Hair Neatly Trimmed While You Wait, showcasing London's quirky public cues.
Utah discovery reports a vein of natural coke 140 miles south of Salt Lake City near a railroad, with a 25 to 30 foot surface exposure and five foot width. The coke tests pure and sulfur free, yielding less ash and no smoke, owned by ex mayor R N Baskin and partners over 640 acres nearby.
A Chicago Tribune-Herald report recalls a shopper who paid with a dollar for small purchases and rushed out before receiving his change. The clerk explains that unclaimed change funds benefit charities at year’s end, and most customers never return for their forgotten money.
A crowded cable car episode ends with passengers ridiculing a rude conductor after he refuses a request for pennies. The well-dressed woman offers to exchange five pennies for a nickel to cover her fare, leading to a comic protest and the conductor's rebuke.
Local advertising rates listed for daily and weekly editions include price per inch for various time spans and a one cent per word rate for locals in daily editions. Special rates apply for multi hundred line contracts and yearly contracts not carried to expiration are charged monthly at stated rates.
A note suggests Columbus faces stronger winds and promotes Kinney and Kinney tornado and windstorm insurance. The policy is described as affordable, framing wind risk as manageable with this coverage.
M. C. Dunnington, a druggist, offers a money refund if Carter's Cascara Pills fail to cure sick headache. The ad urges consumers to refuse inferior articles and trust their own judgment over store recommendations.
The Star announces fixed prices for printing services with guaranteed satisfaction and use of the best materials. All work solicited and promised to meet high standards.
The Columbus Morning Star offers a clubbing arrangement with the Twice a Week Courier Journal and the Weekly Star. One year for $1.25 with advance payment for renewals or new subscriptions. Sample copies sent free on application. Send all subscriptions to the Columbus Morning Star in Columbus Indiana.
The Great Southern Exposition draws national interest with the Bia Four offering through service to Cincinnati from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Detroit Toledo Sandusky Chicago Benton Harbor and Louisville. Direct links connect with the Q and C Route and J and N Ry with full details available on request.
Train times listed for multiple stations on the Big Four route show westbound and eastbound departures. The fragment includes station names such as Greensburg and Hartsville Crossing with mixed morning and evening timings and several punctuality indicators.
The account describes widespread ruin in Matanzas and neighboring western provinces with fires set during reconcentration. The military governor Gen. Molinas decreed destruction of property and crops. Residents lack organization and collective action, individually starving while showing unexpected kindness to each other.
A Yale Divinity student fired a toy rifle at a lamp, the ball piercing a professor of science window and embedding in the wall. The professor traced the ball to a colleague’s room, proving the offense, while the student confessed and the matter was dropped.
The Jersey City heiress Miss Alice A Holmes, now in her seventy fifth year, has come into over 500000 dollars. She has long supported herself through teaching music for the blind and will dedicate her fortune to aiding others with blindness. She published a volume of verse years ago.
A carrier pigeon rejoined Mrs. Nansen at Christiania after 30 months away. Nansen had tied a note to the bird confirming his polar expedition progress. The messenger flew through blizzards and oceans to deliver the awaited message.
An ad notes footwear available with delivery at work and reasonable prices plus a guarantee of workmanship.
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