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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1897
Page
3
A writer recounts observing a pentedria adapting from a small slip in a bow window to thriving in a dinner boiler and crock. By midsummer it divides, grows upward, and forms large waxy leaves, praised as an attractive house plant that needs only water.
A 85 foot high brick chimney weighing nearly 100 tons was moved 50 feet over rough ground in Shelter Island Suffolk County New York. The operation used a grain capstan cradle two skids and one horse at 180 fold with four men loading in nine days. no damage or accidents occurred. The contractors had previously moved a 62 foot chimney at Bridgehampton without incident.
In a late Science issue Dr. C Hart Merriam attacks Theodore Roosevelt's zoological theories and urges museums, sportsmen, and naturalists to act now to preserve specimens of large mammals. He cites European extermination, the Buffalo, southern California grizzly, wolves, and an elk or wapiti once spanning from North Carolina to the Adirondacks as lost or vanishing.
Parisian millionaire Mr Menier who owns Anticosti Island in the Gulf of St Lawrence has granted two concessions for establishing a curing plant for bear meat. Bear hams have become a fashionable delicacy in Paris.
A New York Sun ramp. a feminine club gathering quips about watches. Members exchange forgotten timepieces. a vice president checks a belt watch and proclaims nothing wrong. The scene highlights gendered differences in perception and wit.
A rural project near St Anne, Illinois, known as the People's University, establishes a 640 acre cooperative community. Students and teachers live on site, cultivate land, and share stores with no wages or endowment. Buildings and cottages are built by residents and labor funds essential needs before study.
The notice lists pricing for various ad durations from one month to one year including daily weekly and local ads. Rates shown include 1.00 for daily, 10.00 for yearly, 6.00 for six months, and 3.25 for one month with a local rate of 2.00 per word after first insertion. It notes inch units and contract pricing for bulk local advertising.
Notice urges residents to secure a tornado and windstorm policy with Kinney & Kinney, warning Columbus faces a worse storm than a recent one. Claims policies are affordable, calling the cost a trifle.
M. C. Dunnington, druggist, offers a 25 cent cascade headache remedy by Tike Carter pills with a refund if they fail to cure. Refuse inferior articles and trust what you know you want from the store.
The Star Journal advertises fixed prices for printing work using the best materials and guarantees customer satisfaction. It invites solicited work and emphasizes high quality output.
The Columbus Morning Star advertises a clubbing offer with the Twice a Week Courier Journal and the Weekly Star. New or renewing subscribers paying in advance receive one year for 1.25, with sample copies sent free on application.
May 1 to November 1 the Great Southern Exposition draws national interest with the Big Four offering through service to Cincinnati from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland and Columbus and connections via Q C Route and L N Ry. Information provided gladly. local dealer claims best goods and value at Columbus Handle and Tool Company with new Dongolia button shoes at $1.
A disrupted timetable shows various station names and times with mixed formatting. Entries mention Greensburg, Columbus, and other stops with inconsistent bulleting and digits, suggesting a partial rail schedule page.
A Chicago inventor unveils a water powered timepiece a circular box with compartments and a water filled drum that slowly travels downward indicating the hour on a frame. The device is suspended by strings and rewinds to the top for another cycle offering novelty and timekeeping.
The article debates the value and ubiquity of quotations in contemporary speech and writing. It contrasts overuse with indispensability, citing lines like The Last Rose of Summer and A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever, and notes how quotation habit can affect conversation and perception.
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