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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1897
Page
2
Local column discusses wheat prospects in Kentucky and critiques free silver policy. It covers street paving on Washington Street in Columbus, debates over public versus resident paving areas, expected property value gains, and the city’s tax standing among similar cities. Mentions Gertrude Jett and staff.
Editors note worry that McKinley administration has little to do with rising wheat. Farmers report better prices and factories busier than a year ago. Some credit the Republican party, others insist improvement may bless the country regardless of administration. A Northern Indiana parade features farmers with grain wagons shouting for protection.
A local shoe dealer warns buyers against falling for cheap sales claiming to undercut competitors. He notes genuine goods cost more to run but promises lower prices due to smaller expenses, urging customers to beware substitutes that imitate standard ads.
A curious incident shows Pontedria adapting to changing spaces. From a bowl window to a dinner boiler then a crock, the plant thrives by splitting, growing upward, and producing large leaves. It remains a thrifty, low-maintenance house plant with glassy waxen leaves.
A 85 foot high brick chimney seven feet square at the base, weighing nearly 100 tons, was transported 950 feet over rough terrain at Manhattan Shelter Island Suffolk County. The move used a grain capstan, two greased skids, and one horse at 180 fold. four men loaded in nine days, with no damage to the chimney or foundation. This is the second such chimney moved by these contractors, the first being 52 feet high at Bridgehampton.
In a late Science issue Dr. C Hart Merriam attacks Theodore Roosevelt era zoological theories and urges museums sportsmen and naturalists to collect and preserve large mammals before they vanish. He cites the buffalo grizzly wolves and wapiti as examples of species already driven to extinction or vanishing across regions.
Parisian millionaire Mr Menier who bought Anticosti in the Gulf of St Lawrence has granted a concession to establish a curing plant for bear meat. Bear hams are described as fashionable delicacy in Paris.
A New York Times Washington report says President and Mrs. Cleveland will invite Mr. and Mrs. McKinley to dine with them on inauguration day. McKinley arrives March 2 and will stay at the Ebbitts house before occupying the executive mansion. The Clevelands plan to depart March 4 for Princeton repairs delaying occupancy. Cleveland may resume law work in New York.
Joseph Pulitzer, owner of the New York World, purchased the Jekyll Island residence of Mr and Mrs W E Furness for 45000 cash. He plans to use the house as a winter retreat and is installing telegraph lines to stay in touch with the outside world. The purchase occurred two days before his island visit ended.
A communistic educational experiment near St Anne 60 miles south of Chicago aims to build a self sufficient campus. The 40 acre site houses buildings and homes for students and teachers who cooperatively cultivate land and share proceeds in a common store. Started with 4500 dollars in tools and stock, workers build, farm, and study without pay, creating cottages and a self contained city including housing and school.
A Chicago inventor unveils a water powered clock housed in a small circular box. The device uses sealed compartments and a rotating drum driven by gravity to indicate hours on the frame. Winding back restores the top position for another cycle.
Bargain sale offers ladies oxford shoes cut from two dollars to one fifty and ladies items reduced to two fifty. Mens shoes priced at three dollars and run to three dollars for black and tan options. Fresh clean goods offered at genuine bar gains.
The Indianapolis Daily, Weekly and Sunday Sentinel touts its large circulation and full coverage of McKinley's administration and state government. It promises abundant domestic and foreign news, urging Indiana readers to subscribe for the year and pay dues promptly.
Miss Alice A Holmes a Jersey City heiress who has become financially secure after her California brother left her a large fortune plans to spend her wealth aiding the blind. Once a music student and teacher despite blindness she earned a living and now aims to educate others in need.
Incomplete OCR text mentions Mrs Lightwits and an heir, a monument, burying costs, and a dispute over funds for a seal coat. The excerpt is garbled and lacks clear names, dates, or a coherent event.
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