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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1897
Page
3
Dick explains the barkeep across the street tried to bully him for an hour. The bar owner was negotiating a $10,000 life policy for his widow, which is now set to proceed after this morning. Dick قصد to confront the barkeep and then speak with the widow.
Colman testified before the House committee on theatrical matters saying he expunges oaths from revisions. He admitted some oaths appear in his own comedies Heir at Law and John Bull but he disapproves of them. He regrets bad plums in a good pudding and asserts they disfigure scenes.
The piece portrays Matanzas and three western provinces as ash heaps after January destruction. It notes a five mile zone around Matan zas spared, a proposed future land allotment, and March orders by Gen Molinas for destruction. It describes reconcentration, unorganized communities, widespread famine, and collective fear.
A Yale student fires a toy rifle at a lamp, the bullet hits a professor’s window and embeds in the wall. The professor uses precise calculations to trace the path to a colleague, who confesses and asks the matter be dropped. Also noted is a German paper on roentgen ray effects on skin in a 13 year old boy examined after 45 minutes exposure.
A fragmented pricing table outlines weekly and daily ad rates, including one inch and multi month slots, with monthly and yearly options. Local rates show per word charges for first and subsequent insertions, plus black letter runs and contract terms for large orders.
Windstorm and tornado policy offered by Kinney & Kinney cited as affordable insurance option for Columbus residents amid forecasts of stronger storms.
Advertisement promotes Tike Carter's Cascara Pills by M C Dunningto druggist offering refunds if ineffective. Claims quick relief from headaches and urges buyers to avoid inferior articles and trust their own judgment over clerks.
TEE STAR advertises reliable printing services offering fixed pricing and best materials. All work solicited and guaranteed to deliver top satisfaction with quality workmanship and skilled craft.
The Columbus Morning Star advertises a one year subscription deal combining the Twice-a-Week Courier Journal and the Weekly Straw for 1.25 dollars. Offer available to current subscribers who renew and prepay or new subscribers who prepay. Sample copies of the Courier Journal are mailed free on application. Send all subscriptions to Columbus Morning Star, Columbus Indiana.
The great southern exposition has drawn nationwide interest and applicants seek best routes to reach the city. The Bio tour provides the premier line from the East with through trains to Cincinnati from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland and Columbus, from Detroit Toledo and Sandusky to Cincinnati, and from Chicago Benton Harbor to Cincinnati and Louisville. Direct connections are with the (). & C. Route and the L. & N. Ry. Full information available on request.
An advertisement from J. A. Newton promotes Dry Handle Factory wood and Columbus Handle and Tool Company goods. It touts honesty in sales and offers Leadus Genuine Dongolia oats and shoeing at a dollar, claiming unmatched value.
Rail timetable fragment lists multiple stations Greensburg Ewington Hartsville Crossing Hope and others with fare and time indicators. Entries include 405 401 404 412 mixed services and prices such as 2.80 7.20 10.80 9.38.
Five hundred emigrant children educated under the Parson de Hirsch fund at Educational Alliance on East Broadway competed for the Patria club prize for best salute to the flag and best original patriotic song. The audience displayed national colors, with 500 flags on display as children in uniform sang and pledged allegiance.
Miss Alice A. Holmes of Jersey City, aged about seventy five and blind since fourteen, has recently inherited more than $500,000. She plans to spend her wealth on aiding the blind and educating others, having earned her living as a music teacher and performer despite poverty.
William George Jordan lauds six decades of Victoria’s reign highlighting abolition of flogging in armed forces, child labor bans in Britain, humane criminal treatment, Red Cross breadth, and vast progress in transport and technology. He notes modern factory laws and numerous inventions transforming daily life.
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