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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1896
Page
3
Local notes report cloudy weather with possible rain or flurries and advise on mail and property issues. Mentions Cuban aid rumors, a proposed candidate for commissioner, and a note on insuring public property. Includes scattered ads and local notices about jobs and theater plans.
The Courier Journal plans to keep its twice weekly price at one dollar per year despite publishing improvements. Next year will feature daily editorials by Henry Watten and a push to place local ads in the Star. Fenton Hughes returns from De Pauw University and pursues sketching and drawing studies, showing promise as an artist.
A Chicago fur dealer on Stine Street creates a striking window display by mounting stuffed animals in varied poses. A white polar bear, a lion, lynxes, and other creatures glow with incandescent lights, their yellow eyes and emerald accents drawing crowds at dusk.
Mrs Minton rides the Castlow to Andersonville route across a rugged Kentucky forest for Uncle Sam delivering mail. The Enquirer notes robberies are common on the road but she maintains fearlessness, skill, and self reliance as a mountaineer woman with the mail pouch.
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