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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1897
Page
2
E H Kinney Turpin and supporters press for passage of a pending insurance bill in Indiana that would require sworn statements and financial solvency for insurers. They cite recent company failures and urge protection and tax compliance under state oversight.
The charrison club expands across rooms above Hughes grocery with optimistic notes from junior editor. A Bridges cow calved three calves before sale to Garshwiler Bros, producing a profitable stock tale. Franklin Star promotes plain price shoes at J A Newton and cites Fish Commissioner Sweeney’s appointment by Guy Mount.
The Roumanians are described as descendants of the Romans who conquered and occupied a portion of the territory now called Roumania.
The notice lists prices from Lee Loy the New Grocer Belvedere for groceries and household goods. Items include coffee beans per pound, canned fruits and vegetables, flour, lard, bacon, imperial pea soda, soaps, white fish, tinware, coal oil and other staples with modest per unit prices.
An advertisement touts Seema preparations as free from acids and alkalis and claims they remove wrinkles bumps and protect skin from blemishes. It promises 25 bottles only and warns against imitations, listing Ensesr Stacturin Co. Druggists Columbus Ind.
John K. Garren of Wilmington North Carolina is reported as the largest single lettuce grower in the South. He plans to ship north this season from 1000 to 10000 barrels of lettuce.
A Chicago museum monkey named Cudge, suffering from consumption, is tended by fellow monkeys with maternal care. Keeper Reed notes the display of attachment is unusually strong as the sick animal nears death over the coming weeks.
The Milwaukee semicentennial exposition plan is killed for a second time after opposition from outside the city and doubts of state funding. A December committee vote had halted the project and a new meeting showed efforts to raise 400000 in Milwaukee, but a legislature appropriation seemed unlikely. A historical celebration at Madison with funding for records publication was proposed instead.
The Harvard memorial window project at St Saviour's Southwark aims to honor John Harvard with a three light window in the south transept funded by Harvard University. The church, to reopen as a pro cathedral on February 16 in state, will feature Shakespeare Massinger Beaumont and Fletcher memorials. Over £50,000 has been spent on repairs and alterations.
Boston-born actress Alice Pierce, hailed by Richard Mansfield as America’s Bernhardt in training, gained notice after early stage roles and recent performances as Jessica in The Merchant of Venice and the Prince in Richard II. Mansfield plans private training as her career prospects rise with a serious, emotionally rich style. A separate note covers a Chicago Bohemian group play Antonio Maceo depicting Cuban freedom, staged to benefit Cuban relief and Bohemian funds, with nearly $300 at the box office.
Two young Wichita women set up at the courthouse selling shoe polish and shined shoes for free. The scene drew many men with an interest in romance, including County Superintendent Mackey and County Clerk Denny, as the women tended to officials and others.
While two boys cut a stump north of Marshfield they uncovered an old coffee pot containing a copper 1850 Upper Bank of Canada coin a Spanish coin a Georgian claim dated 1786 and a Georgia service payment claim plus four sheets of counterfeit plate engravings for US currency from 1 to 20 dollars an ancient key and lock tied to a Knights Templar origins note the lock predates the current era and the Queen's Household salaries are stated at £131 260.
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