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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1897
Page
3
A fragmented OCR note mentions Ilona and a passenger depot drawn into a terse local item. The readable words hint at a transit facility or station context and a named person, but the fragmentary text provides no clear event dates or actions.
Central Union Telephone Company and Long Distance Telephone announce nationwide connected service extending to Columbus and major cities. Copper metallic circuits now available for subscribers with long distance equipment. rates quoted on request and manager will call on interested customers.
Reports include a Michigan incident of lightning striking R D Till’s barn and destroying it with contents. Other items note a Maryland woman hosting three strange guests at a church festival, and a Austrian heathen burial ground with giant skeletons.
New York Post reports on feminine winter wear featuring satin brocade coat bodices over full vests, faced cloth gowns, and luxurious fabrics. It notes wool جودة dyeing, Russian green faced cloth jackets with fur trims, sealskin jackets, and ornate collaretti as stylish yet practical protections.
A witty exchange about cork shoes notes their water-proofing quirk with a humorous line about water staying in while cork blocks it. The remark reflects playful, dry humor typical of informal banter.
Unmarried woman in Gage county Nebraska rises as a corn husker, handling 75 bushels daily. Forbes Missouri boards a house and uncovers a hive with 125 pounds of honey. In a Westphalian village bees and pigeons are released with mixed arrival times. Morgan Hendrickson in Shelby county Indiana digs out a den of wild dogs. A Jananes bomb damages a Westbrook Maine worker after a failed opening attempt. William Brown of Oakland Maine traps many wildlife, aided by scent on bait. A Baltimore classroom incident ends with fire brigade confusion. An aquatic mystery near Anastasia Beach Florida appears as a large octopus after initial whale misidentification.
A Youth's Companion item notes Chinese customs on service charges with a Peking barber charging 50 cents to a foreign minister, 25 cents to a secretary, and 10 cents to an unofficial foreigner. It recalls a Chinese chiropodist in Japan charging different rates and a minister visiting a hotel who was told to pay a dollar based on the idea that a visiting minister is equivalent to an official.
Dr. John G. Paton notes a native bride entering church in an improbable attire: a drab great coat over grass skirts, a vest, red and striped shirts as wings, and a pair of men’s trousers flowing from her head to her back, with a turbanned red shirt framing her face in the hot heat. His quip about fashionably dressed brides captures the spectacle. The companion text ends with a humor column about office names from Youth’s Companion and M. Y. Journal.
Fosdick explains joining a fly club during a Boston stay and Keedick questions slang usage. The speaker clarifies the club is the Boston Aeronautical Society.
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