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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1897
Page
2
The north part of the state is covered with snow with Crown Point reporting eight inches. The Jones Dill bill introduced by the Indianapolis colored member faces strong opposition from the state’s colored people.
A Goon portion of yesterday’s senate session focused on Indianapolis street railway legislation. Senator Wood proposed an amendment, and after a lengthy debate it was rejected by a close 2 to 23 vote. McKinley remains home with a bad cold, raising concern he may have grip. Office seekers await interviews at Canton despite barriers.
Mr Sutton's weed cutting bill passed, requiring landowners to cut weeds and briars in front of their property and to pay the township 1.25 dollars per day for the work, with only one vote against.
Mr Ross introduces House Bill 264 protecting hotel keepers with a 59 to 1 passage. It imposes a $25 penalty and sixty days in prison for those who beat a hotel and allows removal of unpaid luggage as prima facie evidence of intent to defraud. The bill is endorsed for senate concurrence.
Commercial Travelers of Indiana warn the anti trust bill could ruin 25 000 jobs and devastate hotels and trade. A Indianapolis meeting organized by Building and Loan Association League aims to urge a just building and loan law that taxes paid up stock but not running stock, protecting associations' usefulness for the poor. A scientific note reports Pross Fischer and Tafel producing chemical sugar at University of Würzburg that mirrors natural sugar but does not rotate polarized light.
A lumber camp tale from Forest and Stream recounts trapper John Gardener fending off a stalking panther. Jealous camp cook Murdoch plans violence after Gardener’s boastful luck. In a moonlit confrontation the panther strikes from a tree and a fleeing Murdoch abandons camp, leaving Gardener to ponder who was most surprised.
The document provides a list of fire alarm boxes with street intersections and notable landmarks such as Parker Schoonover and Jackson locations. It includes positions like Fifth and Washington, Seventh and Jackson, Ninth and Sycamore, and Reeves Pulley Works among others.
A Chicago area farmer’s son uses a simple wire and a tethered dog to drive away crop-damaging birds from ripening tomatoes. The boy’s inventive plan keeps the birds from pecking holes in fruit, safeguarding the harvest and hinting at future ingenuity.
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