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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1897
Page
2
E H Kinney and C A Turpin note higher prices for horse flesh in Celamoara. Several U S factories resume operations and more to restart by March first. Signs point to better times though the fate of the Anti Cigarette bill remains unclear with manufacturers optimistic.
The Kentucky governor fixed March 20 as the execution date for Jackson and Walling, with Walling possibly seeking a confession to gain a life sentence. The editorial stance criticizes city buying a law library, urges fiscal restraint, and notes a brewing temperance clash in the Kentucky House as Nicholson pushes an anti quarts shop bill amid a fire debate.
A young man in ak Park argues that smoking is a social duty and brings cigars and a pipe to his father who has never smoked. After three attempts the father quits, while the son lights the cigars, and a mocking observer laughs at the tale.
A historic listing shows numerous fire alarm locations with street intersections and landmarks such as Fifth and Br, Fifth and Wahington, Seventh and Jackson, Second and Franklin, 293 Keighth and Franklin, and Reever Pulley Works among others. Entries include factories, canneries, starch works, and assorted avenues indicating a citywide alarm network.
A Washington Star note contrasts a boy’s rapid appetite for profits with the poetry of childhood. At breakfast the boy recounts dreaming of a fairy queen who offers three wishes and, by clever misdirection, asks for four. The tale illustrates youthful ambition clashing with caution in a brief, reflective vignette.
A young man in a Prince Albert coat argues against women riding bicycles as a passing fad. The bright city woman counters that bicycles are a healthful pastime, while he cites growing disfavor and rising abuses as proof of the trend’s decline. The exchange ends with his self-satisfied grin.
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