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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1897
Page
1
The store offers watches clocks jewelry silverware and novelties with quality selections and the best prices. Spectacles are fitted correctly and carefully. Watch clock and jewelry repairs and engraving are specialties.
Lee Loy advertises groceries at defiant low prices with no profit motive. The Belvedere Block shop urges shoppers to buy groceries for their best interests and to compare prices.
Washington headlines from February 15 1897 report preparations for a grand parade with West Point and Annapolis cadets likely to join. The piece critiques congressional spending, notes Senate actions on appropriations and the river harbor program, and covers tax proposals on cigarettes and New York Custom House politics. It also lists state items from North Manchester to Martinsville, including a counterfeit discovery and local incidents.
A broad discussion on football risk cites Harvard Yale Princeton and Penn games as notably safe, while university officials debate adding a medical official to assess players condition. The piece also reports on Sirius the dog star companion and various light anecdotes and jests from period publications.
The Chicago Times-Herald reports on Dr Labourand the claim baldness is a contagious disease spread by barber instruments. It details hair root changes, the microbe, and disinfection as a preventive measure, while noting remedies are unlikely to regrow lost hair.
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