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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1897
Page
2
The Herald targets the city law library issue and Norton the city attorney. We reiterate support for the city to own the revised statutes and related acts. We insist on free speech even if it challenges the Herald or the city attorney.
An American firm secured a contract in open competition to deliver 15 000 tons of steel rails to the Japanese government, announced in February.
Promotion for the Big Four Route linking Chicago St Louis Peoria Indianapolis Terre Haute Lafayette Benton Harbor Detroit Toledo and more with Pittsburgh era trains. Palace Sleeping Cars from St Louis Indianapolis Wagner Sleeping Cars buffet parlor dining cars and through tickets via Big Four and C and O Routes. Agent J S Suirn.
Mrs. George Henry is ill and John Wills is laid up with a rheumatic knee. Miss Fannie Wantland of Wales-LOT visits. Mrs. Joe Condon improves from grip. Mrs. T. H. Snyder seriously ill with the grip. Mrs. Frank Griffith hosts Columbia club. The drinking fountain moves from 7th and Chestnut to 7th and Pearl. Orlando Carter and wife relocate to Indianapolis for a new job. Silverman's window shows Easter flowers. Pension examiner Chas. F. Cain arrives from Saler, Ind. for business. travel to Washington, D. C. tickets March 1-3, return March 8. Printing press mishap slows paper run. Tabernacle meetings draw crowds with Rev. Hertzog. Orinoco Tanning expands plant with a new large lumber house, boosting future growth.
A Chicago paper reports Oak Park father and son clash over smoking. The son, a modern young man, urges his father to learn to smoke as a social skill and status symbol. After three attempts the father gives up, while the son resumes cigars and laughs at the ended lesson.
A dense listing of residents officials and street corners including names such as General C Moore Louie Cre Peter M Daum and many locales like Taylorville Nineveh Hinjon Colus Chity Newber Glav Nortuceburg and Columbus. It also records city officers Mayor Win J Beek Clerk John Suverkrup Treasurer James Sibley Marshal Wm Schoyler City Attorney W F Norton and City Engineer John K Righta with ward councilmen and fire alarm locations at multiple street intersections.
A Washington Star tale on a boy’s practical streak and love of stories blends with a fairy dream at breakfast. The boy imagines meeting a fairy queen and whimsically asks for four wishes, defying the classic three.
A young man in a Prince Albert coat argues against women learning to ride bicycles while a bright city woman questions the view. The pair discuss cycling as a passing craze with shifting opinions on its value and popularity. The man believes bicycle use is declining yet admits many are still riding.
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