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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1897
Page
2
Two large earthworks near Winona Minnesota are shaped like animals. One mound resembles a deer with a long tail and antlers, while another nearby mound roughly 100 feet long forms a rat. Both sit on a bluff about 244 feet above ground and show no plow damage.
English Illustrated Magazine reports authorities armed mobs to massacre Armenians during a planned crackdown. Police thrice guarded streets as gangs killed and drowned victims, while officials claimed suppressing an uprising amid a broader Turkish statecraft pattern.
Two young society men missed time for a Lenox dance after an afternoon express ran late. They dressed in a baggage car to speed to the event, scattering clothes as the train jolted along at about 40 mph. The conductor found the scene humorous and helped them reach the party, arriving roughly 50 minutes late but with outfits corrected and the dance attended.
The piece humorously recalls office roof time at a City bookbindery midway between Center Street and Park Row where young women and sometimes male workers play on the roof after lunch. Games include tag hide and seek and ring around a rosy with dances and even an organ grinder observed from surrounding buildings. It notes longevity trends among paupers versus millionaires.
Scribner's notes the Tuscarora Deeps near Hondo, Japan, host submarine volcanoes and a massive quake that sent waves racing shoreward. Earthquakes traveled 2 to 20 miles per second, with the 8:30 pm arrival of water surges reaching four miles offshore, then 20 to 50 foot waves devastating low-lying bays and dikes.
A Maine coast tale recounts a 15 year old keeper’s son staying three weeks in a storm bound lighthouse tower. He kept the light, ate little, slept barely, until his father returned to relieve him. The event is linked with Saddleback Ledge on the stormy coast.
The Daily Courier-Journal announces a schedule change beginning January 1 1897 with the Weekly becoming Twice-a-Week. Wednesday will focus on news and politics while Saturday covers stories miscellany poetry and pictures increasing weekly pages to twelve and annual pages to 832. The price remains $1 per year and editorials by Henry Watterson will feature.
A garbled OCR page lists street intersections, places and a long roster of individuals including executives and city officials. The text references many cross streets in an old town grid with names like Wahigton Franklin Sycamore and Chestnut plus several people and roles such as mayor city attorney and treasurer.
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