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04 Jan 1897
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Columbus Star in Columbus, Indiana
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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1897
Page
1
Boiler explosion at Bowman's saw mill kills one and injures another
In Tazewell Tennessee a Bowman's saw mill boiler exploded causing Jane Neal to die and Joe Brewer to be fatally injured. Oscar Neal and B F Bowman suffered serious injuries. The report also notes unrelated items about a Hatton farmer, Fred Hilbert, and claims about Cody's western town and mineral wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MippLeEse Orovgeh
Bowman
Tazewell
Tenn
Jane Neal
Joe Brewer
Oscar Neal
B. F. Bowman
Indiana Delegation Restrains Patronage in Senate Race
The Indiana delegation rejects the claim of full control over federal appointments to back a specific Senate candidate. They plan to speak on patronage and expect ex President Harrison to influence office distribution, while preserving their own rights in appointments regardless of the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Congress
Fairbanks
Senate
Harrison
Earth
Indianapolis
Various Local News Items From A Busy Indiana Segment
The state reports poor wheat crop conditions and several local incidents. Martinsville proximity to a curfew vote. Hotel Grifith bands change. weather promises snow in Northern Indiana. Resignations, disappearances, robberies, injuries, and deaths appear in towns like Shelbyville Webbash Stinesville Cicero Richmond Butler and Portland Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grifith
Ind
Shelbyville
A. R. Stark
First Baptist Church
A Chicago Romance Reveals a Moral on Rapid Transit
A Chicago romance article presents a cautionary tale about city transit speeds and urban life. The narrative contrasts swift trains with cautious behavior, framing transit as a mirror of moral choices in a bustling metropolis.
Train Conversation Sparks Brief Courtship
On a chaotic train stop, Miss Bloomingay meets Mr Hickaworthy. He seats beside her and asks her first name. She replies Cora. He says Reginald and whispers to avoid being overheard. The exchanged banter hints at a budding romance despite the hurried setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Bloomingay
Mr. Hickaworthy
Mr. Hicksworthy
Cora
Reginald
Coltons Advice On Real Wants And Saving
A reader recalls a Christian Advocate anecdote about a shopping note read from a purse. The quote warns against buying what one does not need and urges letting real wants come to you, not chasing fleeting desires. The piece frames thrift as protecting the pocketbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington Avenue
Christian Advocate
Colton
London feather trade brides clubs and wedding customs
In London ostrich feather and artificial flower works union clubs called swedding clubs fund a bride’s trousseau with weekly subscriptions tied to wages. Eligible brides must subscribe a year and six months after marriage, marry soon after engagement, and pick bridesmaids from coworkers. A large factory club can have 40 to 50 members. One feather curler married recently received £34, with white satin dress, orange blossoms, 25 shillings bouquet, £2 cake, and a procession by carriage to church followed by relatives in cabs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Trained Chameleons Show Remarkable Intelligence at Play
A Philadelphia girl, 12 year old Miss Tenrietta Keene, trained two Florida chameleons named Brinton and TRaby. By kindness she earned their trust, and they would stand upright on hind legs, join fore paws, bow their heads, pretend to be dead, and then rise to embrace upon command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Tenrietta Keene
Philadelphia
Brinton
Traby
Sugar Like Natural Sugar Made In Lab At Würzburg
A chemical sugar produced in the University of Würzburg laboratory by Professors Fischer and Tafel shows all properties of natural sugar except it does not rotate polarized light. This discovery attracts scientific interest and could hold future commercial potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Profs. Fischer and Tafel
University of Wurzberg
Firemen Needed to Feed Atlantic Steamer Furnaces
The article states that one hundred twenty firemen are required to feed the furnaces of a first class Atlantic steamer. It highlights manpower needs aboard a prominent ocean liner.
Forty five years gone tale of a boy turned saner
A Portland Advertiser recounts Clem Wallis a 15 year old in a pasture when a colt kicked him injuring his skull. He later suffered mental decline then regained reason after surgery. Also described is Egyptian darkness noting a brief afterglow before night returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem Wallis
Portland
Glass Science and Plundered Treasure From Early China
Early explorers described a peculiar colorless glass filled with a clear liquid that appeared to contain fish when poured. The effect came from the glass itself, not the liquid. The Chinese said they did not make the glass, but it was seized from foreign conquests centuries earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
No Swiss Patents Claim Inventions Blocked in Switzerland
A claim asserts that Switzerland grants no patents for inventions, labeling the country as the only civilized nation with such a policy and implying a strict patent regime or absence thereof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Beneficent Famine Brings Railway Plans for Relief
The famine in North India prompts government relief by creating employment through railways in the Northwest Provinces Oudh and the Punjab. Officials say this relief not only aids the starving but also fortifies future disaster response by improving transport and linking regions. The New York Independent notes rail expansion as a public boon despite current distress. Germany offers insurance against nonemployment, with Cologne workers eligible at age 18 for secret subscriptions and daily crown wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Northwest
Oudh
Punjab
New York Independent
Asia
Cologne
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Columbus, Ind
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Aim Tof
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Buffalo Bill
Cody Arived
Omaha
Paxton
Gig Horn County
Cody
Indiana Happenings
Martinsville
Webasbh
Reputlizine
Stinesville
Thomas N. Wilson
Red Ivey
Nacey Slamolton
Portland Mills
Walter Wagoner
Cicero
Henry Blasted
Union Nations Bank of
W. H. Breevort
Kurx Co
Perry Fair
Butler
J. N. Bodacar
Hebron
Brathern
Ray Friend
Jeffersonville
Ximas
Richmond
Kelly
G. W
Cors
Tam
Toma
Seventy-second Street
Crarboro Station
Nashville, Tenn
White Hall
Michigan
Lasker
Steintz
Waller
Bluffton Shoe Company
Bluffton
Bulacan
Wanamaker
Penrose
United States
Jimmy Duffy
St. Vincent Bcepital
George Justice
John R. Martin
New York
South Dakota
Henry
Washington
Ben
House
Ways and Means
Cripple Creek
Col
Colorado Springs
Lopacco
Wisconsin
Wiscounselor
Rapid Tran
Chapter
Otto
Yvoilets
Egypt
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