11 Jan 1897
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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1897
Page
1
Readable text fragment invites new entrants to a healing program under treatment. The note repeats Come and Be Healen, stressing welcome to those seeking care and relief within a medical or therapeutic setting.
A terse note states that he will stay here for a time, then depart to visit other cities and treat all kinds of matters or issues encountered.
A Boston audience laughs as a man in the crowd pulls a thread from a spool of white cotton sewn into the narrator’s coat. The farce unfolds in the theater during Wilson Barrett’s Claudian, with the audience roaring as yards of thread spill along the aisle and across spectators.
A Washington dispatch notes many Indiana Democrats in government service exploring civil service limits to see how Republicans might infiltrate and how Democrats could be ousted. It lists Capt. Fritz and R. L. DevPoy of Indianapolis and Dick Johnson of Franklin, with Johnson's family having voted McKinley. The group seeks agents at every county post office for their weekly paper.
In a dialogue heavy fragment, Sylvia refuses Ralph's proposal citing a belief that a wife should not abandon her individuality for marriage. Ralph persists, they debate writing, music, and home life, and he travels away. He forms a new bond abroad with Nell, while Sylvia’s reasons prove prescient to future happiness.
Sylvia and Ralph confront stark truths about marriage as a mirror shows two lovers. Sylvia argues they are mismatched by character and path, stressing the need for a compatible partner. Ralph insists on love, while she urges choosing the right husband for lasting happiness.
In Washington Indiana Fred Bryan cousin of William Jennings Bryan accidentally discharged a Flobert rifle wounding seven year old Kate Schuck seriously The incident occurred as Bryan was handling the weapon the shot proving accidental with no intent to harm.
The fair circuit schedule for this year covers Middletown August 3 to 7 Hagerstown August 9 to 14 Newcastle August 16 to 21 Muncie August 23 to 28 Elwood August 30 to Sept 3 Kokomo September 6 to 10 Greenfield September 18 to 18.
The Indianapolis Journal notes dramatic drops in diphtheria death rates after anti-toxin adoption in Boston. Death percentages fell from 39.59 to 32.49, then 14.48 in 1895 and 11.14 in the latest year, cutting fatalities from about one in three to one in nine.
Rev. Caleb Obenshain was called as pastor of the Baptist Church at this place last Saturday for the coming year. The assignment includes church duties and entertainment at the "Empire" for outsiders during 1897, Morgantown Truth.
A collection of brief notices from Indiana and national events lists receptions for Major McKinley, train robber opinions, boxing plans, hunting for horses, Cuban-Spanish clashes, Jackson Day celebrations, a stake in dissectors, a house fire, a self inflicted death, a rail wreck, a murder acquittal, post office clerks organizing, a catamount tale, an accident injuring a man, a widow’s fraud, and various local misfortunes and incidents including a schoolgirl’s death and depots and governors in transition.
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