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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1897
Page
3
The note lists daily and Sunday train times for Indianapolis Madison and Cambridge City with departures at 8:50 4:20 and 5:52 plus morning and evening runs. It shows limited services in certain cities and special Sunday and holiday patterns.
The Weekly Courier Journal becomes the Twice a Week Courier Journal with Wednesday and Saturday issues starting January 1 1897. The Wednesday paper covers news and politics while Saturday features stories miscellany pictures and poetry expanding to twelve pages weekly. The price remains unchanged and Henry Watterson will contribute editorials on politics and current topics.
A reader note lists multiple fire alarm box locations by intersections and landmarks such as 12 Second and Jackson and 13 Fifth and Brown. Other entries include 15 Svensh and Jackson 16 Vilrd and Washington 17 Mooney's Variety 18 Starch Works 21 Second and Franklin 34 Fifth and Sycamore 35 Ninth and Sycamore 86 Thirteenth and Sycamore 48 Seventh and Chestnut and more including 42 Reeves Pulley Works 3 Tenth and Hutchins Arcata 56 Nixteenth and California and 57 Seventh and Orinoco Avenue.
The Central Union Telephone Company plans copper metallic circuits and long distance equipment to connect all principal cities across the United States. Cities mentioned include New York, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, Cleveland, Hamilton, Chicago, Detroit, Ann Arbor, South Bend and Terre Haute. Application or a manager call is available for subscribers.
JAS F CON, attorney at law, announces practice in all courts. Office located Crump's Block, east of Court House, inviting clients to consult in person.
The Twice-a-Week Courier Journal is offered to readers via a special arrangement with the PWICH A WEEK COURIER JOURAAL and the COLUMBUS WEEKLY STAR. Subscribers paying in advance, including renewals, may receive this paper at the stated price. Free sample copies of the Courier-Journal were available on application.
A New York Journal item explains how watches can gain or lose time from night placement on cold surfaces and from nearby dynamo magnetism. It notes electric body influence, demographic tendencies, and cautions against horizontal night placement and near moving car jolts that disturb the balance and hairspring.
On the Strand a tradesman displays a sign claiming Yankee cider is sold here. An American party misreads it as a joke but the shopkeeper treats the sign seriously. Nearby a hairdresser proclaims Hair Neatly Trimmed While You Wait, another example of London signs being peculiar and striking.
A historical note traces early advertising from scratched house albums in ancient Greece and Rome to parchment notices in Israel’s cities. It notes inscribed proclamations, rewards for runaway slaves, and lead curses on temple statues as early marketing, with a collection from Demeter’s temple in Onidus housed at the British Museum.
A punchy collection of century old quirks and tall tales. The piece groups sportsman pranks with odd aversions of famous figures like John L. Sullivan Napoleon Agassiz Mme De Stael Louis XIV Swift Disraeli Dickens and Buffon. It surveys jokes about deer hunting tricks false trails and rigged shots alongside idiosyncratic dislikes.
In Antrim county Ireland the population fears workhouse entry as six local workhouses report space only for about 8 000 people. The piece notes a deep rooted aversion among paupers to seek aid in such institutions.
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