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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1897

Page

3

Street and crossroad list of business and landmarks

A sequence of intersections and business names listed with numbers, including Mooney's Cannery, Starch Works, Reeves Pulley Works, and various street pairs such as Fifth and Brown, Seventh and Jackson, Franklin avenues, Sycamore, and Union. The entry resembles an old street directory or map index.

Jackson Brown Washington Mooney’s Cannery Franklin Mechanic Pearl Sycamore Chestnut Fifth Wilton Eghth and Union Reeves Pulley Works Tenth Hutchins Avenue Sixteenth California Seventh Orinoco Aventis

Central Union and Long Distance Telephone Lines Expanding

Central Union Telephone Company extends service to all principal cities and towns in the United States. The company, with offices in multiple cities, offers copper metallic circuits and long distance equipment. Rates quoted on application.

Columbus Central Union United States New York Pittsburg Philadelphia Otiqua Dayton Cincinati Cleveland Hamilton Cadmore Chicago Ill Detroit Mich South Pend Terre Haute Ind Central Union Telephone Company

Train schedule changes take effect November 15 at PA depot

Trains will depart from the Pennsylvania passenger depot to Indianapolis Louisville Madison Cambridge City with listed daily and Sunday-only times. Details include Nos. 105 101 102 104 106 and varied morning and afternoon departures and special Sunday services.

Pennsylvania Sun Louisville

Twice-a-Week Courier Journal Adopted in 1897

The Courier Journal announces a switch to a twice weekly edition with Wednesday news and Saturday stories. Each issue will be six or twelve pages, totaling 104 issues and 832 columns annually, while prices stay at $1 a year. Henry Watterson will contribute editorials on politics.

Courier-Journal Couurier-Journal Henry Watterson

Columbus Star Offers One Year Subscriptions Deal

The Columbus Star announces a special clubbing offer: one year of the paper for 1.50 with sale of the Twice-a-Week Courier-Journal as an add on for prepaid subscribers or new subscribers. Sample copies of the Courier-Journal are available on request.

Courier-Journal

Amputated Finger Tip Mends After 36 Hours

A bicyclist in Mc Cook Web had his right index finger severed at the nail base when the chain and rear sprocket pressed together. The tip was later rejoined to the stump, and the finger healed well. In Chicago a court case drew 109 lawyers over 1 800 000 in special assessments for a 16 mile sewer and 20 square mile property.

Mc Cook Web Chicago

Miscellaneous items from distant shores and strange feats

A palm leaf Bible copies lie in the British museum. A codfish contained 59 hooks. A floating Sabine island drifted near Orange Texas for a week. Two boys set a squirrel tail ablaze. A restaurant in Ashland Oregon posts a moral sign. Decatur servants unionizes with a wage rule. Major tunnels show cost declines from 500 to 200 per foot. Oregon fish hatchery reports a deadly disease in salmon. Artificial ears made of rubber sell for $100 each.

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Frauds and false bouillon and ham bones in Paris cuisine

The Boston Herald recounts long running Paris restaurant tricks. chefs use beef tea made with water color and onions, then oil bubbles mimic grease. ham bones are reused in pickled pork to fake ham, with bone supply tightening and Se man selling artificial ham foundations.

Paris France Se &Man Boston Herald

A Frog Hunting Dog and the Irish Setter Tale

A sporting man recounts a tale from Cutoff lake where an Irish setter hunts frogs. The dog, trained for birds, begins locating frogs by following its master’s grid and spear technique, impressing observers with its independent search. The piece blends dog lore with humorous quotes from the Omaha Bee and Yonkers Statesman.

Cutoff Lake Omaha Bee

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