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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1897
Page
3
A practice notice directs activities at the Court Office Crump's Block east of the Court House. The item notes the location for court-related proceedings and public access. The language suggests a formal posting for legal or administrative use in the vicinity.
A sequence of street corner references and landmarks including Mooney's Cannery Starch Works Reeves Pulley Works and several avenues and blocks such as Fifth Washington Jackson Pearl Franklin Sycamore Chestnut Wilton Union California Orinoco. The list records numerous cross streets with site names for mapping or directory purposes.
Central Union and Long Distance Telephone Companies establish nationwide connections with copper metallic circuits and long distance equipment. The Columbus central office and major local firms have coordinated with offices in New York Pittsburg Philadelphia Columbus Ohio Dayton Cincinnati Cleveland Hamilton Cadmore Chicago Detroit South Bend and Terre Haute. Rates will be quoted on request or a manager can call upon interested subscribers.
New timetable from Pennsylvania passenger depot to Indianapolis begins November 15 with 105 daily departures excluding Sundays at 8 50 a m and 10 25 a m 7 daily services at 4 20 p m and three Sunday only trains numbered 101 and 103 with 11 15 a m departures.
Beginning January 1, 1897 the Weekly Courier Journal becomes Twice-a-Week with Wednesday news and Saturday stories. Each issue will be six pages, twelve pages weekly, 104 pages or 832 columns a year. Prices stay at $1 yearly. Henry Watterson to write editorials. other extracts from Daily Courier Journal and commentary follow.
Smut creek notes a rancher trapping panthers near Smut Creek. After days of barren traps, he discovers two panthers. one trapped with a leg caught, the other feeding on it. He shoots the free panther then dispatches the trapped one.
A Paris based debate reopens the Nelson mystery with a French memoir claim. The Boston Herald notes a writer uncovers a source by a French sergeant describing the alleged shooter. The piece frames the Trafalgar death debate around a new documented account and the gunner’s identity.
A column warns that the first three years shape a child’s character and that a young mother’s missteps foster bad traits. It argues obedience and deference must be rooted early, criticizing parental misguidance and deceptive reactions to a child’s cries.
A cryptic exchange features Tao asking if something is true while another person, described as a beautiful girl, responds with partial, unclear actions. The passage hints at miscommunication and possible emotional tension without providing a clear outcome.
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