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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1897

Page

3

Central Union and Long Distance Lines Link US Cities

Central Union and Long Distance Telephone Companies in Columbus announce full national connections with copper metallic circuits to major cities and towns. Rates quoted upon application. Trains schedule to Indianapolis Madison and Cambridge City listed with daily and Sunday options.

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Beginning Jan Courier Journal Announces Publication Changes

The Twice-a-Week Courier Journal will expand to six pages per issue and twelve pages weekly for a year, increasing total pages to 104 weekly and 832 columns annually. The price stays at 14 dollars yearly and Henry Watterson editors will write political editorials in the coming year.

Courier-Jornal Courier-Journal Henry Watterton

Columbus Markets Prices for Wheat to Molasses

Prices listed for wheat corn and farm goods in Columbus including hay chickens grease eggs and butter with grocery selling prices for coffee sugar canned goods beans soap potatoes apples turnips bacon lard tobacco molasses rice and hominy set per unit.

Czar Paul Rumored to Marry Miss MacGregor in London

A fragment suggests the czar in London fell for Miss MacGregor noted for beauty and rode her Shetland pony in Hyde Park. The tale claims he privately married her, a story tied to claims of Scottish origins for the czar and hints of royal romance.

Nicholas Paul London Miss MacGregor Hyde Park Tin

Arithmetic Rumor of Elephant Heir Divide

A Chinaman died leaving 17 elephants to three sons Fuenhuen Nupin and Dingbat with shares one half one third and one ninth respectively. A neighbor Suenpunk tests the will by adding his own elephant and dividing 18. Fuenhuen takes nine Nupin six and Dingbat two. The neighbor takes his elephant home. Question remains: was the property divided as the will stated.

Harper’ S Fuenhuen Nupin Ding-ba Suenpunk Suen Punk Fuenhe

The Princess and Her Loyal Bay Pony Huffy

A Cassell family magazine piece highlights the princess of Wales and her bay pony Huffy aged 22. Huffy, 13 hands high, has carried the princess for 16 years, enjoys a luxurious retirement, and remains devoted to her mistress who shields old favorites from harm. The princess is described as a fearless rider in the first flight, guiding hunts with notable endurance and skill.

Cassel Mr. Jessop George

Vision of the White City Inspires a Regional Renaissance

An editorial fragment recalls Chicago's 1893 World’s Fair inspiration as buildings rise around the Great Lakes region. It notes new institutions opening beside a capital and hints at a broader civic harmony emerging from the dream’s realization.

Chicago Lake Mi Igan Columb Palaces Scribner’s

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