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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1897

Page

3

Twice a Week Courier Journal to Run News and Stories

Beginning January 1 1897 the Weekly Courier-Journal will become the Twice-a-Week Courier-Journal with Wednesday news and Saturday features. The paper will grow to twelve pages weekly and cost $14 a year. Henry Watterson will contribute editorials. Also noted is a strange Columbia University creature the lancelet said to have no eyes ears head or heart and transparent body with no bones.

Courier-Journal Henry Watterson Columbia University Biological Laboratory San Francisco Examiner

Special Twice-a-Week Courier Journal Offer

A publication advertises a subscription deal: one year for 1.50 with a special dubbing arrangement. The paper will be sent to subscribers who renew and pay in advance or to new subscribers paying in advance, with sample copies available on request.

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Central Union and Long Distance Lines Connect Major Cities

Central Union and Long Distance Telephone Companies in Columbus announce nationwide copper metallic circuits and long distance service readiness. Rates available on request. trains schedule details listed for Indianapolis Levi to Lux, Madison, and Cambridge City, with agent Wm Dowrtr. in charge.

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Columbus Markets and Prices of Goods and Provisions

A list of local prices for wheat corn hay chickens eggs butter turkeys ducks and miscellaneous groceries in Columbus. Various prices are noted for sugar canned soda beans soap potatoes apples turnips bacon lard tobacco molasses rice hominy and more. A separate paragraph recounts a tale claiming the czar may be partly Scottish through a private marriage to Miss MacGregor and that Nicholas would be her great grandson.

Nicholas Czar Paul London Miss MacGregor Hyde Park

Italian antiquities sale to Louvre triggers law action

A London News report states a Paris dealer offered a 28 vase Italian Greek collection to the Louvre for £20,000 but was rejected. Italian Education Minister presses charges under the Paccia law against Sig. di Prisco, owner of Bosco Reale, who allegedly smuggled antiquities to Paris and offered them to a Louvre dealer for £5,000. He warns officials who aided illicit export will face criminal prosecution.

Louvre Museum Paris Italy London News Education Pacea Sig. di Prisco Bosco Reale Louvre

Phrygian Cap and the Knout Affect Russian Exiles

The North American Review cites France using the Phrygian cap and knout to bar exiles, while spies infiltrate Zurich Geneva and Lausanne disguised as Russian students. England remains more permissive, with reformist Russians like Stepniak moderating calls for terror while Free Russia hints at broader debate.

French Republic Ezardom North American Review Exibs Zurich Geneva Lausanne England Stepniak Russia London Free Russia Turkey Alexander II

Four Daughters Work In Coal Mine In Mahoning Valley

The Atlanta Constitution reports four German immigrant sisters aged 16 to 20 employed at a small Mahoning valley mine near Shamokin. Kate runs breakers, Annie operates pumps, Lizzie drives hoist mule, and Mary selects slate from coal. They wear short skirts and assist their father Joseph Mans who owns the mine and timber lands.

Mahoning Valley Shamokin Atlanta Constitution Joseph Mans Kate Annie Lizzie Mary Mans

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