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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1897
Page
2
The Evening Republican is expected to be sold soon to buyers from outside the city. The prospective purchasers are described as experienced in the newspaper industry.
The Eyworth League held a monthly social at Dr A J Banker’s residence. local business notes include stove wood card sales at Join A George's and a sheriff sale of J D Simpson's tailoring business. Police report Janes Wiley jailed for intoxication after an incident at Sam Cahn's. various curiosities about a headless lamprey like lancelet creature are discussed with scientific notes.
Rumor circulates in Europe that during the Battle of Pleven a young Polish soldier saved General Skobeleff. The Russian commander allegedly offered the savior a choice between 100 rubles or the Cross of St. George. The Pole asked the value of the decoration and chose the cross when informed its intrinsic worth showed little monetary value.
The Chicago Record notes evening gowns with full sized turtle-doves on shoulders. Bridesmaids wear large black hats with light gowns. A single violet outshines a double in popularity. Debutantes favor light tinted punzes over white. Young daughters wear Gobelin blue coats with fur trimmings.
In a November dawn in eastern Virginia the hunt for a trail stirs memories of legendary names and theatrical cries. The pack follows away from hounds and into pine woods as a skirmish-sounding cry unites twenty voices, shaping a cavalry muster ready to charge.
The article argues hypnotism reveals mind over mind but stresses true character governs actions. It notes temperate, modest and kind individuals resist hypnotic temptation and that personal dignity remains intact under control. It also links weak self-control to historical figures and mentions germ theory and tuberculosis contamination in Memtone.
The Prince of Wales hunts partridges with a team and loads guns, reportedly bagging 2050 birds in a morning and 1600 more in the afternoon. The German emperor also hunts big game, laying out lines to inspect carcasses. A California club discusses infant care with a chamois stomach model, prompting a wry remark about milk in laps.
Mentone on the Mediterranean outside Nice is described as a once healthy town now degraded by mass invalidism. The Journal of Medicine and Science notes a mild climate, tropical vegetation, and a shifting population as consumptives flock there, altering local life and labor.
Fragmentary OCR text references a meeting in Silten New York, a payment of 25 dollars, and a final liquidation day. Mentions of Russia Turkey and the czar imply a disputed empire claim with a long‑standing lien. The passage is garbled and incomplete.
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