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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1897

Page

5

Street Corner Listings with Intersections

A list of street intersections including Fifth on Sycamore Ninth on Sycamore Thirteenth on Sycamore Seventh on Chestnut Fifth on Wilton Union withiphth Reeves Pulley Works Trenth and Hutchins Avenue Sixteenth on California Seventh on Orinoco Avenue.

Sycamore Chestnut Fifth Wilton Union Reeves Pulley Works Trenth and Hutchins Sixteenth California Orinoco Avenu

Central Union and Long Distance Lines Reach Major Cities

Central Union omit Long Distance Telephone Companies Columbus connected by Central Union and Long Distance lines to key U S cities. Local offices in the city have discussed with firms in New York Pittsburg Philadelphia Columbus Cinque? Dayton Cincinnati Cleveland and others. Service planned with copper circuits and long distance equipment to improve subscriber reliability effective Nov 15 with trains from Pennsylvania depot to Indianapolis Louisville Madison.

Columbus Central Union United States Nema New York Pittsburg Patladelphia Ciqua Dayton Circinati Cleveland Hamilton Cudmiure Chisago Detroit Mich South Pend and Terre Haute

Weekly Courier Journal Seeks Sixteen Page Weekly Format

The publication announces changes beginning January 1 1897 with Wednesday news and politics and Saturday stories and miscellany. It will publish six pages per issue, twelve pages weekly, totaling 104 pages or 832 columns a year, at fourteen dollars yearly. Henry Watterson will contribute editorials on daily topics. Subscriptions listed for Daily Courier Journal and Sunday editions.

Courier-Journal

Columbus Markets Price List From Local Gentry

Wheat 86 cents per bushel Corn 18 cents per bushel Balled hay 10 dollars per ton Chickens 5 cents per pound Geese 5 cents per pound Eggs 11 cents per dozen Butter 6 to 7 cents per pound Turkeys cents per pound Thicks 6 cents per pound Grocery selling prices Coffee 13 cents a package Sugar 41 cents per pound Canned goods 5 to 8 cents per can Beans soup 2 cents per pound Beans marrowfat 3 cents per pound Kidney 3 cents per pound Lima 4 cents per pound Soup 3 cents per cake Potatoes 30 cents per bushel Apples 40 cents per bushel Turnips 15 cents per bushel Bacon and lard 5 cents per pound Tobacco 6 cents per cut Molasses 20 cents per gallon Rice 5 cents per pound Hominy 14 cents per pound

Strange musings on marriage and social rites

The fragment discusses rituals like banquets and celebrations and speculates that marriage rates may rise. It mentions terms like toilet, balls, civil ceremonies, and a Frenchman but uses unclear phrases and nonstandard spelling. The text reads as a garbled note on social expectations rather than a coherent report.

Witness Admits Prison Time In Court Room Exchange

A Pittsburgh News report recounts a witness admitting an eighteen month prison term. The attorney presses for details and the jury notes the confession. The witness names Andersonville as the prison, shaping the credibility of the testimony.

Pittsburgh News Andersonville

Misread Cavalry Message Turns Into Tobacco Joke

At Aldershot during vedette practice a line of mounted troops stretched across a field. A private misinterprets the front line signal and asks for tobacco, prompting a legend-like chain reaction ending with two cigars sent back to the major who had requested nothing of the sort.

Aldershot London Midway

Unconscious Scorching Scene On City Street

A strode exchange between a girl on a bicycle and a police officer unfolds as bystanders observe. The officer demands control while the girl resists, sparking a tense moment captured in a fragmentary news caption style.

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