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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1897

Page

3

Central Union and Long Distance Lines Connect Major Cities

Central Union and Long Distance Telephone lines link Columbus with major U.S. cities. The Central office and city firms discuss with counterparts in New York Pittsburg Philadelphia Columbus and other cities. Subscriptions available with copper circuits and long distance equipment. rates quoted on application to the Manager.

Tral Union United States New York Pittsburg Philadelphia Columbus Cigua Dayton Cincinati Cleveland

City street corner list appears with multiple intersections

A series of numbered addresses gives intersections at Sycamore Chestnut Wilton Union Hutchinas Avenue Orinoco Avenue California Orinoco. The list includes 34 Fifth and Sycamore 35 Nineth and Sycamore 86 Thirteenth and Sycamore 48 Seventh and Chestnut 45 Fifth and Wilton 46 Eghth and Union 52 Reeves Pulley Works 53 U Cen th and Hutchinas Avenue 56 Sixteenth and California 57 Seventh and Orinoco Avenue.

Sycamore Chestnut Wilton Eghth and Union Reeves Pulley Works Ucenth and Hutchinas Avenue Sixteenth California Seventh Orinoco Avenue

Journal Press Changes to Weekly Courier Journal Schedule

The Weekly Courier-Journal will be renamed Gwieren Wee Courier-Journal starting January 1, 1897. Wednesday issues handle news and politics, Saturday issues feature stories poetry and miscellany. Editions expand to six or twelve pages weekly, with price set at one dollar per year. Henry Watterson to contribute editorials on day topics.

Courier-Journal Pooer Apis Henry Watter

Special subscription offer from Columbus Weekly Star

The newspaper announces a promotional deal with the Courier-Journal offering a special one year rate. Readers who renew or new subscribers paying in advance receive the Twice-a-Week Courier-Journal at the named price, with sample copies available on request.

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Columbus Markets And odd tale of a bone free lancelet

Market prices from Columbus list Wheat 86 cents a bushel Corn 18 cents a bushel Bailed Hay 10 dollars per ton Chickens 5 cents a pound Geese 5 cents a pound Eggs 10 cents a dozen Butter 6 to 7 cents a pound Turkeys 8 cents a pound Ducks 6 cents a pound. A Columbia University creature called lancelet lacks ears eyes head and heart and is studied in its biology lab. The strange organism has no bones yet a backbone like stripe runs its long body as readers debate its place between fish and animal.

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Competency as sole equipment for women’s income advice

A writer argues that vague hopes and the idea of “anything” to earn money fail solo. She says women need definite knowledge and competency, not sympathy or broad promises, noting failures come from ignorance and success from lessons learned.

Miss Fortunes Lippinetti

Remarkable Speech Wins Maryland Case In Five Minutes

A Washington attorney recounts a Maryland country district case where the plaintiff won after a brief, candid speech before the justice of the peace. The defendant admitted no deceit, but the judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff in five minutes.

Maryland Washington Washington Star Justice of the Peace Squire Tam

Discarded chimneys and new methods of gas utilization

The article notes a shift in English industry away from chimneys toward direct gas capture and condensation of combustion products. It also cites German gas purification via water bubbles and gasometers, enabling directed pipework and atmosphere purification. An aside links Dickens Christmas Carol to early ideas of X rays and ghost detection. A brief undated section mentions a war between Chile and Peru.

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