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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1897

Page

3

Fire Alarm Location List at City Intersections

A catalog of street corners and business sites for fire alarm posts including 12 Second and Jackson, 18 Fifth and Brown, 14 Fifth and Washington, 15 Seventh and Jackson, 16 Third and Washington, Mooney's Variety, Starch Works, 21 Second and Franklin, 23 Eighth and Franklin, 24 Eleventh and Franklin, 25 Fourteenth and Franklin, 26 Sixth and Mechanic, 3 Third and Pearl, 34 Fifth and Sycamore, 35 Nieth and Sycamore, 36 Thirteenth and Sycamore, 42 Seventh and Chestnut, 45 Fifth and Wilton, 46 Eighth and Union, Reeves Pulley Works, 3 Enth and Hutchins Avenue, 56 Sixteenth and California, 57 Seventh and Orinoco Avenue.

Jackson Brown Washington Mooney Franklin Mechanic Pearl Fifth Sycamore Nieth Seventh Chestnut Wilton Eighth Union Reeves Pulley Enth Hutchinsi Avenue Sixteenth California Orinoco Avenu

Central Union and Long Distance V Telephone Connect Columbus

Central Union and Long Distance Telephone lines link Columbus with major U S cities promising full service. Local firms in Columbus discuss with New York Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Chicago to extend copper circuits and long distance equipment. Rates to be quoted on request as service expands. Also schedules for trains from the Pennsylvania depot list Indianapolis Louisville Madison and Campbells Orry stops with daily and Sunday services.

Columbus Central Union United States New York Pany

Ceylonese in Chicago Calls Aid for Indian Drought Victims

A Chicago News piece quotes Mr. Vincent L. Tissera of Ceylon ancestry urging American churches to provide aid to famine struck India. He cites drought, vegetarian diet, and disease like burbanic fever as worsening conditions, and notes Russia’s aid was spurned by Britain. He describes Indians’ faith and hunger, and praises missionary work while urging practical relief.

India Vincent L. Tissera Ceylon Russia John Bull America Tissera Chicago News

DANGER IN FRESH EGGS AND ENGLAND DEATH CERTIFICATES

A Pall Mall Gazette warning on egg spores explains mycelium in egg shells and damp nest straw causing chick death while noting English law requires a doctor to treat a patient for 48 hours before issuing a death certificate before burial by undertaker, per Chicago Tribune.

Pall Mall Gazette England Chicago Tribune

Noble Self Sacrifice of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd

The Chicago Tribune extols the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in the nineteenth century for renouncing luxury and family to save unprotected girlhood and fallen women. Their cloistered life, from four in the morning to nine at night, aims to preserve virtue and offer refuge beneath their mausoleum like house.

Sisters of the Good Shepherd Order of the Good Shepherd Chicago Tribune

The Grape Industry and Family Labor in Vineyards

Robert Lew Seymour notes successful vineyards rely on family labor and overseas buyers. Concord grapes dominate the region with large shipments from Chautauqua county reaching 500 car loads this year. Basket making is essential, priced at two to two and a half cents per basket, with growers needing at least one cent per pound plus slow retail sales at ten cents for a ten pound basket.

Chautauqua County Chicago Robert Lew Seymour Chantauquan

Curiosities From Royal Mail to Queen Victoria

The piece notes subjects sending small loan requests and tax pleas to the queen with promises of repayment. Gifts arrive by post, many returned, while poets, tradesmen, and crafters send poems and handmade wares. World medicines and hundreds of Christmas cards pour in during the season.

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