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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1897
Page
3
A hunting party near Paris ends in tragedy when a powder cartridge in a hotel proprietor’s pocket ignites a pipe. The blast drives a fragment into his eye, piercing the brain and killing him. Separate text discusses Victoria era reforms and scientific progress over sixty years.
A Meehan's Monthly note describes a pontedria crassipes grown indoors then moved to a dinner boiler and a deep crock. Split, half in the crock and half in the boiler, it adapted by growing upward with long stems and large waxen leaves. The plant proved thrifty and attractive with minimal care.
The article reports a 85 foot high brick chimney weighing nearly 100 tons moved about 950 feet on rough ground at Manhasset Shelter Island Suffolk County New York. The operation used a grain capstan sliding on greased blocks with one horse, four workers, and took nine days to load and move to a new foundation without damage.
In the Gulf of St. Lawrence Benra on Anticosti, Mr. Menier, a Parisian millionaire who bought the entire island, grants a concession for a bear curing plant after finding abundant bear populations. Bear hams become a fashionable Parisian delicacy.
Notice offers a first class Columbia phaeton in very fair condition and less than three years old. Sold at once if reasonable. Inquire at this office. Also a note urging windstorm policy from Kinney & Kinney in Columbus ahead of a predicted storm.
M C Dunnington druggist offers refunds if pills fail to cure. Advertisement urges refusing inferior articles and prompts calls to Columbus Fuel ice Co. Odorless vault cleaning by Fred Dahn noted. Elks reunion in Minneapolis July 6 to 10 with special low Big Four Route rates to accommodate members and friends.
The Star announces fixed pricing for printing services and guarantees customer satisfaction with the best materials and workmanship. The notice emphasizes solicited work and promises reliable results from Starjob Print Co.
San Francisco hosts Y P C E convention July 7 12 with Big Four Route offering special low rates from all points via Chicago St Louis or Tecra. Big Four operates through trains from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis to St Louis and Peoria and from Cincinnati Louisville to Chicago. Full information available from local agents.
The Big Four Route announces a July Fourth half rate excursion offering one fare for the round trip from all stations to points within 200 miles. Tickets good for return by July 6 1897. Contact agent E O McCormick Passenger Traffic Manager for details.
Columbus Morning Star and Columbus Evening Journal announce a special one year clubbing rate with the Twice-a-Week Courier Journal. New or renewing subscribers paying in advance receive both papers for 1.25. Sample issues of other journals sent on application.
Advertises low rates for travel to Putin Bay Lake Erie and many resorts including Niagara Falls Adirondacks Lake George and New England with routes to Great Lakes Northwest via St Louis and Chicago. Details and times available through agents Big Four Route RE O McCormick Passenger Traffic Manager August 31.
The Big Four Route offers special Love Rates for the Epworth League convention in Toronto Ontario from July 14 to 18. It highlights a through line from St Louis to Toronto via Chicago and Buffalo with connections to Cincinnati and Detroit. Applications invite full particulars and route details with other Southern routes noted.
An advertisement offers ice cream by the quart or gallon with delivery across the city. It promotes Mrs. Andy Efinger of Milwaukee and the National Educational Association Convention July 6 to 9. It advertises special rates for teachers and leaders and highlights travel via the Big Four Router between Cincinnati and Chicago with routes through Indianapolis Dayton Springfield Columbus.
Big Four announces special round trip fares to Niagara Falls for 8.00 with a Toronto side trip 1.00 more and Thousand Islands 5.50 beyond Niagara rate. Tickets valid five days from Niagara and Toronto, eight days from Thousand Islands. Parlor and sleeping cars, conducted by Big Four representatives. общий agência J. Smith. Also a July 11 special Columbus Indiana to Cincinnati rate of 1.00 round trip with departures and returns detailed.
The Baptist Young People's Union of America holds its annual convention in Chattanooga Tennessee from July 15 to 18. The Big Four Route offers a one fare round trip from all points on its system with through trains from the east to Cincinnati and connections with Q and C Route and L and N Ry. Routes from the north via Cincinnati or Louisville are available. For rates and full information contact any Big Four Route representative.
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