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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1897

Page

4

Real estate sale list with numerous city and rural lots

A lengthy advertisement lists houses and lots for sale in Columbus and nearby areas. It covers three to six room cottages, outbuildings, wells and cisterns, on various streets and avenues, with prices ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars and options for cash or monthly payments, plus several farms and a saw mill.

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Fashion Restaurant Serves Special Sunday Dinners

The Fashion Restaurant at 609 Washington Street begins serving prepared Sunday dinners offering a full range of available dishes. The notice invites patrons to visit and enjoy the selections prepared for the day.

Fashion

Indictment Found in Murder Case Against Mrs Geiger

Evensville July 12 grand jury returns an indictment of murder in the first degree against Mrs Bedealyea Geiger. She is charged with poisoning the infant son of Mrs Eugenie Moore who died May 6. A grain of arsenic was found in the child's stomach at postmortem. Authorities also suspect her in the death of her husband three years ago and exhumation and chemical tests are ongoing.

Evensville, Inc Bedealyea Geiger Ms. Geiger Eugenie Moore

Curious discoveries in a Marshfield stump unearthed coins and counterfeit plates

While chopping a stump near Marshfield Wisconsin Herman Decker and Anton Muelienbach uncovered an 1850 Upper Bank of Canada copper coin a 1814 Spanish coin a 1786 Georgia claim for nine pounds sterling and a £25 Georgia services claim plus counterfeit shin plasters four engraving sheets and an old key and lock. The find includes notes on a Fleet Street seven pound key reportedly dating to the Knights Templar era and an array of miscellaneous curios from gothic to gender topics.

Warshfield Wis Herman Decker Anton Muelienbach Marshfield Upper Bank of Canada David Dawson State of Georgia Abraham Barrett Georgia United States Temple Church Fleet Street London Knights Templer

Hard Fighters in Law and the Lawyer’s Creed

Richard D. Doyle argues in Southern Magazine that clients dislike being told their case is weak. He praises aggressive, partisan lawyers as often more successful than purely cautious advocates, citing practical outcomes over famed eminence. He notes the moral courage of advising against suits and the relief when clients accept counsel.

Richard D. Doyle Southern Magazine Erskine Wirt Webster William Pinckney Rufus Choate Charles O'Connor United States

Natural coke deposit found in Utah near railway line

A Salt Lake Herald report describes a discovered vein of natural coke about 140 miles south of Salt Lake City near a railroad, with a 25 to 30 foot tunnel exposing five feet of coke. The sample tests claim a pure, sulfur free product that burns clean and yields low ash, potentially superior to manufactured coke. The find is owned by ex Mayor R. N. Baskin and partners who hold 640 acres nearby.

Utah United States Richmond Salt Lake R. N. Baskin

Marriage Ties and Work Case From Treasury Clerk

A treasury clerk recalls being hired in government service after a lumber company stint in North Carolina. An emergency call led to a local man finding help, revealing how personal ties influenced job chances. A separate note mentions discovery of fossil hog remains by Prof J E Todd in South Dakota bad lands.

Treasury Washington Star North Carolina Cap Mountaineer Jeemes Martin Bad Lands J. E. Todd South Dakota Acd

Forget Their Change. Men Hurry After Purchases on State Street

A Chicago Times-Herald account describes a man who left a store after buying small items and paying with a dollar, then receiving only a portion of change. The clerk notes frequent unclaimed change funds benefiting charities, and remarks on customers forgetting change and not returning.

Chicago Times-Herald

Peanut trade praised as overwhelming world favorite

Judge Chriatlancy of the pension office cites the peanut as a distant second to the banana in global fruit consumption. He notes shipments to Paris London and across Europe where African peanuts previously dominated, with Americans now feeding peanuts to children and animals alike as exports rise.

Asean Judge Chriatlancy Pension Office Washington Star Paris London Italy Germany England Europe Sons of

Iowa Battleship Sets New Sea Trial Speed Record

The battleship Iowa, the navy’s most formidable addition, completed a Massachusetts coast trial as the first officially classed sea going battleship. She displaced 1,200 tons more than the Massachusetts and was one knot faster, meeting a 16 knot contract and earning a 3200,000 bonus for exceeding the speed. The Cramps of Philadelphia built her.

Iowa Massachusetts Cramps Philadelphia

Preserved Colors in Ancient Egyptian Roses Unearthed

Roses found in tombs with Egyptian mummies retain vivid colors despite being over 3,000 years old. Researchers note the flowers' pigment stability and suggest ancient rituals or environments protected the specimens for millennia.

Immigration Patterns Show Westward Preference Amid Growth

Immigrants concentrate along the Atlantic coast with New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts absorbing about two thirds of arrivals. Of 343000 entrants in the latest year, 127000 aimed for New York state, 61000 for Pennsylvania, and 96000 for Massachusetts.

United States England Germany Atlantic Seaboard Treasuport New York State Soie Pennsylvania

Oregens Deeg Lake and Crown Motifs Described

Fragmentary notes discuss Oregen's Deeg Lake as a small surface water body and mention a baron's crown versus viscount coronet. The text references eight pearls on the viscount's coronet rim and contrasts crowns from ancient Greek games with laurel and olive motifs.

Oregen Cascade Mountain Oreges Nobility

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