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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1897

Page

4

Property bargains fill a city lot listings in wide ad

Numerous houses cottages farms and building lots listed with prices payments and trades. No. 68 six room cottage No. 70 Maple Grove large modern house No. 75 150 acres in Brown county No. 83 six room house with fruit trees No. 94 forty eight and one quarter acres in Sand Creek township No. 102 large two story house Maple Grove area No. 108 five tenant brick houses and other city lots and farms advertised with terms and trade options by Wens Williams agency.

Washington St Franklin Franklin St Swengel Ohio Township Brown County Union Township Third Street Big Four Grown Dwy Onty Clifty Gavabien Erosa County East Colupibup

Sultan's Heir Eldest Brother Named In Turbulent Line

The sultan's heir is not his eldest son but his eldest brother Rechad Effendi, with Warcdin and Suliman as younger brothers. Prince Selim, heir to Murad V, has little chance of succession. Rechad, a well liked humane figure and popular in Constantinople, lives at the Tethera ean palace under strict guard amid Armreza turmoil.

Stuch Rechad Feifendi Murad V Warcdin Suliman Prince Selim Reehad Effendi Ile

Wood Mosaic of Sawdust Process for Doors and Floors

A Yale Scientific Monthly report describes a new boer mosaic process using sawdust wood flour and fine shavings mixed with shellac and cement. The damp mix is pressed in hot molds to form durable floor coverings, color achieved by dyeing wood and shellac. The material resists temperature changes and requires removal of any oily contaminants for cement absorption.

Industrial Union Siys Yale Scientific Monthly

Trolley Buzz Sparks Headache Cure Tale

A Brooklyn resident recalls the trolley buzz as a remedy for headaches. He describes hearing a rising and falling tone in trolley cars and claims a three mile ride cures his headaches without electricity entering the car.

Brooklyn New York

Electric protection of safes with automatic alarm system

The latest idea for safeguarding money uses an electric lining inside safes or vaults. Metal strips trigger alarms if tampering occurs, and time locks prevent door or cabinet curtains from opening until isolated from the system. Heavy lag bolts secure the door, and removing any bolts signals tampering, delaying access.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat

Denmark to Sell Cheap Direct Rail Tickets

The government studies abolishing return tickets and issuing direct tickets between all stations. A third class pass covering roughly 300 by 200 miles would cost not more than $1.60, a roughly 50 percent fare reduction. The state owns railroads and private ownership funds national debt.

Denmark Ehdbuying Goverment

Conductor Samuel Sharp’s 13 Superstition Bedevils City Rail

The Philadelphia Record notes conductor Samuel Sharp, a German town native, avoids the number 13 due to a string of misfortunes tied to it. He was the 13th child, survived 13 weeks in a hospital after a wreck at age 13, and lost 1306 when his uncle’s money failed. His wife died after they settled at 1313 South Thirteenth Street, and he now tries to avoid 3 on his ticket punch, often asking others to punch it for him.

Samuel Sharp Germantown Philadelphia Hom Samuel Baggaore South Thirteenth Street

Moravian Death customs in Bethlehem trombone tradition

Clifford Howard describes Moravian practice at Bethlehem Pa where death is announced by open air trombone music. Neighbors pause to hear the horned call and whisper Gone home while believing death leads to a brighter afterlife. Trombones mark funerals and festive open air services with solemn melodies.

Clifford Howard Ladies’ Home Journal Bethlehem

The Rat Gatcher of Paris

Parisian official M. Henri Dayve has served as chief rat catcher for 35 years and claims to have caught over 1,000,000 rats with his bare hands. During the siege he profited by selling live rats to restaurants and buyers, with rates rising to 60 cents for a fat rat and amateurs paying up to 13 dollars for 100.

Paris M. Henri Dayve Lhe M. Dayve

Lawyer’s new suit fuels boastful thriftary tale

A Barnesville lawyer, wearing a costly suit, tells friends he bought on credit and won’t wear shabby clothes. He quips that appearance earns respect and that Demosthenes would fail to win a case without a sharp outfit, even if law and prophets favored him.

Barnesville Say Atlanta Constitution

Fatal pipe explosion in hunting accident near Mantes

A hotel proprietor, part of a sportsmen’s party, mixed tobacco with escaped cartridge powder from a loose cartridge in his hunting jacket. He lit his pipe. a blast fractured his eye and pierced the brain, killing him instantly.

Gartridge Mantes Parik

Fashionable Now a Days Restaurant Ad at 609 Washington

An advertisement touts a fashionable restaurant at 609 Washington Street offering varied items and Sunday dinners. It emphasizes entertaining friends or family at hotels or residences and notes customer satisfaction in the past with plans to continue pleasing patrons.

Hotels in China and a Black Cat Stew

The article describes costly hotels in Canton with flashy names like The Fortunate Star The Golden Profits and The Rank Conferring. Bedrooms are small and noisy with smoke from opium pipes. Tea saloons employ singers ventriloquists and elocutionists. A dog and cat stew restaurant is noted with higher prices for black animals due to popular belief.

Lippincott China

Touch Restored in Lifeless Arm by Rabbit Nerve Graft

An English gardener received a graft from a freshly killed rabbit spinal cord to reconnect the median nerve after arm amputation. Eleven days post op he sensed pin scratches and hairs, with later sensation spreading across the palm and fingers. muscles and nutrition improved and the hand was soon "as good as new."

Europe

Different Types of Jews Across Regions and Traits

The article outlines two main Jewish classifications, dolichocephalic Sephardim and brachycephalic Ashkenazim, and notes varied regional traits among Jews from Africa to India and China. It mentions Sephardim in Iberia, Ashkenazim in Central Europe, Kabyle and Berber connections in Africa, and Jewish groups in Bombay, Cochin, and China adopting local languages and customs.

Italy France Africa Abyssinia India Bombay Cochin China Germany

Postal Facilities in 1800 and 1869 Delays in Early Mail

The Atlantic notes that in 1869 business in the postal field was slow with merchants managing accounts, writing letters by quill, drying ink with sand, and lacking envelopes stamps or street mail boxes. Postage to send a single sheet from Boston to New York or Philadelphia cost 18 and from Philadelphia to Boston with return mail took 12 to 18 days. A blind tailor could identify Scotch plaid patterns by touch with perfect accuracy.

The Atlantic Boston New York Philadelphia Washington United States

Yeast of Long Descent Stirs Echoes of Cromwell

Mrs Barbara Curran of East Orrington Maine preserves a two quart brown crock of yeast brought from Ireland in 1846. The yeast survived long voyages and poverty through generations dating to Cromwell’s era with a tale of a great great grandmother hanged for baking for Charles I’s troops.

Ireland Cromwell Barbara Curran East Orrington New York Sun America Boston Medford East Orrington

India Shawls: Genuine Kashmir vs Imitations From France

The Chautauquan notes that France imitates the India cashmere shawl after Tibet goat introduction, with nearly exact results. Experts claim genuine India shawls reveal a less even weave and brighter colors, plus borders sewn in pieces.

France India Tibet

Chinese Preventive of Rabies and Isopathic Notion

A French missionary in China reports locals treating rabies by eating raw dog liver after bite, a practice claimed to prevent hydrophobia. Though Plinius noted similar ideas, the remedy’s efficacy remains unproven, yet is seen as a precursor to Pasteur Lecht isopathic methods. The piece also describes a fashionable pedicure box with foot care supplies.

China Dian Plinius Madden Pasteur Lech

Fragmented Readable Snippet Lacks Clear News Item

An unreadable OCR fragment provides few readable facts with no identifiable people places events or organizations. The limited words hinder a coherent summary or headline.

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