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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1897
Page
3
A Canton travel piece cites hotels with grand names like The Fortunate Star and The Golden Profits. Rooms are small and noisy with smoke from opium and tea salons employ singers and elocutionists. A dog and cat stew restaurant earns notice for pricey dishes and superstition about black animals.
Mrs. Barbara Curran of near East Orrington Missouri preserves a two quart hand molded crock of yeast brought from Ireland in 1846. The leaven was renewed with potatoes during voyage and kept alive through moves to South Boston Medford and Fast Orrington. Curran links it to Norton family times before Cromwell and King Charles I.
The Chautauquan notes that France can reproduce cashmere shawls since the Tibet goat introduction. Experts cite uneven weave and brighter colors in genuine India shawls, with borders sewn from small pieces. Many so called real India shawls are produced in France. Genuine softness stems from spinning and Tibet goat conditions.
A French missionary in China observed locals citing a preventive after dog bites. Five bitten men reportedly ate raw dog liver within a window to avoid hydrophobia, a practice linked to Plinius. The method’s efficacy remains unproven, though worth study as a historical note. A separate item describes a lighthouse model in St Mary’s Church Whitkirk honoring John Smeaton.
An old ad touts IGE CREAM with delivery to any city area by telephone 245. It claims market leadership and mentions Mrs. Anpy EFIncE as contact.
A reader is urged to obtain a tornado and windstorm policy from Kinney and Kinney for Columbus, noting potential worsening winds after Wednesday. The message hints the policies are costly, with slang suggesting “costs but a trille.”
Ad copy claims M Kellar & Co hose Al grades at low prices and Lot7 True Carter's Cascara Pills by M C Dunnington, druggist, refunds money if they fail to cure. Warns against inferior articles and urges consumer discernment for what they want.
The report describes how gnats swarm around livestock causing damage to cattle horses and other animals. Planters in the St Francis region burn old logs to create smoke that attracts animals seeking relief. Deer wild turkeys wild hogs and mules have been observed moving toward the smoke for protection.
A flirtatious couple debates ancient adages on walking after dinner and paying car fare with humor. The man, faced with travel costs, pleads for truth over sentiment while the woman sharpens her social wit. The scene ends with them boarding a cable car, their banter echoing urban dating manners.
The Star Print Co advertises fixed pricing for all work with guarantees of the best materials and satisfaction. It invites solicited work and asserts consistently high quality.
A promotional note offers a twice weekly Courier-Journal and the Weekly Star at one year for 1.25 dollars. The ad emphasizes affordable subscription options for local readers seeking frequent newspaper delivery.
Kinney and Turpin announce a special clubbing arrangement with the Courier Journal twice weekly. The offer targets subscribers who renew and pay in advance or new subscribers who pay in advance. Sample copies are sent free on application. Subscriptions must be sent to Columbus Morning Star in Columbus Indiana.
Nashville Tenn May Islatre Nov the great southern exposition has created great interest through the country and applications are being made as to the best route to reach this great southern city. The Bie Foun has the best line from the East with through train service to Cincinnati from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland and Columbus from Detroit Toledo and Sandusky to Cincinnati and from Chicago Benton Harbor to Cincinnati and Louisville Direct connections are made with the L and C Route and the L and N Ry Full information will be cheerfully given upon application. tf
Near Jeanette's creek the flood rose, turning the landscape into a lake of muddy water. A vast plain held hundreds of thousands of wild fowl including mallard black duck pintail redhead and teal with geese in the thousands migrating with each day’s start and end.
Big Four routes offer a Tuesday July 20 departure for round trip to Niagara Falls at 8.00 with Toronto side trip 1.00 extra and Thousand Islands 5.50 more. Return valid five days from Niagara and Toronto, eight days from Thousand Islands. Elegant parlor and sleeping cars, conducted by Big Four representatives. Pamphlet with full details available from J. Smith, 234118.
Readable fragments show a carpet and rug sale with big reductions before a move to a new carpet room at the White House. Oilcloths and mattings mentioned among sale items.
The Big Four Route will offer a One Fare Round Trip to the Baptist Young People's Union of America convention in Chattanooga Tennessee from July 15 to 18. East through trains go to Cincinnati with direct connections to Q and C Route and L and WN Ry at Central Union Depot. North travelers have routes via Cincinnati or Louisville. For rates and full information call.
A reflective essay on aging, noting the epidemic nature of time on bodies and feelings. It describes slower movement, stiffer muscles, and changing figures while internal perception remains youthful, with social quirks like unmarried sisters clinging to youth labels.
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