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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1897
Page
3
A travel feature catalogs pricey hotels in Canton with grand signs such as The Fortunate Star The Golden Profits and The Rank-Conferring. It notes cramped rooms smoky halls tea saloons with entertainers and a tea culture menu. It also mentions dog and cat stews as a costly local dish.
Mrs Barbara Curran of near East Orrington Maine preserves an old two quart brown earthen crock of yeast that came from Ireland in 1854. The yeast traveled in a sailing packet with potatoes renewed during the voyage and stayed alive through years of work on farms and in Boston kitchens. Curran traces the yeast back to Cromwell era and a great great grandmother who fed Charles II’s troops and was reportedly hanged.
The Chautauquan notes that genuine India cashmere shawls can be distinguished from imitations by a less even weave and brighter colors. Real borders are sewn from small pieces and attached to the center, with borders and centers often produced separately, sometimes in France. The original is described as softer due to thread spinning, while Tibet goat quality declines outside its native hills.
A French missionary in China reports locals who were bitten by a mad dog claim rough raw liver consumption prevents hydrophobia. Five bitten Chinamen shown to have eaten raw liver after March last year reportedly avoided rabies, a practice noted as potentially isopathic before Pasteur era. A church lighthouse monument honors John Smeaton in Whitkirk, reflecting past engineering feats.
North Carolina reader John W. Rusk recalls buffalo gnats in Arkansas and their harm to stock. He describes gnats as non biting yet prone to entering mouths and ears, laying eggs that damage membranes and kill animals. smoke from smudges used to deter them.
Local note advertises ice cream available by the dish quart or gallon delivered anywhere in the city. Claims best quality and delivery to any part of the city. Contact Bell telephone 245. Mrs. Andy Erixcen.
A fragmented notice cites a Wednesday wind storm risk in Columbus under Finney and Kinney policy while listing several local ads. It mentions low prices on grades from GM Kellar and Co, Carter's Cascura Pills, and refunds from M C Dunnington, druggist, for ineffective cures. The Star advertises job work services with guaranteed satisfaction and reads as a general printer’s notice.
A damaged OCR text hints at a biweekly conference or meeting pattern with weekly components. It mentions a calendar year and possible slots but details are unclear.
A notice invites subscribers to renew in advance under a new offer. It asks readers to send payment with their subscription copy to Catudius Mown ing Lwan in Columbus Indiana and mentions Kunsey and Torris as associated firms.
Carpet discounts sweep the White House as mailings offer big reductions before moving into a new carpet room. Affelons and shades featured among sale items.
A Detroit Free Press account tells of a man in a black frock coat offering a quarter found on the floor to a grocer. The grocer insists the money is not the man’s and returns it, warning the man to retrieve his own funds. The piece then notes the broader theme of wheels conquering tradition.
In this humorous vignette a young man and Mazie walk home after a theater supper. He urges following an old adage of after dinner and after supper, while she calls out pretence and favors honesty. The scene shifts to a cable car as the pair joke about the future and cleverness.
A narrator describes paddling at Jeanette's creek as floodwaters widen into a lakelike plain. The land supports vast rafts of waterfowl including mallard, black duck, pintail, teal, and grebe, with thousands of geese and occasional brant and snow goose, creating a legendary hunting scene.
A Detroit Free Press account describes a begging man refused help after asking for clothing. A woman offers borrowed garments from her husband’s wardrobe and adds a fan, then slams the door while he leaves, noting the chill of both weather and reception. A recipe for vanilla chocolate caramels follows.
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