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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1897
Page
3
The readable text lists several street names and intersections including Washington Veer and Cannery areas with references to Franklin and Jackson. It appears as an OCR fragment referencing places and dates without a clear narrative or event.
A historic notice lists officials and crowds as the Great Southern Exposition spurs nationwide interest. It highlights the Big Four Route offering through trains from New York Chicago and beyond to Cincinnati Louisville Indianapolis and Columbus with special low rates for teachers and group travelers. The piece notes connections with the Q and C Route and L and N and promotes itineraries to Milwaukee for the National Educational Association and to Chattanooga for Baptist Young People's Union.
The Big Four announces a special One Cent per Mile rate for travel to Buffalo for the 31st National Encampment of the G A R. Through trains from Peoria St Louis Louisville Indianapolis Cincinnati Dayton Springfield Columbus and intermediate points via Cleveland or Toledo Detroit will be available with full information from agents.
A San Francisco convention showcases the Big Four Route with through trains linking New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis to St. Louis and Peoria. Additional routes connect Cincinnati Louisville to Chicago amid coronation ring notes and a ghostly Irish telepath tale.
The article recounts a whimsical will of Klaes the merchant, titled king of the emokers, who hosts a regal funeral with tear pounds of tobacco and two Dutch pipes for attendees. It describes odd funeral tokens, cedar-lined caskets, and a belief in lighting provisions, alongside a long aside on 19th century fashion details and hand crafted embellishments.
Speculation follows the discovery of a buried oak two to three feet thick fifty feet below ground while drilling at the Oneida and Seneca river confluence. The find suggests the Oneida river once formed a major water outlet from a vast lake system, with Lake Ontario and Lake Erie levels inferring a southward water flow and a former wider shoreline extending to Baldwinsville and beyond.
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