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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1897
Page
2
The page lists advertising rates for various time spans and word counts, including daily and weekly columns, with special local rates and contract terms. It references city matters like paving Washington Street and jokes about resignations of the US Senate as well as notes on consular job applications under a new administration.
Vornry CoNponk was elected for an unexpired term of Henry C. Daviedune as schoolmufter May 1. Davie later won a three year term and June 1 was reelected again in June 1897 for another three year term. He has been a very effective officer and remains in office.
A local reflection urges Columbus to beautify the town with a public park and better streets to impress visitors in 18Y8. It champions enterprise, veteran events, and civic pride as a Southern Indiana city growth plan.
Gerald Massingham wooes Priscilla Boylston in a Cleveland Leader style tale of wealth and romance. Her astigmatism and 18 horsepower lenses are invoked as she halts the courtship with a scream and flees, ending the tender moment.
An unusually touching meeting occurred in mid ocean aboard the American bark Essex. Captain Henry Faney of the British ship Aeronaut, from Santa Fe, recognized his long-lost uncle among the Essex crew after both vessels faced disaster near the Rio de la Plata.
A camel brought ashore in Hoboken after a Bre men line voyage sat in a cramped box for days. Paralyzed hind legs regained after being hoisted and exercised in a sling, then the camel stood and learned not to sit again.
An English applicant in Jersey City refused to sign a naturalization paper declaring lifelong allegiance to the British crown. The clerk insisted on the single form, while the applicant questioned the permanence and social perception of renouncing Britain. A judge in Texas once summarized a horse theft case with a sharp line about the suspect and the missing bidder. A London Church Times appeal advocates a mortuary chapel on a church site for coffins and a West Bromwich council committee grants a cemetery plot for long-serving staff.
The Chinese emperor, taking English lessons, was shown up by Viceroy Liu who recommended Taotai Fi. Fi asked if he knew English and fumbled through phrases, provoking the emperor to berate the Taotai in Manchu. The embarrassed official was escorted out, told to keep English books before him for three years.
An elderly South Park officer laments the loss of songbirds in city parks due to heavy bicycle crowds. He recalls thrushes catbirds and warblers once nesting in large trees and bushes, now few birds remain with sparrows dominating and roosts scarce.
The Senate debates a long running dispute between Duluth Minnesota and Superior Wisconsin over a St. Louis River bridge. Supporters push for federal action to authorize construction while opponents fear annexation and regional changes. Senators Quay and Vilas split on the bill with steel material waiting at the bridge site.
The Columbus Morning Star advertises a clubbing deal: Twice-a-Week Courier Journal and Weekly Star for 1.25, available to renewing or new subscribers who pay in advance, with sample copies on request and offer valid until July 1, 1897. Kinney & Turpin promote bargains and J A Newton offers boots at reduced prices with cash terms.
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