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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1897
Page
3
The fragment notes practice in all courts at a location identified as Cauny a Felcek near an east court house. Names or dates are unclear but indicates legal court activity.
A readable fragment lists multiple fire alarm box sites at intersections such as Seventh and Jackson, Third and Franklin, Eleventh and Franklin, Fourthteenth and Franklin, Sixth and Mechanic, Third and Pearl, Fifth and Sycamore, Ninth and Sycamore, Thirteenth and Sycamore, Seventh and Chestnut, Fifth and Wiltow, Eighth and Union, Reeves Pulley Works, Hutchins Avenue and California, and other cross streets. The OCR text appears damaged with misspellings and partial numbers.
Lists city officials and candidates with names including mayor clerk treasurer and attorney and engineer. mentions Great Southern Exposition routes with the Big Four and connections to Cincinnati Cleveland and Columbus. notes train options from Detroit Toledo Sandusky Chicago Benton Harbor and more. invites inquiries for rates and schedules.
The Southern Railway touts Asheville and Hot Springs North Carolina as the Land of the Sky and America's greatest health resort. Through vestibule trains from Cincinnati and Louisville, through Pullman sleepers to Atlanta, and the Four Route favored by veterans. A very low rate of one cent per mile will apply system wide with through service to Buffalo via multiple routes. Agents provide full information on application.
In San Francisco from July 7 to 12 the YP&E Convention will promote the Big Four Route with special low rates from all points via Chicago St Louis or Peoria. The Big Four operated through trains from New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis to St Louis and Peoria and from Cincinnati and Louisville to Chicago. Full information via nearest agent.
The Big Four Route offers special low rates for members and friends to a National Educational Association convention in Milwaukee July 6 to 9. Tickets cover Cincinnati Indianapolis Chicago corridor with round trip options. Southern Railway promotes settlers tickets Ohio and Mississippi River points to the south at two cents per mile June to October.
CPWORTH LEAGUE CONVENTION HIG FOUR ROUTE. The Big Four Rout will name Special Love Rates for this convention and calls attention to superstory of its line from St. Louis to Toronto via Cleveland and Buffalo. Apply for full particulars.
Portrait of Prof. Dr. von Esmarch and his wife who wed as Princess Henrietta von Schleswig-Holstein Augustenburg. The empress of Germany calls her Auntie Doctor. He is a renowned surgeon and Red Cross organizer aged 74 with a long Kiel clinic career and 20 000 operations.
An aged Washington Star interviewee notes suspenders slipping from shoulders signal aging. He recalls prominent men discovering age when suspenders fail to stay up, with shoulders visibly drooping by age seventy. The anecdote emphasizes aging through a simple daily item.
A Washington Star observer notes a rural man with farm bearing asking about peppery meat seasoning. He samples Tabasco on meat, then reacts with quiet sorrow, saying the afterlife will feel like a snow bank when one’s time comes.
The article notes growing interest in genealogy as many societies require lineage for membership. It cites groups like the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution and the Mayflower Descendants and describes a NY Mail and Express weekly feature urging people to compile family records for patriotic and historical value.
A large lighthouse model stands inside St. Mary's Whitkirk church near Leeds as a memorial to civil engineer John Smeaton, famed for building the Eddystone lighthouse. The rock base bears his memory, linking ecclesiastical restoration with lighthouse heritage.
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