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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1897
Page
4
A young man, after finishing his toilet, walks the main street with a lit lamp in hand. Passersby smile at him as he realizes the lamp he carries. At work he misreads a bell alarm and yells Hello thinking it is a phone ring.
A Cassier's Magazine figure shows over 9 100 marine engineers on the Clyde plus 3 000 in liailer shops and a combined tally of 30 000 in shipyards. Including draughtsmen and clerks, total industrial employment runs into many thousands across Britain and Ireland, with 70 000 in the northeast coast alone.
Phlankett Greene narrates a tale of Paganini famed for art and stinginess. In London he practiced with a mute on the violin to honor paying patrons only. His mistress, who saw artistic greatness, asked for gallery access and learned the price was charged to her bill. Lord Beaconsfield fame and the phrase peace with honor are noted with a witty old womans question.
The two biggest fire engines in the world are in Liverpool. They can throw 1,800 gallons of water per minute and feature a jet 140 feet high. The water jet’s force is described as able to kill a man at 50 feet.
The piece notes a growing trend of athletic girls training at home in makeshift armories with instructors and friends. It highlights fencing, flying rings, parallel bars, golf, tennis, rowing at Vassar and other colleges, and bowling at clubs, with women preparing for summer and records set by female crews.
The piece notes Burmese girls gather at the village well to gossip and fetch water, while weaving rooms and bazar stalls occupy most daughters. It contrasts duties by wealth, mentions husking rice and cheroot making, and describes flirtation as time and place specific.
A Pittsburgh News recounts a wild country boy once on the run who later became sheriff after a dramatic reunion with a former acquaintance. The tale follows his transformation from fugitive to lawman amid a cross country journey and a honeymoon hint.
A Philadelphia Record tale describes a star patron at a Chestnut Street cafe offering a toothpick to tickle an Angora cat. The cat screamed and leaped, knocking over glasses before fleeing to the cellar. The culprit later revealed the cat was daubed with tobacco sauce, explaining the chaos.
Lienberger, a leading tailor and outfitter in Columbus, promotes tailor made Spring suits and a fine selection of Spring woolens. The ad emphasizes perfect fit, high-class tailoring, and patterns chosen for the season.
J. A. Morris, once blackballed by the New Orleans Jockey Club, vowed to turn club grounds into a graveyard. Wealth later enabled him to purchase the property and execute the threat, transforming it into a leading New Orleans cemetery.
An English gardener regains sensation in a severed arm after surgeons attach a rabbit spinal cord to the median nerve ends and use catgut sutures. Eleven days post op he feels pinpricks on the thumb and index finger. weeks later sensation expands over the palm and fingers, with gradual muscle recovery and improved hand nutrition.
Archaeologists report a Mithian sanctuary at Aystonsica in Herzegovina with a central stone altar. Reliefs show a bull sacrifice on one side and a ritual banquet on the other, revealing imperial art in the remote Balkan province.
The Philadelphia Record notes conductor Samuel Sharp, a German town native, attributes much misfortune to the number 13. As the 13th child in a large family, his unlucky runs include a hospital stay after a wreck and later financial setbacks. He avoids the 18th trip on commuting tickets, often asking passengers to punch it for him.
Clifford Howard writes in the Ladies' Home Journal about Moravians of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The church uses trombone choir music to announce a death, with hymns wafting from the open belfry as the congregation pauses in reverent listening.
A Detroit Free Press account recalls a bashful suitor who proposed by letter while away in the northwest. His romantic triumph sparked public excitement as the town learned of the engagement and celebrated the couple amid humorous mishaps and a startled hotel confrontation.
The article surveys Jewish diversity across regions and cultures. It notes Sephardim in Iberia and southern France, Ashkenazim in Poland Russia and Germany, and Jewish groups in Africa India and China. It highlights language adoption reflecting local contact and mentions mixed traits among communities.
A Paris official rat catcher M. Thenri Dayve claims to have caught over one million rats in twenty five years using his own hands. During the siege he earned by selling live rats to restaurants and rat battles, with prices ranging from 20 to 60 cents for a rat and amateurs paying high sums for live stock.
Berlin captain Tierr Straus trains mastiffs and bulldogs to attack and subdue men, using life size dummies and trained attendants. The process begins with general work and advances to controlled assaults on living subjects, with emphasis on nonfatal, non clothing-damaging holds. Mastiffs prove quicker to train than bulldogs.
The Atlantic notes early postal operations in the United States where merchants kept private ledgers and wrote letters by quill. Envelopes were absent, letters were wax sealed and prepaid postage was steep. A single sheet from Boston to New York cost 18 1/2 cents. Philadelphia to Boston and back took 12 to 18 days.
A San Francisco Post reminiscence recalls Nevada coursing trials with coyotes and dogs. Trainers released coyotes on a flat alkali desert to chase dogs, then herded the exhausted predator back, repeating cycles weekly for sport.
Pittsburgh 3 Boston 5 Louisville 5 Brooklyn 12 Chicago 10 New York 4 Cincinnati 6 Philadelphia 1 Cleveland 10 Washington 5s.
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