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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1897
Page
2
The Columbus Star lists H. Kinney and Gc. A. Turpin as proprietors with Chas. A. Turpin serving as city editor. The paper appears filed in Columbus, Iowa as second class matter.
The notice lists various ad rates by time frame including one inch for one year at 2.68 dollars and for six months at 3.00, three months at 22.50, and one month at 1.00, with weekly and daily options. It notes loyalty incentives, word counts, a two cent per word rate for bold locals, and special rates for large contracts, plus monthly charges if yearly contracts aren’t renewed.
Judge Christianey asserts peanuts are a major consumer staple with global reach as shipments to Paris London Germany and Africa expand. The article notes the battleship Towacadiidi’s official testing and bonus incentives for speed and tonnage, plus fashion trends in 14 carat jeweled poodles and their accessories.
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey observers, with international partners, chart a record distance between Uncompahgre Peak Colorado and Mount Ellen Utah, surpassing prior eye estimates. Greenwich and Washington stars provide time markers. ocean width likewise relies on star timing reconciled across observatories in California Japan and Utah.
Richard D. Doyle discusses a fierce, zealous legal stance in Southern Magazine’s Law and Lawyers, noting that many clients resist paying fees after rejected suits and that advising restraint requires moral courage, while aggressive advocacy often leads to modern success for upholding a profitable practice.
A treasury clerk recalls in the Washington Star how a man’s marriage affected his job prospects. An employer doubted a worker’s reliability because the man’s first wife had divorced and remarried, suggesting family ties influenced employment in rural North Carolina.
Robert Gardhire, a Black Augusta resident and hired harvester, astonishes onlookers with instant correct answers to complex multiplications such as 99 times 67 and 507 times 522. He claims he sees the result when figures are shown, without understanding how, and grins as the numbers flash to him.
The piece argues fast paced modern life erodes distinctive French cooking. It cites hurried meals in Parisian restaurants and clubs, noting reduced home life, fewer marriages, and rising club dining as chefs seek patrons in fashionable clubhouses.
In Noblestown Maine 37 old bachelors cook their own Johnny cake because they fear marriage. An explorer places the Mississippi source at the crest of the Rockies near Montana at 8000 feet. The stream is two feet wide and two inches deep, fed by melted snow, and lies about one mile from the Gulf with a 2945 mile journey to its confluence, claimed as the world’s longest unbroken current.
Alfred Pease was traveling when a vacancy arose and he was nominated and elected as M P for Cleveland by a large majority. His father Sir Joseph Pease sent a telegram from Arden noting the honor conferred by friends and neighbors.
A playful dialogue in which Muzic jokes about modern courtship while the couple rides a cable car home. The young man jokes about future manners, and the woman scolds him to speak plainly and honestly about money and romance.
Near Jeanettes Creek the marsh stretched vast with mud, tall dead rushes, and drifting waterfowl seen as hundreds of thousands. Mallards and seven other duck varieties dominated the scene while Canada geese and occasional brant and snow geese moved with daybreak and twilight.
The Columbus Morning Star announces a special clubbing deal with the Twice-A-Week Courier Journal. Subscribers renewing or new paying in advance receive both papers for 1.25, with free sample copies on request. Offer ends July 1, 1897, limited time. Kingey Turpin advertise bargains. J A Newton promotes ladies shoes at low prices.
A weather map in the Senate prompts talk about climate in various localities. Senator Kyle cites harsh Dakota weather causing farmers to want to offload land. A stranger buys 400 acres via a deed error after trading a cow. Vienna organ grinders may only perform between noon and sunset.
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