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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1897
Page
4
The British Medical Journal reports oxygen treatment in wounds speeds healing and reduces pain by boosting beneficial microbes while suppressing harmful ones. The study notes two kinds of micro-organisms in wounds, with oxygen increasing the beneficial type and decreasing the injurious type.
The Philadelphia Record profiles Conductor Samuel Sharp famed for superstition around the number 13. Born the 13th of 13, he endured repeated misfortunes from school to marriage. His career advances from newsboy to baggage master and conductor, with 13 bringing personal losses, a fatal train accident, and a streak of deadlier luck on his runs. He now avoids punching the 13th trip, often giving the task to passengers.
Clifford Howard discusses Moravians of Bethlehem Pa and their death customs. He notes their services use open air trombone hymns to announce death and to honor the departed, viewing death as entry to a brighter home and sustaining faith through music.
The article profiles M Lear Dayve Paris chief rat catcher for 35 years who claims to have caught over 1,000,000 rats with his hands without traps. He notes earning during the siege from buyers paying up to 60 cents for a rat and sells live rodents to aficionados for rat battles.
LIENBERGER, Tailor and Furnisher, touts perfect fit Spring suits and high quality woolens as the city’s leading tailors in Columbus. Reeves Seward Cycle & Web Co offers bicycles from 28 to 75 dollars. English Lutheran and Augsburg League activities listed with sermon themes and society notices.
The Republicans of Bartholomew County will meet at precinct polling places at 2 30 PM on Saturday June 11 1897 to elect delegates for a convention in Columbus June 22 to nominate a candidate for Congress to replace the late William S Holman in the Fourth district The apportionment uses one delegate per hundred votes or fraction over fifty cast for Gov J A Mouat in 1896 Precincts listed with their representation names W O Stricklany is county chairman F C Urson secretary
Rhematism and neuralgia yield to Dr Kurem's Pain extractor at Stahlhutt's Drugstore. Hon George W Cooper, visiting Colorado Springs, shows improvement and weight gain. Rev Sweeney will preach the Baccalaureate sermon next Sunday week to the State Normal graduates. Bert Blessing made a business trip to Indianapolis. Nellie Reynolds sails to New York to visit relatives and see Coney Island and Brooklyn after which she returns to school. Misses Yerba Laughlen Hazel Gysie Gypsy Voris and others decorate the Presbyterian church with daisies for Children’s Day.
The speaker, Reed, taps the chair and ends prayer as requested. He notes the previous records are read, no unfinished business exists, and jokes about being in a quorum as he calls for adjournment. He asks for votes by vocal cue and declares the session adjourned.
A tragic accident near Dick Hart's Mill by St Paul leaves Ed McGee, 15, firing a rifle that kills his 14 year old brother instantly. The youths, of Mrs Betsey McGee, were along the river. the coroner is to hold an inquest as an accidental death is suspected.
An old San Francisco Post quote recalls Nevada coursing with coyotes. Dogs chased a coyote released on a flat alkali desert, the animal circling toward a previously used hole until recaptured. Coyotes were kept as long as possible for successive races each week.
Yucca announces Sunday services for men and boys featuring Bible reading on the Second Coming of Christ by Rev. W. Titus, special singing, and a pleasant hour with all men and boys invited. Sprains are painful Dr KARem s Pain extractor relieves soreness and claims to cure sprains. A costly joke in Britain led to a $500 penalty after a man frightened a married woman into fits by claiming her husband suffered a railroad injury.
Maryland farmers show interest in expanding tobacco cultivation and introducing rice farming. Once widespread tobacco, now concentrated in southern Maryland. rice, untried here, gains attention after New Jersey success. Potential yields of rice range 35 to 60 bushels per acre with profitable net gains cited between 25 and 45 dollars per acre.
The finest grades of bicycles are on sale at lowered prices by Reeves Seward Cycle Co. Bargains highlight durable models and value for riders seeking quality transportation.
Wheat and oats values listed with prices per bushel and per ton. Livestock ranges shown for cattle hogs and horses. Poultry eggs butter lard and flour prices included from Walter Duffy & Co with per pound and per dozen figures.
Local tally shows Susie Coons and several contestants listed with vote totals up to 6 last evening. Name spellings vary in the damaged copy but entries include Lou Spadler Emma Moorg Anna Tooley Dit Matthews Hattie May Kate Rubbottom Hazel Gysi Bertha Lay Maud Belle Jessie Mead and others with several withdrawals noted.
A Chicago couple discusses grim news as a newspaper lists bicycle accidents for thirty days. The wife, a cyclist herself, reacts with a surprised exclamation, while comments shift from Cuban atrocities to local misfortune.
The New York Journal notes a second fall of snow this month in Essex County New Jersey with brief accumulations in Orange and Newark yesterday morning and shortly after midnight.
Ladenburg Fintman Co will ship 250000 dollars in gold to Europe aboard a steamer departing Saturday from New York. The shipment represents a significant movement of precious metal via maritime trade.
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