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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1897
Page
3
Fragmented 19th century notice listing streets, officials, and businesses. mentions Rae Siar Eo, Ji- Perea Babe Deedmen, and intersections such as Third and Washington. Includes references to Big Four Route schedules, conventions in Chattanooga and Buffalo, and various named individuals and towns.
An advertisement for a free sample pack and descriptive circulars from Romanza Agency at 719 Sycamore St Cincinnati. It promises 40 other items, offers 10 cent postage and indicates agents' commissions of 60 percent.
Y P G E Convention in San Francisco July 7 12 unveils Big Four Route with special low fares from all points via Chicago St Louis or Peoria. Big Four through trains connect New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis to St. Louis Peoria and Cincinnati Louisville to Chicago. Apply to nearest agent for full information.
Travelers to Minneepelis July 6 to 10 can use the Big Four Route with reduced fares to cover members and friends. The line serves Cincinnati Indianapolis Louisville and Chicago with a superior service. National Education Association Convention in Milwaukee June 6 to 9 offers special rates for teachers. Full trip details available from a Bic Four Route agent.
Advertisement from Kixxey and Turpin confirms a joint offer: a combined subscription to the Twice-a-Week Courier Journal and their paper for $1.25 per year if paid in advance. New and renewing subscribers must pay upfront, with free sample copies available on request. The offer ends July 1, 1897, and is described as the best deal yet.
On the first and third Tuesdays of June to October 1897 the Southern Railway arranges one way settlers tickets from Ohio and Mississippi River points to the south at two cents per mile and round trip tickets at one fare plus two dollars. Information on schedules and special rates is available from Win. H. Tayloe, Asst. Genl. Pass. Agent, Louisville Kentucky. The Southern Railway proclaims itself the only line serving eight Southern States.
The piece describes the Bag Four Rour promoting special love rates for a long convention route from St. Louis to Toronto via multiple midwestern and eastern cities. It also narrates a rancher in Sigera mountains who set a steel trap for panthers. after repeated false leads, he finds two panthers, one trapped and the other feeding on it, and shoots the untrapped one.
The passage discusses the plant celandine, noting its energetic qualities and historical recognition by Linnaeus and Murray. It mentions use in a decoction, alleged curative properties, and references Wordsworth and Byron in a literary context.
McClure's recounts Ulysses Grant as a 13 year old in Georgetown Ripley and Batavia showing extraordinary self reliance. He drove 600 miles alone built wagon logs trained a horse to pace and trot and solved problems without aid. Even at 16 he believed retreat was fatal and pursued plans to finish what he started.
Daily at the Consolidated exchange a group of women stands in the gallery while a broker watches. The clairvoyant operator uses a sign language with her hand to direct buys or sells wheat. Traders say she reads the future and has lasted months in the unusual role.
A French missionary in China noted Chinese carriers bitten by a mad dog used raw liver as a preventive. Chinese reports claim five bitten men who ate raw liver remained unaffected by hydrophobia, with Plinius also recommending raw liver. Efficacy unclear but warrants further study as an early isopathic idea.
A Barnesville lawyer boasted before friends in a costly suit, saying he bought on credit and would not wear shabby clothes. He argued outward appearance commands respect, claiming a jury and judge would be swayed by dress as much as by argument.
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