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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
3
The notice outlines rail connections to the great southern city with the Bru Four and Big Four routes offering through trains from New York and Detroit to Cincinnati and Buffalo. It promotes conventions in Chattanooga and Milwaukee with special rates, urging readers to contact agents for schedules and fare details.
An advertisement offers a free sample and descriptive circulars from Romanza Agency at 719 Sycamore St Cincinnati. It promotes a 18 inch height 6 lb item with postage ten cents and a regular price of $1.00 plus a 60 percent agents commission.
The Big Four Route announces Special Low Rates for Y P and OBE Convention in San Francisco July 7 to 12. The through trains connect New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis to St Louis and Peoria with service from Cincinnati and Louisville to Chicago. Details available from local agents.
The Bic Four Route will name Special Low Rates to teachers and their heads for the annual meeting in Milwaukee. The route runs Cincinnati to Chicago via Indianapolis Dayton Springfield Columbus and intermediate points. Full information available from any Bic Four Route agent.
Rates for one way and round trips to southern points apply on the first and third Tuesdays from June to October. One way fare is two cents per mile, round trips at one rate plus two dollars. Passengers from Ohio and Mississippi River points urged to travel now, with schedules and special rates available by application. Wm H Tayloe, Asst Gent Pass Agent, Louisville Kentucky. The Southern Railway claims to be the only line reaching the eight great south states.
A Minnesota society protects over 500 dogs from theft with 300 plus members, originating after thefts from hunting sportsmen reported in the sportsmen's paper. The group offers rewards, promotes conviction of thieves, and notes a sharp drop in lost dog ads in St. Paul papers while proposing state wide extension.
Hamlin Garland in McClure's portraits Ulysses Grant as a precocious boy of 13 who could drive 600 miles, load logs solo, solve problems, and train horses. Even at 16 he feared retreat, planned to the end of his chosen path, and was consistently resolute, unafraid, and trustworthy. The piece emphasizes his native judgment and firsthand knowledge.
A group of women stands daily in the Consolidated exchange gallery watching a broker. The woman uses hand signals to indicate thousands of bushels for buy or sell actions while the broker reacts. A spectator learns she is called a clairvoyant operator and claims to read the market’s future.
A French missionary in China witnessed two rabid dog bites among his carriers. Local Chinese claimed a safe preventive: eating raw dog liver after a bite. Five Chinese bitten in March last reportedly used this method. Plinius also mentioned raw liver. Efficacy unknown, but noted as an early isopathic idea alongside Pasteur and Koch work.
The Epworth League convention in Toronto runs July 14 to 18. The Big Four Route offers special love rates for travel from St. Louis, Peoria, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Dayton, Springfield, Columbus, via Cleveland, Buffalo and Niagara Falls to Toronto or via Toledo and Detroit. Apply for full particulars.
Barnesville lawyer appears in new costly suit, insisting cash not required as he boasts credit. He argues outward appearance earns respect and wins cases, claiming a shabby outfit would undermine his credibility before jury and judge alike.
Baltimore News reports Maryland farmers showing interest in general tobacco cultivation and introducing rice farming. Historically tobacco faded to southern counties and rice had not been grown here, but New Jersey success sparks Delaware and Maryland adoption. Rice yields 35 to 60 bushels per acre with profits from 25 to 45 dollars per acre.
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