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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1897
Page
3
A faded medical ad notes a patent remedy for constipation with a refund promise from druggists. It mentions a product titled Sire-a First Class Culumbia Fat Tea Bowels Trim Case and hints at a money-back offer. The text is fragmentary and lacks verifiable details.
A fragment notes the Pheved office located at the corner of Fourth Street and Fifth Street. The text offers limited details beyond the street intersection for the office.
The Chinese emperor, learning English, questioned Li Taotai of Nanking about his language skill. Li replied yes, prompting a rapid barrage of greetings. The emperor, angered by the display, insulted the Taotai in Manchu and ordered him to keep an English book under his nose for three years.
High class tailoring backed by a superb array of Spring woolens offering choicest patterns for the season. Have clothing made from suitings that become cu. LIENBERGER.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt quotes a South Park policeman lamenting that motorized cycles have driven songbirds from urban parks. He notes fewer orioles thrushes robins and warblers, with nests reduced to sparrows as crowds linger in shade and on trees day and night.
Minonesata forms a dog protection society with 300 plus members guarding over 500 mostly bird dogs. Rewards are rare but the group pursues thieves and public notices claim lost dogs ads have fallen over 50 percent in St. Paul papers.
Local ad notes up-to-date stock and reasonable pricing inviting customers to share patronage with a shopper friendly appeal. John Orn referenced as a potential contact for purchases.
Sebastian Price, assaulted in Columbus on the 3d, grew worse last week but is now improved though not yet out of danger. The Nashville Democrat notes Price’s condition following the assault and reports hopeful signs of recovery.
An old New York Mail and Express note recounts a parable titled Story of Good Bird and Bad Cat about a young Indian boy author. A bird sings of doing right but is hunted by a sly cat, ending with the cat eating the bird and the bird’s hopeful final song.
A farmer in Bolivar Mass reports a bone chain made from eight bone links tied by plated rings, worn as memento from Libby Prison. It was carved over 18 months from amputated limbs, linked to a 1864 capture at Petersburg and later sold to Thornton by a fellow New York soldier. The item drew neighbors’ laughter and a medical verification.
A man from Canada called at a Richford Vermont drug and book shop and asked if they had an index for an unabridged dictionary. He said his wife gave him a Christmas present but it proved hard to use, so he hoped an index would help.
The piece describes a long running feud between Duluth Minnesota and Superior Wisconsin at the Lake Superior mouth. It notes a proposed river bridge and legislative action with Quay pushing for extra measures and Vilas opposing, delaying construction as tensions rise.
Miss Holmes of Jersey City, aged seventy five, recently learned she inherited a large fortune from a California brother and is now independent. Despite blindness since youth, she mastered music and taught both sighted and blind pupils, earning a living and planning to educate others with her funds.
In a tough game, Indianapolis edges Kansas City by a slim margin as Beesback and Sbering key plays for a late push. The encounter features a high tempo start and strong defense from both squads as fans react to the scoreboard.
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