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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1897
Page
2
The Columbus Star lists advertising rates for 1507 including one inch ads at five dollars per year, and shorter inserts priced per inch. It outlines word charges for local matter, black letter locals, and half cent per word for additional insertions, with special rates for large local contracts and monthly renewal terms.
In Mondays issue the Cosmopolitan presents Greek Monarchism a feature essay by Elder Z J Sweeney analyzing royalist ideas and political trends in Greece and their broader implications.
Judge Christianey of the pension office says the peanut ranks second to bananas as a global fruit commodity. He notes extensive shipments to Paris, London, Italy, Germany, and England, with African peanuts gaining strength in European markets while American peanuts still feed animals in zoos and people at home.
The Towa, the navy's strongest addition, completed its official trial off Massachusetts. At 1,260 tons displacement it rivals the Massachusetts and sister ships, exceeding the speed target at 17 knots and earning a $200,000 builder bonus for Cramp of Philadelphia. The piece notes fashion and costs in the French poodle trend for aristocratic dress.
A reflection on Judge Roy Bean of Langtry as the law west of the Pecos with a famed inquest and a blunt verdict. The piece notes frontier justice, later discusses Montana livestock losses to wolves and the difficulties of wolf hunting, including methods and hunter incentives.
A scene shows several officials admitting they forgot to set their watches at a meeting. A vice president presents a timepiece, prompting surprised reactions as the group realizes all had left their watches unwound, highlighting light office humor and renewed attention to punctuality.
Dispatches from nearby sections of the range report wolves increasing in number and ferocity. The predator defies hunters and drives up prices on cattle and sheep losses. Riders attest to the danger as wolves are seen near waterways and trails.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions hotels restaurants and menus with garbled phrases and partial sentences. No identifiable people or events are readable to summarize coherently.
The notice lists farm staple prices such as wheat and cloverseed and notes flour price at 2.60 per ten pounds. It then promotes the Indianapolis Daily and Weekly Sentinel stating its extensive news coverage and state influence, urging readers to subscribe for daily and weekly editions. It also advertises the Dry Handle Factory Wood and a large bicycle and livery shop lineup in Columbus.
A fragmented notice describes train routes from St Louis to cities like Denver and Salt Lake City with stops in Kansas City St Joseph Lincoln and more. It mentions dates and fares for sleeping car rates and berths and outlines connections to Indianapolis and Chicago areas.
The North Indian famine worsens with prospects of relief through government employment rather than charity. Viceroy plansswiftly funded rail projects in the northwest provinces Oudh and Punjab to improve relief and future disaster protection, improving trade by connecting surplus and deficit regions through new lines.
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