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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1897

Page

4

Rentals North of Union Street Feature Long List of Cottages

The notice advertises numerous 3 to 9 room cottages for rent at various addresses in Union Street Washington Street Chestnut Franklin Wilson Seventh Linton and Orinoco avenues with monthly rents from 3 to 9 dollars and mentions amenities such as wells cisterns summer kitchens and wood houses. It also notes a pardon petition for Lynch Henay Boow and reports on Evansville and Richmond railroad considerations with Supreme Court rulings and a nearby incident involving a man named John Cinamen.

Divorce Grants in Circuit Court Adjourns for May Term

The circuit court granted divorces in today’s session. Elizabeth Maistp against Phones 1. Haislup and Frank J. Rowell against Sallie M. Rowell were approved. The court adjourned for the May term.

Elizbeth Maistp Haislup Frank J. Rowell Sallie M. Rowell

City editor Turpin returns at the Star

A busy page notes Charles A Turpin again serving as city editor of the Star. The City Band expects financial success for a July 6 celebration. Various local items: Snyder’s injured hand improving, Miss Mary Ander to return to Star office, George Lipps cigar store opening, Red Long resigns, and fashion restaurant ads. Police arrest Cinamon after a drunken incident. Community notices include ads and social items from Seymour, Laurel, Shelbyville, and Columbus.

Signs. Banner work for July 5th by A D Osgood

Advertisement for banner work to be completed by A D Osgood with orders at Hanser Parker's drug store. John Moses, a Black man accused of murder, was taken from Crystal Springs jail by a mob. Miss Ethel Kennard returns home from Columbus after visiting her uncle Adolph Kennard.

A. D. Osgood Hanser & Parker's Drug Store John Moses Mississippi Crystal Springs Miss

Krupp and Armstrong Guns Reach Long Ranges

Historical report notes Krupp's 180 ton gun firing 3600 pound shot over 15 miles and Armstrong guns with 14 mile range and 1800 pound shot. The text cites high cost and limited firing, leading to abandonment, and mentions rapidfire Maxim guns as more practical.

Krupp

Augusta Laborer Known as Quick-Fire Mathematician

The Augusta Chronicle reports Robert Gardhire, a self described uneducated laborer from Augusta, can multiply large numbers instantly. He answered 99 times 67 as 6563 and 501 times 52 as 16082 without written work or explanation. He claims figures appear to him instantly when seen.

Robert Gardhire Augusta Chronicle Augusta Interstate Cotton Gi Company Gardh Garditire Gardhire Fle

Decay of French Cuisine Fed by Modern Life

A critique notes that hurry and anxiety of modern life erode French cooking. Restaurants rush meals for casual patrons, even in France, as club life grows and home life declines. The Parisian chef’s refuge shifts to fashionable clubs, with social change shaping dining habits. Maine details appear garbled.

France Demeuner

Unusually Determined Boy From Early 19th Century Tale

Hamlin Garland as quoted in McClure's paints a portrait of a 13 year old boy from Georgetown Ripley and Batavia who could drive 600 miles load logs alone and solve problems with self reliance. He is described as resolute unafraid capable of hard knocks and trusted to complete plans.

Somme Georgetown Ripley Batavia Ulysses Grant Hamlin Garland McClure’s Ifis Bov

Clairvoyant Operator In Exchange Obsessed With One Woman

Daily scene at the Consolidated Exchange shows a woman in the Broadway gallery directing wheat trades. A broker on the floor watches her, then signals buys or sells by finger counts and hand movements during market hours. The odd ritual fascinates onlookers.

Consolidated Exchange Broadway New York Mail and Xpress Satice Austranger Peidsht

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