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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1897
Page
2
The Kansas City Star argues Sage probably has more money but less fun than peers. It wonders if diamonds could be manufactured cheaply and asks what would prevent future citizens from achieving hotel clerk level status.
In Lexington Kentucky a club counts its youngest member at 89 while all others exceed 90. Members gather regularly for mutual improvement and social pleasure in a lively senior community.
Florists and gardeners report a simple method to rid greenhouses of devastating insects. Tobacco stems placed on heating pipes release a tobacco odor when heated, which destroys the pests.
A new ventilation device for street cars uses a rotary roof fan powered by vehicle motion and an exhaust fan at the end of a pipe reaching the car interior. It aims to exhaust foul air from the upper portion of the car while fresh air enters from outside.
A Saturday night engineering job on the Great Eastern Railway removed an old 130 foot bridge over the River Ouse. A new single span bridge, built alongside, was trolley-lifted into place in two hours with only one Sunday train delayed.
In the heart of San Francisco the city cemetery houses famous deceased and grand mausoleums of mining and railroad magnates. A plan to bisect the cemetery with a new street has sparked strong opposition and raises the possibility the entire cemetery may be relocated to a cheaper area with lower real estate taxes.
As surely as bread is the staff of life, zero surely is America feeding the world. From the wheat fields of the West three streams of grain are flowing toward the Pacific coast for shipment to India and the far East, one down the Mississippi to New Orleans, and another toward the Atlantic seaboard for Europe. The demand helps drive better harvests and rising U S production.
The passage laments how Paris public letterwriters once earned a living drafting letters for the illiterate. It argues compulsory education ended the trade, leaving only a few survivors who ghostwrite for socialists and correct grammar for a living.
A Kansas blacksmith issues a bold debt collection card promising lunch and refreshments from 1 pm to 6 pm in his basement to anyone who owes him money. The card asks debtors to present the notice and amount due, promising a “very good time.”
A description places Mark Twain aged between fifty and sixty with a wiry frame and strong facial features. It notes his Jewish-appearing face, bushy eyebrows, and a grave expression. An anecdote recalls a lawyer with hands in pockets and Twain’s quip about a lawyer not fitting that pose. He is also described delivering a New York dinner speech.
A San Francisco carpenter and former miner reports finding a quartz vein in the city that shows $12.40 in gold and $2.60 in silver per ton in assays. He refuses to reveal the ledge location since the outcrop is on municipal property and surrounding land is built up, leaving potential profit uncertain.
A fragment notes a person with capital may spot a quarry vein, purchase neighboring land, and profit greatly as value increases. The remark hints at speculative activity and potential fortune from mineral resources.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied a habeas corpus petition by a prisoner sentenced to two years six months. The court ruled the judgment correct as issued and allowed for an amendment to impose solitary confinement as an additional penalty if sought.
George W. Smalley, living on 75th Street near Fifth Avenue, contrasts New York mail deliveries four times daily with London service. He notes London offers earlier morning arrivals and hourly daytime deliveries, with letters sometimes answered by post within three to four hours. He also cites San Francisco as a comparative standard.
Daniel Mayer says America offers high money only for top acts while most continental venues charge small admissions. He notes £50 is high for a single performance across the water and warns musical careers are uncertain. Few big names secure lasting income. many star performers teach pupils.
Former Minister of Public Works Baihaut, freed at term end after fraud and corruption charges tied to the Panama Company, is rearrested. He still owes about 891,000 fiances in fines and legal costs and chose imprisonment to wipe roughly three cents daily from the debt.
The final Denver property of ex Senator Tabor was foreclosed recently on a mortgage of 800000 dollars. Once worth over 6 million, he began mining in Leadville in 1877 and grew wealthy by 1880 with a daily income unmatched between New York and Nevada. Now, driven by bad bets and hard times, he seeks to regain his lost wealth.
Edward Stanley of Williamsburg is jailed after telling his wife he would cut her throat, a figurative outburst during a dispute over housework. He protests heavy domestic duties and longs to reclaim time with male friends, claiming he only meant a Pieckwickian expression to have something to say.
In 1843 Belfast’s ratable value stood at 675000 dollars and has risen to 4675000 dollars, a notable expansion attributed mainly to the shipbuilding sector, highlighting the city’s rapid industrial growth.
An extended account traces the origin and meaning of Himno Cubanos, the Cuban national anthem, from early liberty songs in Bayamo to its adoption by the nation. It describes how the tune spread across eastern Cuba, united diverse communities, and served as a rallying cry against tyranny.
Isaac B. Potter, elected head of the League of American Wheelmen, has long championed highway improvements. Known as Good Roads Potter for his tireless work, he opened a New York office five years ago to spread pro road literature and boost bicycle access to better highways. He later launched the Good Roads Magazine to advance the cause.
The passage profiles Mr. Potter, chief executive, who halted a private fortune book on command and pushed a strong campaign for road reform. He helped form the American League of Good Roads, rising to chief consul of the New York division for two years, driving notable growth.
The orator and parliamentarian Mr. Potter of Brooklyn has become league president. He is described as an able financier and adept politician who built a palatial home for a wife, and his energetic past is cited as a criterion for league success under his leadership.
A 4,000,000 cubic foot ice mass broke away on September 11, 1896 from the Altels Glacier at Gemmi Pass. The river of ice sped across pasturage, climbed Weissflugrat wall to 1300 feet, then recoiled to 100 feet on the eastern side. Wind blasted chalets, trees, men, and cattle as Alpine dangers.
In 1708 Joseph Hopkinson wrote a patriotic song to The President's March after a young actor facing a failed benefit begged for help. The improvised tune saved the day as the house filled and the song was enthusiastically encored.
New York city free libraries receive an annual appropriation boost from 63000 to 96000 dollars this year as part of state funding.
A brief note states rice is the chief staple for more than 250 million people in British India, underlining its central role in daily diet and sustenance.
Mrs. Russell A. Alger wife of the new Secretary of War in the McKinley Cabinet is celebrated in Detroit for amiability hospitality and gracious hosting. Her social influence extends to Washington where she will continue her charitable reach and familiar face among the needy remains a notable figure in the city.
A Lithuanian practice during weddings involves the bride's mother giving the bride a sharp box on the ears in front of witnesses. Later, the husband may use this act as a plea that he entered marriage under physical coercion.
A Shreveport shopper wore a fashionable hat with a stuffed bird as the centerpiece. A hen hawk swooped and grabbed the hat mistaking the ornament for a real bird, leaving the wearer hatless and the bird decoy missing. The outcome prompts humor about the hawk’s mistaken appetite.
Col Thomas A Logan presented the Cuvier Club with a mounted tarantula and a life sized tarantula hawk specimen. The wasp is described as the only known insect to destroy tarantulas. An illustration shows the six legged insect with green eyes and yellow wings.
A flawed aphoristic piece contrasts critics and the judgments of men and women. It ribaldly examines responses to compliments, cultural expectations, and children's dialogue as a measure of maternal influence, ending with a fragmented critique of marital suspicion and misery.
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