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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1897
Page
3
A terse, reflective line questions whether a widow should look after her own interests. The piece notes a Chicago begro sentenced to 100 years for burglary and argues he should serve the full term.
A fragmented note suggests Nevada may capitalize on a perceived advantage as it confronts a growing fly-by-night divorce industry. The text hints at regulatory follow-up to consolidate gains and curb questionable practices.
A Buffalo resident declares he will attempt to go over Niagara Falls and survive. He warns that if not allowed, he might commit murder with an unloaded gun in the near future.
A contemporary in the East reports a man who was reportedly hit by a street car in New York. The story suggests medical and surgical aspects but appears uncertain about key details and outcomes.
An English scientist asserts common whitewash destroys the typhoid fever germ, noting its grayish color is distinctive. The advised action is to apply whitewash to any grayish matter seen in the home.
The women did not have full suffrage in Kansas yet they won more public offices than in Utah or Colorado. In twenty county superintendencies of public instruction and in all offices from Mayor to Chief of Police, two cities elected women to key roles.
Judge Ewing of Chicago sentenced a burglar convicted on five counts to twenty years on each count and ordered that a completed term be followed by another. The crimes were described as desperate and atrocious, illustrating Chicago justice’s vigor.
The corn harvest provides jobs in harvesting and shipping, keeping farmers busy now. Nebraska enjoyed a good year, and the coming season is expected to bring even better results.
The 1896 crime statistics show a dark year with 122 legal executions and 131 lynchings. A total of 10 652 murders were recorded, underscoring the failure of both lynching and legal executions to deter murder.
A world wide esteem is sought for a man alleged to have invented a tool that opens soft boiled eggs without burning fingers or dropping the shell. The egg poses a constant risk of scalding and shell loss, with the current workaround requiring another person to crack it. The inventor would deserve a large reward if proven effective.
A Providence inventor builds an electric vessel touted to reach forty knots for Narragansett Bay passenger service. The 200 foot craft would use six forward and eight aft propellers, aiming to showcase a system the promoters hope could later aid naval ships.
The Registrar General reports a sharp rise in cancer mortality in Great Britain. The death rate from cancer has surpassed previous records with current proportional mortality about four times higher than fifty years ago. In 1840 about 2,786 deaths occurred in England, roughly 1 in 646 of the population, rising to nearly 22,000 deaths by 1804.
The article notes a theory that some who recover from tuberculosis later die from cancer or insanity. The matter is being carefully investigated and reviewed by officials.
The Bolivian press urges government action as Peru strengthens military posture amid claims of looming conflict. The piece mocks formalities of South American wars, arguing no one is harmed and suggesting war would be quick and ceremonial rather than serious.
Sir Robert Biddulph reports Gibraltar could be shelled by Spain with ease using Algeciras long range guns. A special commission will hear his findings and plan fortifications within a year as England prepares to reinforce the rock despite its loss of impregnable status.
James McKay, a devout stonecutter, was jailed on a policy charge after a slip reading morning and evening with hourly figures drew police suspicion. He claimed the numbers were hymn timings for church services and that he was the organist, while Officer Hannon’s erroneous assumption drew attention to police fallibility.
Prof G Stanley Hall of Clark University reports 1701 children showed 6456 fears with lightning reptiles strangers dark death and more leading fears. He notes regional variations and argues education can eradicate groundless fears though some survive such as robbery and wild animals.
The dialogue features Binks urging brief runs multiple times daily with a caveat about purpose. Jinks suggests buying a straw bat as a punchline, promising plentiful short bursts of activity.
A 1897 discussion contrasts the English private office with the American den and library. It describes architectural trends, room purposes, finishes, and costs, noting dens aim to reflect masculine taste and often become smoking rooms. A design detail and price of 4 865 dollars are given. It ends with a quirky Odessa case of a woman recovering from a compulsion to hoard metals and small items.
The American dentist R Ricardo Ruiz, born in Cuba and naturalized in the United States, died in a Guanabacoa dungeon after arrest by Spanish authorities. He had studied in Philadelphia and Berlin, lived in New York, and spent years in U S banking before returning to Cuba with naturalization papers. Authorities charged him with aiding insurgents, a claim critics say was false.
The Corcoran Gallery in Washington debuts as a premier institution, praised as the finest of its kind. Built at nearly one million dollars, it features Neo Grecian exterior, pink granite and white marble interiors, eight exhibit rooms, a grand auditorium for the Corcoran School of Art, electric lighting, and steam heating.
Northwich in Cheshire is noted for its salt industry and irregular streets and buildings. Subterranean brine lakes lie deep beneath the town, and ongoing pumping weakens the ground causing subsidence that tilts nearby structures and gives the town an upside down look.
Dialogue from the Boston Traveler where Squeer notes Morris Parke’s hardship with a second-hand typewriter, prompting Hanover Squeer to joke that the instrument is a widow’s aid in affairs. A clipped street conversation reflecting social humor and urban life.
Obedient to the Call recounts a 1872 Dakota valley skirmish where a Third Cavalry encampment's horses, stampeded by a hailstorm, fled toward enemy lands. The captain's quick stable call brought every horse back, saving the unit.
A. S. Summers, lauded as a plucky gentleman, killed a train robber near Peach Springs Arizona and foiled a Wells Fargo safe-blowing attempt aboard the Atlantic and Pacific westbound passenger train. Summers has spent ten years in express service.
Miss Nancy Oliver died near Stillmore Georgia last Friday at age 98 and a few months. She was one of three old maids who lived on Jack's Creek near the Ohoopee river in a small one room log house for over half a century, supporting themselves by carding and spinning.
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