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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1897
Page
3
Two four and six year old children duck through doors at the capitol crowding past doorkeepers and a tall legislator. They slip into the corridor amid bemused chatter as adults part to let them pass. The children exude bold innocence disregarding forms and crowd behavior.
Spanish minister fears a senatorial trip to Havana but Washington officials assure a peacetime pleasure visit. Senator Call and Senator Chandler plan a congressional inquiry, recall a prior Havana visit amid immigration and yellow fever debates.
The article recalls Abraham Lincoln's tall stovepipe hat used as a football by women at the Springfield homestead after Lincoln’s election. It notes the hat measured about a foot high with a wide brim and mentions its contents like papers and briefs carried by Lincoln. The piece ends with revelry as returns confirmed the victory.
A crowd mocks a stovepipe tossed to the ceiling as Lincoln smiles. A fierce black leopard in fiction is described as savage and deadly, with vivid, sensational imagery. A bicyclist in southern France helps a stalled donkey cart by pushing from behind, earning thanks from a grateful peasant who jokes about lifting him with a single donkey.
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