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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1897
Page
3
Local columns report Walton's best cabinets priced at $1.50 each while civic items note a jury adjournment until next Tuesday. Various ads list capons arriving, rainfall recorded, legal actions, church events, social dances, and community news from Vernon and nearby towns.
Reports from Havana state General Maximo Gomez, famed insurgent leader, was seriously wounded in the recent Arroyo Blanco clash in Santa Clara province as Spanish forces led by General Bernal fought his insurgent contingent.
In Chicago on March 17, Brother Casimir Zeigler of St. Stanislas Polish Church tested his crude bullet resistant cloth. Two pieces, about a foot by two feet, withstood an hour of gunfire but one bullet penetrated and the backing layer showed minor dent. The thick material resembles leather and may prove capable of deflecting shots. In a separate note, about 30 convicts, including John Petilliot Cy Brown and Ralph Drake, are to be transferred from Jeffersonville to Michigan City.
A New Yorker in London notes English middle class etiquette, where clergy and women commonly bet on card games. He contrasts American standards, where clergy would be judged harshly for gambling, and a woman leaving a card table with a dollar would be deemed fast.
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