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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1897
Page
4
A Sunday baseball game in Cleveland ended in disruption as police arrested players from both teams amid prearranged plans. President Robison posted bond for all. Excursionists and local fans swelled crowds, with thousands turned away at the gates after heavy turnout and mixed reports of the inning events.
Columbus postmaster Thomas Hush, whose term expires in August, traveled through the city yesterday and revealed to Tribune reporters he has secured a commercial traveler post with the American Tobacco Co. of New York in Indianapolis. A son of Dr. Wy Hush, he is well known in Edinburgh and leaves behind a large circle of friends who wish him prosperity in his new field.
The crowd voted for the top lady in Cohumbueg for the stars prize wheel at evening events. Lou Stadler Susie Couns Minma Bigoree Anna Tooley Dot Mamncws Dossie Meehead Hattie May Kate Rubbottom Yazel Gysie Surthan Lays Ivy Dunlap among listed participants with varying tallies. several contestants were noted withdrawn.
The Sra invites reports of every local event in Columbus with a reporter on hand to cover any item of human interest. The notice targets religious, literary, labor, trade or social groups and notes growing circulation. Prof Graham of Knightstown returned home yesterday morning.
Frank Frazee died in the Indiana Reformatory Hospital at Jeffersonville after six days of pneumonia and a fatal hemorrhage. He was twenty three, serving a two year burglary sentence commuted from Huntington, set to end December 28, 1803. He dictated a final letter to his mother claiming improved condition and attentive care by officials.
A horse attached to Lee Loy's delivery wagon ran away yesterday afternoon breaking a wheel and causing damage before being stopped. Painter Elva Markland also had a runaway with damage to a splatter-board. An elephant from Spager's circus attacked a London police officer, chased a Welsh constable to a public house, threw a milk cart and spilt its milk. the driver was injured but the horse remained unharmed.
Advic promises best fitting suits and trousers made to order for girls and women. Customers may choose from a selection of goods crafted by the tailor.
The text cites global life expectancy and mortality rates, with deaths per minute and day, births per minute and day, and notes Warsaw on May 16. It describes Winona ground and Presbyterian general assembly activities in progress, with sessions starting at 10 o'clock led by Rev. J L Withrow of Chicago and a May 15 19 schedule for the women's foreign missionary society and prominent speakers at both sessions.
Evansville Indiana May 16 residents debate guilt of a jailed Negro here and the inmate in Morganfield Kentucky over Lizzie Buente’s assault and murder on her father’s farm. Police say law will decide this week in court if either suspect is culpable.
A woman was found drowned in a New York reservoir. A personal paper on her person claimed her love was won by a young man who wrote her a poem. The note mentions a poem beginning “ tall and fair, my sweet lovestod.” The death is not attributed to self harm beyond this.
Strayed bay mare with a spall noted missing from the area. Any information should be reported to the Star office to claim a reward.
Wanted mustered at 144 Mechanic for a good girl or middle aged woman in a two person family to join the fishing tackle and baseball goods business.
A giant glacial bowlder sits on Enos Stump’s Bucks County farm near Quakertown, measuring 56 feet long 46 feet wide and 14 feet thick. Boston born Miss Alice Pierce, praised by Richard Mansfield as America's Bernhardt, rises as a dramatic prodigy after early roles with Hoyt and Mansfield and notable performances in The Merchant of Venice and Richard II.
A Bohemian volunteer regiment staged the play Antoni Maceo or the Fight for Cuban freedom to advance Cuban liberty. Written by J V Matejka it followed Maceo from youth to death with scenes in Savana Maceos childhood garden and Moro castle. The production costuming and staging were praised and proceeds of nearly $500 funded the Cuba fund and Bohemian relief.
Two young women visited the Wichita courthouse and offered shoe shining with purchases. Every man in the building, including officeholders, patronized the service, drawn by romance and curiosity. County figures Mac key and Denny t Deacon Wilson watched as shoes were polished, described with colorful detail of the scene.
Narainfield Wisconsin locals uncover a cache while chopping a basswood stump near Marshfield. Inside a coffee pot relics include a 1850 Upper Bank of Canada copper coin a Spanish coin from 1815 a Georgia claim for nine pounds sterling dated 1786 a Barrett claim for 25 pounds services as assemblyman counterfeit shinplaster and four engraving proof sheets with counterfeit U S paper rates.
A centuries old door ornament at the Temple church in Fleet Street London features an unusually heavy seven pound key attached to the door. The oversized key, measuring about thirteen inches, is not the key for the lock but a companion or emblem rather than a functional tool.
In St Johnsbury Vermont a college girls football team in bloomers arouses gossip and social unease. The group practices behind the Fairbanks mansion while defending their right to play. Despite town forebodings the players continue, earning praise for spirited play and decorum.
The Seattle Intelligencer notes two ambassadors dismissed for failing to perform critical court ceremonies. Count Montebello of France and Prince Radalin of the German Empire faced penalties after Russia’s lavish display, highlighting strict observance expectations at foreign courts. The piece urges caution in choosing boldness versus restraint in diplomatic conduct.
A survey of timekeeping in distant cultures notes Liberians rely on the sun for daily time and that the Islands of the South Pacific use nut kernels on palm leaf strings as burnable time markers. Malay archipelago peoples employ dual bottles with sand and a 12-rod scale for measurement.
Fragmented OCR text mentions preparing vanilla maple or caramel treats. No coherent event, person, or organization identified.
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