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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1897
Page
5
In the Western League standings St Paul and Columbus show alternating wins and losses amid scattered updates from Columbus news. The column also covers local business ads, court notes, minor incidents, and a clubbing offer for Courier-Journal.
A New York Sun observation notes Americans’ independence affects waiter norms, with English Irish and German staff common in pricier spots, and American waiters rarer in cheap eateries. The theory links deference expectations to costs, while tipping practices blur class distinctions in service.
A traveler recalls a rural encounter on the Zulu frontier where a native farmer’s young bull named Hulo battles a rhinoceros. The creature charges, the bull dodges, and after a struggle with steel bullets, Hulo fatally wounds the rhino and stands victorious over its carcass.
A fragmented retrospective notes the 1856 Republican founding at Philadelphia, the 1864 and 1866 contests in New Jersey, and the St. Louis convention of 40 years earlier nominating a vice president. It references Hobart’s ticket strength and shifts in party dominance with scattered anecdotes.
Fine weather noted as plans advance for graduation ceremonies to be held here Saturday night May 22. Several local residents are mentioned and community happenings summarized in the brief report.
Under the new law all claims against the county must be filed and docketed five days before the first day of commissioners court. All claims for the term must be filed on or before Monday May 31 1897. dl&w
A critical excerpt argues the Turkish authorities forewarned and aided massacres of Armenians during a rising. Police complicity is cited by eyewitnesses while officials allegedly authorized brutal suppression and mob violence. The evocation notes foreign observers and a repugnance to fish diets amid Bosphorus drownings.
The Buffalo Commercial reprints a boy’s letter praising a new sister and joking about boys, cake, and pets. It also details a farmer-led campaign to shoot partridges this fall, warns of the endangered Bob White due to weather and hunting tools, and notes Garret A. Hobart as the next vice president in line.
An obituary tribute lauds a woman’s cheerful life and gentle conduct. It highlights her dozen virtues, patient devotion, and intellectual achievements while noting the thousands she aided, despite hardship and loss.
A Chicago inventor designs a water powered clock housed in a small circular box. The device uses a sealed water drum and a wooden frame to drive a revolving drum, with hours shown along the frame and a pointer indicating time. Rewinding resets the system for another cycle.
A tale describes an Irish setter trained to hunt frogs at a lakeside scene with a horseman aiding the dog. A column then surveys women’s gowns with hand embroidery, beading, and extensive hand sewing of bodices, collarettes, and lace in the latest season.
In a Boston context, Fosdick cites joining a fly club while Twas in Boston. Keedick questions slang use, but the term refers to the Boston Aeronaut Seal Society, clarifying that the wording signals an organizational tag rather than casual slang.
A sermon extols the Sisters of the Good Shepherd as hermit-like reformers devoted to saving women. They renounce worldly comforts, live in cloistered houses, work from dawn to night, and vow lifelong service to protect and redeem vulnerable girls and fallen women.
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