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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1897
Page
3
A New Yorker argues in the New York Sun that at cheaper restaurants waiters tend to be American, while in pricier venues they are usually French or foreign. He suggests independence deters Americans from waiting tables, yet tips and deference at cheap spots complicate the theory.
A traveler recalls a duel on the Zulu frontier where a domesticated bull named Hulo fights a rhinoceros. The beast charges, the bull is hurled, then uses strategies to wound the rhino. Steel bullets aid the bull, and the rhino is finally brought down as the crowd screams.
An old Maryland case features a Washington attorney recalling a quirky country district hearing. The plaintiff’s claim faltered but a peculiar closing speech by the client, after whispered counsel, secured the verdict amid a verdicty dispute over a horse sale.
One and one half cards of dry wood offered for $1 at the Handle factory. Leave orders at Winans grocery for pickup.
A lengthy European briefing questions Li Hung Chang selection as foreign minister at Beijing while noting no such ministry exists. It argues mandarins resist modernization and links Britain's China policy to Russia gains, with skeptical views on Li’s influence and the fate of reform.
A promotional notice offers a free sample and descriptive circulars from Romanza Agency at 719 Sycamore St Cincinnati. It advertises a 10 cent postage charge and a regular price of 1.00 with 60 percent agent commission. The text mentions four other items claimed as good and targets men and women.
The Big Four Route will offer Special Love Rates for the TPWORTH League Convention. It covers travel from St. Louis and allied cities to Toronto, via Cleveland and Buffalo, with Toledo and Detroit optional legs. Apply for full particulars.
The 31st National Encampment of G AR features the Lie Four Router route to Buffalo New York with a one cent per mile fare and superior through train service from Peoria St Louis Louisville Indianapolis Cincinnati Dayton Springfield Columbus and intermediate points via Cleveland or via Toledo Detroit. Full information available from any agent upon application.
Advertisements announce convention travel deals via the Big Four Route for the P and GO conventions in San Francisco and Chattanooga, Baptist Young People, and National Educational Association in Milwaukee. Through routes connect Cincinnati, Chicago, Louisville, Indianapolis, and more with one fare round trip from many points.
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