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Newspaper

Columbus Star

Location

Columbus, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1897

Page

4

Clubs Standings and Local Notices in City Paper

The page shows standings for clubs with wins and losses across multiple cities including St Paul Indianapolis Milwaukee Columbus Minneapolis Kansas City Grane Rapids Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburg Philadelphia Cleveland Boston Louisville Brooklyn New York Chicago Washington St Louis and more. It also includes a medical advert for a laxative and several local social notes about visitors Caldwell Drake and others plus a restaurant recommendation near the post office.

Cincinnati Pittsburg Philadelphia Cleveland Boston Louisville Brooklyn New York ACO

LIENBERGER Tailor and Furnisher Spring Suits Ad

A Columbus tailor promotes spring suits as perfect fits and tailor made for well dressed men. Emphasizes leading tailoring and a selection of spring woolens with choice patterns.

Columbus

The Antiquary’s Timeless Charm Recalled After 30 Years

The reviewer recalls reading Walter Scott’s The Antiquary, praising its graceful narration and enduring charm. The piece notes the story’s appeal to all generations and predicts readers will continue to number in the tens of thousands.

Antiquary

Wasps airdrop flies in cattle study by Barrington

Irish naturalist Mrs. Barrington observed wasps swarm around cows and catch flies. Wasps bite off wings or legs from prey and carry flies away to feed larvae, with an estimated 300 to 400 flies captured in about 26 minutes near two cows.

M. Barrington Mr. Barrington Barrington

Delivery of all work promised with reasonable prices

The notice pledges that all requested work will be delivered with reasonable pricing and a guarantee. No further details or identifiers are provided in the readable text.

Man Seeks Charity and Respect in Cold November Front Door

A destitute man in a harsh November scene pleads for old clothes from a Detroit Free Press source. A benevolent woman offers garments but denies aid, adding his wish for a fan as he departs. The passage also quotes Rosa Bonheur on daily life, labor, and artistic discipline.

Iptown Detroit Free Press

Fearless Kentucky mail carrier rides rugged route

The Cincinnati Enquirer notes Mrs. Minton as a rare female mail carrier in Kentucky who travels on horseback along a dangerous Castlow to Andersonville road. She carries the pouch with critical missives, has endured eight months of a three year contract, and is praised for strength, skill, and courage.

Castlow Andersonville Kentucky Cincinnati Enquirer Minton Uncle Sam Shea

Wandering Jew Fascinated Missouri Man as a Boy

L. M. Vincent of St. Louis recalls how Eugene Sue's Wandering Jew engrossed him as a boy, keeping him from meals while he followed the fortunes of Rose and Blanche and others, until a later discardment of the work.

Eugene Sue L. M. Vincent St. Louis Washington Post Rose Blanche Djarms Adrienne

Grizzly Hunters Discover Gas Trap After Death of Five Animals

While two hunters chased a sleeping grizzly in a Yellowstone gulch they found the bear dead with no wounds. Sulphur fumes from ground vents suffocated four other bears, an elk, squirrels, and other game in a natural basin, and caused headaches and nausea to the men.

Yellowstone River Furtheynd Tven Aiden

Oddball Bargain and Historic Organ Tale

An 19th century vaudevillean scene unfolds as a swaggering man begs an unsteady dame for fifty orders at one dollar each while a staid woman endures the exchange. The Hartford Courant recalls printers proofs bribery and a painter in white trousers as a clever prank. The Boston Music Hall Organ story notes a 60k organ stored for a decade awaiting sale after a storied debut and its eventual removal for more space.

Hartford Courant Wale

Dick’s Narrow Escape in Yorkshire Quarry Accident

A Yorkshire stone quarry worker known for few words dodges disaster when a steam crane chain snaps a towering block. He leaps to safety just before the block collapses, and the quarry owner praises his quick action as the debris reveals a near funeral.

Yorkshire

Aspiring Burglar Reaches Eiffel Tower Summit

A Paris thief with lofty aims scaled the Eiffel Tower and cracked safes at a restaurant and a theater located at the height. He shawled the two safes during the daring ascent, elevating his criminal profile in the city.

Paris Eiffel Tower

Monkeys Show Compassion Amid Fatal Consumption

At a Chicago museum cage, the sick monkey named Cudge battles consumption. Keeper Reed notes fellow monkeys nurse and comfort him, a touching display as the illness progresses over weeks.

Chicago Reed Cudge Mr. Reed Reet Pet Woodchuck

Washington Post noted brewery visit stirs chatter

A Washington Post excerpt describes a man and a young woman in a sealskin cape visiting a new brewery opening. An exuberant local man, wearing a derby and diamond, urges them to drink, while the pair quietly exit as the woman shows clear discomfort with the scene.

Washington Post Washington Keer

Milwaukee Abandons Semicentennial Exposition Plan

Milwaukee residents abandon the semicentennial exposition project planned for 1808 to mark Wisconsin statehood admission. Eben Alvin P. Kletzsch sought a month to raise 400000 dollars with city and legislative support, reporting 225000 raised so far amid opposition from outsiders.

Kletzsch Mawaukee

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