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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1897
Page
4
standings show St Paul Indianapolis Detroit and Minneapolis in the lead with wins and losses listed for several clubs. additional items include odorless vault cleaning, lace curtains, rent ads, a fireman back on duty, a lost mace, visitors from Indianapolis, sick list, wood supply at Handle Factory, and a Brooklyn mercine ad plus Columbus tailor promotion and spring woolens.
A watch may gain or lose time when near magnetism or electricity in a person. Dynamo proximity can magnetize steel parts and ruin accuracy. Dark skin on some people and higher bodily electricity may increase effects, with women reported as more affected than men.
A discussion on watch care cites steel-cased timepieces and proper night placement to prevent jolts affecting accuracy. The passage also recounts Talbot Kelly’s observations of Bedouin hospitality with guests kissing hands and the difficulty of accepting gifts from hosts.
Vermont’s St Johnsbury Seminary girls form a football eleven amid gossip and social backlash. They practice behind the Fairbanks mansion, defend bloomers and the sport, and gain quiet heroism as townspeople lament tradition while the team excels and kicks with notable skill.
The text recounts Klaes of Rotterdam dubbed king of the smokers who left a will gifting attendees ten pounds of tobacco and two engraved pipes with ashes to his grave. It also mentions a rail road in Bridal Veil Oregon using logs as cars, plus a museum-like curiosity of early tobacco funeral rites.
A fragmented critic muses on sensitive talk and quotations in society. The piece contrasts remarks about beauty and names with the urge to quote classics, noting people slip into familiar lines like distance lending enchantment and visits resembling angels or bad pennies.
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