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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1897
Page
4
A local jeweler touts a bright display of watches, clasps, jewelry, and spectacles. The shop highlights fashionable, artistic designs with elegance and novelty and guarantees the lowest prices in the city to attract buyers.
A fragment praises tailoring skill and fashion mirroring autumn elegance. It highlights refined workmanship and the appeal of seasonal wardrobes through reflective, stylish language.
A North Carolina resident writes to the New York Sun about the buffalo gnat pest. The observer notes the insect crawls into mouths nostrils and ears, lays eggs, and its larvae harm stock and game. He recalls Arkansas dragonfly-like swarms and smoke smudges used by planters to protect stock.
The article describes an immense floodplain near Jeanette's creek full of water, mud, and drifting vegetation where a hunter recalls paddling freely. It notes vast flocks of wild fowl including mallard teal and merganser, with thousands of geese such as Canada's and occasional brant and snow goose, amid a dramatic landscape.
The article argues that hypnotism demonstrates mind over mind yet reveals stronger resistance from an individual's character. It notes a temperate person cannot be made to drink or act indecently under hypnosis, supporting the idea that true dignity and kindness endure. It also presents a sharp critique of Adam yielding to Eve due to personal weakness.
The text portrays Matanzas and three other western Cuban provinces as ash heaps of misery after reconcentration. It notes a five mile non destroyed zone around Matanzas and predicts future land allotments for pacificos while detailing widespread hunger, fires, and a lack of local organization among residents.
A Hartford Courant featured tale recounts a Yale Divinity student firing a toy at a lamp, the bullet ricocheting to a scientist's wall. The professor traced its path, catching the innocent colleague in the crossfire. The student confessed, the matter was dropped, while a separate Chicago Times-Herald note jokes about the Bagleys raising a precocious boy who quips about nearly being killed by his father.
The article notes royal travelers often carry beds and bedding to guard against dampness. It cites Queen Victoria and Grand Duke Paul of Russia as examples and describes two tapissiers who manage packing and transport logistics across royal journeys.
Prompt sale of new stock described as clean and fresh from the factory land at favorable prices. Limited details provided on items or quantities.
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