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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1897
Page
2
A city tailor touts ready to wear limitations while advertising custom made to measure suits and overcoats. They claim large cuts and many sizes, promising equal style and finish at about half the price of merchant tailor garments. The ad urges customers to compare fit and savings.
In Detroit a barkeep tried to bully Dick and his friend for over an hour. Dick explains the barkeep arranged a $10,000 life policy for his widow, and plans to confront the man after a talk with the widow. Dick vows to face the bully and protect his own position.
Dramatist Colman testifies before a House of Commons committee on theatrical questions. He says he always expunged oaths from revisions though admits many oaths exist in Heir at Law and John Bull. He regrets the bad lines but celebrates making a good play.
An Englishman arrives in New York healthy and eager for an American visit but the next morning is found a wreck after a frightful event. Reports say he saw eight different pictures of himself in American papers, causing severe shock. The scene follows a dramatic alteration from vitality to distress.
A bicyclist lost the tip of a finger in a crush between the chain and sprocket. The fingertip was passed among bystanders before the wound was dressed. Thirty six hours later the tip was joined to the finger stump and the union healed well. A Chicago court case drew 109 lawyers, debating a $140,000 special assessment affecting 5 square miles of property. A lengthy 16 mile bar dispute framed the proceedings.
An old notice offers 100 acres southwest of Waymansville for cultivation with rent options of three or five years for cash, inviting Leonard Harvey of Waymansville to apply. It also mentions second hand coal base heaters for sale by J G Schwartzkorf & Son and a promotional critique of shoe firms by J A Newton's One Price Cash Shoe Store. Kinney & Kinney advertise insurance services.
A near Chicago reform effort named the people's university develops on 640 acres near St Anne Illinois. Students and teachers live and work on site, sharing land, tools, and produce in a self funded communal education experiment. The small village includes homes 12 by 18 feet with cedar roofs and cooperative stores.
An advertisement for Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets claims a one day cold cure with a money back promise. Consumers are told all druggists offer a 25 cent refund if it fails to cure.
During a vedette signaling drill at Aldershot a line message passed along the troops. A southward sender added a line asking for tobacco causing a humorous chain that reached the captain. The major responded jokingly with cigars, prompting a surprise reply about tobacco use.
A female cyclist argues with a policeman who stops her for speeding. She defends herself, threatens to report the incident, and claims immunity concerns. A sudden odor and a lamp flare alert others as the scene unfolds.
A physician and cyclist advises against cold baths when fatigued. He explains that intense work creates poison waste and a cold immersion may strain the heart, risking internal congestion or death. He suggests resting until pulse normalizes, or using a tepid bath before a cold plunge for safe recovery.
A New York Times Washington report states the president and Mrs. Cleveland will invite Mr. and Mrs. McKinley to dine the day before the inauguration and likely accept. Mrs. McKinley arrives March 2 at the Ebbitt House and moves to the executive mansion after inauguration. The Cleveland family plans a special train to New York March 4, with their Princeton home undergoing repairs until spring. Cleveland has made several business arrangements and may resume law work in New York after leaving office.
Joseph Pulitzer owner of the New York World purchased the W R Furness cottage on Jekyll Island for 45000 dollars in cash. He plans winters there and will wire telegraph lines into the house. A dredge boat near his cottage caused noise until his secretary paid the foreman to halt work.
The document lists multiple intersection pairs and addresses including 21-Second and Franklin, 23-Eighth and Franklin, 24 Eleventh and Franklin, 26-Sixth and Mechanic, 31-Third and Pearl, 34-Fifth and Sycamore, 35-Ninth and Sycamore, 36-Thirteenth and Sycamore, 37-Fifteenth and Pearl, 43-Seventh and Ghostout, 45-Fifth and Wilson, 46-Eighth and Union, 52-Reeves Pulley Works, 53 Tenth and Hutchins Avenue, 56-Sixteenth and California, 57-Seventeenth and Orinoco Ave.
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