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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1897
Page
4
The North American Review argues moderation in athletic activity safeguards health while excess in training harms the body. A New York Mail piece praises a carrier pigeon that flew 2000 miles to return to Mrs. Nansen after 30 months, calling it a wonder of the world.
Rates for parayé Ore ir advertising include yearly and six month terms, with prices per inch for daily weekly and local ads. Local daily rates specify cents per word for first insertion and half cent per word for subsequent insertions, with black letters and special contract terms for large orders.
An old ad touts Tak... Tske Carter's Cascara Pills with promises of refunds if they fail to cure. It urges readers to stand firm with no substitutes and claims the product will educate your bowels. Candy Cathartic and Cascarets are pitched as bowel relief with money-back guarantees.
An ad prose describes a wide selection of Falk woolens suitable for tailored suits. It emphasizes generous yardage of 36 inches wide and highlights the rich assortment, fashionable patterns, and the superiority of the tailoring reflected in the fabrics.
A late 19th or early 20th century piece discusses camp cooking in the army. It notes hardships in field kitchens and describes improvised stoves dug in the ground, weather effects, and the government issue gear including meat can, plate, cup, and basic cutlery. It argues camp meals can still be decent due to adaptable recipes.
Two young women visited the Wichita courthouse offering shoe shining service. Every man with a moment of polish patronized them, including County Superintendent Mackey and County Clerk Denny. The scene drew laughter as the fair workers knelt to shine leather, with oneTurning coats and trousers in playful fashion.
A 13 year old boy exposed naked for 45 minutes to a powerful X ray apparatus for a photo developed a circular red spot on the abdomen. Over six weeks the area spread into itching blisters and widespread skin shedding before healing, mirroring a severe sunburn.
The London Telegraph report describes a midline signal warning the captain of a front attack being passed along a cavalry line. A private message asking for tobacco was added by a bystander and morphed into a joke when the captain replied with cigars.
The report notes Dr. Godfrey Hunter may accept a Guatemalan mission with Washington insiders split on the outcome while Frankfort mentions his name for the Pension Agency in Louisville and a possible Congressional bid from the Third district. A housework job ad appears at 1404 Mechanic Street.
A New York Journal account describes a cyclist who protests a police officer’s insult as she rides, questions his authority, and threatens to report him to the health board while noting her lamp overheated and burned her bloomers.
A collection of short items notes a drug claim for a cold cure with money back guarantee, an Interstate Commerce Commission decision affecting coal operators in Alabama versus Pittsburgh in Vicksburg Mississippi, and a reminder from Kisney and Kinney that insurance is serious business. The piece promotes authentic goods and warns against imitations and costly advertising.
A playful poem titled Kodak Fiends dedicates to the Columbus Camera Club praising photography as a shared art. It notes the group as the sole pushers of the day in a light verse. The piece mentions a Ladies Aid Society meeting at the Christian church parlors this afternoon at the usual hour.
A physician cyclist urges not taking a cold bath when tired to avoid internal congestion and possible death. He suggests checking the pulse after a long ride and cooling gradually, then finishing with a cold bath only when the pulse normalizes. Also reports Earl de Gray, 35, as a prolific hunter with 25,000 game per year on average, including 60 pheasants in three minutes.
H J Barling owner of a Karluk Alaska canning plant recounts tall bear stories from Kodiak Island. He describes two enormous grizzlies spotted near a cove and an elderly native hunter using a spear to wound a bear, then the animal charging and the hunter holding his ground with a swift strike.
The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror notes Barnstable jail has eclipsed Nantucket tales of convicts. It describes ELC Knapp serving five years for bank theft seen in jail garb teaching bicycle lessons to the jailer’s wife, Mrs. G H Cash, and other inmates such as Lewis Rogers taking a cow to Yarmouth. A Portuguese prisoner Joe is linked to Rosa in a disputed marriage promise and alleged debt, with Rosa recounting Joe’s later marriage after borrowing $30.
Olga of Greece is praised as a motherly figure whose simple tastes and gentle nature endear her to the people. Her sorrow over her eldest daughter’s death shadows royal duties as Athens mourns a princess of Russia and a tragic betrothal, while a nurse’s dream adds mystic foreboding to the tale.
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