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Newspaper
Carlisle News
Location
Carlisle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
6
Arthur D. Cutler reports Carlisle News on pie plant stalks ready to break into print for Livingston county Missouri gardeners. Traveling libraries planned in Pennsylvania with Kentucky pioneers in the field two years ago, spreading quickly while many citizens have not yet seen them.
Pie bakers in New York note rising demand as belief in pies' indigestibility fades. Even athletes in training embrace pies, signaling a shift toward broader acceptance of the dessert.
A Chinese bank note printed in 1368 is the oldest known printing example. It predates Johann Gutenberg by thirty two years, illustrating early Chinese advances in movable type and printing techniques.
The new electric power plant at the Armour packing houses in Chicago replaces ninety three steam boilers sixteen engines and seventeen refrigerating machines. It is described as an electrical octopus without visible means of support.
A commission drafting a Minneapolis city charter agrees to a provision establishing a local civil service commission to protect nearly all city employees. The text notes occasional clashes between business interests and political influence in municipal governance.
The Anglo American Rapid Vehicle Company and Studebaker and other American firms will dominate auto interests, owning over two hundred patents with an estimated yearly output of 40 009 vehicles. The Victoria Hotel property in New York is secured for showrooms with more than thirty vehicle types on display.
Europe seeks remaining last year cotton as exports to the United States rise. April 1900 saw $24,684,078 in cotton exports versus $8,435,097 a year earlier. Average price per pound climbed to 9.3 cents from 6.3 cents. UK imports grew from 52 to 89 million pounds, France from 39 to 13 million, Germany from 15.5 to 38 million, and other European nations from 40 to 64 million pounds.
Verestschagin, a Russian battle painter, is among the prize contenders for 50 000 plus for three years of peace advocacy. He has opened an exhibition in Christiana to show his war horrors as a plea for peace, a move viewed with mixed reception in the United States.
The court holds a charity hospital not liable for a patient’s injuries caused by a nurse’s negligence. It states the great weight of authority limits liability. only in selecting or supervising staff may the hospital be liable. The decision notes hospitals can charge paying patients while still serving as public charity.
The article surveys recent lab work in physiological morphology including regeneration in hydroids sea anemones and worms. It notes experiments grafting parts of animals and blending offspring creating Siamese twins and multiple larvae. It highlights sea urchin egg fragmentation and controlled unfertilized egg development into normal larvae as a major recent discovery.
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled a girl may marry at fourteen. A father sued a county official for damages after a marriage license was issued to his fifteen year old daughter. The court held the husband gains the wife’s company and the parent’s right to services ends.
A new motor designed by Thomas M. De Frees of Indianapolis has been installed on President Cassatt’s Pennsylvania Railroad private car. The device powers the car and provides light and heat, allowing 40 to 50 mph speeds with one operator and claims to cut operating costs. A Chicago to New York trip could be made with fuel and water free, at about $18, and a company in Indianapolis plans to install it for railways.
In California doctors name a strange new malady topsy turvyopin. Seven year old Mary Terry daughter of a Portuguese rancher in the south sees everything reversed as if in a mirror, baffling doctors.
The fiscal year ending March 31 1900 closed with a record postage stamp sale for the final quarter at 1 08 151 515 stamps valued at $20 755 119. Previous high was March 31 1898 with 516 538 stamps totaling $3 144 000.
A Harrison county church near Corydon has been abandoned as mysterious events persist. Doors open and bolts reverse themselves after services, deterring attendees, trustees, and even tramps, leaving the building to decay with few services held. The mystery may never be solved.
In Floyd county court a jury found for defendant Walter Twoomey in the suit by R. H. Timmonds seeking $1 damages for a dog bite last August. The case shifted from Clark Circuit Court after a hung jury. Court costs exceed $306, borne by the plaintiff, with defense by three attorneys.
Dr J D Ketchem a prominent Lawrence county physician living east of Bedford died at his home Monday night from smallpox after caring for numerous cases in the county He was 35 and a Monroe county native He served as postmaster of Tunnellton and was active in Republican party councils and the county central committee.
James Clark, an in and out patient of the insane asylum, was struck by a Monon train at Davidson and Ohio streets Tuesday morning. He stood on the track to be hit after drinking, breaking both legs above the ankles, his right thumb, and suffering a scalp wound. Ambulance took him to hospital. condition described as serious but recoverable.
In Muncie a man named White objected to a dog tax. He kicked the dog from the house three times and twice it was brought back by Mrs White. The third time White locked his wife out and refused to admit her unless she left the yard. She broke open the door with a clothes prop and entered with trouble.
Evansville special reports Ross Fulk of Washington Indiana drowned after attempting to jump from a barge to the wharfboat during an excursion visit. A large crowd watched as the event ended tragically. His death followed the failed leap in the river.
Evermont Nash and his wife, Seventh-day Adventist minister and spouse, were injured in a runaway near Leisure seven miles northeast of this place after attending a baptism. The carriage was torn apart. Nash suffered a dislocated shoulder and internal injuries. Mrs. Nash died from skull fractures and internal injuries. The Nashes settled near West Liberty in 1849 and were prominent county residents.
Worth Holmes aged 40 was found in his room by his daughter Monday afternoon with a pillow over his face. A letter stated his intention to take his own life. He had taken ten grains morphine and saturated the pillow with an ounce of chloroform. He died Monday night at 9 after failing to regain consciousness. Domestic troubles led to the act.
Lesser Long, former town treasurer of Andrews, arrested on charges of embezzling 3000 dollars from the treasury set aside to redeem bonds. Bond fixed at 1000 dollars and furnished. Long concealed the fraud while handling debt eight years ago. case set for September term of Circuit Court.
Rev. J. C. Little of Rossville Baptist Church was silenced and dismissed from ministry following Tuesday's trial on adultery charges. Rev. T. M. Huckleberry of Logansport served as moderator and thirty five preachers attended.
A string of compact items reports animal fatalities from dynamite, early arrests in Richmond, a physician’s death from smallpox in Alexandria, Hartford City salary cuts, a mentally ill Elwood resident, a Reeds Station elder dead, Muncie’s new prohibition paper, census quarrels in Anderson, a Tipton census miscommunication, Democratic wins in Columbus and Elkhart elections, and Greenwood canning factory plans with about 1 000 workers to be employed.
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