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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1912
Page
2
The notice outlines pricing for business locals at 5c per line per insertion, 10c per line in Blackface type, and obituaries with tiered costs from 50¢ for 10 words to $1.00 for 150 words. Extra copies are 6c each. Church events with admission charge are priced per word. free entertainments have no charge. Display ads require rates on application.
Rail timetable fragment lists No 1 and No 2 daily services with early morning and late afternoon times. Details are incomplete but show a recurring express schedule.
A lively note urges public participation in a local campaign with drum corps to boost community projects. References to a straw vote and Saturday band event highlight civic spirit and the push for electric service and new appliances.
The town hall project aims to serve as a venue for upcoming big political speeches, though organizers say the project addresses more than just events. It lines up with broader civic needs and community access initiatives.
The Progressive Advertiser notes that manufacturers grant retailers advertising benefits and expect cooperation in trade-building efforts. The piece underscores a mutual relationship where supplier support aids merchants in expanding market reach.
Citizens are urged to register by September 6 to participate in a forthcoming political decision. The message emphasizes that eligibility hinges on timely registration regardless of political stance.
A town shows readiness for change as brains capital and brawn drive momentum. The speaker urges stepping away from old routines and taking initiative, predicting strong local backing for a new leader who dares challenge the status quo.
Our American athletes entered in the Olympic games at Stockholm Sweden. Competing against athletes from all over the world came near making a clean sweep of the whole thing. The Englishmen, as usual, are disgruntled and claiming unfairness about our training methods. Other countries are saying nothing, probably satisfied in getting off as easy as they did.
A reader praises the Boy Scout movement and urges establishing a troop in and around Carthage. The note highlights productive activities for boys that complement daily chores and contribute to character-building through organized, disciplined group work.
Advertising pitch claims deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh. It promises one hundred dollars for any deformity cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and sells related pills, urging readers to send for circulars from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
The passage highlights Boy Scouts principles of first aid life saving tracking cycling nature study seamanship campcraft woodcraft chivalry patriotism and more. It notes twenty thousand in the United States this spring and three million enrolled worldwide among civilized nations.
George Schebler of Schebler & Wheeler, carburetor makers, toured Greensburg en route to Hamburg to visit a sick child. Once a farm hand ten years ago, he built a car engine from an old field motor and co founded the firm that now commands millions. He recalled past pitches to Rushville capitalists who dismissed autos as luxury. The Greensburg News reports his rise from field labor to industry pioneer.
Robert and Henry Henley of Richmond were at home Sunday. Miss Amy Winslow of Richmond has been the guest of Mr and Mrs A W Newsom. Miss Florence Heaton of Nora Indiana was the guest of Miss May Norris from Thursday to Monday. Miss Leila Kennedy returned Monday to Indianapolis after a few days visit with Miss Dorothy Sipe.
The article advises stopping harvest when spears are fit, leaving tops to fall, and keeping weeds down with a thick mulch of coarse material. It recommends early morning dusting with Paris green if flies appear, or lime to stop slugs, plus lime and clean culture to manage rust. It notes thinning seedlings to four inches apart and using fertilizers like urine or bone phosphate.
Article stresses rigorous weed destruction on farms focusing on French weed among worst offenders. It urges thorough, year round labor including summer fallowing and crop rotation to prevent seed spread. Warns a single plant reaching seed can infest large areas and calls for vigilance to keep farms free from French weed.
A series of brief farming notes covers rye heads in wheat, daily cucumber picking, and a clover soil mix for beans. It advises breaking onion tops, managing squash pests with kerosene emulsion, keeping tomato vines off the ground, and using concrete equipment where possible. It mentions crop rotation, hand cultivation, and rain cisterns to deter mosquitoes with practical tips for cabbage worms and dusting plants.
Mary Dean outlines vacation wardrobe ideas with Japanese crepe and lawn fabrics. She highlights a blue and white shallie wrapper with white silk collar and cuffs, recommends a long ta f fet coat for travel, and suggests underfixings like a dark silk petticoat and wool spencer for cool days. Prices noted include black ta ff eta coats at five dollars.
Trustee Aaron O Hill schedules 1913 expenditures and levies for Ripley Township Rush County at the Carthage Trustee's Office. Items include township 1450 levy 9c per 100, local tuition 2900 levy 25c per poll 20c per 100, special tax 4000 levy 30c per 100 and 25c per poll, road tax 2500 levy 20c per 100, additional road 950 levy 5c per 100, library 450 levy 2c per 100, poor 300 levy 1c per 100. total 12550 and 87c per 100. Taxables: land value 951650, personal property, mortgage exemption 30765, polls 166. Dated July 30 1912.
Extract seeds and simmer quince pieces in water until tender then bake with sugar. Soak flavor in the reserved liquid, steam one hour, rest in a warm bowl, reduce syrup, and pour over before cooling. Serve cold.
Diaphanous materials such as Malines Chantilly lace and chiffon shape summer dresses. Pleated embroidered tulle and mousseline de soie trim tunics draped over lace bedecked petticoats. Dainty tunics of broderie Anglaise and silk muslin enhance muslin and lawn frocks, praised for coolness and charm.
A simple vintage recipe explains combining one cup sugar and one and one percent cups of sifted flour with baking powder. Whites from two eggs, a cup of butter, and sweet milk fill a cup, then mix with flavoring. Beat the batter five minutes.
A historic pudding method combines one pound dates with sour milk sugar and molasses. Mix dates with two cups e g r a flour and melted butter then steam for ninety minutes and bake ten minutes. Serve with a hard sugar sauce.
Coarse lace is widely used as trimming on gowns of linen and casement cloth. Strips of insertion are joined by herringbone and crafted into overlays for plain silk waists.
Instructions describe making nougat by boiling sugar water and glucose until crack stage, then pouring gradually into beaten egg whites. Add nuts and seasoning just before turning out for final texture and flavor.
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