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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1912
Page
2
Advertisement rates listed for small typing notices and obituaries with per line charges and special blackface type. Card of thanks priced at 25v, obituary lengths priced by word count, extra copies 5c each. Church events and paid entertainments charged by word. free events incur no charge. Display rates available on application.
Readable parts show a time table listing South Bound No 1 Mail and Express at 7 37 am and North Bound No 33 service. The fragment indicates a numbered timetable with trains and directions. The piece lacks full details but preserves railway schedule context and station timetable style.
A speech urges residents to honor and defend their town and its institutions. It emphasizes loyalty over cleverness and warns that criticism weakens the community, risking disruption and uprooting those who fail to support local civics and commerce.
Vincennes Commercial notes James E. Watson of Indiana as floor leader guiding the Chicago convention. It praises his diplomatic conduct and cool leadership amid heated debate, noting he aided Governor Hadley and maintained good will among Roosevelt and Hadley factions.
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Testimonial letters from Walding Kinnan Marvin and others attesting Cheney's reliability. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Free testimonials. 75 cents per bottle. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The passage praises Mr Watson for firm yet diplomatic control during a chaotic convention. It credits his statesmanlike conduct with stabilizing the Republican organization and preventing chaos, noting that a proffered ticket could have formed but remains confident the patriotism and principle behind the work will prevail.
Names and moves of residents include C. D. Williams named manager of Here And There hs Hotel Jack now Hotel Norwood in Detroit. Arthur Williams, Dunreith, telegrapher for Santa Fe in Armarillo. Donald Binford returns to Greenfield from Westtown. J F Conway, Rushville insurance solicitor, died by suicide in Carthage lake. Squirrels may be killed from July 1 to Oct 1. Carthage streets recently oiled. tourists praise the dust control efforts.
Buyers are told there are many Portland cement brands and that UNIVERSAL on the sack signals the best cement. The message stresses that good cement depends on workmanship and materials, with quality sand gravel or crushed stone available cheaply, and invites readers to discuss UNIVERSAL.
Carthage merchants tout street oil effectiveness while residents report minor health concerns and travel plans. In Kennard the town votes to build a brick town hall costing 5000 dollars with Odd Fellows occupying the upper floor. In Rushville William Hopkins surrenders on a shooting incident and is held on 1000 dollar bond as Somers recovers.
An early 20th century report describes a city effort to end a scarlet fever epidemic by school health inspections. Six dentists examined 190 children, found 937 cavities, and 77.9 percent had permanent-teeth cavities. Most cavities were treated or sterilized before quarantine release, with plans to expand dental checks on the board of health staff.
The column lists numerous social visits and travel notes from Indianapolis to Greenfield and beyond. Names include Hazel Dyer Olive Hunnicutt Isaac Hatfield Beatrice Bagley C N Willson Martha Weeks Mary Hill and more. Highlights cover visits, hostings, nurses, a golden wedding, and a ptomaine poisoning incident at a Friends Church gathering.
Mrs Kate Spencer and son Lawrence of Knightstown visited Mr and Mrs H C Pitts on Sunday. Harriett Rawls returned from Charlottesville after a week with her uncle Morton Stanley and family. Lew Stanley of Springfield Kansas, Morton Stanley and daughter, and R F Stanley shared dinner with H G Rawls. Elijah Applegate of Rushville and granddaughter Mrs Will Woodburn of Evanston visited Mr and Mrs Thomas Cox. Applegate left for Grand Rapids Michigan on Tuesday.
Want ads note a six room house with good cellar fruit trees well and outbuildings plus two lots. O E Bowlinger listed. Carbon paper for sale at this office. For insurance of any kind see Moore and Cooper. Phones 103 and 21.
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