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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1912
Page
2
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The piece notes sunrise and intense heat paired with a Bible reference James 1 11. It reads like a reflective brief invoking scripture alongside the heat of the day.
Brief item notes James E. Watson plans nationwide campaigning for the Taft Sherman ticket. A Town Board earlier ordered a test fire of the cistern months ago, while the tone hints at seasonal and political expectations.
The Civic Improvement Association calls on residents with vacant lots and alleys to clear weeds. They argue such spaces are unsightly and unsanitary and urge town pride through ongoing maintenance, noting that the effort requires work but pays off.
Residents report impassable sidewalks and waterlogged intersections at Mill and East streets Main and Second streets and around the A M E Church. City plans to open sewers and rebuild in calmer weather. skeptics fear ongoing delays as ground freezes and rain continues. Property owners urge immediate improvements.
The essay critiques insurgent politics in the United States, labeling them socialist and not genuinely Democratic or Republican. It laments Theodore Roosevelt's impact and foresees political decline, arguing new parties cannot be born from one man's imperial ambitions or funded frenzy.
An old advertisement offers a $1000 reward for an incurable case of catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from J Cheney & Co and Walding Kinnan Marvin, Toledo druggists, and claims the remedy acts through the blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The fragment hints at a comparison between stigma and the Steam Roller, labeled in a dramatic tone as the Search light. It likely refers to a periodical voice debating public opinion or policy stigma versus a forceful mechanism symbolized by the Steam Roller.
Rush County spent 39243.43 in six months on new gravel roads. Born Monday July 14 a son to R R Johnson and Mrs Johnson. Greenfield claims the first Wilson and Marshall club with 200 members. Several notices include travels, marriages, and a sergeant at arms salary of 3250. A lightning struck oak near Falmouth and a party visited Marion. Milroy Press adopts a new typograph. Obituaries and local repairs appear alongside a national flag update about stars and stripes.
Delayed rural column lists visitors and trips from Sunday to Monday. Names include George Winslow Mrs Bogart Mrs Henry McIlvaine Ruth, Frank Morris Walter Jessup Carthage, Oliver Overman near S and S O Home visiting Julian Overman, Frank Overman, Jesse Henley. health improving. Other visits include R B Henley Cincinnati F M Coffin Ft Dade, William Henley and Robert. Earl Burch Cedar Falls Iowa from Chicago, trips to Detroit and Terre Haute. Libni Cook Phoebe Pearson Charlottesville Charles Pearson John Jessup Hen ry Jessup Harvey Jessup at M B Jessup home Sunday.
An article describes building a simple green food hopper for poultry using two 12 by 20 inch frames, chicken wire, and iron rods. It explains connectors, pull apart frames, V shaped supports, springs, and how to load chard beet tops and cabbage slices for hens to consume safely.
An old poultry note advises supplementing hot corn with wheat and oats in a two to one to one mix for winter. It recommends heating water to a comfortable warmth and feeding corn hot to keep hens comfortable during cold nights. It warns against cold water and stresses varied grain for best results.
Advice on flock management outlines hygiene, feeding, and housing practices. It covers coop cleaning, pest control with coal tar spray, pink water with permanganate, thorough drying before shipping, grain choices, disease separation, and humane handling from roosts to slaughter.
The illustration shows a side view of a hand cart used for ten years. It has buggy wheels with a high axle, a low box, and a bent buggy axle as shown. The box is about four feet long and two feet high, suitable for many farm tasks.
The description explains a cart with a customizable length and height, a level box kept by a heavy scrap iron shoe at its end, and two hardwood handles bolted on for pushing or drawing.
A writer in the Ohio Farmer notes catalpa speciosa can produce posts in eight to ten years but many better trees exist. White oak and long leaf pine in Georgia yield durable posts, while loblolly and short leaf pines can be used with creosote for 15 cents a post, lasting 15 to 20 years.
The article explains how alfalfa benefits from soil bacteria that live on roots and fix nitrogen. If the bacteria are absent, introduce soil from a field with alfalfa or sweet clover to inoculate the patch.
Advice on grinding stones urges using warm water rather than hot to prevent damage. Hot water will spoil the stone and remove its grit, while cooler water helps remove frost without degrading the tool.
The E L B O W earned about twenty five dollars from two festivals held July 6 and 13. Mr and Mrs Van Hood visited Forey Engle and wife at Morristown Sunday. Mrs Hood's mother Mrs Rachel Anderson joined them, along with Mr and Mrs Morton Stanley and their little daughter, Ora Lowe, and Miss Mabel Walker of Charlottesville, who attended Friends Church Sunday night.
Local social notes list residents and visitors including Mrs George Sharer in Indianapolis Monday, Mrs J A Walter in Indianapolis Monday and Tuesday, and Mrs Lusetta Butler returning to Knightstown and Indianapolis. People from Greenfield Marion Rushville and other towns are mentioned with brief movements and a charity ice cream festival planned by the M E Ladies Aid.
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