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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1912
Page
2
The notice lists pricing for notices and extra copies of the Citizen, with charges for word counts on placed notices and event entertainments. It states no charge for free entertainments and mentions display ad rates upon application. It also notes extra Citizen copies priced at five cents each.
The fragment references No 1 Mail and Express and No 2 Daily trains bound north and south with times such as 5:47 pm. It notes No 34 Mail and Express and No 1 and No 2-Daily, indicating schedule listings for passenger service.
A lengthy critique of Theodore Roosevelt and his bid to name a successor, arguing it signals personal ambition over party principles. The Chronicle casts him as a potential tyrant and contrasts him with Lincoln and McKinley, praising sincere Republicans who stay loyal to historic policies. Nearby briefs note Knightstown Fourth of July plans and local business patterns.
A newspaper advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh, claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, and offers a $100 reward if it fails. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and lists Toledo Ohio as the address of the makers.
Fireworks for the Fourth sold at W. C. Pierces. Rev Mrs Jay to preach at Little Blue next Sabbath. Mrs Ben S Bishop and two children from Urbana Ohio visit Mr and Mrs Murray Rawls. Birch Bentley of Chicago and brother Robert from near Morristown visit grandparents Mr and Mrs John Bentley Sunday.
A long social column lists numerous local visits and homecomings. Entries include Master Russell Parish ill with tonsillitis, Ernest Duncan visiting in Spice land, Miss Lillian Henley at home, Mrs Nelson White on business, Ora Hittle moving family to a farm near Gings, and Edward Leonard with Russell and Fay Winslow at home from Earlham. Other names: Irene Kinder visiting grandparents John Duncan, Mrs Luther White visiting her sister Mrs Roy Mattix, and many guests at various homes and hotels. The piece reflects weekend and weekday visits among Indianapolis, Muncie, Greenfield, Rushville, Carthage, and nearby towns.
Fragments recall a Fairmount News item on a St. Louis Fair frame poem and moral reflections. The column then shifts to local social notes with Carl Huber visiting New Palestine, Lowell Henley in Connersville, Miss Neffner of Weisburg, and Mr and Mrs H H Newsom planning a Europe trip aboard the S S Meganti. A Wesleyan Methodist meeting draws attendees from Blue River, Jasper, and Fairmount, with numerous families listed as guests.
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