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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1903
Page
7
An Indianapolis banker's ad urges converting funds and mortgages into untaxed investments. It promotes Indiana county and city bonds, notes handling of government bonds, and trading through New York. Also included are assorted retail blurbs and magazine quips.
Falmouth resident F. B. Brown reports twelve months of back pain eased by Doan's Kidney Pills. In Houston C. H. Bosseaux recounts using a sample, buying a box, and stopping urine dribbling. Advertising claims list kidney relief from back ache to dropsy signs and heart palpitations with a free spring offer.
Government lawyers press to compel Swift Morris and Armour to answer in the trust case as Judge Grosscup sets April 18 for filings. If packers delay, the injunction could become permanent. Bethea plans to press contempt while watching for forged new National Packing Company actions to evade rules and restrain trade.
Rev Dr Isaac K Funk of New York claims he spoke with the dead preacher Henry Ward Beecher. He says Beecher appeared in face and shoulders and urged Funk to continue a work to be revealed in time. Funk recounts a long conversation with an unknown ghost amid grave voice from the afterlife.
Count William Elliott Zborowski of New York was killed when his car turned sharply and wrecked in a hill climb between Nice and La Turbie. Baron de Pallange, the chauffeur, was badly injured. Countess Zborowski awaited him at La Turbie as the race ended. The crash mirrored a similar fatality two years earlier.
In Kokomo Indiana the contention over a quilt raffle at Cloverdale M E Church, seen as gambling, was declared off. Elders referred the matter to Presiding Elder Herick and Pastor E L Duren. ministers convinced organizers it was wrong and money was refunded to ticket buyers.
A plumber under 310 Broadway Helena uncovered about 18000 in buried cans. The owners Mr and Mrs John McCormick rewarded him with 1. McCormick arrived excited and could not estimate the buried amount, insisting it had been buried for years. Bridgeport ministers note Rev Willis Reeves, young in spirit. In his first sermon he joked about outlasting challengers.
The German government issued prohibitions on importing grape vines, potatoes, live plants, fresh fruit, and related packing materials from America and Japan. Exceptions exist for certain in transit shipments and specific plant types under regulatory conditions. Meat imports face strict controls including tainted and processed forms, with certificates required for hog meat and allowances for certain fresh cuts under inspection.
Washington special Frank Morrison, secretary of the Federation of Labor, announced the AFL membership reached 2,000,000. In March he processed over 200 charter applications from unions with no national affiliations, marking new growth. He notes central bodies rose from 56 five years ago to 520 now.
The Petit Parisien reports Pierre and Paul Lebaudy’s steerable balloon piloted at Meisson near Nantes. It ascended, performed maneuvers, traced the Seine for a distance, then returned and landed smoothly about 100 yards from the takeoff point.
A stream of testimonial notes tout Peruna as a cure for spring catarrh and nervous fatigue. References include Miss Helen Whitman of Milwaukee and Mrs Lulu Larmer of Stoughton praising blood renewal and calmer nerves after four bottles, with appeals to consult Dr. Hartman and receive free guidance. The page blends ads, anecdotes, and generic health claims common to era pulp ads.
A New York Evening Telegram wordplay notes Bill and Jill debating a ten dollar debt and an apology. Meanwhile Senator John C. Spooner of Wisconsin certifies campaign expenses totaling 1300 dollars, including 1000 to the Republican state central committee, 100 to the Dana county campaign committee, and 200 for rail fare and hotel bills during a state tour.
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