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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1897
Page
2
Engineers call the Chicago Drainage Canal project a failure and unable to meet a 50 million dollar limit. Thirty million dollars has already been spent. The Drainage Board faces despair and may seek federal takeover by the United States government. Local residents blame the state for the costly failure.
Up-to-date doctors condemn the hair-pain hairpin worn at the back of the head as a constant irritant and possible cause of numerous ills for women. They warn the two-pronged stay can bind hair in a mat over nerve centers, though women typically deny these claims.
The world has long noted the Kaiser’s erratic behavior since his coronation. Cable reports describe repeated “off” actions and alarming mental symptoms. The piece hints at an incurable sore behind the ear as the likely cause, pitying rather than blaming the young ruler.
Hon A J Beveridge has spoken at the Marquette Club on Lincoln's birthday for three years. This year Gov Mount joined, giving the event added prominence. Last week Lincoln Park hired J M Hall of Hammond to locate a missing artesian well. Hall agreed to run the well for 100 dollars, and his efforts influenced a decision on a proposed boulevard project, which was deferred.
The Odd Fellows Hall in Carson City Nevada served as a conference room for Corbett s and Fitzsimmons s seconds the referee and managers of the great prize fight and as a meeting place for correspondents and all concerned Nevada is apparently gone on prize fights and all classes stand in with the public tolerance of these outrages on civilization Odd Fellows nationwide are kicking about the Nevada outrage
The passage discusses fin de siecle as a term with multiple meanings from moral laxity to feverish modern life. It cites French and American interpretations, noting the phrase often equates to everything goes. It contrasts eighteenth century excesses with perceived late century social and official parallels, while acknowledging theory outweighs strict condition.
The passage reflects on Fate shaping destiny more than human will. It portrays people as pawns on the life chessboard, moved by a master power into favorable or perilous positions. It notes how rash actions lead to danger and unlikely rescues as life unfolds from scene to scene.
The speaker warns ambition yields a hollow crown. A crusade for conquest may bring triumphs or leave foes and comrades behind. Life shows success often ends in bereavement and suffering, turning great achievements into Dead Sea fruit and ash in the mouth.
Former prime minister writes from Cannes to the Duke of Westminster on Crete and Armenia, praising Grecian action against Turkish oppression. He criticizes the six powers for inaction, lauds Greece as a small yet brave force, and rejects punitive measures against Greece while urging support for liberty and humanity.
Dr Tal mage argues in a sermon that Greece shaped language, literature, art, and medicine, citing the New Testament in Greek, Homer, Sophocles, Plato, and Demosthenes as foundational. He laments Mohammedanism’s aggression toward Greece, framing the crisis as a debtor’s obligation to the Greeks and noting Greek architectural advances and mythic motifs as enduring civilizational gifts.
A long meditation on Greek contributions to architecture sculpture and medicine, praising the Parthenon as inspiration, Hippocrates as founder of medicine, and the enduring cultural debt. It urges Americans to support Greece in its war against European powers and to speak through Christian testimony to educated skeptics, sharing personal faith as a path to truth.
Dr Cornet of Berlin argues tuberculous breath lacks bacilli, infection arises from airborne dust from sputa. Beaumetz cites a Paris case where twenty clerks in a poorly ventilated room faced fourteen deaths over eleven years, linked to sputum dust on the rough floor swept daily.
A dialogue set in a Boston public garden contrasts dogs banned from the area with a plan to keep dogs off property. The text then shifts to agrarian opinions on cheese consumption, meat replacement, and market quality. It discusses farming practices, crop residue burning, and dairy milk yield impacts, citing feeding and storage practices and a humorous aphorism about fencing stock.
Six McGrath children drown near their home in Nemaha county while fording Pole Creek. A floating wagon overturned in a swollen river. In Pensacola a schooner with oysters sinks in a squall. two men aboard drown along with family members. In Gainesville heavy rain floods claims Ruby Smith and Richard Thomason, found dead after their wagon capsized in water.
In Frankfort the third ballot by the Kentucky Legislature for the U S Senate to replace Blackburn saw Hunter lead with 67 votes while Hunter allies pressed for a full session. Democratic votes totaled 45. Republicans 24. Nance, a bolting Republican, denied bribery allegations and voted for Hunter, who fell short of the 69 needed. Blackburn the silver Democrat earned 49. Davie the gold Democrat 13. one scattering vote. Hunter also drew support from Stout Baird and Norman, all free-silver Democrats.
The new law requiring all county treasurers to take office on the law’s schedule is now in effect. It extends holds over terms in several counties, delaying takeovers by months and causing varying start dates, but promises uniformity for treasurers and officials once operative.
In an interview Murray recounts that Jackson and Walling refused to believe they would be hanged as the black cap neared. He says Walling warned that the hanging was a ruse to force a confession, yet both faced death bravely and greeted friends boldly.
St Petersburg buzzes as Sybil Sanderson, famed American opera singer, charms the Czar and Czarina. The Czar’s infatuation seen at the opera stirs court intrigue and threatens diplomatic awkwardness amid hushed rumors of a shifting history.
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