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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
11
Corry Tag resident Miss Lilian Blakeslee has long suffered consumption and after a recent coughing spell she expelled a collar button. She is rapidly recovering.
Sir William MacCormac and several other London surgeons who volunteered for service in South Africa are drawing pay at the rate of $25,000 a year apiece. Though the sum may not recoup them for what they would earn in London it is far in excess of any salary heretofore paid any army medical officer.
A land office compilation reports that 15 858 square miles of Washington were originally covered by merchantable timber including fur cedar hemlock and spruce. One fifth burned, 224 percent cut, leaving 9 039 miles still with standing timber.
Four New South Wales lepers were treated with Dr Juan de Dios Carrasquilla's leprosy serum method, claimed successful in a hundred cases. Australian doctors say careful tests show no improvement and the disease progresses in the patients.
Dr Bounier described a method of testing for deafness using a tuning fork applied to the knee or other part. The report also notes discussions on typhoid and consumption germs. The mention adds context about a newly brushed skirt observed in the scene.
The passing of famed racehorse Maud S reminds readers that every night around 10 pm Maud Carey of New York calls her father Capt. Gee. S. Stone in Cincinnati to say good night. He once named the horse after his daughter when she was known as Maud Stone.
Congress pauses as Mr Loud faces frequent interruptions while presenting the measure to regulate second-class mail matter. Members rise to ask questions and demand yields, interrupting his limited chance to state facts without interruption.
Sir Thomas Naghten Fitzgerald, whose offer of three months service in South Africa was accepted, is acknowledged as the leading surgeon in Australia. His private hospital atop Melbourne’s western hill is a city landmark, and he has served as surgeon in ordinary to several Victorian viceroys, a distinction that helped earn his knighthood three years ago.
Police note increasing carelessness with portable property as daily losses rise. One day’s reports list two watches and chains, about a dozen diamond rings, three jeweled pins, two purses with money, and a valuable Russian sable snuff. Not all losses in streets are reported.
German hostility toward English residents in Dresden escalates after the Cronje surrender. The Union Jack visible at the Anglo-American club was torn down at night, vulgar placards pasted on the door, and English homes faced damaged door handles and cut bell or signal wires.
A quoted prayer-poem asks for divine guidance to resist sin and pride and to value spirit over sense. The speaker seeks forgiveness for missteps and cites a moral test involving admiration for beauty, judgment of others, and fidelity to a higher law, attributed to Joel Elias Spingarn in Cosmopolitan.
A dramatic account of service members in the Philippines captures discipline hardship and camaraderie. The piece reflects on daily routines battles and the impact of colonial-era deployments on soldiers and civilians alike.
A senior general hosts visitors in a dim camp tent as his staff and four young women arrive. Laughter fades when a fragile family drama surfaces, revealing Mildred Prime and Miss Amy Lawrence among a lively gathering led by Mrs. Garrison and other officers. The scene shifts toward a tense moment with Col Armstrong and a homecoming hinted to resolve in a continuation.
medieval anecdote from Joinville shows social ethics evolve as Louis IX receives palfreys from the abbot of Cluny. A friend warns gifts bias councilors, the king weighs the lesson, and swore advisers are urged to refuse presents to keep impartial counsel.
An English inspector, in plain clothes, orders partridge dinner to trap the hotel keeper for selling out of season game. After dining, he plans to arrest the proprietor, but the waiter reveals the meat was crow and the inspector collapses in shock.
An old advertisement extols a spring medicine for purifying the blood and renewing the body. It claims benefits from improved digestion to sharper appetite, and enhanced function of kidneys and liver, along with renewed mental and physical strength.
An 19th century style ad asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla possesses peculiar qualities and offers unlimited lists of wonderful cures for all who take it, praising its merit and usefulness.
A Galveston News reprints a humorous Arkansas piece about a youth who leaves his sweetheart after a rejected marriage proposal. He endures a severe kick at the door, wanders to a distant country, and later returns to a rural scene as a series of comic misadventures unfold with odd, poetic narration.
The Cincinnati and Des Moines line announces a new sleeping car service between Cincinnati and Quincy Alabama with stops at Decatur and Hannibal. Trains depart Cincinnati daily at 7:20 PM, arrive Quincy at 10:50 AM, and return from Quincy at 5:45 PM arriving Cincinnati at 7:46 AM. The item closes with a garbled quip about the maiden and her ring.
A quaint volume titled Ghost of the Glacier and Other Tales with pieces like Making a Revolution and Susquehanna Trail ships soon. Beautiful illustrations and ready for distribution by May 1. Send 10 cents to T. Veral Passenger Agent Lackawanna at 26 Exchange Place New York.
Neme City Alaska is said to host the richest gold field discovered to date and a first steamer will depart Seattle around May 10 1909. For full particulars contact Geo H Heafford General Passenger Agent Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Chicago.
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