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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1898
Page
8
Reports on the fruit crop show some peach buds killed by the cold weather while many remain unharmed and able to produce a good crop. Pears and cherries suffered but still have buds left. Apples will be light due to drought and last summer’s blight.
Charlottesville reports social visits and events including funerals and family gatherings. Effie Brown and Jane Canaday attended Mary Higgins funeral in Knightstown. Albert White and Jady visited John A. Craft and wife. Attendees to a Raysville and Ridge gathering included Dr. and Elvira Cox and S. T. S. Williams and kin. Others traveled, lectured, and quizzed community life with quilting bees, Easter entertainment, temperance talks, and church services. Daniel Pearson, township assessor, is active appraising properties.
A listing of assorted household goods for sale including a Brass bound White Wash Brush, Hunter flour Sifter, nickel plated night lamp, pressed heavy tin dish pan, steel frying pan, twelve Quart Bucket tin or Galvanized, extra scrub brush, stove blacking brush, horse brush, shoe brush with box of blacking, house broom, hair brush, 1 lb wood butter mould, Coffee pot, dovey egg beater, 3 bars laundry soap over 4 pounds, wash board, patent floor mop, pair large steel shelf buckets, counters.
Martha A Herkless, born November 18 1856 near Carthage Indiana, daughter of Lindsey and Rebecca Herkless, died April 8 1898 at her Danreith Indiana home. She married twice, mother of Rebecca Preston Frank Dellie and Harry, with five brothers and two sisters left. She joined the M E church at Ogden Indiana in 1885. A devoted affectionate mother, no sacrifice was too great.
The obituary honors a devoted mother who cared for her children and the sick with intuition and gentleness. She prepared comforting lunches for convalescents and managed her household with executive skill, serving those in trouble without hesitation. The tribute echoes Jesus words on feeding and welcoming strangers, underscoring lifelong charity.
Thousands have tried Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for constipation indigestion and sick headache and have found it true to the claim made for it viz that it is the best remedy now before the good people for relief of stomach troubles Coffin's Drug store offers 10c 50c and 1.00 sizes.
The legal voters of Carthage are notified that an election will be held Monday May 2 1898 to elect Trustees for districts Nos 1 2 and 3 one Marshal and one Clerk and Treasurer Polling Booth at Town Hall FE T Corrin Town Clerk
The Friends church in Chicago was dedicated on Sunday April third with services at eleven. President J J Mills of Earlham College preached a strong sermon, followed by a dedicatory hymn by John G Whittier. Thomas C Brown assisted as clerk of Western Yearly meeting. About $3,000 was subscribed toward the $15,000 total cost, leaving $4,000 unpaid. The two story brick building, 60 by 40 feet, seats about 400, with Sunday school rooms on the lower floor, and steam heat plus electric and gas lighting.
The writer describes Portland on the Willamette River with mild climate and mossed roofs, compares it to San Francisco, notes 65,000 population and abundant fish near The Dalles. Details include salmon canneries run by fish wheels with Chinese workers, and a skeptical view of early fish stories. Western Texas offers millions of acres at two dollars per acre on forty years.
A vivid sketch from Flatonia Texas dated April 5 1898 portrays the Prairie Dog a creature between a squirrel and rat though larger and comical as it dashes to its den. Cattlemen despise it for grazing and harming grass with reports of strychnine poisonings while French interest probes its skin for gloves and its oil for commerce.
Public auction at the late residence of Henry C. Phelps in Carthage on Friday April 22 1898 at 1 30 p m. Items include farming implements harness one horse wagon top buggy buckboard platform scales two Milch cows 400 bushels of corn grain sacks and wagon sheets. Cash for debts 500 and under credit until December 25 1898 for larger sums with bankable note. Admin Owen S Hill and auctioneer W Hinshaw.
A joint note from six leading European powers hinted at mediation between Spain and the United States if invited. The same note was presented in Madrid. President McKinley’s reply highlighted harmonious humanitarian motives from both sides, while Congress and the president await the safe withdrawal of the last American from Cuba before final action.
Professor Troop notes that the tiny scale insect, both female and male forms, barely visible to the naked eye, is about one twenty-fifth to one half that size. The female is nearly circular and sharply convex. the male elongated. Color matches the bark with a reddish ring around the scale, aiding detection with a pocket magnifier.
In a Nebraska dairymen convention discussion opinions diverged on rye pastures and milk quality. Some said rye is harmless while others warned of effects. the milking timing, with cows removed three to four hours before milking, was cited as the key remedy. Millet hay with seed faced suspicion and wild onion timing was proposed to avoid trouble.
A U S Supreme Court ruling declares that every child born in the United States to Chinese parents is a citizen, equating their status to that of citizens descended from colonial ancestors or Runymede barons. The decision solidifies birthright citizenship regardless of parental lineage.
The total number of men and officers who died in the Maine explosion is 266. There were 300 men aboard in all.
The future naval officer is envisioned as a fighting engineer who will command with both military skill and machinist toughness, blending combat leadership with technical mastery.
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