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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1899
Page
6
The latest fad among Indiana’s ultra fashionable girls is monogram gloves with initials stitched in silk on the back. The trend is noted in Miss Virginia Fair’s trousseau, reportedly containing a dozen pairs of such gloves.
The document states that before widespread vaccination 88,541 of 1,000,000 died of smallpox over 30 years in Austria. After general vaccination the death toll dropped to 3,745 in the same period. The claim uses these figures to support vaccination.
The rivers of Africa pursue the ocean far from their sources with courses interrupted by falls. Only the Niger cataracts and rapids avoid this. Their lower commercial reaches run deep while mouths are choked by sandbanks.
On March 1 the New York police department counted 7,364 officers and men. Among them 91 were in the bicycle squad, 89 in the tene ment house squad, 164 detectives, 83 in the sanitary corps and 9 detailed for service in the house of detention, plus 38 police matrons, bringing the total to more than 7,400.
In London a bank sourced a Scotland Yard detective after a forgery attempt. Telephones failed to connect to the Yard so a telegram was sent. Five hours elapsed before the detective arrived as the forger fled the city.
A Mount VERNON N Y judge aims for better jury results by replacing former juror chairs with plush reclining ones. He considers adding smoking jackets and Turkish baths for the twelve good men and true to enhance comfort in the courtroom.
The Oklahoma board of health ruled that a somnambulist is an idiot and not punishable for crimes while asleep. They cited Jack Hershell of Arapahoe who rode six miles on his brother’s bicycle and attempted to harm his sweetheart, then was released at the board’s request.
A Tokyo bank with capital 5 million dollars and a reserve of 3.23 million dollars lists a board of Mitsui family members led by Baron H. Mitsui. The first-named father and his sons own all shares and announce unlimited liability for all bank liabilities.
The wooden leg Santa Anna lost at Cerro Gordo could be sent back to Mexico. Illinois soldiers carried the relic home and it stood in Memorial hall. Grand Army men started a move to return it to surviving relatives with President Diaz’s cordial approval.
Rev. Dr. E. L. Stoddard, rector of St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church, prohibits Easter lilies in church decorations over hygienic concerns. He cites choir members and congregants reporting severe headaches from the odor even in small amounts.
For centuries salt was believed essential, but many now argue it may be deleterious to humans. While some animals need large amounts, humans can subsist without high salt intake. Sailors relying on salty food suffer adverse effects on long voyages.
Barbers in Paris use an electric comb with a thin hot wire over the teeth, powered by a storage battery. When connected, the wire glows red hot and sears hair as the comb passes through, clipping heads quickly with minimal bleeding as ends are sealed by heat.
Dr. Talmage denounces parental heedlessness and harsh or lax discipline in modern parenting, equating vows and child sacrifice to contemporary practices. He cites Jephthah and his daughter, condemns excessive education pressures, strict discipline, and neglect of poor urban children, and urges divine guidance to protect youth.
Readers are urged to write to Lydia E Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts for free advice on female troubles. Reports from Mrs Exira Tuomas of Easton Pennsylvania and Mrs M Stoppapp of Springfield Minnesota describe relief from ulceration of the womb and related symptoms after using Vegetable Compound and Lozenges. The article cites patient letters as evidence that confidence in the remedy aids recovery.
A narrator recalls leaving farm life after his mother’s death to live with his daughter Susie in the city. He embraces city comforts and shows yet misses the traditional yellow almanac on his wall, preferring it to modern calendars and the fancy city calendars he encounters. He remains solitary despite urban ease and laments the almanac’s absence in the city.
A prison kitchen tale centers on John the Chinese inmate known for good behavior and cooking skill. The doctor’s wife hosts a dinner where John delivers an elaborate meal including a large angel cake marked Heaven. The event amuses guests and highlights John’s unexpected place in prison life.
A tipster circular claims stock investments yield $4,775 on $100 in three years. A reader counters with duck eggs as a far superior investment, recounting a girl who hatched ducks from eggs and earned 320 times her 15 cent stake in six months.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century lament urges that wireless telegraphy will intrude on rural life. It argues the system compels distant workers to answer messages at any moment, undermining autonomy and shifting blame for missed duties. The voice cites Chicago Evening News and Chicago Duty News as sources.
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