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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1896
Page
2
Advertised fares from New York to Cape Town via London drop to 32 dollars. The transport is described as men only. Observers predict increased immigration to the gold fields in that region due to the cheap rate.
The Congressional Library building in Washington is praised as remarkable for its grand design and magnificent adornments. It is noted to win popular approval by meeting the completion deadline and costing less than estimated, earning the nickname the Eighth Wonder of the World.
Forty Kansas school ma' rms claim 169 acres each on Beaver River near No Man's Land adjoining Oklahoma. They plan to till in summer and teach in winter. They organize a cattle company and vow to invest half their earnings. A clause binds them to not marry for five years, implying they will avoid marriage until self supporting.
Montana surpassed all states in wealth produced per capita in 1895 with total wealth around 49.09 million dollars. Montana mines yielded 22.89 million in silver plus 4.33 million in gold, 21.11 million in copper, and 0.75 million in lead. Cattle shipments reached 12 million, wool and sheep 2.5 million, and coal 1 million, while farm products added substantial value for a state of about 200,000 people.
After the panic of 1893, falling immigration and thousands returning home were seen as a silver lining amid financial hardship. February 1896 arrivals at Castle Garden rose 66 percent from February last year, reflecting growing prosperity attracting more foreigners, prompting calls for regulatory action.
The Rothschild family wealth across England and continental Europe is now estimated at £400,000,000 about $2.09 billion. The fortune has grown largely over eighty years with origins after the Waterloo battle and ongoing gains under prevailing laws and market conditions.
The 1895 German income tax shows Krupp reporting 7,135,000 marks income paying 245,000 in tax. Baron Rothschilds records 5,848,000 marks income with 273,000 taxes. Count Hutton Czapski, a captain in the 9th Hussars, reports 3,085,000 marks income. A Trier citizen also appears among top earners.
Wealthy Germans earning over 99 marks face income tax, with 2,063,000 marks noted as income. The population portion liable is about three tenths, and current advice suggests the Supreme Court will not interfere with Imperial internal revenue from this source.
Gen Balling on Booth leads a split from the Salvation Army to form the American Volunteers. Lassies will adopt a bonnetless fashion, while male volunteers will wear an undress style resembling the United States regular army. Enlistments in the regular army are currently full.
Astronomers in Tacoma Washington noted Easter Sunday appeared a week early on the Pacific coast due to a peculiar full moon phase. The event caused Easter to reach the East only on April 5, while the coast marked it at 10 p m on March 28. Few East readers realized the time discrepancy.
In a Boston area town an eighty one year old man, still vigorous, shares his shock at needing a train ride home from Boston after decades of walking the distance. He jokes about aging while recounting his daily, strenuous habit and pride in his former endurance. The anecdote centers on his friend Martin Foster and the shift from walking to rail travel.
Real lace curtains in fish net fabric offer a rich look for drawing rooms. Renaissance lace borders and lace braids create patterns with linen thread, available in narrow edges at 35 cents a yard or wide insertions. Prices range from 12 to 15 dollars for simple pairs to around 100 dollars for elaborate wide laces.
Dr. Talmage’s April 12 Washington sermon uses Joseph’s rise from pit and imprisonment to claim the world honors Christian character. He argues persecution elevates the faithful, stresses planning for famine over greed, and urges laying up treasures in heaven through spiritual investments.
A compilation of odd facts and figures: London hosts over ten thousand professionals. a pianist performs in a lion’s cage. U S reformatories hold 13,846 juveniles. firewood costs ten dollars a cord in Circle City Alaska. Krupp guns reach seventeen miles with two shots per minute. Bennington Vermont has produced four governors. an old Ethan Allen liquor bill dates to April 15 1789.
The piece offers household tips on beds as essential personal space, making almond paste cream fillings for candies with orange flower water, and seasoning icings. It also gives broiling fish in a hot oven with parsley and lemon, plus a NY Post note about a seam ripper service for garments.
Three of the world’s largest olive groves are under construction in Southern California with 400 acres in Orange County housing 40,000 trees, 34,000 trees near Colton, and 24,000 trees near Pomona. The season marks record planting as California olives gain popularity in American markets, with southern California’s olive crop valued at 120000 dollars and growers noting three times more fruit could have been sold.
The spectroscope reveals how sunlight and starlight carry readable messages. It detects elements like sodium and lithium in blood and minerals, identifies stellar temperatures and motions, and distinguishes nebulae from distant star clusters while proving compounds and metals in unique conditions.
A harsh editorial argues marriages should be forbidden when hereditary diseases like insanity scrofula and consumption exist on either side. It claims guardians must deny unions to prevent transmission and protect future children, even if it means personal heartbreak and social ostracism. The piece condemns those who would resist such eugenic restraint.
In Town Topico a playful exchange follows Miss Frost’s complaint of a toothache as Mr Youngling examines her smile. She teases him while he nonchalantly compares to a leg amputee’s phantom pains, delivering a quiet comic moment about perception and pain.
A flippant young man in a Brooklyn grocery eats a dollar’s worth of loose items and asks the clerk if the eggs are fresh. She answers not by comparison, prompting him to think, buy the eggs, and leave.
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