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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1890
Page
8
Te Four Mine at this place corrected to June 7, 189s shows northbound departures at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. passenger trains No 169 and No 104 and gold route No 193 and No 105. Information available from Joel Camp Campbell agent Carthage Indiana.
Society directory item lists Carnace Loner No 255 T O F meeting at Odd Fellows Hall each Tuesday at 7 50 p m inviting visiting members. Also Friends' Church events include Rabbath preaching 11 00 a m mid week Thursday 10 00 a m prayer meeting Thursday 7 30 p m Sabbath school 9 45 a m Christian Endeavor 6 00 p m Junior Endeavor 3 00 p m singing practice Friday 7 30 p m Sabbath school teachers meeting Wednesday 7 00 p m monthly meeting first Thursday after first Saturday 10 00 a m.
A jumble of local items lists butter and cider sales at Lovett's and Coffin's, grain and feed notes, a McKinley club in Logansport, a new Republican wigwam in Gibson county, and a large cattle and hay market update. Reports include weather impacts on cottages, a drought of a steel plant near Kokomo, diphtheria cases in Hebron, and flood effects on Kankakee cottages.
Struck by lightning the M. E. church at Wanatah was damaged and Mrs Summerville of Waterville was fatally injured when a bolt hit her house near Rashville. A con artist named Col H A Gilbert from Morristown tried to trade imaginary land in Kansas and vanished after seizing a grist mill in Belden. Dr James T Scott of Greentown killed himself after a decline in health. Decatur county officials report forged orders and a $10,000 deficit linked to the Democritic Press. Shelby county teachers adopt a gold payment clause for wages.
Westland items note visits by Charlie Ratliff Olive White and families to Niagaran Falls Winona Park and Greenfield Perry Lyman buys home relocates in fall Miss Smith and daughters visit Cincinnati Frank Bodine hosts Burris relatives attend Ridge quarterly meeting with church group An all day Christian Union grove meeting planned August 30 Revs Vandament and Love expected to attend Barclay White to Greensboro for Decatur County Teacher's Institute Jesse Pusey child funeral at Walnut Ridge with large attendance
Charles F. Ratliff reports the Hunt family reunion will meet at a camp ground near Filmer Hunts saw mill west of Carthage on August 25 and 26. Most will camp on the 23rd with some staying through the week. visitors are invited on the 26th.
Advertisement notes a six room house with ten acres, good outbuildings and fencing, a fruit orchard and free gas. Located fourteen west miles of Carthage. Contact F Jones.
Dr C N Harold of College avenue Richmond and Levi Binford former Carthage resident faced fraud questions over the San Javier mine in Mexico. Promoters claimed 200 ounces per ton but assays show only about two. Binford invested thousands, became secretary, and later alleges Harold perjured himself. Harold says he was misled by others including his brother. Court actions loom as investors seek restitution and property returns.
Saveria Rizzolo reports four feet below the surface a hard substance in Chester avenue Newark resembling a concrete bed of sandstone pebbles bound by crystallized silicate. City surveyor confirms the layered material likely formed during the glacial period and argues it raises project costs.
The Kansas City Journal notes that Democrats helped McKinley by showcasing the wisdom of his tariff policy, while conceding he is not entirely well made.
The 1892 reciprocity exports of breadstuffs totaled 299,863,009 dollars but dropped to 114,604,000 dollars in 1895, indicating a sharp decline in trade under reciprocity agreements.
Alan Dale recounts the St Louis Atlantic crossing, noting a record-breaking voyage from 12:12 pm Saturday to 11:26 am yesterday. He describes the ship’s arrival mood, passenger reactions, sea conditions, and mixed entertainment aboard, with humor about the voyage and crew.
Alan Dale of the New York Journal salutes a six day six hours voyage from Southampton to New York praising the speedy trip. He savors the modern luxury and vows to seek more record journeys.
Discussion centers on sending speeches to the national committee to use graphophones for Democratic outreach. Republicans reportedly employ phonographs for campaign songs in major cities, while Bryan and other silver speakers would record 10 to 15 minute talks for cylinder enrollment and nationwide distribution.
A Washington Star report outlines a plan to tour small towns with three machines advertising speeches of Democratic leaders as a show. Audiences would hear a brass tube speech. no charge would be required, but fees might cover operator costs. The scheme could influence campaigns if adopted. A Denver traveler also notes Professor J L Wortmen’s return from New Mexico with a fossil find, an 18 inch skeleton deemed highly valuable, compared in significance to Wyoming’s fossil monkey discovery.
The speaker laments neglect of the commercial marine while expanding internal resources and manufacturing. The United States is praised as the world’s leading manufacturing nation, highlighting a need to safeguard sea trade alongside factories and production.
Classified notice seeks trustworthy men or women to travel in Indiana for the Dominion Company based in Chicago. Offering a steady salary of 780 plus expenses for a reliable representative, with a self addressed stamped envelope to The Dominion Company Third Floor Omaha Bldg Chicago I. Offers to sell property cheap if sold by September 1 in Wa. H. Hissitan.
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