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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1901
Page
3
Advertised cures for dyspepsia and diarrhea, salves, banking critique, teething anecdotes, and a trust ad seeking travelers. Reports on a fire destroying wheat shocks, a gift to an ear drum institute, and local educational institute ad. Includes several endorsements and consumer notices from O. S. Marsh & Co. and S. Marsh & Co.
A brief promotional note about CASnow & Co offering a free pamphlet detailing patent and trademark topics. It claims expertise in securing over 20 000 patents for inventors and outlines services like patents foreign and domestic, designs, caveats, infringements, and case outcomes. Requests should be sent to Snow & Co Washington DC.
A fragment notes a patient saying no appetite and stomach pain. Dr Caldwell recommends possible soy foods. text is garbled but suggests medical guidance to restore eating. No clear names beyond Caldwell.
Excursion tickets to Buffalo over the Akron Route via Chautauqua Lake for the Pan American Exposition are on sale at Pennsylvania lines offices. Knightstown fares include return options from 10 days at 13.50 and 15 days at 16.70, season tickets to Oct 31 at 19.30. Special coach tickets may be bought on Tuesdays for Buffalo departures through Thursday midnight at 9.00, with Canada trips at special rates. Stop overs allowed at Chautauqua Lake and at Buffalo/Eastern points with $1 extra for New York area. For schedules contact W. W. Richardson, D P Agent Indianapolis.
An old newspaper fragment mentions Madison Medicine Co. and an advertisement praising their Kidney Cure. It also references O. G. Marsh & Co. in Rochester planning a complete sewer system and notes Wm. Finn of Lima Ohio reporting relief from kidney illness with Kidney Cure. The text mocks dealer claims and money motives.
The advertises Through trains between Chicago and New Orleans with luxurious Coaches and Drawing room Sleeping Cars. It lists destinations including Nashville Memphis Birmingham Mobile New Orleans Pensacola and Jacksonville and promotes travels through Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and Florida. For descriptive matter time tables and maps contact C L Stone General Pass Agt Louisville KY.
A humorous mention touts Dr Loyal Ford's Depepticide as a new remedy to improve digestion and promote restful sleep by promoting a sound stomach and easier digestion.
Excursion to Milwaukee on July 21 22 and 23 via Pennsylvania Lines for E P O E Grand Lodge meeting. Tickets sold by Joint Agent in Milwaukee with return valid until July 27 with 50 cent deposit for extension to August 10. See ticket agents for details.
To Cure A Cold in One Day Take Laxative BromoQuinine Tablets refund offered if it fails. E W Grove signature on achebox. Phillip J Heaffher 88 Muncie violinist who accompanied Jenny Lind on her American tour is dead. Ball Bros fruit jar works Muncie will make its own gas for furnace use. Willard Gore of Young America accused of torturing his invalid wife and abusing his 4 year old son was whipped by white caps.
Oscar Bowman of Lebanon Kentucky reports a permanent cure from Foley's Kidney Cure for kidney disease, claiming the treatment would have cost him his life without it. He urges others to take Foley's. OU 38 Marsh.
Governor Durbin reviewed Company M of the Second Regiment at the Green Field fair on Wednesday night. He attended the afternoon races and observed activities across the event.
Mrs. O E Dut ton of Danville Ill says a small bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar cured her two children of whooping cough and saved a doctor bill. Also a wanted ad seeks an active man of good character for Indiana delivery in an established wholesale house with $900 yearly pay.
A Rushville Republican extract recalls Spiceland Academy reunion with an estimated 600 attendees and reminiscences of boarding school life at 25c a week. The piece moves through other local items including a Miss Lillian Henley visit, a testimonial for Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, lawn fete details, and brief notes on public figures and editorials from Indiana papers. The overall flavor is period civic chatter with nostalgic vignettes and small community notices.
Pennsylvania Lines announce excursions to San Francisco from July 5 to 12 for Epworth League Convention. Tickets available through ticket agents. detailed information provided by Pennsylvania Lines agents.
Frank M. Millikan of Anderson seeks 53 dollars and 33 cents from the city claiming taxes were paid on a property portion he did not own. The notice also mentions salary and expenses for a man with a rig to sell a poultry mixture in the country and solicits hustlers with addresses and stamps.
An old practitioner markets "Snuffles the Guaranteed Catarrh Cure" at one dollar per package claiming to permanently cure catarrh by addressing underlying causes. The ad asserts rapid relief for inflammation and hay fever, promises guidance from the discoverer, and offers mail order postpaid sales in the United States and Canada.
A summary discusses how German and British traders regulate exports to Russia, criticizing American packing and shipping methods. It notes open crates and torn components rarely reach buyers, and prepayment removes buyer redress. It explains c i f and e i f terms, contrasts with f o b and i f, and shows traders who monitor destinations for price control and broker margins.
O S Marsh Matthew McKinney of near Dolan Monroe county faced a family support dispute as neighbors note he was unable to work. President Gobin at DePauw University notified that Prof Jesse S Brumbaugh of South Dakota University will take the DePauw chair of oratory vacated by Prof Walker.
Cottage Heirlooms in England endure as old oak furniture handed down through generations among village families like Criters and shepherds. Many pieces entered homes when more fashionable items replaced earlier styles and were sold by farmers accumulating a fateh of heirlooms.
The London Express notes a shift as villagers move from oak chairs and coffers in modern homes back toward traditional furnishings. Prosperity and fashion drive purchases, yet nostalgia pulls furniture from cottages to halls as older pieces regain favor.
Two brothers visit a London firm of American machine agents. One heads a leading English manufacture, the other is an engineer who urges a full modern upgrade. Tom resists, saying the old plants were good enough for father and grandfather.
Leslie's Weekly argues that extended vacations give Americans relief from hurry and worry, preserving sanity and integrity. It asserts time for innocent pleasure and recreation prevents degeneration into selfish, money‑driven behavior and should be a valued life element alongside work.
A Williams College English professor tested 40 sophomores to gauge reading. Ten could not name six Shakespeare plays, 34 could not identify Falstaff, 35 could not name Wordsworth or Browning poems, and 14 could not name who wrote In Memoriam. He suggests forming a society to promote standard literature among undergraduates.
Since 1815 the Rothschild family has raised vast sums for Britain Austria Prussia France Italy Russia and Brazil. They secured over 1.4 billion for European powers and in 1895 aided the United States with 15 million via the Belmont Morgan syndicate.
A Westmorland minister named Mathson served at Patterdale for six decades dying at 90. His income rose from 12 to 18 pounds, yet he married four times, educated a son, and left over a thousand pounds. He conducted his mother's burial service and even married his own father’s widow, then wed all four children.
The Alaska coast and Bering Sea islands abound in driftwood despite no trees growing locally. The wood provides Eskimos with fuel and building material for houses boats and sleds. The northeast half of Bering Sea is very shoal under 500 feet deep while the southwest halves sit around 12 000 feet.
The New York botanical garden method preserves flower colors best. Specimens are pressed for a day or two, then laid in heated papers under sun, and this cycle repeats until drying completes.
From the Albany Argus a list shows the ten largest cities by population for 1911 with New York and Chicago and Philadelphia among the top ten. It notes the United States has three cities in the top ranks while no other country has more than one.
A railroad switch tower man near Atlantic City fights swarms by soaking a newspaper ball in coal oil and hanging it between two windows. The damp towers light up, insects swarm, but the swinging ball remains untrodden, keeping the mosquitoes outside.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions prices or guarantor phrases and references Marsh & Co. The legible content is limited and does not provide a clear event or outcome.
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