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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1900
Page
2
A souvenir piece made from a chip of an elm tree felled at Haarden in 1880 by Mr. Gladstone was sold in a London auction room for five shillings.
Baron Mumm von Schwarzenstein new German minister to China wed an American. His predecessor Von Ketteler also married an American. The baroness, born in London, is daughter of New Yorker Mr Levinson, cousin of Gov. Roosevelt. Her husband had links with the German embassy in Washington.
The horseshoe is viewed as a harbinger of luck in China and elsewhere. Mandarins bury with horseshoe graves, believing larger graves bring greater fortune to the departed. They outdo each other in the size of their horseshoe graves.
A missionary in Arabia estimates the global number of Mohammedans at 196,500,000. Of these, 18,300,000 are under Turkish rule, 23,000,000 under other Musselman sovereigns, 36,600,000 governed by African princes, 20,000,000 in China, and 99,000,000 under Christian rulers. About 58,000,000 of the latter reside in India and Besoochistan.
The text describes Chinese use of trained cormorants with neck rings to fish and Welsh practice of trained dogs catching eels along the coast. At low tide, congers lie among rock pools while fishermen probe crevices with poles and dogs dive in to pin the writhing eels.
Citizens of St. Petersburg favor adopting the regulation calendar so that anniversaries of events dated old style would be observed on new style dates eleven days later, bringing Russia into alignment with Western conventions and civilization.
A fragment notes that the balance is to be left to the church after some creation or arrangement. The text implies a final allocation or trust being entrusted to church custody without detailing the broader context or parties involved.
The neighborhood population is 200,000, predominantly armed with Mausers and Krupp, Nordenfeldt and Maxim guns from arsenals or Europe. Despite the shown strength on paper, lax discipline would likely yield only faint resistance to a 50,000 strong army of a single nation.
The rumor that King Humbert held life insurance worth 7 million and the prince of Wales 25 million is questioned. The article notes such large sums are unlikely for any single policy as insurers avoid risks that large. It adds that some individuals carry policies of 1 million or more, but larger amounts are doubtful or undesirable.
The dowager empress of China received a notable gift from English and American ministers for her sixtieth birthday. A copy of the New Testament bound in silver covers was placed in a chased silver casket and funded by about 10,000 Christian Chinese women. The gift carried a gold plate reading Holy Classic of Salvation and cost $1,250.
Despite urban precautions and sanitation, Hong Kong is described as highly unhealthy due to tropical heat, encircling peaks catching clouds, intense rainfall, and poorly ventilated, perforated ceiling houses with air admitted through external openings.
Report describes locomotive crew protection device on the Denver and Rio Grande rails. A jet of steam and boiling water at 200 pounds pressure is emitted from roof nozzles on rear cabs and baggage car platform to deter train robbers. The system uses boiler hot water via cork linkage for quick activation by the engineer or fireman.
From St. Petersburg Dr Talmage argues cities can birth civilization and virtue or tempt with wealth and vice. He contrasts city and country life, cautions merchants and politicians, warns of bad books and corrupt influences, and urges youths to seek the cross as guidance in the modern urban scene.
A brief Tit-Bita style exchange notes doubts about a husband’s vision before marriage. Annie suggests uncertainty while Jane recalls the earlier sight issue, presenting a witty domestic quip in a compact newsy item.
The August report from the agriculture department shows varied crop conditions on August 1 with corn at 87.5 and oats 85.0 while spring wheat rose 1.2 in July. Ohio Indiana and Illinois lead regions with high ratings. Kansas and Nebraska show declines. Potatoes and timothy hay also fall from last year while buckwheat acreage drops about 4.8 percent.
The quadrennial convention of democratic clubs, first set for September 8 in Indianapolis, is postponed to October 3. W. R. Hearst, president of the national association, announced the delay citing requests from national and Indiana state leaders. Mr. Bryan urged the change, approved by Adlai E. Stevenson.
Waco Texas August 11 the Democratic convention Friday announced the state ticket listing Governor J D Sayers Lieutenant Governor James N Browning Attorney General Thomas S Smith Commissioner of the Land Office Chas Rogan Comptroller R M Love State Treasurer John W Robbing Superintendent of Public Instruction J S Kendall and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court R R Gaines
Mrs Antonio Ysnaga grandmother of the duke of Manchester writes Newport friends that the duke is engaged to marry Miss Helena Zimmerman a wealthy Cincinnati woman.
Miss Car rie Cunningham, chosen to christen the battleship Ohio, declines the honor due to illness and may have to leave the city. The incident occurred in San Francisco on August 11.
An advertisement extols Pe-ru-na as universal relief especially for women. It claims all mucous membrane catarrhs cause congestion and asserts Pe-ru-na cures catarrh in any organ, solving illnesses others cannot. The copy emphasizes reliability for female ailments and broad curative claims.
An advertisement extols Nebraska as a land of plenty with cheap grazing, fruitful crops, and affordable land. It invites readers to request illustrated guides and mentions discounted excursion tickets available on the first and third Tuesdays of each month for prospective visitors to Nebraska.
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