Rush County Fair and Political Gatherings Highlight August Events
The note lists Carthage welcoming a prominent candidate for U S Senate on September 3 and urges turnout. It warns about obstructive wagons in streets, urging enforcement of ordinances to prevent damage. Rush County Fair Association reports livestock exhibitions will be large with five cattle entries and rapid stand bookings. The fair runs August 30 to September 2 with rides and attractions omitted this year.
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Rush County Fair Association
Rush County
Ripley Republicans Demand All Nominations For Judge and Prosecutor
The Rushville district faces tension as Ripley township Republicans push to place all caucus nominees on the fall ticket. They threaten mandamus action if their demand is not met, claiming Rush county must have the judge and prosecutor this time while central committee resists overtures.
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Decatur County
Rushville
Ripley Township
Rush County
Central Committee
Compromise and Educational Rally in Rush County
In Rush County the Eighth Judicial district faces political tension amid a compromise, as party divisions threaten to disrupt progress. The Bush county teachers institute closed with record attendance, featuring Dr Alexander Stephenson and Miss Lelia Patridge, praised for history and primary instruction. Superintendent Gary and a unified Rush County Board of Trustees are credited with driving renewed school interest despite political divides.
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Bush County
Teachers’ Institute
Alexander Stephenson
Devaun University
Old England
Lelia Patridge
Lancaster
Patridge
Barnhart
Rushville
Gary
Rush County
Keep a Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin at Home
A note urges households to prevent illness by maintaining stomach health with Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It claims nine-tenths of ordinary sickness stems from stomach issues and promotes in-home use through Coffin's Droz store.
Forage debate at meeting on hogs and alfalfa
The talk covered alfalfa clover sugar beets and sorghum as hog feed. Alfalfa hay favored but pasture on many soils can fail quickly if hogs graze it. Dr Peters warned against alfalfa for horses and cattle noting windbreak and bloating from damp feed. S Andrews reported lower losses on alfalfa than clover with hogs preferring clover when sown together. Sorghum praised by several speakers.
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Peters
S. Andrews
Friend
Woolen suit from fresh sheep fleece breaks world record
Thomas Kibon of Stroudsburg Pennsylvania received a suit made from sheep wool shorn that morning and wore it within minutes. The time to spin fleece to finished garment fell to a record 6 hours 6 minutes breaking Galashiels set at eight hours. Indian street peddlers in Mexico demand 26 cents for two dozen bananas while 12 cents buys one dozen.
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Thomas Kibon
Stroudsburg
Scotland
Kibon
Galashiels
Mexico
Notice of Final Estimate Hearing for Second Street
The town of Carthage Indiana will hold a hearing on August 29 1898 at 8 o'clock p m in the town hall board room before the committee on streets and alleys. The hearing reviews the final estimate for improving Second Street from Main to Harrison as submitted August 1 1898 under Special Ordinance No 22 approved April 4 1898. All interested parties may attend and object if any. Roy Peters Town Clerk Attest-8.
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Second Street
Carthage
Indiana
Board of Trustees
Main Street
Harrison Street
Roy Peters
Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin Ad Trial Size 10c
An old time ad promises happiness when stomach pain ends. It touts Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin for constipation and indigestion with trial sizes and larger bottles available at Coffin’s Drug Store.
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Dr. Caldwell
Coffin’s Drug Store
Every Dog Entitled to One Bite Says Lord Coleridge
The text explains that a dog owner is not liable for a dog’s misdeeds without knowledge of its viciousness. It notes the concept of scienter and cites Lord Coleridge’s idea that every dog is entitled to one bite, with a witty variation that the dog is entitled to one worry.
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Bruno
Lord Coleridge
Longevity of Panama Hats Lasts Decades Says Washington Star
An admirer quotes a Washington journalist praising Panama hats for durability. He recalls a East Washington resident wearing a hat for nearly 40 years with periodic bleaching and trimming, and a physician whose father wore the same style long before. Many hats last 10 to 20 years with care, though lining wears out. Original costs rarely exceed 14 dollars.
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Sith
East
Washington
Panama Het
Panama
Washington Star
Morocco Foot Bridges Seen Rebuilt With Aloe Fiber Cables
Engineers suspect current heavy traffic footbridges in Morocco risk failure and debate reverting to aloe fiber cables. The proposed construction uses tar soaked two inch thick and eighty four percent inch wide aloe fiber cables plaited and nailed to oak planking with iron straps, offering elasticity and durability over prior planks.
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Morocco
Held Up
Reconstruction of a brief exchange in a Boston Transcript item where a passenger describes a train robbery. Miss Greener recalls the incident and Miss Whiting says she was not frightened, joking that the robbers seemed like lecturers on palmistry until it ended.
Bread consumption across Europe and a clergyman tale
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch note reports European bread intake varies sharply with France leading flour use at about 705 pounds per year while Scandinavia consumes around 55 pounds. An English story adds a clergy man joke about taking a younger curate. the farewell sermon uses a comic text about staying with the ass while the man and the lad worship elsewhere.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Swords
Swede and Irishman argue over ancestry and sheep stealing
In front of the courthouse a Swede and an Irishman quarrel about their ancestors. The Swede jokes that Irish forebears were hung for stealing sheep, while the Irishman counters that their kingdoms were small and easily provoked by a neighbor’s stockfish, sparking a heated exchange.
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St. Paul Globe
Duke of Wellington and Spanish honor on the Peninsula
The Washington Times recalls a tale of the Duke urging a Spanish general to a field move. The Spaniard refused unless the foreign officer kneeled to petition on Spanish soil. Wellington later recounted that he was eager for the move yet humbly complied, saying he did not mind getting on his knees.
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Washington Times
Duke of Wellington
Napoleon
Spain
Ellington
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A line from the Cleveland Leader notes a wife’s happy expression and a comment on gold front teeth valued at $47. The quotation references Mr. Willikins and his wife, but no broader event or context is provided.
Erratic Writer Fitz James O'Brien and Aldrich Span a Public Stage
The San Francisco Argonaut recounts incidents from the past where writer Fitz James O'Brien, often inebriated, clashed with aid and money realities. Aldrich once guided him to safety after a drunken episode, while another time O'Brien begged publishers for $25 and paraded with a placard protesting authors' salaries, until a $5 compromise appeased him.
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
George W. Carleton
Broadway
Fitz James O'Brien
Aldrich
O'Brien
O’brien
San Francisco Argonaut
Devil Tree Myth Explored Across Tropics
The devil, dragon, or octopus tree is a traveler’s myth repeated in many tales. It describes a palm like plant with teeth on central fronds that grasp victims and, in some versions, long arms that lift travelers into a crushing center. Experts note no such tree exists and say the stories arise from tropical thickets where vines, thorns, and snakes injure or kill travelers. The tale centers on Borneo, Sumatra, and other tropic forests, with claims found wherever inquiry is made.
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Borneo
Sumatland
Tropice! Islands
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Luminosity in Plants and Fungal Glows
The article notes rare luminous flowers and phosphorescent fungi observed by a German naturalist Herr Haggren and his night watchman. Luminosity tends to occur after dark following rain on sunny days, with July and August showing the most instances. the cause remains undetermined.
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Herr Haggren
Meehan
Reduced August Travel Rates Through Big Four Rail Line
Low fares announced for August to Indianapolis for Grand Encampment Knights of Pythias with tickets on sale August 20 24 and 22nd good for return Aug 23 to Aug 30. Also specials to Winona Lake on sale to Sept 15 1898 and one cent per mile to Cincinnati Ohio for G A R Encampment with sales Sept 3 4 5 and 6. Extension option via Joint Agent with 25 cent fee to Oct 2 1898.
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Big Four
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
E. 0. McCormick
Warren J. Lynch
Pass
Mgr. Ass
Tkt. Agt
Indianapolis
Knights of Pythias
Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Benton Harbor
Big Four Ry
St. Joseph
Chicago & West Michigan Ry
Vandalia Line
Chicago
Milwaukee
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