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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1901
Page
2
Society directory lists Friends church Fletcher M E East St Christian Church and others with detailed weekly schedules. Biblical instruction teaches Sunday school times morning and evening sermons and midweek prayer meetings. Pastors Alpheus Trueblood A N Mariati and J C Hat oversee services and invite the public.
Colored church advertises regular services every Sunday morning 10 30 a m and Sunday evening 7 00 p m with Sabbath School at 9 00 a m Christian Endeavor at 6 00 p m and prayer meeting Thursday at 7 00 p m. Public invited.
Business and farming sectors report a more positive mood following recent activities by the Tains. Analysts point to renewed investment, improved market signals, and cautious optimism about growth and stability in the coming months.
A jumble of items from Burnside Kentucky reports 96 hours of rain near the Cumberland River 50 feet deep. National Biscuit Co official Grubb sues Cracker Co. a foe of hereditary voting imagined. Green castle man James Williams returns from Oklahoma land lottery. Minnesota’s Henry J. Scott dies leaving a large estate burned. a wildly long Greek word is noted. finally a demand for water.
A survey notes 5151 constables in Scotland in 1900, Japan’s expanding press, and China to Rome student unrest. It cites 12 Egyptian Sudan provinces spanning a million square miles with 10.5 million people, and reports on social customs at Ems, Athens antiquities talks, and a bell ringer struck from a church tower, escaping with a shock.
The speaker recalls Jackson’s vow to hang Calhoun for treason and laments modern white supremacy aims to nullify the 15th amendment. He warns that the nation’s cup of iniquity may spill over as German and Ku Klux rhetoric spread in the south and west.
A prior-claiming home cure for drunkenness promotes the Home Gold Cure as a safe, self administered remedy to cure the liquor habit. It claims disease status for drunkenness, promises home use without loss of time, and guarantees full instructions with worldwide postage for one dollar from Edwin B. Giles & Company.
November 6 1390 letter from Mrs Isabell Wheler of Freetown Indiana lauds Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for curing long stomach trouble and neuralgia with a year of use. She notes husbands order, ten cent bottle and recommends it to others claiming strong restoration and many others using it. Sold by U S Marsh & Co.
Cincinnati announces a grand Fall Festival starting September 16 with a two week program of pomp and pageantry. Railroads offer a favorable low rate, inviting residents and visitors to enjoy a lengthy outing with modest travel costs and ample entertainment in the Queen City.
A local patent remedy advertises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as the way to keep bowels moving daily and avoid painful piles. The ad notes price at 25 cents and that the product is for sale by O. B. Marsh & Co.
Fragment from Edward Thompson’s farm six miles north of Elkhart reports a discarded cigar stub igniting dry grass causing 2500 dollars in damage. The clipping also includes testimonials for various patent medicines and a note about a local business shutdown for repairs.
The August Pepper Piano Music Magazine features Down by the Sea by Joseph S. Willing as its seasonally apt opening piece. It lists 21 original copyright piano works, 10 songs and 11 instrumental, priced at 10 cents, with distribution through music dealers.
Mrs Nannie Galleger of LaGrange Georgia applied Backline Armeca Salve to severe skin damage. The remedy was used at home with care and reported to ease the injury. The account reflects late 19th or early 20th century home treatment language.
Ground breaking ceremony marks the Kokomo steel company project with a $500 000 plant expected to operate by December 1. The facility plans steel wire rods and nails production and will not be part of the trust, employing nearly 1 000 workers.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a garbled note on a tale or image with terms eretch rosy cheeks and scant numbers. The readable bits hint at a reflection on appearance and value, but details and context are missing to confirm a clear event or source.
The piece highlights longer wider boa ends and chic foulard gowns trimmed with dotted white muslin. Fancy buckles on slippers, amethyst or pearl circles, black chantilly lace on black and white foulards, and rich handmade Russian lace collars pair with Persian and oriental trimmings. An ecru straw garden hat with blue filigree and white ostrich plumes completes the look.
California jockey TURF TOPICS to ride in Russia as season pacing figures emerge. Titusville secretary B J Trauter names Agitate 208 pacing stakes while J W Morrow from Newcastle Pa expects Uncas Medium 2 19 to pace three beats in 2 12. Charney Meyt 297 pacing leg bad, has recent fast last quarters. Directum Kelly 208 % over 100 miles from 2 20 to 2 25, in grand shape. Eula Mac worked a mile in 2 19 Louis Steuber Erie Pa owns. Funsten quarter in 32. Mr White Norristown Pa reports a 2 12 pacer, may peak later after Kinwood beat 2 28 and 2 40. O F Greff West Chester Pa has Webster 6, below 2 20 previously, a good roadster.
Della Fox may star in a new comic opera next season. Marie Wainwright returns to legitimate stage after vaudeville. Mme Janauschek remains feeble in body yet sharp in mind. Kate Clax resumes old role in The Two Orphans. Julia Marlowe may revive Romeo and Juliet. A farce Why Miss Wood Wouldn't appears. A German translation of Sign of the Cross to be produced in Vienna.
Big 4 will sell tickets to Rushville during the third week of August with events on August 27 28 29 and 30. The notice confirms the Rushville fair schedule and ticket distribution details.
A fragmentary advertorial notes Te Hala Hurt and a product called Banner Spice as a cure all. The copy promises relief for wounds sores and other ailments and mentions a merchant or address at 5 Marsh &.
In Glens Falls New York on August 15 a masked robber halted the Blue Mountain stage north of Dunlap's hotel at North River. He shot a horse then forced passengers off the coach taking $20 from one man and plundering mail bags and express packages before vanishing into the woods. Six men fled to the woods while a wife remained briefly with her husband. The stage connected with a train at North Creek, Warren County, on the Adirondacks and Hudson railroad.
Fraudulent schemes involving importers and customs officials, centered on silk invoices held up by the port purveyor, allegedly robbed the treasury of millions. The scheme, said to have operated for years, prompted calls for investigation and possible relief for Appraiser Wakeman.
Washington district assembly No 06 of the Knights of Labor has authorized its legislative committee to file quo warranto proceedings against the U S attorney general to compel enforcement of the Sherman act against United States Steel corporation. Labor leaders say the move will hasten a solution to the current strike.
In Savannah on August 12, a manhunt ended with the lynching of Joe Washington, the supposed assailant of Mrs. J. J. Clark. Washington was captured at Liberty City and brought to Way Station where Mrs. Clark identified him, with the evidence described as conclusive.
In Potsdam on August 14 the mortal remains of the Dowager Empress Frederick of Germany were interred in the royal mausoleum beside the late emperor. A grand but simple funeral followed a procession including the emperor and empress, King Edward and Queen Alexandra, and other royal figures.
In Jackson on August 12 Frederick Westbrook and Robert Grain two young white men who had shown interest in a young lady met on the public road as Westbrook took her to church. A duel ensued and Westbrook was killed. Grain then killed himself.
In Van Buren Arkansas on August 10 two Malone children died after a rattlesnake attack. The mother, tending other children, left an infant by a creek where the baby subsequently drowned.
In Tampa Florida on August 13 the Resisten cia cigarmakers union now on strike exhibits near total collapse as two soup houses close for lack of food.
The gunboat Machias left Norfolk today bound for Colon, sailing from Norfolk on August 15. The vessel carries crews and supplies as part of routine patrols and readiness operations in the Caribbean area.
In Bennettsville on August 9 Jim Harris a Black man was hanged for the murder of Captain Amos Carter, the head of a chain gang. Harris had been serving with the crew when he killed Carter, a sentence carried out yesterday in the local execution.
Excursion tickets to New York may be obtained at principal Pennsylvania Lines ticket offices. Tickets are good for return via Pennsylvania Lines or returning via other direct lines from New York. Stopovers available to visit Pan-American Exposition and Niagara Falls or Washington, D. C. inquiries answered by Ticket Agents.
A reader testimonial credits Electric Bitters with restoring strength and appetite after illness. The letter praises the tonic for restoring vigor, curing stomach distress, and aiding torpid liver, touting its gentle laxative effects. Sold by O S Marsh & Co.
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