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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1894
Page
2
In Carthage Record from August 31 1894 Republicans in California and Populists in South Dakota endorse woman suffrage. The paper notes a Biblical verse urging good conduct among people and reports cement sidewalks becoming common in cities with contractors preferring five parts sharp sand to one Portland cement mix to prevent crumbling.
Miss Francis Willard has embraced bicycling as a fad and says she learned to ride in thirty hours with two mottoes I will not fail and It is dogged as does it and the help of three young women. She hopes every wheel in the world will float the white ribbon.
A Clinton telegram reports Carson Peterson, a young man, died after consuming a quart of ice cream and a watermelon in one sitting. The note says there was nothing remarkable about his death and only a special telegram would have been sent if he had survived the feat.
Corrice drinking is said to be proved to be a most efficient aid is abstinence from alcoholic beverages in South American countries. Drunk enness is extremely rare in Rio de Janeiro. Climate is probably the impelling cause to abuse of wines and intoxicating drinks. A man who goes on a spree under the equator does so at the peril of his life.
The newly named French president Casimir-Pensen appears to court broad woolen labels and mixed opinions as political circles discuss his probable reform agenda and leadership style amid a tense national mood.
The piece notes a rise of a notable local figure described as a shining light while global politics remain unsettled. A saturnine decree from the Khedive bans tobacco culture with a heavy fine per acre, despite no stated motive. Possible pressure from large importers is inferred, not confirmed.
Mississippi Senator Geerer introduces a Senate joint resolution to amend the Constitution to require eight hours as a legal work day and bar employers from allowing workers to exceed forty-eight hours in a week. The writer notes observation suggests many already work far less than eight hours a week.
A writer ridicules the U S Signal Corps weather bulletins as misinformed and costly. He notes Aug 10 forecasts claimed fair weather while central Indiana saw heavy rain and a weekend downpour that boosted crops and water supplies.
The article notes the clash between offense and defense and highlights Herr Dowe, a Manheim tailor, who claims to have invented a bullet proof fabric with worldwide fame though his device has not yet been produced.
W. J. Lennard of Brooklyn demonstrates a defensive material claimed to outperform Dowe’s armor. He subjects himself to rifle fire, escaping unharmed as spectators react with fear. Lennard asserts the fabric’s lightweight armor potential for ships and urges War and Navy Departments to study the invention.
Professor Cyrus Thomas of the United States Bureau of Ethnology asserts that Mexican civilization originated with Malay peoples from the South Pacific. He links Malay and Mayan languages, claiming Yucatan Maya descend from Malay, which could reshape prevailing theories on Central American aboriginal history.
A New York Recorder piece recalls clocks as living companions with anecdotes of a bachelor’s loud eight day clock and a friend who relied on one to keep precise times. It also notes a 1619 Korean ironclad iron turtleback used against Japanese junks and still existing at Yong Yong, shedding light on early naval technology.
The article notes Japanese and Chinese orders for bouillon capsules and canned beef, with a Jersey City firm supplying million capsules and Armour for half a million pounds of beef. Capsules store ten years, do not dissolve in cold water, and could enable soldiers to carry months of rations.
A lengthy column reflects on the Fifty third Congress under a continuing contract plan. It notes unexpended river appropriations shifted toward a lock and dam project while merchants saloonkeepers and undertakers report softer demand. The piece closes with the adage that hard times may reveal a silver lining.
The text outlines Advaita drawing on the non duality of soul and matter. It argues there is no evil in nature but mind perversion and that material manifestations are shadows of the Eternal Ens. Attainment of Absolute Bliss comes through knowledge, and knowing One equates to knowing all. Names and forms are mere mental assumptions.
A fragment discussing poverty as a reformer and financial restraint as moral discipline. It argues lack of money curtails temptation and dissipates vice, noting panic reduces victims and wealth governs indulgence. The piece references alcohol, gambling, and the tiger of chance as cultural cautions.
The article criticizes Salvation Army methods as sensational and counterproductive while noting a Swedish backed mission of twenty five young women in China. It reports an English traveler finding them inland beyond treaty limits and urges legal action to prevent repeats. It adds Chicago origin ties via an exhorter named Simpson and questions their usefulness.
A Washington Star piece recalls a young man who resolves not to speak without certainty. It ends with a shopping list of caution and a thermometer gag. The New York Mail and Express adds perspective on the nickname little Corea, noting its 90 000 square mile area and population over ten million.
H S Matteson of Hillside Dairy Morris outlines a management plan to produce top quality butter. Cows fresh March to April, fed grain clover hay roots ensilage, then shifted to pasture then grain, then fodder corn, pumpkins, grain again, clover hay and corn stalks. Milk kept January to February, then dry till March. Lessons arise from habit and feeding. some advise winter dairying while others warn against dry periods.
A dated fragment discusses social niceties such as polite speech to others, yielding street car space for strangers, modest dress, and paying debts. It contrasts good form with improper vanity and envy, ending with a critical remark on bad behavior.
An account from J D A Sweet describes a Virginia railroad office and a tense night in Richmond where a band of young colored men misinterpret a wounded trainman’s bandaged face as a smallpox patient. The mob scatters after the boys surrounding a lamp post realize the man’s injuries.
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