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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1900
Page
2
The new Gladstone statue in Athens bears an inscription praising his gift of light and freedom to Epirus and Thessaly. Hellas honors this boon with a monument proclaiming Gladstone’s immortal glory.
Miss Jane Ward, a sixteen year old Denver girl, is likely the youngest worker at the Paris Exposition. She serves as official interpreter to her father William Ward, assistant director of mining and metallurgy for the United States commission at the exposition.
A huge African elephant tusk pair was recently secured. Each tusk measured ten feet four inches along the outer curve. Weights varied slightly, 225 pounds on one side and 235 pounds on the other, totaling 460 pounds, carried with ease by the elephant.
The Berlin Museum of Natural History houses 1,800,000 animal specimens covering 200,000 species. Worldwide, over 400,000 living species have been described, including 280,000 insects, 13,000 birds, 12,000 fishes, 8,300 reptiles, 1,300 amphibians, 20,000 spider families, 50,000 shellfish, and 6,000 worms.
In 1904 Kansas will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary as a state by holding an interstate exposition in Topeka, the capital. Those beyond fifty will recall the storms around the territory fifty years earlier, when slavery loomed as a question in a land of promise, and the great compromise between the states emerged from it, settling the issue.
The piece cites the US population in 1590 at 62,622,250 and treasury estimates of 77,816,000 on July 1. It notes presidential votes of 11,388,038 in 1888, 12,110,636 in 1852, and 13,923,643 in 1896, with this year expected near 15,000,000 due to a large prior turnout.
Gen Y Fukushima commands forces landed at Taku and driven toward Siberia. He toured Persia, proving a skilled linguist fluent in French German and Russian.
A recent London drive raised 10000 pounds for a statue to Gen Gordon at Khartum. An empty Khartum pedestal will host a bronze replica of the Gordon statue on a camel, created in 1890 by E Onslow Ford. The original model left Burlington House and was donated to Crystal Palace at Sydenham.
John Adams cites the term lobster as a centuries old insult used against soldiers in the Boston massacre trials. A Bostonian scholar showed the word’s use dates back to 1642, illustrating the enduring nature of this label.
A Belgian officer newly returned from Congo Free State describes a river Uelle octopus species called miga. He claims the creature attacks canoes, capsizes them, drags victims to a cave, and eats them, with accounts that read like a Rider Haggard tale.
A visitor to Constantino pal notes a Turkish custom that disrupts schedules. The Turks begin the day at sunset and set clocks to 12 at that moment, requiring daily adjustments as sunset marks both day and hour.
The new law covering mammals has taken effect and importers of live animals face stricter rules. Washington’s agriculture department issued its first permit under the act at New York Port for a batch of foreign bred pheasants. Without this permit, the birds would have been shipped back to their origin.
In a sermon drawn from Judges 8 18 Dr Talmage extols the royal lineage of Christians as children of the King describing the family mansion of Heaven. He contrasts earthly dynasties with the heavenly coat of arms the dove cross and lamb and envisions reunions within the eternal city, lamps and joy beyond measure.
A New York district enumerator reports a woman who resists stating her age while confirming she was born in 1846. The exchange shows the difficulty of extracting precise ages from respondents and ends with the woman asserting she knows her own age and refuses to reveal details.
Two Civil War cannons are to be melted and recast into a statue symbolizing peace for the capitol. The notice contrasts the war’s destruction with the hopeful gift, while also promoting Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for digestive disorders and related health issues.
Mrs Woodby brags of a successful dig shopping and securing a costly elegant vase. Mrs Pepprey, insisting on proper terms, suggests keeping it in a glass case, reflecting a light exchange in a Philadelphia press item.
A Terre Haute reader credits Palmer's Lotion with curing pimples and scrofula after thirteen years of failed treatments and costly doctors. The ad says Palmer's Lotion Soap shares its medicinal properties and is the only soap for facial use. If a local druggist does not stock, send the store name to Solon Palmer for testimonials and a free pamphlet and sample.
Robinson-I saw it but I make it a rule never to notice such things. Boston Tran script.
The best prescription for chills and fever is Grove's TasteLess CuHILL Tonic. A simple mix of iron and quinine in a tasteless form, it markets with a no cure no pay guarantee and a price of 50 cents.
A disgusted guest onlookers exclaim that the meat is awful and demand the proprietor. The waiter replies the proprietor has stepped out for lunch at the Philadelphia Press.
Ads brag about cures and sensational claims from patent medicines like Laxative and Quinine tablets. Quotes praise various products and remind refunds if ineffective, with notices from multiple newspapers highlighting exaggerated health claims and mockery of remedies.
A series of letters from women in Ohio and Pennsylvania describe long standing kidney and bladder issues, irregular menses, and fatigue improving dramatically after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The writers, Miss Eona Frederick and Mrs Mary Barnshinger, credit the remedy with renewed appetite sleep and energy.
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