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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1898
Page
8
The Louis Post-Dispatch reports on hot drinks aiding indigestion. Tepid beverages after meals may soothe the stomach’s mucous membrane and ease chronic dyspepsia. Regular use for several months may yield gradual improvement though not fixing all digestive issues. Temperature noted as 105 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
A clubman recalls being struck from behind by a fast bicycle rider, knocked into a gutter, and reacting by grabbing the rider and wrecking the machine. The crowd debates whether the clubman’s harsh act was justified, noting the rider was a boy.
A young Scotsman studies cello in London then returns home to play for friends. After a brief pause his grandfather quips in broad Scots, saying there is no one here able to play it well, in a humorous Liverpool Mercury tone.
A frazzled traveler at a kitchen door asks for food. Farmer Haycraft guides him to the grindstone with a dull ax, offering help. In Manitoba, the soil is described as rich black loam over several feet, formed by centuries of decaying vegetation.
Administrator of Jane W. Pusey deceased offers at public sale at her Ripley township residence three miles west of Carthage Indiana on Tuesday December 13 1898. Personal property includes household and kitchen furniture a horse buggy harness 375 bushels of corn 75 of wheat in grain 5 steers 5 cows 2 calves and 1 Shorthorn bull and other items. Sale begins at 10 a m. Terms credit one year with approved security.
A London Chronicle item recalls colonial era ignorance in Downing Street with Lord Carnarvon calling Sir George Grey dangerous. Sir Charles Gavan Duffy recounts a playful exchange about Grey retreating to a New Zealand island with wallabies, prompting a satire on morality and misinterpretation involving wallabies as a half caste.
The New York Home Journal notes that only 9 in 20 babies will marry, due to high infant mortality with 88 percent dying before age five and 44 percent before 18. It cites gender balance and state of single, married, and widowed persons, estimating average marriage duration while comparing England France Holland Belgium and Russia.
Reports from Basel describe the hoisting of a flag with two blue stripes and a six pointed star between them, presented as the stancard of ancient Hebrews. Accounts reached New York, prompting demand from ghetto residents, and the American Flag Company produced a quantity for sale. Central African natives mine, smelt skillfully.
Read carefully this issue adverteneat includes a farm accident involving Ben Weewee at Samuel Gates farm, plus local visits by Riley Small and Newby of Knightstown. Reports cover school entertainments, a proposal for Palacine oil, a fire at Central Mill Street, and notes on teachers meetings in Rushville. Mentions Prof J H Scholl’s election as Vice-President of the state Teachers' Association and a Cosmopolitan magazine contrast with Crane and war writing.
Two pointed questions discuss how branding and price influence buyer behavior. The argument says no price premium on better AR justifies broader profits over time, while public testing will reveal the superior product. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is hailed as dependable for coughs, colds and croup, with O. S. Coffin & Co. as seller.
Natives of Kottiar dig dry river banks each summer to unearth living mud fish eight to ten inches long. The fish stay alive in moist mud, seeming fresh as if returned from water, and similar practices occur in other African riverbeds where mud fish lie buried until the rains begin.
A fragmented historic note mentions sacred crocodiles linked to regal figures, signaling a ceremonial alliance between revered animals and powerful rulers in a distant era.
Dillman 5 Bakery and Restaurant continues Leslie Bundy’s business at the same stand offering wholesale and retail bread cakes pies and a first-class lunch counter with lunches and short orders oysters cigars and tobacco in stock.
Dramatic street scene shows Quirk pulling a man from a cable car path and delivering a fierce rebuke for stepping into danger. Perk, amused and relieved, laughs as the rescued passerby recoils, while the moment underscores the improvised heroism and mixed reactions of bystanders. The tale blends earlier military echoes with modern urban peril.
The Switch community reports Myrtle Hill now in Chicago visiting relatives and describes a pending wedding near town. School has resumed after a short break. Thanksgiving observations included recitations. Miss Lizzie Wilson of Knightstown and Mr George Hardy of Indianapolis were married Wednesday. others, including Mr C M Hackleman, visited Wher Call's. Hunters warned as cow depredations and poultry shootings stir tension.
In a Boston Transcript excerpt, researchers note southern speech traits with examples from Florida and North Carolina. The dialogue shows how terms like soon and went are used, and includes a clipped anecdote of a colored servant's language. The piece discusses linguistic variation and humor in regional vernacular.
A layman learns the glass cutting craft as the eye guides the worker. The first stage leaves a bowl plain with red chalk marks marking the pattern in five equal intervals. The craftsman visualizes the intricate design, which then appears on the gloss to the astonishment of onlookers.
An odd passage claims the polyp is the most remarkable earthly creature. It describes cutting and rearranging polyps into multiple animals, including figures that eat happily after division, and a multi headed monster formed by sequentially placing parts through throats.
A Boston Globe despatch notes Chinese practice of executing a habitual criminal and also killing all his sons and grandsons to avert hereditary crime. The piece mocks the belief as extreme faith without works.
An advertisement from the Family Supply Co at 260 State Street Chicago offers a half day of work to a well known local woman in each town or village. No canvassing, strictly a business offer, generous pay.
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