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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1904
Page
3
A beguiling prospectus from Robert Stewart Kennedy offers 100 shares for ten dollars, claiming an eight million dollar paid enterprise and promising ongoing profits. He urges immediate payment, asserts long term involvement, and asks for introductions to friends while providing a Philadelphia address.
Beall, Miss. resident T. R. Beall urges readers to heed Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption. He recounts his wife's fall symptoms, rapid improvement after four bottles, and a full cure. Drugstore guarantee offered with trial bottles free.
Nervousness sleeplessness and stomach upset signal revolt in the system Electro Bitters dissolves troublesome causes tones the stomach regulates kidneys and bowels stimulates the liver and clears the blood Run down systems benefit especially and all aches vanish. Only 50 cents guaranteed by M A McClain Druggist with return if not satisfied.
Short items note New York consumes 2,000,000 barrels of potatoes yearly while Honduras currently imports coal for the United States and a new coal field found in Yoro department is mentioned. A Salem superior court case involves a minor suing his father over a lost finger from a shoe factory accident. A Chicago resident sues a doctor for 25,000 dollars over an X ray incident affecting facial hair. A Vermont man felled an elm tree yielding three and three quarters cords, two raccoons fell out and were killed.
A vintage ad praising Dr King s New Life Pills for dyspepsia dizziness headache liver and bowel troubles. Describes the pills as gentle yet thorough and priced at 25 cents at McClain s Drug Store.
Beatrix aged six tells her mother, who is selecting frocks, that after a thoughtful pause she would rather be a boy. The exchange captures a child’s clarified gender preference amid a light-hearted domestic moment from London Tit-Bits.
A benevolent visitor asks about a husband confined to a room and is told he is in the county jail. The woman suggests the caller visit the jail if he wishes to see him.
A Philadelphia Press item notes Mr Richley praised the lobbyist’s work for him before the citizens committee, while the lobbyist replies with a dour acknowledgment saying there was nothing but praise. The exchange captures tension between praise and disillusion in political influence.
J G Gluck superintendent of the Prunty town West Virginia Reform School states after trying many advertised cough medicines Foley's Honey and Tar is now used exclusively. He calls it most effective and absolutely harmless. J H Marty Son Druggiers endorses the product.
A 51 year old man from Rock Milla Alabama reports relief from indigestion after using Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. He says he can eat almost anything now. Sold by J H McCarty & Son.
A millionaire Mr A aged fifty marries Miss B a twenty year old milliner. After ten years she never loves him and he dies of a broken heart leaving all his money to her. She becomes a millionaire at forty and later dies after discovering he never loved her, leaving him all her money. Town Topics.
Dolan opposes life insurance and savings banks acknowledging a cousin who insured for his widow but lived to eighty while his wife died earlier. He contrasts banks with an uncle who hoarded money hoping for retirement but died before sixty two, insisting both institutions push the wrong plan.
Advertisement urges rapid use of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at first symptoms to prevent illness. Claims hundreds use it successfully. Sold by J H McCarty and Son.
In a brief notice the community records show that each individual vote in the Who's Popular Contest is counted as a single tally. Officials confirm transparent tallying and post results at the end of the voting period.
Local notices and social items list guests, visits, and small town happenings. Names include Mrs May DuBois WaiimeRneh ville, W H Sharer, William Macy, Logan Stinger, Ola Alexander, Mrs Diliman, Mrs F H Folsom, Edna Ove ter, Mrs Arthur Linebaé, Ida Hendricge, Mr J Te Saul, Floyd Newsom, and J G Healey among others. Subscriptions and ads note horse blanket sale, furniture closing out, and Archey’s cigars.
Charles Augustus endures a perplexing day as Miss Purvis receives a troubling letter that brings tears and mystery. He secretly hides the letter to ease her, fears a looming separation, and collaborates with Mr. Houghton to reveal a hopeful outcome. The trio walks home united, with Charles Augustus learning a gentle truth about fairy tale endings.
A brief note reports pies crafted from Nelsons homemade minced meat, praised for their taste. No further details on event, person, or place are provided.
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