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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1903
Page
2
Carthage Indiana publishers Cusster G Hitt and Geo C Talbert are listed as proprietors and publishers. The note indicates the office is entered at the Carthage post office as second class matter.
Public notice lists the Big Four lines Cleveland to Chicago and Cincinnati and St Louis with a revised time table as of November 3, 1901. It shows going north and south passenger trains with posted departure times such as 11:27 am and 7:07 pm and 7:24 am with reference numbers for each service. The notice reflects the updated schedule for the four-route system at the station in this era.
Representative James E. Watson of Rushville attended the Phi Psi Thanksgiving dinner at Claypool. He told a story of misaddressed praise to the Knights, drawing laughter. Watson’s potential appointment to the Ways and Means Committee is anticipated though not yet announced, with many House members vying for the post.
Representative Watson expressed confidence about a vacancy on the ways and means committee and anticipated renomination. Otho Williams of New Castle has announced a challenge, canvassing the district, but Watson’s supporters expect Williams to withdraw before the convention.
The Threshermen's Review traces the rise of U S iron and steel from dependence on Britain to major global leadership. It details early Atlantic trade, Saugus iron works, Lynn foundries, and key milestones from 1640s to 1902 including blast furnaces, steel processes, and peak outputs of pig iron and steel.
An old item notes the sale of papers priced at ten cents for every hundred, available at the seller’s office. The entry provides a concise cataloging line without additional context or dates.
After the Purdue University rail disaster on October 31, a university memorial is proposed as a gymnasium to honor the dead and provide facilities for physical and social activities. A faculty committee led by the university president will oversee fundraising aimed at raising 10000 dollars, inviting broad community support and receipts to be held by the university treasurer.
John Leisure shows slow progress this week while A W Earnest visits Ed Shaef er on Sunday. Lan Hayes travels to Knightstown on Wednesday with a full force shucking corn. J E Downey returns to Anderson Saturday night. John Tice and family visit Lan Frost Sunday. Lan Hayes calls in Farmers Station Sunday evening. QO M Siler of Ocewent butcher for R S Whitton Tuesday. Wm Leisure spots a large eagle Tuesday on his farm but fails to capture. George Ewing enjoys a festive occasion for a granddaughter at Orville Stewart’s Henderson. Henry Morelock and wife return from Franklin county Saturday after visiting relatives.
Westland reports Sunday night visits by Charles Siward at Willow Branch and Ralph Howard’s brief home stay. Elsie Shaffer receives a call from Julian Cox. Charles Kern conducts business in Greenfield. Ray Parker travels through Dublin and New Castle last week. Carl Anderson to lecture at Westland Hall on Friday night, Dec. 4. Local quips on wit and a cryptic Moses joke accompany a transfer of 200 bushels of white corn for 72 dollars from Squire Siward to C. E. Patten of Morristown.
Thomas T. Newby and family called at the Binner office renewing allegiance to the Old Reliable. He left a relic from the Shelbyville and Knightstown railroad, a flat iron bar two and a half inches wide about four feet long with an iron spike, one third the original length. The bar shows how trains moved slowly on that line.
Consul-General John K Gowdy in Paris sends a note to Rushville inviting Captain Havens to distribute about a dozen turkeys this Thanksgiving. Two are set for two needy widows at a local church. He writes his family is well and they will return after his term ends.
The Westland Lecture Course for 1903 04 begins Friday night December 4 at the Westland Hall. One hundred three season tickets have been sold across Blue River Township. The principals are Dr Austin Flunter Grace Burn Dr F B Churchill Charles Exbert Grant and Carl Anderson cartoonist. Mr Anderson is a leading artist noted for his comical drawings. Season tickets covering five pictures cost 100 dollars. Door admission is 20 cents.
Prof Robert A Roberts of Bloomington long a prominent county teacher visited Rushville Saturday with his wife. Both work at the colored high school in Bloomington he is principal of the school. He was warmly greeted by many friends during the city visit.
C G Clark has built a new mill with an artificial stone engine house and expects machinery soon. He hopes to start mid January while old customers show interest in flour. Drill attempts at the Lake Erie depot lot for Mull’s well hit fissures, hindering progress as the derrick complicates moves.
The piece notes that few blind people smoke, and many veterans who lose sight quit quickly because they derive no pleasure from smoke they cannot see. It cites tests with blindfolded volunteers who cannot tell a lit cigar from a dead one, illustrating a visual basis for the perception of smoking.
Charles Moore and Miss Carrie Young were wed at the Wesleyan parsonage Tuesday evening with Rev. J. Je Coleman presiding. The Greensburg News clipping includes a humorous quip about love and marriage, attributed to an exchange and aired in a Resbville Republican note.
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