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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1904
Page
2
A brief note remarks that when a neat window display appears the store keeper is a hustler after trade. Souvenir post cards are the fad and are out in Carthage, illustrating progressive local merchants.
A local business urges year round advertising as essential to drive sales across winter and summer, noting that warmth and ice are not enough without persistent promotion.
Carthage Natural Gas Company shows meter issues similar to those reported by Indianapolis citizens seeking gas service. Residents report unreliable readings and billing disputes, prompting calls for prompt inspections and transparent pricing.
A wary reader is urged that writing down talk and turning it into an advertisement yields profit from the first investment, implying a get rich quick scheme. The piece signals caution about overhyped claims and promotional traps.
A fragmented report notes a Turkey Day episode at the White House drawing broad reaction across the country. Both sides face censure for actions during the incident, with criticism heard nationwide.
Local businessmen, mostly property owners, fund civic improvements and await holiday patronage. Readers are urged to consider how spending in Carthage could revive the town as the Christmas edition nears print.
A Carthage businessman voices a bold demand that the town board supply hitch racks, declaring residents will not rest until the issue is resolved. He notes the board appears unmoved and unalert to local needs as he critiques their inaction.
Town leaders might have ducked for cover if they’d heard farmers at Wednesday’s Farmer's Telephone Company meeting venting about hitching racks. The colorful remarks suggest strong local sentiment and possible policy friction over rural transportation needs.
The speaker laments unsafe dew and dusty conditions as hitchtacks and racks near Henley's grocery remain unrepaired. They accuse the council and city fathers of ignoring business needs and threaten to treat the council like a nesting hen if action is not taken.
Readers report catalogs arriving from distant mail order houses inviting orders for goods. The items range across miscellaneous merchandise and resemble impulse purchases advertised to a broad audience.
Miss Bessie Vaughn of Chicago meets a courteous cowboy posing as a passenger, snubs him, and endures rough travel toward a Long ranch. A Yale-educated Tom defends her from pursuing Indians, killing one and wounding another before guiding her to safety at the ranch to curb a rumored romance.
A neighbor urges residents to write and request donations for a town church society or related organization, promising a response will follow. The note implies personal investment may bring about slow, long term support and hints at aging involved in steady fundraising efforts.
New fundraising items show aluminum pin trays stamped with a church photograph and pastor. They sell readily at a quarter each and are described as neat and attractive. No sales yet in Carthage, but they are expected to do well.
The mails grow heavy with children’s letters to Santa, arriving here and there as young minds imagine his whereabouts. Some appeals are touching while others simply list gifts desired.
Citizens debate adding diverse cultural offerings after praising the opera house. Local speakers urge expansion into lectures musicals and other high grade entertainments as sound investments for the community.
A. E. Langrownor rector of St Luke's Church reports Easter day recovery from a harsh cold and cough after using Chamberlain Cough Remedy. He says three doses cleared the cough, enabling him to preach three times. Remedy sold by J. H. McCarty & Son.
Administratrix Miriamne Conoway announces sale of decedent John M. Conaway’s real estate in Rush County two miles south of Carthage on Arlington Pike. Private sale at 1 p.m. December 22 1904 and daily thereafter until sold, minimum bid at appraised value, terms one half cash and rest in one year at 6 percent mortgage. Sale subject to court approval.
A short ad notes Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets selling through J. H. McCarty & Son with a prompt corrective promise and a nod to a popular product name.
A collage of quips and scenes from old papers shows doctors judging illnesses by germs, electric shocks provoking awe, a biting joke about a dentist’s ring, and a book review with a dry punchline.
Winchester Indiana resident C W Lynch reports his son survived membranous croup after taking Foley's Honey and Tar. He credits one dose with saving the boy's life and mentions Bevee substitutes J H McCarty and Son as the druggists.
Landlady answers in a clipped reply from the New York Evening Journal, noting a guest inquiry and preference for advance arrangements about staying at the house. The fragment summarizes a social notice style exchange reflecting lodging etiquette and urban newspaper tone.
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