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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
2
An old man used a want ad to gain a wife and paid $50,000 to end the marriage with her set to testify. A semi official denial flags Alfonso’s remarriage rumors. Invitations to weddings arrive with assurances. A divorce suit cites twenty two years without a bath. A Morocco sultan learns the drinks are on him after Franco German rapprochement.
The passage notes that the Japanese are frugal and will seek cheaper sustenance than rice if wartime debts require it. It implies a readiness to endure rationing or shift to alternative foods to meet financial obligations.
An insurance company president allegedly spent 13000 of the firm’s money on a rug for his private office. The motive hinted is to keep from having cold feet, reflecting potential personal gain.
The article surveys alliance shifts among France Russia and Britain amid a looming German bluff, cites President Roosevelt on justice and money use, notes controversy over Canadian extradition cases Gaynor and Greene, and reflects on education, artistic tastes by gender, communication advances, and a lurid baby-abduction ring case in New York.
Harper's Weekly notes that 1904 global cotton production reached 18,041,853 bales while consumption was 15,474,980 bales, leaving a surplus of 2,566,879 bales. It cautions that China Japan Asiatic Russia and other regions in the East and the Americas grow and consume cotton outside commercial channels and limits of estimation.
Six months after the squire's daughter Sybil fled her home she endures quiet hardship in Highgate with Captain Ayrton. Lyster faces a money crisis and contemplates selling his commission while Sybil, loyal and hopeful, vows to raise two hundred pounds from her father to save him, clinging to blissful memories of former luxury.
Sybil Ayrton pleads for two hundred pounds from her wealthy father. Lyster Ayrton pressures debt by offering to borrow from Sir Rupert Dacre, revealing he married Sybil for her money. Sybil refuses, confronts the truth, and dies after his brutal admission.
Washington Post story recounts a gambler's suicide at Monte Carlo after losing about $100 in five franc pieces. The casino employer allegedly filled the victim’s pockets with gold to hide the death, and silent figures removed the money before morning. The note ends with a line about world salvation mirroring the workers.
Suaway Sunday School at 9:30, preaching at 10:80, Junior League at 2:30, Epworth League at 6:00, preaching at 7:00. Mid week Prayer Meeting Thursday 7, choir practice Friday 7. J T Scull, Pastor.
Sunday Bible School at 9 45 with worship at 11 00 Junior and C E at 2 00 Y P 8 C E at 6 30 Gospel Service at 7 30 Mid week meeting Thursday 10 am prayer meeting Thursday 7 30 pm All welcome Pastor Chas Whitely
The East Street Church of Christ invites all to services at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. on the alternate Sunday each month. Choir practice is Friday evening at 7 o'clock. Omar Hufford serves as pastor and extends a cordial invitation.
Wesleyan Methodist schedule lists Sunday School at 9 45 a m with preaching at 10 30 a m and 7 00 p m on alternate Sundays Prayer Meeting on Tuesday evening follows the Sunday services pattern and indicates regular worship and study times for congregants.
Mount Pleasant A M E calls members to worship on the 1st and 3rd Sundays. Sabbath School starts at 2 P M each Sabbath. Midweek prayer meeting is Thursday night. Courteous invitation extended to all to attend these meetings.
The Church of Christ lists Sunday School at 9:00, preaching at 11:00 in the morning and 7:00 at night. Prayer Meeting is Thursday evening at 7:00. Philander Weaver is the pastor.
LODGES. F. and A. M. Rush Lodge 580 meets at their hall on North Main street. I. C. O. F. Carthage Lodge 255 meets Tuesday evenings at their ball on East Mill street. M. W. OF A. Carthage Camp 5348 meets subject to call of officers.
The Navy Department reported across the fleet and shore stations a half hour conversation with Admiral Evans 200 miles north off Maryland and later with the West Virginia 1,050 miles away. Night signals travel far longer, up to 1,600 miles from Manhattan Beach to San Juan, Porto Rico, as ionization conditions change.
Sydney correspondent reports in Samoa a volcanic lava torrent three miles wide reaching the sea with little damage due to desert land. In Jaluit Marshall Islands a six foot wave floods the atoll, destroying the German wharf and mission building. Over 70 natives die or drown. Europeans shelter in unusual places. The German steamer Germania barely survives the storm.
A puzzled man holds fifty dollars and weighs buying an evening suit or paying an Ippsley club admission. Neither option helps without the other, so the man faces a solvable dilemma. His wife arrives with dressmaker statistics that could influence the decision.
A brief quote showing Tom questioning another about smoking while Dick jokes the doctor ordered it, not his wife. The exchange exemplifies habit and authority within a household.
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