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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1898
Page
5
Society directory lists regular Sabbath services at 11 8 am and 7 pm mid week meetings Thursday 10 am and 7 pm Sabbath School at 10 45 am Intermediate and Senior Endeavors at 3 pm and Senior Endeavor at 6 pm singing pavilion Tuesday 7 pm teachers' meeting Wednesday 7 pm monthly meeting Thursday after first Saturday 10 am Pastor Elwoop ScottT.
Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway announces updated Big Four time end corrections as of July 4 1887. Northbound trains depart 11:83 am and 4:31 pm with passenger Nos 24 and 64 listed. southbound departures 6:53 am and 2:60 pm. Agent J E Campbell at Carthage Indiana authenticates the changes.
In a September note from the Big 4 railway office an informatic call is issued. G McCormick Vorend Lacy Trars Traffid Mgr Ass Gen Pass Tkt Agr report revised rates and procedures affecting general passenger traffic and ticketing.
Interchangeable one thousand mile tickets of the Big Four Route are usable to all business firms and travelers. The lines penetrate major cities in Ohio Indiana and Illinois and a ticket valid for these and connecting lines is highly valuable.
An article on shark behavior notes the rapid gathering of sharks and seabirds around a whale carcass at sea, describing the brutal method used to kill sharks. It then shifts to literary trivia, citing Sir Edward Hamilton's monograph on the four greatest poets and Gladstone's praise of Goethe, with cross references to Newman Ruskin Morley and the London News assessment.
In a drawing room scene on a train from Philadelphia a New Yorker encounters a woman who reveals she has just married again after a divorce from Mr Blank. She introduces her husband Mr Dash and notes they are on their wedding trip, prompting surprise and a hasty exit.
A Chicago Tribune quip narrates a house mix up on Mulberry square. Ferguson rents the next house and a cleaner mistakenly serviced the neighbor's place, prompting a $1.50 charge dispute. Both men agree to settle by the accidental occupancy fee, revealing a humorous social misunderstanding.
A collage of humorous quotes from newspapers shows a North Side mother testing memory with precocious dialogue, noting Adam as the first man and Evil as the first woman. A breakfast table mockery follows about biscuits and old recipes, while a woman complains about a neighbor’s hat and a cook’s duties, capturing light social banter from Chicago and New York papers.
The piece argues that there is no price difference, so the public favors the better article and rewards quality over time. It cites Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as dependable for coughs colds and croup, noting steady sales and brand reliability through O. S. Coffin & Co. as distributors.
In a Washington Star observation, a funeral procession carried one woman’s carriage as she mourned a friend. Later that afternoon she appeared at a theater, rosy and laughing, while her empty funeral carriage trailed to the grave, highlighting society’s contradictory rituals of grief.
The Detroit Journal reports a spirited exchange at the Muskrat Lake John Stuart Mill club where a leader challenges a missionary on reconciling Christian warning with the idea that the only good Indian is a dead Indian asserting aboriginal dialectic can be enlightened.
A mother scolds her son Charlie for not answering after three calls, while Charlie defends reading Bible stories. He compares himself to Samuel who was called thrice by the Lord, prompting the mother to reflect on patience and responsiveness.
A fragmented travel note recalls a frontier traveler amused by a hotel waiter offering to wash hands. The text shifts to brief mentions of Moki Indians in Arizona and a sun dance, plus stray references to Hessians and Revolutionary sailors in Virginia.
A fragment from Lon implies Mrs Mannerly scolds her daughter after a social tea. The daughter reports back that friends questioned her restraint, asking if she was not overdoing the event or risking illness. The exchange centers on politeness and self restraint in social settings.
Describes how caterpillars and moths mimic bark, lichens, and blossoms to avoid enemies. Notes a spider on a leaf mimicking decay. a cricket luring a lizard, which passes by unaware. Also includes a separate classified snippet seeking trustworthy men to manage home office work with a $900 yearly salary and $75 monthly incentives.
A historical notice states Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy can always be defended upon and is pleasant and safe to take, sold by Q. 8. Coffin & Co.
Perry Ill. clerk Me Gordin Norris reports a man entered the drug store and asked for a bottle of medicine to save children from croup. He cited a News article and purchased Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sold by Coffin & Co.
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