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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1900
Page
6
Bermuda offers beautiful cycling routes with roadbeds described as coral smooth and exceptionally clean. The text extols a bike spin around Bermuda’s neighborhoods as an incomparable pleasure, praising the island's road conditions and scenery for cyclists.
Peter J. Carolus, judge of a St. Louis police court, suggests a drastic plan. He proposes sending all vagrants to a lonely Pacific island for six months of strict military instruction, then deploying them to chase Aguinaldo in the Philippine islands.
Edmund A Vogelsang of Chicago received from his brother Otto a pipe regarded as the world’s most valuable. Valued at no less than $16,000, it reflects 18 years of work by Rev. Father Adolph Ebel, including its artistic and historical significance.
Western Texas reports show heavy rain increased loco weed, causing many horves and cattle to die from the insidious poison. The exact poison element in the weed remains undetermined.
The article notes a compositor’s daily travel in setting type averages 11 miles, about 3000 miles yearly excluding holidays. It cites that over half of compositors’ deaths come from lung disease and that an average person reads about 2500 miles of material in a lifetime.
The United States once minted half cents from 1793 to 1857 totaling 17,985,222 coins and worth about 39,926 dollars. After more than fifty years of small coinage the nation discarded half cents and has not regretted the move.
Russian photographers unable to obtain settlements from sitters hang portraits upside down in showcases before studios. The act signals debtor avoidance and, as the public understands, prompts debtors to quickly restore themselves in townsmen’s eyes.
In the New Hebrides the introduction of pigs has supposedly reduced human killings as island cannibals prefer pork to roast human flesh. The shift away from cannibal feasts may diminish unless extraordinary events like hosting a foreign king or rare ceremonies occur.
Twenty miles from Bozeman Idaho an animal farm houses the wildest and rarest creatures. Owned by Richard W Rock the facility is described as devoted to raising ferocious stock. Rock a veteran west operator and hunter who thirty years ago served as a scout for Gems Gibbon Hayden and Howard.
The text notes Mark Twain despised autograph seekers and explains his view that asking a doctor builder or sculptor for an autograph is unfair while requesting a specimen of their work is more understandable. It clarifies that no autograph existed in the letter, which was to be written throughout.
Travelers on the Giberian railroad will find libraries, pianos, barber shops, water facilities, and every convenience in the cars. Physicians will be aboard with medical attendance for a fee. Multilingual porters will be available and tips expected. A seven day journey from St. Petersburg to Irkutsk is possible for those with sufficient funds.
Capt Bernier of Quebec secures backing from Sir Clements Markham head of the Royal Geographical Society for a north pole scheme. He seeks British government cooperation for a Vancouver expedition with eight crew plus five scientists aboard a wooden or steel ship. The plan targets entering the power basin in August and drifting 900 miles east of Nansen’s route.
A humorous exchange between Elizabeth and a husband named Jim recounts Christmas wants and miscommunications. Elizabeth complains of shopping fatigue and pricey gloves while Jim replies with a wish list of two blue eyes and strong hands, ending with playful formalities and a Santa Claus nod. The fragment ends with ree Pickering Garrison in New York.
In a hillside village, Jean Aubert and family face mortgage hardship while a longmissing neighbor Pierre Demarest returns. Believing them poor, Pierre gifts the family a mortgage payoff of two thousand dollars after sharing his own past, enabling them to keep their home and dream of a parlor as Delia and Henri plan futures.
In a brief exchange from the New York Press Gilson says his wife left him after asking what he would give her for Christmas. He explains he planned to let her pay for dental work herself.
A historical note recalls Christmas as thanksgiving with a Te Deum. A quoted prayer urges daily praise and teaches lives to sing Glory to God, attributed to T. H. Darlow.
A vivid Bangor News report recalls a player named Brayis hitting a ball with a booming drive. The projectile split the air in a red streak before striking near the track, a 14 inch Brayis ball found after a brief search. The observer tipped his hat and exclaimed about the drive’s greatness.
An advertisement extols iron as a vital metal and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestive issues. It claims relief from constipation, dyspepsia, biliousness, and liver and kidney diseases, urging overworked stomachs to try the product.
A fragment notes a cordial mood among guests at home, mentioning plural pousse cafes and a purchase of a clove items, with a reference to a husband. The text appears as a clipped dialogue or caption from a Chicago Daily News page.
An advertorial claim urges that all illnesses from headache to cancer improve only when bowels are right. Cascarets Candy Cathartic is described as a genuine remedy that cures without gripe, induces natural movements, and costs a dime to start, with warnings about imitations.
A brief quip from the Philadelphia Press jokes about Mrs Henpeck asking what to give for Christmas and J Henpeck balking at naming an enemy, highlighting the humorous tension of domestic exchange.
Excursion sleepers depart from St Louis every Tuesday at 8 16 p m via the Katy Flyer for San Antonio Los Angeles and San Francisco and from Kansas City every Saturday at 9 05 p m via the M K & T for the same destinations.
A garbled set of proverbs appears from the Chicago Journal noting sayings about barking dogs and biting, kissing sweets, and sleeping with dogs bringing fleas, styled as scattered aphorisms and archaic phrasing.
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