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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1898
Page
5
A summer visitor befriends French Canadian mill workers in a New England town. He helps a widowed groom with his two young children and later witnesses a wedding journey toward the burial ground. The bridegroom’s family continues to honor traditions, with a somber, hopeful mood described.
A Journal of Ethics excerpt argues wealth spent in luxury or on rare art is not destroyed but redistributed. It notes consumption transfers wealth between hands, sometimes to better use, sometimes not. The piece emphasizes nuance in judging extravagant spending's social value.
Two chess friends in a cafe argued after one claimed a pawn had vanished. A lively quarrel erupted as players inspected the board and found the missing pawn. The man who lost it had swallowed a cream covered piece of sugar, later revealed to be the pawn he tossed into his cap.
Comedian John Lancaster recounts a Quebec excursion with Tom Atkins and a guide. They visit Wolfé movement on a historic site where a playful exchange about a German soldier prompts a grim punchline.
The text argues that quality beats price in winning public preference. Consumers compare rivals, trial determines the winner, and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy outsells fashionable novelties because it is trusted for coughs, colds, and croup. Sold by O. S. Coffin & Co.
Lord Whitworth, famed for wit and diplomacy, faced Napoleon at the Tuileries and at court, with quick quips about “blood letter” puns and a decisive sword-hand. A Russian court anecdote plays on a grand saigneur pun while a domestic tale from Youth's Companion recalls a country town ledger kept in doggerel verse.
A essay argues that domestic cats likely derive from the Egyptian feline, noting Egyptian cats lived in groups and were worshiped rather than domesticated. It extends the point to India where monkeys, though cared for and fed, remain wild, suggesting human care methods determine tame vs wild behavior.
A fragment notes an eye finding as an old age sign, describing color fading at the corneal circumference. It mentions school of the mikado and a custom day involving papilla rabbis, though details are unclear.
Lord Chief Justice Cockburn defended a Scotsman for murder but the long argument failed and a death sentence was passed. The condemned man taunted his counsel claiming no justice that day, to which the judge retorted he would receive it in a fortnight in London Outlook.
A Boston Transcript quotation notes that self made men are common yet self made women are rarely heard of. The piece critiques in a sly way the male dominated selfmaking industry and implies women lack opportunity or desire to enter the field.
A brief dialogue exchange appears in the Yonkers Statesman noting a bride’s bold challenge to her groom’s best man. The terse humor underscores domestic sparring and readiness for social scrutiny without explicit consequences.
Prince Chilkov of Russia began as a locomotive worker in Liverpool then guard and station master in England before returning home to become director, inspector general, and finally minister of railways after years on the Transcaspian line. In Brazil Felix Bocayava and Zaccharini clashed over a duel. the Italian consul refused to issue a character certificate, ending the plan.
The Chicago Chronicle quotes a witty exchange about married life and keeping house. The line asserts comforts of home come from a boarding house arrangement, highlighting humor about domestic living.
Having purchased the stock and fixtures of Leslie Bundy, the business will continue at the same A1 first class lunch counter. Operations include lunches and short orders with oysters in any style. A fine line of cigars and tobacco will be offered.
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