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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1899
Page
5
The author visits the Great Geyser, Little Geyser, Strokkr and nearby features, noting creamy russet mineral deposits, Bless the Blue One’s porcelain whiteness, and the dangerous mud pools. Tourists damage spouting fountains, necessitating tents and patience. Great Geyser rises 150 feet after a week’s pause, then erupts for 15 minutes in rainbow colors.
The king of Wurttemberg long served as a hotel keeper in a family tradition, and a royal descendant now runs two large hotels reportedly earning about $50,000 yearly. A tale recalls Peter the Great traveling incognito and the king posing as an innkeeper to welcome the czar.
A historical account notes that in Servia a murderer is executed on the crime scene. A firing squad shoots him, he is blindfolded, and if alive a revolver finishes him before burial. The description frames the method as a grim, poetic form of justice.
A fragmented Courier excerpt reports a parlor tale where a fox mocks Badger about his hunting skill. The fox quips a joke that even if Badger misses game, his wife wakes, implying domestic consequence over sport. The item preserves rustic humor and dialect.
Early theories on Asiatic cholera traced its origin to spoiled rice and labeled it the wise disease. Modern explanations focus on contaminated water and bacterial spread rather to grain.
A Glenville West Virginia reader praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as highly effective with repeated cures when other medicines failed. The letter notes widespread testimonials and mentions availability through O and Coffin & Co.
A New York Sag excerpt discusses shifting manners from the formal address the lady of the house to addressing her by name. It cites a door circular delivered by a messenger bearing the phrase So-and-so sends this to Mrs Blank as an example of refined modern methods.
Excerpts note Bismarck’s blunt view on French plays and public morals. A Marginal pencil note on expositions reads None. The quote links Panem et circenses to a critique of spectacle.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer clipping depicts a dramatic exchange where Vicary insists he cannot split wood, citing a sacred promise made to a mother and a strong stance on preserving a family promise. The exchange centers on adherence to vows and restraint from breaking a promised action.
Fragmentary note traces early tobacco appearances across continents. Mentions Santo Domingo in 1496 and Yucatan with Spanish contact, 1620. references France around 1480 and Santo Domingo in 1588. Source text is incomplete but highlights cross regional spread and dated discoveries.
In March 1792 the commission advertised for a plan for a president's house in Washington. The chosen design by James Hoban won $5600, but later it was revealed Hoban copied elements from the Duke of Leinster's Dublin palace, though claimed as original.
Sydney Smith and Henry Reeve recall a dinner with Macaulay where Smith mocked Macaulay’s memory and praised Lethe. The piece also cites a New York World note on cheap living and a Philadelphia map, describing Americans’ plain meals and a frugal daily bill.
The article notes varied lore about meeting eyebrows signaling deceit or luck. It cites Kingsley, historical fashions in Greece and Rome, and proverbs linking meeting brows to roles such as ministers, vampires, or werewolves in different cultures, including China Denmark and Germany.
The text describes a shifting English society where churchmen peasants and craftsmen mingle with traders and manufacturers forming a rising middle class. This group gains political influence, ostentatious power, and a pragmatic if bribe-prone stance toward the old nobility, shaping the era's social order.
An incomplete court report shows opposing counsel pressuring a witness for an hour. The question about traces of insanity in the witness family appears, with a note mentioning a great grandfather studying law.
A 2m high roof feature at a brewery in M sent is highlighted as a remarkable vane in England. The structure stands 8 feet inches tall, has a stated diameter, and is capable of holding 108 gallons.
Reading fragment suggests a woman married a man to reform him. The speaker recalls she did the job so well that he no longer likes the type of woman he once preferred and now seeks another outcome.
A street quarrel among newsboys on Park Row about a dropped dime escalates into disorderly conduct after a Bowery observer proposes a payoff scheme. A passerby intervenes, the dime thief is seized by a police officer, and taken to the station house.
The Porto Ricans use coconut oil soap and homemade lye for shaving. Men carry no mirrors, breaking bottles to fashion reflective shards from mountain pools. They lather and scrape with glass shards, a frugal but surprisingly safe al fresco method praised by the Chicago Times Herald.
The article argues the larynx cannot be likened to a single instrument. It produces both song and speech, not just musical tones, and voice can be trained for elocution without full vocal physiology. It emphasizes the teacher’s role in training the voice.
A centuries old tale honors Mr Scott of Exeter famed for punctuality. He traveled constantly and kept innkeepers in Cornwall and Devon precise with his arrival times. On a Port Isaac inn visit a traveler learned the duck was prepared only for Scott at exactly 2 PM, and the old man appeared moments early.
A professor, famed for long lectures, is surprised when students place an alarm clock on his desk set for noon. The clock rings, causing applause, and the professor reveals he forgot it was his birthday and that his wife had long wanted a clock for their servant. He then resumes the demonstration.
A tale recalls M Lamany, a professor, waking in fright after dreaming he spoke in error laden prose. He recounts hearing a sentence with a grammar error, highlighting attention to language and syntax in a humorous anecdote from Yoath’s Companion.
A witty London Answers skit features an editor postponing his arrival home after claiming late office duties. He cites a trememdous lockout as reason, only to be contradicted when his wife bangs the window, insisting she has heard of another lockout.
In rustic dialect Uncle Eben warns that the Bab are a danger to listen to, framing it as a folk warning about heedless men familiar with sheep and the world beyond. The quote echoes a frontier voice about trust and guidance in a frontier setting.
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