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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1904
Page
4
In a coastal hotel tale, Fosdeck courts Gertrude Martin with Aunt Elizabeth’s schemes finally backfiring as a windy sea voyage brings truth. The trio sails to Poplar Island, romance erupts, and Elizabeth concedes defeat with a triumphant smile.
The article notes that the gun associated with Robinson Crusoe is owned by an English collector. It traces Crusoe to the real seaman Alexander Selkirk, marooned on Juan Fernandez in 1704, who had a knife, a boiler, an ax, and a gun with growder and ball on the island, and explains how the gun came to be linked to Crusoe.
A detailed account of the Mountain Branch Soldiers Home at Marion Indiana notes its 300 acre site, 13 barracks housing up to 3500 with hospital wards for 225, a large mess hall, library, chapel, theatre and band, plus a 1000 seat dining hall and extensive grounds. It covers governance, funding, history, architecture, visitor access, and daily life for veterans including routines, medical care, and entertainment. Noted founder Colonel Walter P Brownlow and architect J H Freelander are mentioned along with Carnegie’s library gift.
Mrs Harvey Jessup improves while Clark Hill stays ill and several residents suffer measles and lung fever. Neighborhood guests include Geo Benjamin, Ed Adkins, J T Barret, Lizzie Ralston led a church opening, and a protracted M E meeting was postponed. Socials featured a 52-person oyster supper, a leap year party, and a trip to Indianapolis for the Red Feather show.
Walnut Ridge reports include Henry Heywood in Rushville with quarterly meetings on Saturday and Sunday, Charles Winslow at Center last Sunday, and Robert Brown visiting Elmer Hunt on Saturday. Orville Brown and Howard Parker traveled to Indianapolis, J O Parker visiting his brother Franklin Parker in Kansas, and Percy Binford from Kansas City visiting his father J M Binford. Laura Hill remains critically ill with measles this Tuesday morning. A Saturday storm struck Murray Parker’s barn and silo, causing significant damage but no livestock losses beyond a single rooster.
Farmers Station report notes farmers lag in work while Price and Murphy ship a load of hogs. Elijah Oldham appears in Farmers Mon.
Frank Woodard and wife were visiting R. F. Brook's. R. 8 Whitton and wife visited Wm. Leisure's Friday. Orville Stewart and family called on Geo. Ewings Sunday. Albert Bitner and brother Ed. took the train Monday to Lyons Station to see their mother Mrs. Miller, who is quite poorly.
The Sahebzada Nasir Ali Khan of Rampur, visiting New York via Mr. Jeffrey Duveen, extols American hospitality as the nation's birthright. He notes New York's freedom, less chaperonage, and lively society while criticising pomp and cosmetics of continental society. He recounts Broadway celebrations and his warm reception, then comments on American optimism and the lure of wealth, deeming heiresses unsuitable.
In the valley of Aosta near St. Marcel a row of springs was found, each yielding water in a distinct color. Professor Vaccazi of the Tivoli Institute examined the springs and found the water pure. minerals at the bottom cause the different tints. Copper carbonate gives the azure spring, iron oxide the yellow, and a mix of both produces the green.
A Chicago News editorial asserts assimilation as a benign influence on island dependencies. A Sulu woman sues a Filipino man for breach of promise. The exchange also references spelling skill and modesty in a brief, fragmented dialogue from Chicago tribune sources.
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