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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1896
Page
7
Dr. Talmage's Easter sermon at Washington centers on the prodigal son. He argues hunger reveals need for salvation, urges repentance, and offers full gospel pardon as the path home to the Father. The talk blends scripture, moral reflection, and vivid parables to stress mercy and renewal.
In Scribners perspective the English view of Americans and the Yankee character is explored. The piece argues that American claims to progress and culture are misunderstood abroad and highlights the intrusion of Americans into social spheres and the perception of Americans as bold, pervasive, and often unbound by foreign manners.
A Boston resident observes garbage men’s children snatching morsels during their rounds and a charitable man offers to move the family West for a farm. The father is stunned by the suggestion and asks why raise his children outside Boston.
The Dining Car article notes a $20,000 price tag for the new dining car. Planetree asks how long it has run, and the reply is just a week with questions about its payback and self funding.
In a brief vignette Mr. Youngman asks how to learn a woman's thoughts without proposing. Mr. Benedict replies that the sure method is to provoke anger, a sharp bite of satire from the period.
A labor scene unfolds with tension over wage increases. The employer questions repeated raises tied to new assignments while the office boy defends past gains as fair compensation for growing responsibilities.
In a brief historical vignette S F Ware, a druggist, appeals to a doctor who has just entered for help with a prescription. The doctor, after a moment’s glance, clarifies that he is not a clerk but a physician.
The infant son of George Ryner of Poughkeepsie New York died after swallowing indigo water and slipping into a tub.
A survey notes many royal women faced early widowhood, with Queen Victoria and others cited. It compares 1870 and 1890 employment, highlighting sharp growth in women teachers, saleswomen, stenographers, journalists, and notably many women in preaching roles. It also recalls the Princess Louise and Marquis of Lorne wedding anniversary and a local quip about public perception.
Philadelphia Record outlines hay and clover as key forage, with meadow sod value and methods to revive exhausted pastures. It advises lime, fertilizers high in potash and ashes, proper timing of plowing, and cautions on moisture and cattle pressure. Also reports on bed orientation myths and Nansen’s family life in Christiana.
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