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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1896
Page
8
The Carthage Indiana Big Four timetable lists the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis line with going north Nos 102 and 104 passengers and going south Nos 103 and 105. The schedule was corrected to February 9 1896 and agent J E Campbell is available for information with times 11 26 am and 6 30 pm and 7 01 am 2 40 pm referenced.
Society directory items list Carthage Lodge No 255 I O C F meeting Tuesdays 7 30 pm at Odd Fellows Hall and Friends Church weekly services and activities including Sabbath preaching at 11 00 am mid week prayer Thursday 7 30 pm Sabbath school 9 45 am Christian Endeavor 6 00 pm Junior Endeavor 3 00 pm singing practice Friday 7 30 pm and teachers meeting Wednesday 7 00 pm plus monthly meeting the first Thursday after the first Saturday 10 00 am
Local and state items include Hill & Gear selling cotton pants for 50 cents, a big wheat crop outlook in Hamilton county, and various small notices from Carthage to Rockfield about fires, sales, and local happenings.
Miss Susie Wood's child is seriously ill. Farmers rush to plant crops. Mrs Alonzo Sohn and baby are improving. Prof. J. E. Jay of Carthage preached at Riverside church Sunday. Mattie and Susie Bentley of Carthage visited D. A. Earnest Sunday.
Charley Lyman has been quite sick with heart trouble for several days. William Robb of Greenfield visited Perry Lyman and family Sunday. Dr. Butler of Indianapolis conducted business in the village last Friday. Hon. Morgan Chandler of Greenfield was on his farm east of town Saturday. Miss Clara Reece of WCE spent last week with Dr. AR wife. Mrs Orlends Binford of Sigalls visited her parents Lemuel Hackleman and wife last week. Repairs are under way on Morristown natural gas lines and will require effort to halt all leaks. Sunday School workers attended the Charlottesville Quarterly Meeting Sunday School Conference. Miss Ida Holesclaw, visiting Amiel Coffin and family, has returned to Spiceland. Misses Josie and Edna New of Pendleton visited grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Hunt and wife Thursday and Friday.
About 700 men and 65 wagons seized Crawford county records in Leavenworth on Monday morning and hauled them to English, the supreme court's chosen county seat. The mob, led by captain Gregory, faced little resistance while packs of books and records were loaded into wagons. Commissioners failed to secure bonds for a new English court house, prompting forceful action to ensure the move. Gregory urged visitors to come to the new county seat before departure.
An Indiana experiment station report promotes corrosive sublimate as a seed potato treatment to prevent scab. It details preparation, bathing times, cautions, and repeated use as the crop shows weakness. A second ad recounts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, its praise, price, and local availability by Coffin & Co. Druggists.
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