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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1899
Page
10
Prior to 1859 Virginia led tobacco farming with about 123 million pounds yearly. Now Virginia yields roughly 50 million pounds annually. Since the Civil War Kentucky has become the top producer at about 225 million pounds per year.
Royal wedding cakes require at least six months maturation and five to seven hours of baking. The high demand ensures makers stock more than 2000 pounds of cake in the seasoning room for such occasions.
Report describes an otter cub fitted with a collar by fishermen. The otter is unable to swallow for days and, in response, abandons fishing at sea and returns to shore with every fish it catches, effectively training the animal to bring fish to the bank.
A Paris court of appeals decision holds that scenes from plays may not be reproduced in illustrated papers without management permission. The test case involved Porte Saint Martin theater and publishers of a photo programme of Cyrano de Bergerac.
Herr Witt announces the new little planet between Mars and the sun will be called Enos though astronomer S C Chandler of Cambridge Mars urged the name Pluto. Chandler's orbit calculations were verified by Harvard photographs from the Arequipa observatory in Peru.
Mulhall lists the United States as the richest nation with $81.75 billion, followed by Great Britain $59.03 billion, France $47.95 billion, Germany $40.26 billion, Russia $32.13 billion, Austria $22.56 billion, Italy $15.8 billion, and Spain $11.5 billion. Values derive from real estate, buildings, merchandise, railways, and circulating money in each country.
A bill in the Oklahoma legislature proposes forming a constitution and state government. It calls for a June 1899 election in territorial voting precincts to choose delegates to a constitutional convention assembling in July to draft the constitution and organize a state government.
The Bombay Advocate reports activists aim to improve the lot of Hindu widows in India. They propose delaying bald shaving until the widow reaches 21, easing jewelry loss, coarser dress, restricted fasting, and fewer meals than other family members. The relief scheme targets drastic social practices.
A spacious light apartment with sparse curtains is described. Verdant plants divide the room into cozy nooks and the wall dado is largely photographs. An easel, a grand piano, and watercolors reflect the czarina’s artistic tastes and singing of folk songs.
The Alabama Senate passed a dispensary bill empowering counties and towns not currently prohibiting liquor to establish dispensaries. Towns under 10 000 population may host one dispensary, larger cities one per 10 000 residents. In counties outside towns, dispensaries require a petition of twenty or more householders and freeholders.
Inventors pursued machines to cut square holes and produced practical devices, but their progress faced a setback as hydraulic power emerged enabling punching holes of any shape. Other mortising machines cut various shapes yet stop short of square finished holes like an augur makes a circular hole.
Four new millionaires join the Senate ranks: Chauncey Depew of New York John Kean Jr of New Jersey Nathan Way Scott of West Virginia and McCumber of North Dakota. Scott faces a challenge from McGraw over ineligible voting by two volunteers with U S commissions.
A preacher uses the Mary and Martha scene to urge women to bear housework with grace. He praises self sacrifice as the path to happiness, notes mothers bear vast duties, and links domestic toil to spiritual reward and divine care.
A short humorous quip explains a suitor’s rejection not for merit but due to crowding. the paterfamilias notes there is simply no space left, keeping the exchange light and witty in Tit-Bits style.
A self described piece by Eliza R. Parker promotes silk and woolen underwear with affordable prices. It advises careful washing at home using Booey Coat, warm water, and gentle handling to avoid damage, advising to press while damp after rinsing and line drying.
A Detroit Free Press fragment quotes a speaker recalling a nightmare about sleeping through a semis and dreaming they wore a keg of hard cider while working, illustrating a vivid, humorous reaction to a close call or event.
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness due to catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure, with circulars and a druggist price of 75 cents.
Mrs Brown I remarks the new drug store is lovely while Mrs Jones notes they offer six different shades of pills. Detroit Journal records a light exchange about shop variety.
You can get Alien's Foot-Ease free by writing a day to Allen S Olmsted in Le Roy New York for a sample powder to shake into shoes. It relieves chilblains sweating damp swollen feet and makes new or tight shoes comfortable. An instant cure for corns and bunions. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
A Yonkers Statesman shopper quips about holiday bargains as store displays feature discounted down pillows. The lighthearted exchange highlights seasonal pricing and consumer frugality during the holiday shopping period.
Advertisements claim Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. Also promotes Piso’s Cure for whooping cough and St. Jacobs Oil for bruises, sprains, and aches. Mentions a Brooklyn address and various newspaper blurbs.
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