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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1899
Page
12
Lloyd W Henley notes concerns as Miles embalmmed beef probe looms. Iloilo surrendered to American forces this week. The Spanish Cortes to meet February 20 to ratify peace. Eighty two unclaimed bodies lie in East River morgue awaiting disposal amid icebound conditions. Henry and Hamcock counties send rising leaders to the state lower house.
Senator New's township bill passed the Indiana Senate 33 to 13 on Monday. The measure faces a hard fight in the House, but current outlook for reform bills remains encouraging. Three bodies believed to be Andree's expedition companions found by Siberian natives near Taimur Peninsula. journey began July 1897.
It took 113 days to finish the Spanish-American War and 138 days for the war investigating committee to conclude it was managed right. The rank and file earned glory while some high authorities faced suspicion of dishonesty.
Tempers flared in Havana last week as Cuban crowds objected to marching behind American forces in the Garcia funeral. Leaders may need to apologize to General Brooke for their conduct.
The United States Senate approved by a two vote majority a resolution declaring the nation will not permanently annex the Philippine islands. It states the United States will civilize the natives as missionaries and provide a suitable government while leaving the transfer question for future developments.
A Tipton man travels to Indianapolis to shop, buys a green wood bedstead that sprouts branches and leaks maple sap from the footboard in spring. Portu gal complains of a snowball assault on its minister in Washington and a U S reparation note follows. Havana's Gov Ludlow cites a January death rate 40 percent below last year due to sanitation and street cleaning efforts.
The report notes American oversight after taking island control, urging inspection and isolation of infections, medicine access, and food provisions. It also mentions dancing lessons request by Carthage girls and a Indiana Supreme Court fraud ruling in Basye vs Basye over a deed claimed via feigned affection.
A humorous schoolboy essay extols the mouth as the front door of the face and the gateway to the body. It calls the mouth the hotbed of toothache the fountain of patriotism and the tool chest for pie while noting its influence on speech, manners, and social life.
The forecast warns of a series of storms around February 14 to 16 with blizzard risk in the north and west. Temperatures rise on February 21 then fall from west to east with sleet and snow inland. A strong cold wave and heavy storms are expected from a near full moon on February 24 onward.
Mrs. Lew Wallace in the February Ladies' Home Journal laments child strain in public schools. She cites long study hours, nightly reading, and pressure for grades, medals, and prizes as exhausting youth. She recalls past playtime and questions the price of education.
A collage of proverbs and reflections highlighting social quirks and human behavior. Observations cover aging, money, church, honesty, self interest, and the paradoxes of work and merit in everyday life.
Kipling's The White Man's Burden appears in McClure's Magazine February issue with publishers' consent. The excerpt presents the poem's themes of colonial duty, civilization, and imperial burden, noting its copyright status and the debate it spurs amid governmental policy debates.
A benevolent man recalls youthful dreams of simple virtue. Wealth at 25 led to a tipsy night and a civil suit, then remorse and reform. He describes how wealth tested ideals, and how he now blends hard business sense with support for the poor.
A London Globe anecdote recounts a lawyer pressing a farmer on barn age. The farmer dodges with a sharp retort about his own house being as old as the lawyer, triggering laughter and the witness not being recalled.
A mid-December street scene near a London area gate unfolds with three figures pressing against railings while a shouting chorus of "Peace on earth" echoes. The narrator enters the gate as the trio scatters, while a cook slams the area door and a late-night discord leaves the street tense and quiet.
E V Lucas notes Coleridge lacks voluntary writing power unless inspired. In conversation he produces abundant thoughts, but under planned writing he falters, sometimes unable to write even simple notes. He is a mind that excels only in inspired moods, which are oral rather than scriptural.
The Pall Mall Magazine quotes 1635 instructions from the Earl of Lindsay to captains detailing harsh naval discipline. Offenders faced marooning and keelhauling, with punishments including nailing to the mainmast and tying the living to the dead before being cast overboard.
An old superstition holds rats desert a seaworthy ship, a belief echoed by Great Lakes sailors. The Vernon, a Buffalo built three master from 1850, supposedly carried grain to Buffalo then cargo to Chicago. On a rough November night, 50 to 75 rats fled the ship, swarmed the wharf, and the ship sailed with a fresh crew but was lost with all hands.
For further information call on J E Campbell, Agent, Carthage, Indiaipal.
A historical note describes a colossal bridge in China from the Song era near Sangang by the Yellow Sea. It allegedly spans at least eight and a half miles with 300 arches and marble lion statues on each pile, the foundation 21 meters beneath water.
A Woman's Answer quotes a confession of feeling like a perfect wreck with a sympathetic remark from a Dearest Friend. The brief exchange appears in the New York Sun. Separately, a note discusses Spain's rich mineral resources including iron copper zinc silver antimony and gypsum. The text also mentions a naturalist theory that whales originated as land animals before migrating to the sea.
Interchangeable one thousand mile tickets on the Big Four Route are essential for business firms and travelers. The lines serve major cities in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with a ticket valid for main cities and connecting lines making extended travel invaluable.
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