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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1899
Page
15
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt a crowd jeers at a mock duel with broken English and loud gunfire. The principals exchange six shots, causing personal damage before weapons go empty and the scene ends with ad hoc adjournment.
A brief street car scene adapts a popular tale with two women as the only dramatis personae. The dialogue lampoons mistaken identity and social quirks, ending with a light exchange about the play Frankly the bits recall a cousin’s wife and a Chicago rumor.
The Senate approved the peace treaty with Spain by 57 to 27 votes, flagging the two thirds needed. Following ratification, a joint resolution on Philippine policy stirred debate, while House actions included the census bill and public building measures amid routine session hours.
Mrs. Mary Montgomery won a verdict for 5009 dollars against Attorney A. R. Hill of Danville for falsely declaring he had secured a divorce for her. She had remarried before discovering the deception.
Tom Devereaux a drug clerk at Atchinson's drug store accidentally swallowed cocaine while applying it to a tooth and died Saturday morning.
Shopping tour notes showcase black lace wings with pearl embroidery, Swiss muslin with polka dots and vines, Bagdad embroideries on cotton, batistes with bright stripes, cut glass vinaigrettes with jeweled tops, silk grenadines with floral sprays, beaded opera bags, mousseline and chiffons with fringed ribbons, linen and gingham suits for boys, white silk petticoats with black lace appliques, and crystal perfume bottles in silver filigree. Prices not listed.
A devout village tracer is rumored to skew business, with enemies claiming he shortens weights and times. In the upstairs store, a grocer’s son runs the shop while the father calls the family to prayer each night at nine, with a ritual about posting books and setting the scales light before prayers.
A 93 year old woman in Essex County England is described as the oldest living bicyclist and a skilled rider. The article extols health maintenance with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to prevent digestive diseases and claims the tonic provides relief from dyspepsia indigestion biliousness and constipation even after they set in.
An officious observer asks if the man fell after a sip of ice, prompting a sharp denial as the man asserts he only sat to reflect on the expansion issue. The exchange, reported by the Philadelphia North American, hints at a tense moment over growth plans.
Describes Texas as the Empire State of the Union with vast resources and products. Statistical reports claim mild climate and fertile soil give the region great advantages. For more information, descriptive details and dates, contact i Bowser, District P A, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The piece catalogs curious animal feats and oddities, from an ostrich’s appetite and occasional mischief to bats in Lincolnshire chased by a vicar’s son, a circular net catching 111 bats quickly, and a Vienna monkey named Miss Maja who rides a bicycle at the Prater gardens.
Dialogue from Illustrated American ponders what makes a manly man. She argues a true man should not tolerate repeated fear or weakness, while he contends endurance and strength define worth.
The cabbage palm grows to 170 feet in Cayenne, French Guiana. Its heart can be boiled like cabbage and it is sometimes made into pickles. The wood is close and hard, used for gutters and canes. Hollow leaf stalk bases serve as cradles, splints for fractures, and the dried leaf inside as vellum. The pellicle inside the stalks can act as writing paper.
A historic seed notice touts high corn yields of 313 bushels per acre and 250 bushels per acre for oats, with pasture yields of 50 tons from Salter's Rape at 25c per acre. It promotes Bromus Inermis and beardless barley, along with 10 varieties of grasses and clovers, and invites readers to John A. Salzer Seed Co. in La Crosse Wisconsin to request free samples by sending 10c.
The line depicts a polite shopman appealing to a Mrs Roundtree for the newest novelty, noting it as the latest thing. Mrs Roundtree, half distracted, jokes about preferring anything newer than her husband as a curiosity from Illustrated American.
An assortment of travel pitches and doctored tips from various papers. Mentions Ozark mountains climate medicinal waters and cheap excursion rates via Frisci ie. Also includes product plugs for St Jacobs Oil and light quotations from newspapers with generic market and humor notes.
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