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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1899
Page
8
A Chicago Dispatch item traces how words like piccadilly collar grenadiers marineros rye caraway hamaca and more entered English from Spanish or via exchanges with Spain Columbus and other sources. It highlights language links across travel colonization and trade.
A literary note recounts Charles Reade’s persistent effort on The Cloister and the Hearth with evolving characters including Denys the Burgundian crossbowman. It quotes his doubt on success and a reader’s enduring engagement with the tale and its adventurer. Also two brief humor items about Mme Nordica and a Texas cowboy.
Capt. D. C. Benjamin, then governor of St Helena, recalls a May 1864 visit to Episcopal and Baptist churches on St Helena Island. He describes groves of live oaks, hanging moss, large baptism by immersion, freedpeople worship, and a joyful scene as former slaves join in marriage and the Lord’s Supper.
The Hinchman estate home near Ging station, one of the county’s best preserved older mansions, was totally destroyed by fire Monday. It belonged to Thomas A. Coleman of Rushville. Loss estimated at 2500 with 800 to Rush County Farmers Insurance Co. Also noted: a split gas main near Mrs. Mary A. Fousts home caused a pressure rise after days of extreme cold. Other items include business moves, local notices, and social updates from Greenfield and surrounding areas.
The Jour nal recalls mayor Long John Wentworth facing a turf riot risk in Chicago with a police force weakened by lack of uniforms and funds. To deter trouble he added digits to officer badges creating illusions of a large, mobilized force. The tactic reportedly discouraged the roughs from acting.
The passage mentions Charles Cook visiting Miles Cook and wife, Albert Reece's initial week with relatives, and a remark about vegetables in Bible times noting asparagus and lucerne as ancient crops. It reflects a transcript with remarks on spoiled men.
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