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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1900
Page
2
Paris Funeral Syndicate Controls All Local Services
A single licensed syndicate conducts all funerals in Paris with a fixed tariff system. First class funerals run to about $2,000 while ninth class offerings are priced around $5, outlining a formal monopolized market in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Night scares unsettle British regiment in India
While returning from maneuvers at Chinchwad a British regiment in India was temporarily thrown into confusion when two pack oxen laden with cooking pots bolted. The incident illustrates how night fears can spread through troops and trigger a momentary panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Chinchwad
Australian tarantulas spun into balloon thread
Tarantulas in Australia are used for their webs to make thread for balloons. The filaments are lighter than silk and even lighter than canvas when woven. Each tarantula yields 20 to 40 yards of filament, with eight twisted strands forming one thread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Zinc mining expansion eyed as mines run out
With the exhaustion of Welsh and European zinc mines the rising demand for zinc in electrical appliances and in the cyanide ore reduction process spurs mining men and manufacturers in this country to watch new mining areas with keen interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Europe
Tugela Bridge Contract Sparks South African Bridge Feats
English technical journals, upset over an American firm winning the Atbara bridge contract, praise a Wednesbury company for preparing the Tugela bridge materials within one month of contract receipt. The bridge spans 105 feet and needed 750 tons of material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atbara
Wednesbury
Tugela Bridge
Governor Crane’s mills in Dalton uphold pension amid long family rule
Massachusetts governor Crane operates paper mills in Dalton with a pension program for longtime retirees. The mills, under three generations of family management, have not seen a strike in decades, reflecting sympathy and charity in employer policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Crane
Massachusetts
Dalton
Boers escalate rail destruction in war action
A small Boer group abandons tearing rails into streams and instead heats a rail center to white heat, then carries the rail by its cool ends to twist it around a tree or telegraph pole, making it unusable for any further railway purpose.
Population fact credits Washington with largest Negro community
Washington is described as the nation’s city with the greatest Negro population, exceeding St. Louis Baltimore and New Orleans and containing more than double their combined populations. It notes Washington has nearly three times as many Black residents as St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Union
St. Louis
Baltimore
New Orleans
1889 Export Rise for Manufacturers Reaches Record
In 1889 manufacturers increased exports over 1898 by up to 25 percent, reaching 380,757,891. Imports of materials for manufacturing rose 33 percent. The share of manufacturing exports to total exports grew to 30.4 percent. Key gains came from copper, cotton goods, agricultural implements, iron and steel manufactures, leather goods, mineral oils and fertilizers.
Balloon reconnaissance mishap over Ladysmith
In Ladysmith Lieut. Col. Sir Henry Rawlinson rode a war balloon when a shrapnel shell pierced the bag and burst beyond. The balloon sank gently, and on the next ascent a black patch marked the damage area while the crew remained unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladysmith
Sir Henry Rawlinson
Brooklyn Physician Restores Sight Without Surgery
A Brooklyn physician reports three cures of long term blindness using drugs alone. One man, blind for 20 years, now sees objects within a few feet. A second man, also blind 20 years, can walk the street and again view life’s beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Uncle Dick Thompson's Smoking Life Lauded and Questioned
After Uncle Dick Thompson's death at ninety, readers debate his life choices. The piece notes his long habit of smoking cigars, averaging twenty daily over seventy years, totaling about five hundred sixty thousand cigars, while a physician warned it was excessive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Thompson
Uncle Dick
Living in Christ and the Longevity of Believers
A sermon arguing practical religion boosts health and longevity. It portrays the body as God’s watch, urges care of health as a Christian duty, and claims faith brings rest from worry, divine protection in business, and longer life through virtuous living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talmage
David
Adam
Methuselah
Vespasian
Peter Zartan
Paul
Treas
Church
God
New York
London
St. Petersburg
Peking
Australia
California
Daniel
Wall Street
Exposition of a robust, healthy religion and eternal life
The speaker argues that faith in Jesus offers lasting comfort and longevity. Through three experiments about the afterlife, he asserts a future state of glory, repentance, and heaven, illustrated with vivid biblical imagery. He portrays religion as healthful, offering peace, joy, and eternal life both now and after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Earth
Heaven
Hell
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Eternal Hill
God
Adam
Red Sea
Moses
St. Paul
Archangel
Fifty-Sixth Congress Delivers Navy Enlistment and Decorations
Washington reports Senate passes bills to promote navy enlistment and accept foreign orders and decorations. Honor granted to Brevet Alexander Stewart Webb on retired army list. Congress funds a bronze statue for Gen. Spinner and restores the Constitution frigate. House action includes pensions, Lincoln statue, and anti corruption provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Alexander Stewart Webb
Handy
Eece
Roumania
Government of
Venezuela
T. Sama
H. C. Taylor
F. A. Cook
D. Sigsbee
F. E. Chadwick
C. F. Goodrich
W. W. Mead
J. H. Dayton
F. M. Symonds
C. C. Todd
Philippine Commission
Lincoln
Allison
Finance Committee
Jones
House
New York
Chickering
Payne
N. Y
Andler
Rep
N. H
Hemenway
Ind
Bil
Aldrich Vs. Robbins
Alabama
Nelson
Minnesota
United States
Legislati
Boutelle
Miers
Showalter
Grosvenor
Gillette
Mass
Driggs
Underwood
Ala
McEnery
Dem
Stewart
Civil Service Commission
Lorain Harbor
Con-Res
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Josion Eliza A. Lake
N. Lake
Ohio Volunteers
Stephen J. Watts
6&H
Kentucky Infantry
Senator Elkins Injured In Icy Capitol Fall
Washington February 19 Senator Elkins of West Virginia slipped on an icy sidewalk near the capitol during a snow storm Saturday afternoon sustaining bruises and a general shake-up. The attending physician says his condition is not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Elkins
West Virginia
Capitol
Narrow Escape From Gas Furnace Fumes
Columbus Ohio February 19 State Railway Commissioner Kayler and his wife narrowly escaped death as fumes from a natural gas furnace filled their home They were found unconscious and Mrs Kayler remains in danger from inhalation of the deadly gas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Kayler
Steamer New Mattie sinks near White River mouth
The steamer New Mattie from Memphis sprang a leak and sank near White river mouth at Rosedale Mississippi on February 19. Two African American deck hands drowned. The cargo of general merchandise was a total loss with no property loss estimate available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosedale
Miss
New Mattie
Memphis
White River
Record High Champlain Water Stuns Whitehall Residents
The water level in Lake Champlain surged to a foot above the record high, alarming Whitehall residents. Humorous washouts were reported along the Delaware and Hudson railroad line, disrupting travel routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
N. Y
Lake Champlain
Delaware & Hudson Road
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Deep Source Remedy
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for headaches, fatigue, eruptions, and kidney troubles by cleansing the blood. It claims notable weight gain and renewed vigor from use, citing a testimonial from William J. Knight of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Hood
William J. Knight
Bluff Street
Pittsburg
Paes
An Episode in Boerdom Likely From War Lit
A humorous Anglo Boer War scene from a New York Sun reprint portrays Afrikander and Voortrekker encounters in the veld. Their trek from Schuin's Tloogte to Palapsie turns comic as a dancing nitrate of missteps, a kopje, and a krantz provoke a lively Taals debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuin
Tloogte
Palapsie
N. Y
Free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease shown for feet
You can obtain a free sample from Allen S Olmsted Leroy New York for Allen's Foot-Ease. The remedy cures chilblains sweating damp swollen aching feet and makes new or tight shoes comfortable. A sure cure for corns and bunions. Available from all druggists and shoe stores at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
Leroy
N. Y
Matrimony and Money Sayings From Detroit Free Press
A brief verse contrasts marriage vows with financial terms. It frames matrimony as standing together, harmony as life shared, patrimony as wealth accumulated, testimony as records, alimony as money paid, and credits Detroit Free Press for the quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
All Year Resort Opens At Crescent Hotel Eureka Springs
The Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs Arkansas opens March 1 offering an attractive and convenient resort for health and pleasure seekers. Ideal climate pure drinking water best accommodations sleepers via Frisco Line write for particulars for hotel or to any representative of Frisco Line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent
Eureka Springs
Ark
Frisco
Fiat Comfort and Ice at the Cool
A humorous Detroit Free Press exchange between Mr Flatte and Mrs Flatte about why a Fiat is left with a load of ice in the cool. The joke pivots on heating the Fiat with ice, a playful misdirection.
Grim catalog of quack cures and ad snippets
Collage of vintage medicine ads and quips tout powders and tonics for chills, fevers, colds, toothache drops and cough remedies. Mentions Gnove’s Tasteless Can and Putnam Fadeley yes with dubious claims and a raffle remark from Atchison Globe. Includes Colton quotation and generic ad line about erasing error on a blank sheet.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Proclaimed Blessing
A middle aged woman in Brooklyn testifies that after years of bladder and liver trouble during the change of life doctors failed to help her, but Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound greatly improved her health and she urges others to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Prixeway
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mars
Gro. H. Juse
DeKalb Ave
Brooklyn, N. Y
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
Letter excerpts praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during change of life. Mausta Bueriex of Bridgewater and Manry E Janxs of Bradford share personal testimonials claiming renewed health and strength and urging use of the remedy. The notes emphasize quick relief and broad endorsement among friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. D. Dennis
Carthage
Indiana
Christ
Dr. Talmage
Louis Klopsch
Elkins
Fiat Comfort
Colton
Putnam Fadeles
Atchison Globe
Hale
Pike
Chicago Dispatch
Mrs. Pinkgas
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