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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1899
Page
4
A Knightstown weekly column discusses local gas hunting during the cold snap and broader notes on the Nicaragua Canal bill, Philippines conflict, and Rudyard Kipling. It quotes figures on global populations and ponders reading motives with a religious inquiry “How readest thou.”
The issue notes ownership transfer for the local paper, stressing future welfare relies on supporters. It proclaims the Racorp will broaden reach to Carthage and Ripley township readers, making the home news outlet a stronger voice for the community.
The Senate elections committee debated Creger and Stoner over seating, finally preserving the present incumbent to avoid a new election. The panel condemned the existing law as vulnerable to manipulation and flagged reform bills amid defeats in the law.
The death of President Faure shocks France amid partisan divides including Republicans Bonapartists and Orleanists. On February 38th the National Assembly at Versailles elected M. Loubet as president, stabilizing the Republic and reaffirming its institutions despite the Dreyfus affair and public unease.
The Indianapolis Journal reports the Greenfield Republican stance on reform in county government opposing bills that do not cut salaries. The piece notes county commissioners face pressure from officers who have benefited from a system permitting generosity in several counties, including Tippecanoe, and argues some officers prioritize their own gains over taxpayer money.
Chicago dispatch reports the Bachelors' club has disbanded as the remaining members died in a public institution. The buzz centers on Mile. Cues flou, once linked to the angel Gabriel, and her servant who plans a tell‑all book about their mistress.
A Vienna telegraph tells of John and Anna Braune a hardworking Austro family with three children. John shoots himself after Anna urges suicide for insurance but survives and is later found hung. Anna later orders murder of her mother with a hammer and is jailed. A man charged with death by his own action drinks benzine in court and is discharged after a quip about whisky habit.
The article notes Governor Roosevelt’s casual style and approachable demeanor. He shuns formal dress, preferring a loose flannel shirt or tweed suit while greeting laborers in their shirt sleeves. His informal statecraft contrasts with earlier Albany governors and delightfully fends off conventional expectations.
A report from England by the labor department highlights gains in organized labor with union totals rising to 1,600,909 in 1897 led by 100 principal unions. It notes income growth from 1.46 million pounds in 1892 to over 2.5 million in reserve funds, amid two major labor conflicts. The article also surveys New York personalities De Reszke and Kipling, U S sailors in Callao distributing food and tolling beer, and a Kansas Montana unit at Manila praised by the London Chronicle.
The text notes that Andree’s fate remains uncertain but widely believed to end in tragedy. It highlights the French explorer’s foolhardy zeal and his stated willingness to risk return for polar reach, as his balloon voyage to the north pole progresses from bold to questionable.
A dated remark criticizes Manila defenders as feeble against modern rapid fire weapons. The speaker mocks bows and arrows and calls for brutal object lessons in killing to train their morals, mentioning wounds and a stark gap between civilizations.
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