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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1897
Page
9
Train schedule for the Big Four route through Carthage Indiana corrected to June 7 1898 lists GOING NORTH and GOING SOUTH passenger numbers. The notice invites readers to call agent J E Campbell Carthage Indiana for more information.
Society directory itemized with notices for eight dollars yearly. Cartuace LopceE No 258 I O C F meets at Odd Fellows Hall each Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Visiting members welcome. Friexps Caurciu holds Sabbath preaching at 11 00 p m Sundays and mid week Thursday 10 00 a m prayer meeting, Thursday 7 30 p m. Sabbath school 9 45 a m Christian Endeavor 6 00 p m Junior Endeavor 3 00 p m singing practice Friday 7 30 p m Sabbath school teachers meeting Wednesday 7 00 p m monthly meeting first Thursday after first Saturday each month 10 00 a m.
A series of disasters and bargains fill the area with fires at the Carey block in Marion and the Ladoga woolen mill, losses running into thousands. Oysters advertised at Star Bakery and Weingart’s Meat Market. liquor and general store notices abound. Notable items include a Ko komo man Thomas Miller’s suicide, a child death from scalding, and a Montpelier nitro-glycerine disaster. The Star Bakery, Coffin’s drug store, and Weingart’s are repeatedly listed for provisions and remedies. debates on dockside and church pews, and local sales and auctions punctuate the page.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Henry Henley Public Library will be held in the library room on January 4, 1897 at 7 o clock p m. President Luzena Tuousae RG, Secretary.
Westland hosts visitors from Carmel Greenfield and Rushville while local families gather for holidays. Rev Lindley Wells conducts a revival at Western Grove, and Nutty gatherings include a birthday surprise for Mrs Frank Binford. The Westland Sunday school aided Greenfield Friends with Xmas programs as officers for 1897 are chosen for Westland Natural Gas. Indiana State Dairy Association opens its season at Lebanon.
A fragmented miscellany mixes a Christmas verse about gifts with global notes on Spain's Cuba forces, the Philippines rebellion, and imperial plans. It mentions Spain's large conscripted army, financial strain, and drafted soldiers, plus Lu Hung Chang, Chinese rail engines, Vienna treasure, and explorers Bent and Burritt. The brief items mix cultural verse with dated world reportage and scholarly curios.
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