05 Jan 1900
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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
1
Local notes from Carthage Indiana list visitors, shopping trips, and social events. Highlights include health updates, New Year greetings, sales and store promotions, farm and hardware goods, church activities, and community notices featuring residents such as Albert Earnest, Fad Henley, Lizzie Hare, Katherine Glass, and O S Hill.
The husbands of the Thimble Club were entertained in royal style last Tuesday night at the residence of Mr and Mrs Ed Adkins. The evening opened with games and conversation. A menu served at 1 pm included turkey hot rolls coffee chicken salad on lettuce leaves nut sandwiches orange ices and assorted cake.
The County Chairman informs precinct committees to meet on January 13 1900 to name a precinct committeeman and select a delegate to the District Meeting at Cambridge on January 16 1900. The precinct committee also meets January 15 1900 at Republican Headquarters Rushville to choose a County Chairman Secretary and Treasurer. Mexico and China have completed a general treaty of trade navigation and immigration in Washington.
Two lasting resolutions urged in the new year are to live within income and pay as you go. The claim urges buyers to purchase now as winter stock is being invoiced and reduced to the lowest notch next week, claiming better value and fewer bills.
The Overcoat Sale still progresses with many buyers seizing the opportunity to purchase stylish overcoats at half price and a good assortment remaining for shoppers.
Price list shows a range of goods with varied cents and dollar amounts. Items include infant and misses mittens, ladies silk and yarn mittens, men's buck gloves, overgaiters, carpets, matting, wool and cotton blankets, children's and women's arctic overshoes, a sterling silver bracelet, drill and near silk linings, beaver hats, suspenders, linen and cotton crash, woolen underskirts, rug fringe, bandana handkerchiefs. Major entities include no organizations or places.
Citizens question if Carthage Natural Gas Co fulfills its franchise duties by providing adequate gas during long freezes. The piece argues the company should pursue gas aggressively to avoid extra costs borne by consumers and warns against prolonged shortages in extreme cold.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Crawfordsville Ind Jan 2 The City Council passed an order asking the Indiana Natural Gas and Illuminating Company to pay for fines and losses the city incurred buying gas and coal due to two years of low natural gas pressure If the company refuses the council may revoke the franchise and seek funds to cover the shortfall
A meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Carthage will be held at the banking house on Tuesday Jan 1 at 2 p m for the election of five directors to serve the ensuing year.
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