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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1896
Page
2
Advertisers offer round trip steamship tickets to Honolulu from Chicago at 225 dollars including state room and meals in both directions. Travel time is nine days each way. The note invites a benefactor to cover the fare, with the travel time offered free.
A proposed bridge to connect Manhattan with Long Island will surpass the Brooklyn bridge in capacity. It will be 116 feet wide with six railway tracks and wide pedestrian walks. Builders express confidence, saying failure is unknown and steel construction makes success a matter of dollars.
A Grand Forks citizen demonstrates potatoes are worth ten cents a bushel to burn with wood or coal due to an over-supply in North Dakota. The writer notes Hoosiers cannot buy them at that price and fears widespread potato usage would harm gas fires in Indiana by keeping them burning weakly all winter.
The piece laments March winds and寒 weather yet yearns for summer’s heat. It reflects on Boreas’ gusts, the desire to escape cold, and the paradox of craving warmth during teaseful transitional days. The voice blends humor and rustic resilience, noting the enduring human hope for sunny shores.
John L Sullivan, traveling with his theater troupe, was knocked from a train at forty miles an hour in a drunken state. Though life was feared lost, an MD treated him and he began recovery. Some papers deride the doctor’s interference as against Providence represented by the fallen boxer’s misfortune.
Preparations for another arctic voyage proceed after Nansen’s claimed success. A large balloon will sail from Norskvarna around August 1 with crew Andree, Ekholm and Strindberg. They plan to drop food stores, return on foot if needed, and use photographic plates to seek the North Pole within days of departure.
The piece notes coroner offices as lucrative in some counties, with one term often enough to secure lifelong income. Massachusetts abolished the post years ago in favor of police or sheriffs seeking physician verdicts for a fee. The New York Legislature also considers similar reform.
A Kentucky mob ambushed Troxell near Monticello at dawn to hang him, then dispersed to search for breakfast and report his partner’s fate. Troxell left to eat while others pursued his accomplice, and the group fears Troxell may have wandered into the mountains. The scene marks an unprecedented twist in lynching history.
A satirical piece questions claims that crying is the best exercise for children and discusses crying as a physiological release. It jokes about scientists discovering a new ear drum and notes gendered differences in crying, playfully contrasting it with the older idea that crying cures catarrh.
A restless boy confides to a youth about swallowing a gold watch, ticking inside his chest. Meanwhile Alexander Macmillan, publisher, codes his late hours to supervise manuscripts, and John Hays Hammond faces Pretoria arrest after a brief Gold Reef City stint and a felonious fine for mockery.
In a New York Press excerpt, Gertrude grapples with a departed love as a philosopher counsels and proposes marriage to free her from longing. He reveals his long standing love and offers happiness through union, while she weighs past vows against a future with him. She contemplates, torn between memory and a possible new life.
A busy city scene shows a buoyant worker carrying two parcels weaving through crowds. A woman at a window recognizes him, cries out, and stretches out her arms as he approaches. The philosopher speaks of fortune, saying those whom fortune makes sad are granted their wish.
Ex-President Harrison praises civil service reform while noting the enduring strain of political appointments on presidential power. The piece emphasizes the need for support from Congress, the delicate balance between ideals and practical outcomes, and cites his views from The March Ladies Home Journal. Maine fur market notes follow, including Miller of Belfast reporting 2700 skins and detailed fur sales data, with prices down for skunk and variable muskrat trends.
A New York Tribune item notes a Broadway cable car conductor mishearing a fare offer and asking if two women are implicated. A Chicago Tribune piece adds that great ocean liners forbid captains to travel with their wives, forcing them to sail on other ships to avoid duties being diverted to spouses.
A small floating water reed called the bladder wort preys on freshwater fish. Its branches bear green bladders with tiny jaws that seize fish and assimilate them. The true nature of this predator has only recently been detected.
A man about 23 reads on a streetcar when a bettor declares he has five dollars that the reader will die by his own action within a week. The bet hinges on signs of melancholy and the reader contemplates methods. The narrator notes past troubles and current improvements as the man vows to live.
Prof Abel Lefranc of the College de France reports a sixteenth century manuscript in the National Library, No 24 218, by Marguerite of Navarre. The 200 pages contain about 20 000 lines of verse including two epic poems ten epistles and many religious songs. One poem Le Navire compares the author to a ship without its captain after Francis I’s death.
A vivid sunset draws several boys, including a bold four year old. He proclaims the crimson glow is dad's nosebleed, sparking amused disbelief as the group debates the fiery display.
A detailed account explains harakiri as a noble ritual for restoring family honor in Japan. It describes the preparation, the white garments, priest with lotus flower, the ritual sacrifice, and the moment of self-inflicted wound followed by kin severing the head. The piece notes dueling’s condemnation and contrasts Western views with Japanese practice.
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