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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1904
Page
3
The article notes Christopher Sower made the first type and presses in America for a German Bible printed in 1743, the first Bible published in what would become the United States. It mentions the anvil and the price of the Bible, and includes a quip from a laundry clerk about clothes being “done up.”
Fragmentary text shows a quarrel between a passenger and a conductor on a Philadelphia scene. The dialogue hints at a marketplace auctioneer and civic bustle, but details are garbled and names or dates are missing.
A newlywed era note shows a woman applying for a marriage license. The exchange revolves around the cost as she asks, How much in a brisk businesslike tone. The fragment hints at social norms and legal formalities of nuptial procedures.
Consternation followed a spirtualist event at Mr and Mrs Brown Good home in Peru Indiana when Nott Antrim flashed a pocket electric light to reveal a long paper trumpet used by A J A Finney of Grand Rapids Michigan during a seance. Finney claimed the light harmed him and Antrim was ordered away. Finney is related to Alonzo Fenney of Carthage and had earlier conducte seances deemed genuine by attendees.
Ticket sales announced for December 24 1903 and January 1 1904 on the Big Four Route and connections via Cin'ti Northern RR and D and A RR. Local prints advertise low rates and limited time offers across the region served by the railway network.
The Star Union Oil Company tour of Ohio fields shows vast investment in Lima and Celina with 1209 steel oil reservoirs and a Solar Refining plant turning crude into gasoline kerosene and lubricants. Farmers share in profits, wells yield up to 200 barrels daily, and Ohio oil underpins regional prosperity.
A long list of patrons and local names appears before a report on Indiana Works Fair commission meetings, exhibition plans, and upcoming events. Highlights include a September 15 Indiana Day at expansion, a Mt Vesuvio Naples exhibit in Italy for St. Louis, and plans for featuring the Binya cup. Indiana leaders Kearney and Winnedge steer traffic arrangements for the St. Louis Terminal Railroad Company. Major Carlton promotes a Mexican War veterans reunion in St. Louis during the exposition, with support from General Lew Wallace.
Knightstown merchants promote a 1904 February 8 organized rail journey across eight states with Pallisgns scenes and eleven cities. The all expenses paid package includes meals and side trips aboard a vestibuled train, leaving Indianapolis at 7:00 p.m. with H M Bronson and Louisville & Nashville officials overseeing bookings.
Republicans of Rush County held a township mass convention on January 1904 to select a precinct committeeman and one district convention delegate to meet January 12 in Connersville. Newly chosen committeemen will assemble January 11 to organize the county committee and elect a chairman and officers. Rushville township delegates proceed to Connersville with other townships.
A cordial invite is extended to Bay in Kotgotstown by Banner, reflecting a community outreach effort. The message highlights hospitality and local engagement, aiming to foster cordial relations and turnout.
Travel deal for a broad expedition to multiple states and territories. Dates listed include December, January, February, March and April 1404 with excursions along the Big Pour Route.
A prominent ceremony at the Meredith home on North Morgan Street united Nelie Pearl Meredith and Dre W Herkiess at noon on Wednesday. Rev. Thomas H Metonnell officiated as Mendelssohn’s wedding march and Wagner’s Lohengrin selections accompanied the ceremony, marking one of the season’s prettiest nuptials.
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