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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1898
Page
5
Public notice offers a full refund if Chamberlain's Cough Remedy does not satisfy after two thirds usage. Claims it treats la grippe cold and whooping cough, priced 5 and 50s per bottle, sold by O Coffin & Co No 5 Coffin. Remains at home and use as directed for full recovery.
A distant observer explains a Japanese practice where a suitor approaches a home bearing a plant and places it in an empty flowerpot as a formal proposal. If accepted, the lady waters and cares for the gift. if rejected, the plant is uprooted and discarded.
The Boston Journal opinion cites Elbert Hubbard defending a poetic mother in The Philistine while condemning mathematical precision in childrearing. It argues superstition guides imagination, warns against sterile instruction, and condemns scoffers at old wives fables in shaping a child’s mind.
From St Kilda off Scotland, 40000 young gannets and 40000 eggs are collected annually. The bird lays one egg per year and matures in four years, yet its numbers do not diminish. It suggests the birds live a great age or have been exterminated.
A courtroom exchange shows the attorney pressing a witness for her age with a flippant reply about being born before the war. The lawyer insists on a civil exam, reflecting tense court decor and tone.
The Central Lyceum Bureau of Chicago presents tomorrow night’s program at the School Hall led by the Boston Stars. The concert begins at 8 o clock with tickets at Coffin's Drug Store: general admission 20 cents and reserved seats 30 cents.
The fifth institute of the township teachers for the current school year will be held at school house No 9 Macedonia tomorrow. The program lists opening exercises, roll call, responses fromm Irving, Plato's Republic by Mrs Kizzie Cox, social elements by Hannah Pusey, an intermission, arithmetic by Nellie Gates, history by J F Evane, and history by J H Scholl.
A collection of wry maxims on money, marriage, and gender roles. The quips lampoon social habits, with lines on wealth and debt, the minister’s income from unions, and the oddities of bachelor life and male ego. The tone is sharp and humorous, reflecting a light social critique.
Mr Jas. A Jones publisher of the Leader Mexia Texas reports recovering from a second la grippe attack this year after using Chamberlains Cough Remedy. He says he was in bed just over two days this time compared to ten days previously and that the remedy shortened the illness. For sale by Q B Coffin & Co.
A Detroit Journal quip contrasts a bold rapidist robber with a painter, then notes Istanbul’s women literacy far below a sixth of the female population. The fragment hints at artistic schools and urban literacy concerns in a terse, era-tinged digest.
Local items include pleurisy for Mrs C B Cox, land dealings of William R Zion, and marriages such as Miss Fern Duke. Community updates cover court matters in Rush and Carthage, bank directors, remodeling plans for Reece building, railroad incidents, and a range of short notices on deaths, health, and literature features.
A telegram from Pasadena announces the death of Mrs Nancy H Hill of this place. She fell ill in Whittier last Friday with a severe cold that developed into pneumonia. Relatives plan to transport the body east, with funeral details pending at the Friends' church. Miss Bertha Hill will not return from California.
The Come Outers, a new religious group in southern Indiana, expect the Savior to return in 1900 and to translate 144,000 people none of whom will die. They withdraw from all earthly affiliations and teach a vast hell beneath the earth and a radiant mid heaven, attracting large crowds in Gibson county and nearby areas.
Parson Hicks predicts a tumultuous mid January with thunder and tropical rains turning to destructive sleet and snow storms. A very severe central cold wave is forecast 13th to 19th, followed by a late January warm spell then abrupt cold again, ending with warm rains. February building hard winter weather.
The article notes that pneumonia often follows a cold or la grippe and claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy prevented that progression during past epidemics. It promotes the remedy as the best for bad colds and la grippe and states every bottle is warranted, with sale by U. S. Coffin &
Dialogue from Yonker Statesman shows a playful exchange about fear and vanity between a narrator and the best man, reflecting light romance tone. The snippet captures flirtatious banter and character dynamics in a social scene.
A companion note suggests remedies for a frail patient with pale skin a hacking cough and headaches that hinder study asking for guidance on treatment and care. The tone mirrors old medical cautions urging care and home remedies.
A London Globe list names Aristotle to Zoroaster to chart the most influential thinkers. It includes Aristotle, Baco, Confucius, Darwin, Ezra, Franklin, Goeths, Homer, Isaiah, Joustinian, Kant, Luther, Mohammed, Newton, Ossian, Plato, Quintillian, Rousseau, Shakespeare, Tasso, Uhland, Virgil, Washington, Xavier, Young, Zoroaster.
The British Medical Journal cautions that excessive laughter can harm the nervous system and may trigger cardiac symptoms in vulnerable youths. Dr Feischenfeld notes a 13 year old girl with no prior heart disease developed chest pains and coughing fits after prolonged laughter, suggesting a direct link to immoderate mirth.
The defense attorney challenges a plaintiff's bill as doctored while a physician juror criticizes the term lawyer. The piece contrasts contemporary soldier suffering costs with Civil War death rates and notes Turkish bedrooms lack furniture beyond mats and floor beds.
The article recalls Elizabeth Claypole, Cromwell’s daughter, and her marriage to John Claypole of Northborough. It notes her described character, her hybrid home life in a fourteenth century house, and Oliver Cromwell’s remarks and actions toward her after his death. It also cites later anecdotes from newspapers and periodicals about curiosities and oddities.
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