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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1899
Page
2
The Venezuelan Herald reports natives near the Venezuela Colombia frontier have found a cure for elephantiasis in an herb called tautua or frailejon. A priest vouches for the report from Cacutta and suggests it could interest the medical world.
Mr Bicknets has secured a patent for a boot blacking machine. The device features a frame, foot rest, a liquid reservoir, automatic applying brushes, polishing brushes, and returns to idle. It can run on electric power or a spring and supports a nickel in the slot operation.
In Hungary, four young men played a four handed chess on a billiard table marked with 64 squares. Each capture required the mover to empty a bottle of wine. The game ended quickly as pawns advanced, two players were incapacitated.
A Royal Society committee reports the Tsetse fly injures more creatures than horses, oxen, and dogs. No remedy exists yet and large African regions such as the Limpopo and Zambesi valleys remain uninhabitable until the pest is controlled.
Government plans an annual bicycle plate issued after tax payment. The plate serves as a receipt and must be fixed to the machine. It aims to prevent people from avoiding the tax and reduces cyclist harassment by officials.
Mrs. D. Y. Van Dyne of St. Louis entertained fashion able friends when a well dressed stranger asked to use the parlor during a fit. He lay on the floor and, after the episode, thanked the hostess and left without revealing his name.
Canada tests dog mail service with 140 Eskimo breed dogs bought for about 30 dollars each. Landed at Quebec from Greenland and Labrador, the animals are sent by Canadian Pacific to the west. Dogs will pull sledges. experts note hunger can drive a dog to attack its handler.
Surrey Archaeological Society excavations at Waverley Abbey near Farnham uncovered a church foundation and outlines of monk dormitories kitchens and cells. In the cloister a coffin dated 1194 held William Manduit third baron of Hanslope king's chamberlain. Coffins were oak and well preserved.
The article notes vast quantities of old copper pennies, bronze two cent pieces, three cent silver pieces, and half cent pieces still out of circulation. It estimates 199.9 million copper pennies exist unseen, 4.5 million bronze twos afloat with 3 million unreturned, 1 million silver threes scattered, and 800,000 half cents not in government custody or treasury holdings.
Two hundred 4th Ohio volunteers were asleep in improvised double deck bunks at the Auditorium when they collapsed. Twenty three men were injured, with several serious, as medical staff treat wounds and transport the injured to city hospitals.
The Seventh Infantry unit from Detroit sails to Fort Thomas Kentucky by special train. Nine companies will be stationed at various posts including Fort Wayne Fort Brady Fort Snelling Walker Lake Fort Crook Fort Sheridan Jefferson Barracks Fort Thomas and Columbus Barracks. A handful will guard Fort Wayne while others head to the Philippines Cuba or Porto Rico.
A gasoline explosion wrecked the Keil & Son hardware store in Pemberville. Augustus Keil, junior partner and former mayor, died within an hour from severe injuries including loss of his right arm and facial wounds. He leaves a wife and infant son.
Dispatch reports the Catania from Glasgow has entered St Michaels Azores safely after earlier distress reports. The vessel, which departed December 17 for New York, lost its funnel and boats, with decks swept of movable cargo. The Messaba spoke and failed to tow on December 29.
Gov. Smith offers the U S senate vacancy caused by Morrill to B F Fifield of Montpelier who has not yet accepted the appointment. The report arrives via a Montpelier dispatch dated January 7.
Weston West Virginia January 7 all low lying areas flooded water eight feet deep in many homes river gauge read seventeen feet and still rising around seven o clock Friday night
The House faces a packed week starting Monday with debate on the peace treaty, appropriation bills, and a major army reorganization bill. Senators weigh Cuba and Philippines policy, and naval personnel plans move forward as Alaska codification is reviewed.
Col. Potter arrives with dispatches from Iloilo as barricades seal Manila streets and kerosened buildings loom threats of fire. Banks ship treasure to the United States aboard Newport and other vessels while the American vice consul’s family boards the same ship. In New York, a lime kiln watchman discovers a decapitated man near the furnace, likely killed by gas.
Report describes mass movement and anxiety in the city as Aguinaldo’s forces threaten Manila. Officials monitor insurgent activity, trains to interior points crowded with refugees, and American fortifications to deter a possible assault.
Washington January 7 Secretary Alger issues strict Saturday sanitary inspections for all military camps including regiments and divisions with monthly medical checks on the last Saturday. Commanding officers must forward endorsed reports to the surgeon general through proper channels for prompt transmission.
Heavy rains flood central Mississippi causing extensive rail washouts. Illinois Central track north of Jackson submerged and traffic halted. Alabama and Vicksburg line reports seven miles of track eight feet under water. Yazoo and Mississippi Valley train backed due to high water. Also noted is a life imprisonment sentence for Col Julison San Martin for surrendering Ponce during the Puerto Rico campaign.
Two packages of mail sent from New York to Grafton West Virginia over the Jersey Central railroad are missing. Initially thought lost in transit, authorities now believe the packages were stolen.
George R ill, a farmer with extensive land holdings near Timington, left for Cincinnati on October 12, 1898 with plans to travel to Porto Rico. He faces several lawsuits on notes ranging from $100 to $1,600. His wife has filed a legal action.
Knoxv ille Tennessee January 9 report details a double header freight colliding head on with a local passenger train near Elk Valley on the Knoxville and Ohio branch of the Southern railway. Four men died including Engineer J D Maxey Fireman Frank Readdy Brakeman Sonza Hoover and Flagman W A Dillon. Injuries to Engineer Goff and Fireman George Huskis son. Fire destroyed wreckage and city aided firefighting efforts. Passenger service was delayed with about 20 passengers aboard no injuries reported.
A blaze at the Hotel Richelieu in Pittsburgh started on the second floor by a gas explosion at 3 15 am. Three hotel guests died from smoke and five others were badly hurt. Proprieter John L Mills and his daughter were among the injured. Firefighter and bystander actions helped save several guests.
Beverly Massachusetts January 9 William Endicott aged 100 died Sunday. He witnessed the 1813 Chesapeake and Shannon frigate engagement and was of the sixth generation from Gov. Endicott of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Sumit Miss January 9 ex congressman Thomas R Stockdale former Mississippi supreme court judge and Confederate officer died Sunday at age 71.
The ad claims rheumatism relief by Hood’s Sarsaparilla which it says neutralizes blood acid and cures many sufferers. It urges immediate use, touts an unequalled record of cures and labels Hood’s Sarsaparilla as America’s Greatest Medicine for rheumatism, plus Hood’s Pill for liver ills at 25 cents.
At the Himbish Mimmikin wedding reception, Burbank braced for crowd sway and reached for an unseen strap as Lambert helps him through a jostling crowd. Burbank notes the impulse comes from habit from riding street cars, the memory triggered by the crush.
A Sassafras Cross Roads woman urges caution as an elevator in a downtown building groans upward. Her husband Eben Dilly insists on buying life insurance first, while she opts for the marble stairs and safety. The scene ends with the couple debating risk and prudence.
A New York merchant advertised for an office boy. The first applicant was asked his life motto. He replied with the merchant's own motto, The door reads push, so the boy was hired on the spot.
A humorous request to a painter demands a grand landscape featuring many game and livestock, a lake and an ocean, both fresh and salt water, and abundant fish for a dining room as narrated by a Boston Globe quip.
A collection of quips and witticisms from 19th century papers. Jests touch on marriage prospects money and social norms. Each line delivers a sharp maxims on behavior and value framed as brief humorous dialogue or sententia.
Two letters from women recount dramatic health recoveries after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Lizzie Beverly of Lowell says ulcers cured after doctors offered no help. Amos Trombleay of Ellenburg Center credits relief from milk leg and womb falling after short treatment.
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