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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1898
Page
12
Rhode Island's Agricultural College at Kingston launches a two year program in practical road building. The course blends theory with hands on training using college equipment and field work. Demand for skilled road builders may grow for both young students and experienced current superintendents.
The article argues for educated road engineers who can plan contracts operate machinery and supervise eight foot country roads. It highlights government road division vacancies and demand for road-building experts in towns and counties as good road movement expands.
Wood ashes are valued for their potash content aiding fruit trees while farmyard manure brings excess nitrogen. Hardwood ashes supply deficient nutrients. store dry to use in spring. Also emphasize high quality cow feed for optimal digestion and health.
The article explains pruning peaches mainly in spring after freezing risk. It stresses removing dead wood first, then cutting back new growth to shape an open head. Peach trees need heavier pruning than other fruits to avoid overly tall, fruitless limbs, with fruit on previous year’s wood.
Demorest's Magazine notes that America produces about 40 000 tons of beet sugar annually while Europe dominates the industry. It argues that with proper encouragement the United States could become the world's leading beet sugar producer, creating tens of millions in income and thousands of jobs with widespread cultivation.
Winter gardening from home uses sun and stove heat but suffers from cool nights. A plan shows a dry goods box with a hinged cover and hot water jugs to maintain warmth. Keeping day warmth into night prevents stunting and yields faster, sturdier plants for the garden.
A Raleigh event formed a 25 member committee to work with the North Carolina Good Roads league on revising road laws. The aim is to push the next general assembly to authorize public road improvements using all able bodied male convicts with sentences not exceeding ten years.
A woman from Indiana suffered four years with stomach trouble causing heart irregularity. After failing to improve and fearing death, she found relief once digestion improved. Her weight and complexion recovered, with choking spells ceasing. The article credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as the curative medicine.
A famed literary German known for deliberate speech visits a restaurant. A new waiter serves him soup he cannot eat because no spoon is provided. The scene shows the waiter’s anxious, puzzled effort to satisfy a distinguished patron.
A clever peddler carries a load of brooms along a sidewalk and tests a neighbor who claims she never buys at the door. After a boastful exchange, he visits another house and sells out at a large profit, highlighting the neighbor’s skepticism and the prompt sales.
One hundred dollars reward offered for a catarrh cure that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot treat. Signees from West & Truax and Walding Kinnan Marvin endorse J Cheney Co. as honorable and able to fulfill obligations. Cure is taken internally and priced at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials available. Available through Toledo druggists.
A St Louis burglar appealed to the court saying prison in Jefferson City would ruin his business. The exchange featured the standard question to a prisoner about any reason sentence should not be pronounced, highlighting his intent to contest the ruling.
An illustrated pamphlet issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway’s general passenger department explains mining in Colorado, California and other Western States. A Klondyke illustrated folder covers Alaska gold mines with fare rates and arrival expectations. Free on request with four cents postage to Geo. H. Heafierd, General Passenger Agent, Chicago Illinois.
A light exchange between Mrs Newrocks and Newrocks humorously questions menu naming. The quip notes frustration with calling the bill of fare a menu while the menu itself is called a bill of fare, echoing a Puck magazine joke.
The dispatch notes Spain Spain Cuba tensions influence markets and warn of complications from bilious illness. It urges Hoefetter's Stomach Bitters as an effective remedy for biliousness dyspepsia malaria kidney trouble constipation and nervousness.
A fragment from the Chicago Post quotes a speaker saying I never have loved before and a woman reacting dear me as she notes his near twenty one and implies neglected education in a brief society sketch.
Content appears as a miscellaneous 19th century advertisement and quotation collage. It includes book offers by J. Wilson and various product endorsements such as California Fig Syrup, Dr Kline nerve restorer, Hale's Honey of Horehound, Pike's Toothache Drops, St Jacobs Oil, and assorted quotes from newspapers. The mixed text features pricing hints and publisher addresses.
A Victorian era warning urges young wives to brace themselves for motherhood. It extols beauty as a cherished possession and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic to sustain strength. A reader letter from Mrs. R. S. R. of Chambersburg, Pa describes relief after using the remedy joining a testimonial chain.
A senate page refuses a visiting card, citing that all cards must go to the east lobby. The woman offers 25 cents to pass the card, but the boy replies he is paid a salary to keep cards out.
Mrs Singleton discovers her husband Charles gazing at their newborn, tears in her eyes as she muses on his love. He wonders aloud how they built a crib for two dollars and fifty cents. A reflective note ends with a quotation about justice in law.
A Nova Scotian mother praises Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as the remedy for croup and related throat and lung troubles. Letters from Mrs. W. J. Dickson and C. J. Wooldridge claim rapid relief and life-saving effects, urging wide availability and even half-size bottles at half price.
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