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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1903
Page
3
Excerpt covers a depowered king scene from The Century with a child’s cradle, then shifts to The Bachelor Maid manifesto praising women's equality and utility. Inserts household tips on removing moths with turpentine and detailed shirt starching and ironing methods.
Gold water, a tablespoonful of am ain and soap will take out machine grease without affecting colors.
A household tip describes an easy carpet cleaning process using three tablespoonfuls of turpentine and three quarts of water. After sweeping, wipe with a nearly dry sponge or cloth, changing the water as it dirties. The method cleans and brightens and disinfects. spots may be removed with ox gall or ammonia and water.
A reader recalls washing delicate items like ginghams lawns Swiss and tinted linens by plunging them in lukewarm suds used for white clothes. She cites an elderly helper who claimed success with pink lawns lavender and oilots, noting fabrics emerged fresh as new after two years of wear.
Guidelines for washing flannels emphasize hot water washing and rinsing without cooling between steps. Rub through two soapy waters, wring, then rinse in clear warm water, and finish with another warm rinse. Dry quickly either indoors or in bright sun, avoid cold drying, and whiten yellowed fabrics by soaking in a hot bath of soft soap borax and ammonia in water.
If you fear they are at work on the carpet edges lay a wet towel along it and press dry with a hot iron. For courage and effort pull out the tacks roll back the edge wash the floor with hot soapy solution then let the fluid soak into cracks. Scatter red pepper along edges before re tacking the carpet. Lay-
The article offers fashion tips and home decor ideas from a vintage period. It describes necklines, tulle. scarves, and portieres made from acorns. It suggests a light diet list from Good Housekeeping and includes a recipe for onion soup. It notes color trends with navy, blue, gray, green, brown, and ribbon use in gowns and coats.
An Mt. Vernon attendant encounters a woman sobbing loudly at a grave site. She clarifies she is not in trouble, explaining she weeps at the grave of the Father of His Country, mistaking the ice house for the tomb.
Miss Tunison, a Sag Harbor paralytic, uses her tongue to sew, draw, write, and play music. From childhood she trained her mouth to control a needle, thread, and embroidery with astonishing speed, crafting delicate stitches and even guiding a mallet on a metallophone while strapped in a wheeled chair.
Des Moines Register notes Abraham Lincoln's formal acceptance of a second term in 1864. The handwritten statement on half a page was prepared by Lincoln and kept by Senator James F. Wilson of Iowa, then by Wilson's family and now in Charles Ulrich's autograph collection. The piece, though unsigned, is a valued historical relic with accompanying Wilson lines.
The stern old judge asks the defendant for any final words as the jury returns an 11 to 1 verdict convicting him of smashing windows and ruining stock at ten millinery stores. The prisoner rises and objects that the verdict is unfair, noting only one juror is married.
A rugged reminiscence recalls a humble foreman who kept prayers at night and avoided complaint while sharing in rough frontier humor. The piece shifts to a fiscal notice about the Internal Revenue Service issuing tests for coloring in oleomargarine and butter, with Fuller's earth and benzine methods to detect artificial dyes and cottonseed oil.
A reader letter argues for raising full-blooded poultry over mixed varieties, claiming better marketable value and farm aesthetics. The author notes dog and herd dynamics, views on shepherd dogs guarding flocks, and asserts households with a tidy poultry flock reflect good citizenship and productive labor.
Pigs fed a mix of ground barley oats rye and shorts grow well and fatten on corn alone. They reach market readiness around eight months old and typically weigh 300 to 350 pounds if well sized.
A Creamery writer notes salt lumps placed at convenient points in fields deter ra pe and clover pests. Cattle will eat and taste the salt, then abandon further trouble. Neighbors report the same results. An old doctor allegedly praised a teaspoon of common salt in water for digestive discomfort, claiming it simple and inexpensive.
The piece argues that owners with large farms or real estate holdings demand a progressive up-to-date management style. It notes that a manager must oversee hiring and selling, and also labor in the field, leading in farming tasks like crop finding and planning, to meet high expectations.
Instructions by John Fraser in American Agricultur ist describe burying a wooden box at ground level with wire netting for air and mice prevention. Fill with a sand and leaf mold mix, bury under shade for a year, then sift and sow seeds directly after recovery.
Henry Baker of Indiana Farmer shares a practical method for preserving leather gear during farm season. He suggests using a metal washing tub filled with oil to soak harnesses bridles lines and other leather items covering all parts and allowing excess oil to drip off. The method is cost effective requiring two to three gallons of oil and a simple tub cleaning after use.
C L Pardee argues in American Cultivator that home dairying rises as small hand separators empower farmers to make butter at home and sell where best. Quality control, regular weekly shipments, and avoiding prolonged storage are crucial to competing with large creameries and co operatives as milk supply grows nationwide.
Col William G Price Jr of the Third regiment overhears a teamster cursing in his tent. He calls John to report the offense. John salutes and admits hearing the swearing while he worked to repair a broken trace on the hill road.
A long shot worker Bucklin joins Grocer McSkimming for four dollars weekly with food, proves diligent, raises to five dollars and thirty five cent meals. A beautiful hard luck story ends when a former inmate confronts a brazen woman and leaves after a month, after leaving a note explaining exile.
A fragment from the Chicago Record-Herald notes a missed or delayed package of chocolate and a phrase Wanted A Boy appearing in a breakfast-brief item. The readable text hints at a public notice or light human-interest snippet from the morning edition.
A long excerpt discusses ambition and plateaus in careers, contrasting a man reaching a desk and drying up with one who pushes beyond limits. It then shifts to Professor Marlatt's quest to control orchard scale insects by introducing ladybird beetles, detailing international searches and eventual success in gathering and raising the beetles for distribution to combat the pest nationwide.
The article describes coded signals used in Chinese households to signal servants’ status. Signs include a lid placed upside down in a sauce pan for a temporary departure, a lid left outside for a vacancy, and other marks indicating good pay, debt pressures, or dismissal. The harboring of these cues traces to Macao and Tamil influences.
In a concise tale from Short Stories, Bismarck tests an innkeeper’s chicory supply. He orders all chicory and then asks to make a cup of coffee, using the moment to shape his own outcome during a long journey. This humor highlights his practical wit.
A humorous church scene unfolds as a young man in clerical garb asks why the game stopped. A second man, dressed in churchly attire, blames an unregenerate son of Belial for the disruption, joking that eggs replaced the ping-pong balls.
A business head recalls saying to Mr. Erastus Pinkley that he should be ashamed to take money for the mule. Pinkley concedes he was shamed yet glad to sell, fearing the buyer would suspect if offered for nothing.
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