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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1903
Page
4
Last year over 545,730 immigrants landed in New York, the largest number in history, about 136,000 more than in 1901. The bulk come from Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Russia, settling in and around New York City.
Local notes report R B Binford of Westland purchasing the John McCarty farm west of Mooresville. Eli J White is ill. Flora Pitts visits Indianapolis. O M Brown and Murray Moore sold hogs recently. Gas shortages affect the area. Emery Cox and Josie Binford visited Western Grove last Friday. Hyperian literary society met as usual with a new program planned for next Friday. Program includes How I spent my vacation, dialogue, papers, recitations, and duets. Sunday School at 10, preaching at 11, prayer meeting at 6:30. An invitation is extended for all to attend.
The year sees progress toward labor capital harmony, angering calamity prophets who profit from class prejudice. Democrats search for a new standard bearer for 1904, insisting he be a gentleman previously unknown, a stance criticized as rough on many familiar Democratic statesmen.
Naomi J. Miner and Henry Hinshaw of the class of 1902 attend a review of common branches as teaching prep. Rev. A Trueblood spoke on conscience to the high school and eighth grade, stressing caution against false steps. Finals begin today for the first semester with exams and next Tuesday’s report night. The 58th Congress to convene March 4, 1903 will include 90 senators 386 representatives and 4 territorial delegates. The United States owns 3 806 270 square miles of land.
A fragmentary 1890s style notice cites the Honorable Thomas A. Hendricks swearing to support a Democratic contender for a vacant position in Washington's Statuary Hall, notes his posthumous impact on Indiana Democratic press, and references President Baer's coal strike critique and a Kansas City platform split within Indiana Democrats. The text includes dissenting remarks by N. J. Bozarth on party loyalty and platform votes, ending with an unrelated poetic couplet.
Last year 138000 copies of the Bible in Japanese circulated in Japan. If earth were equally divided among inhabitants, each would receive 2312 acres. There are 182295 wills of railroad in the United States. A new steamship line will run Hong Kong to Mexico via Honolulu and San Francisco with expected Chinese influx into Mexico. The Dowager Empress of China and the Emperor hosted Gen Miles at luncheon, praising his long service and American soldierly spirit.
The Indiana public institutions are run under merit and humane methods with careful oversight. Boards vary in size and pay, with calls for uniformity. Proposals urge better guardians for wards, more agents for children, and continued emergency funding. Survey of Kankakee lands requires more funds. Convict labor and reforms are discussed with labor and industry representatives. Municipal and local corporations noted.
A state address urges reform of election practices to curb ballot disfranchisement while endorsing the Australian system and voting machines. It condemns prize fights and lotteries, calls for codifying corporation laws, and restricts concealed weapons as part of broader public safety and state grounds use policy.
Indiana lawmaker Winfield T. Durbin urges stronger health board powers to curb epidemics and enforce regulations, supports a fair lynching law and warns against unchecked corporate privileges. He proposes prisoner reform in counties, juvenile protections, specialized courts, and easing transitions for repeat offenders to Michigan City prison. Durbin also backs a Louisiana Purchase Exposition commission visit and cautious funding for an epilepsy asylum.
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