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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1897
Page
3
A humorous set of quick rhymes and attempts at a valentine by Madeline S Bridges. The speaker muses on proposing to Kate with playful self-derision, rejecting prose and borrowed lines, and ends with a folded sentiment about sealing a valentine. The piece riffs on dating ritual and the trials of verse in a lighthearted tone.
Russel A Alger born February 27 1836 in Medina County Ohio rose from farm work to Richfield Academy teaching then law study in Akron. He served in the Civil War, advancing to major general with notable commands under Custer, later built a large lumber business in Detroit and Michigan, became Governor of Michigan in 1884 and a candidate for president in 1888, with a family of three sons and three daughters.
Readings from Nicoly and Hay recount Lincoln's Springfield farewell on February 11 1861 his Indianapolis reception and speeches at Columbus Steubenville and Harrisburg outlining Union defense and restraint on officeholding He faced assassination fears but proceeded to Washington and was later installed at Willard's Hotel in a journey marking the lead up to his presidency and inaugural address.
A Detroit Free Press fragment shows Bobby confused by new ice skates and a sled. He wonders whether to wish for freezing weather or snow, reflecting a child’s whimsical weather wish.
In a Philadelphia North American item a lover proclaims love worth more than gold and jewels. The partner retorts with a quip about coal as a makeshift name or metaphor, reflecting a dramatic, period dialogue.
A Baltimore Sun summary notes the six month plague in Bombay with about 1 000 deaths weekly and Calcutta’s relative safety due to sanitation. It compares the disease to the Black Death, cites Europe’s past tolls, and credits European science and foreign governance for mitigation while detailing glandular fever, Hong Kong outbreaks, and regional history along the Euphrates and Ganges deltas.
The death of a man at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London from hemorrhage after swallowing a tooth has revived medical discussion. The New York World notes there have been several similar fatalities in recent years.
An assortment of short health tips and advertisements notes various remedies. It praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for kidney health and general ailments, touts Piso’s Cure for Consumption, Cascar ets for liver and bowels, Kemp's Balsam for coughs, and mentions social data on colored wealth and alcohol production.
In every township, three days a week, during winter to distribute samples, collect names of sick people and work up trade for their druggists on Dr ay's Renovator, Dr Kay's Long Balm and Kidneyburn. Good pay to man or woman. Also warnings about mercury containing products and endorsements for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Buckinghams Dye. Includes notices of Mariba voters and Atchison cattle and hogs on a large farm.
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