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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1897
Page
8
Society directory notices list church events and services with a schedule. Preaching, Sabbath school, prayer meetings, Christian Endeavor, Junior Endeavor, singing practice, teachers' meetings, and monthly gatherings are detailed with days and times for the Friends' Church.
The group was headed by T. O. Conant of Portland Oregon as the new president and John P. Staff as secretary and treasurer. The American Business College in Omaha Nebraska offers free tuition for practical home business education and invites readers to enroll at once. John A. Moon of Howard County seeks a divorce after 18 days of marriage, claiming his wife abandoned him for her evil associates. A burglar robbed the Panhandle ticket office at Elwood of 75 dollars as 50 people stood nearby. A beech log from a long-ago broken leg chain was found near Philip Brough, who died last week after suffering years. The Measles plague hits Cory and other Clay County schools while Vigo County Lincoln Township suffers a “measly” state. A man in Knightsville wanders with money but claims he does not know his name, drawing police scrutiny. The Cloverdale bank plans to close, and April 1 marks a money shortage statement by T. M. Layne. Newsom’s advertises 5 percent off for cash and various goods at Hill & Gear’s.
A horticultural meeting will be held at Newsom's Hall on Saturday February 27 1897 at 1 PM. B W Steere will read on Transplanting and Pruning Trees and Emma Clark on The Cultivation and Value of Flowers. T N Newby and others will answer questions. Committee invites all interested to attend.
A notice invites a limited number of applicants to join a thorough forty lesson course in bookkeeping and modern business methods by mail. Class will be organized in a few days, with full particulars free upon application to The American Business College in Omaha Nebraska.
Reports to the State Department from Europe show American apples dominate the German market last year with six million double centners imported, a figure far exceeding prior seasons. Consul generals in Frankfurt and Chemnitz note quality, keeping abilities, and growing German alarm at the volume, while English observers report a glut.
A verse from the New York Sun presenting a dialect tale of a lazy darkey and a possum chased up a tree by a coon dog. The narrator notes the dog yawping the possum aloft, then the crowd roasting the meat once captured, all told in a humorous regional voice.
A stalled horse blocks Sixth Avenue and Fourteenth Street as a crowd gathers. A quiet, well dressed man in a glove lifts the horse’s hind leg and gently straightens it, sending the animal forward after the driver nods. The bystanders watch as the patient stranger ends the standstill without force.
A Savannah man recounts two lethal devices bought in Paris from an old gunsmith. A silver matchbox conceals a venomous rattlesnake fang and amber venom. The needle-like fang delivers deadly venom causing rapid, fatal symptoms. The described gun hides needles and a powerful silent charge.
A hunter in Lasalle County Illinois witnessed a black snake chase a fox squirrel through tree branches with astonishing speed. The snake, four feet long, was pursued by a shotgun blast and dropped to the ground dead, illustrating its nimbleness in northern woods.
The piece contrasts salt as a central luxury in Africa with wealth signaling by salt intake. It cites Mungo Park on salt craving from vegetarian diets and mentions Elizabeth Stuart Phelps recalling Longfellow’s visit. It notes Venice to Washington spans 8,835 miles.
Julius Sorenson stole 600 to 900 dollars from Northern Pacific express funds while at Grand Harbor North Dakota. In a blizzard he walked nine miles to Devil's Lake then to Fort Totten and New Rockford evading arrest as wolves stalked him. He later traveled to Spiritwood St Paul and Chicago hiding along the way before capture. He confessed and agreed to repay.
John Butts Sr states his will to divide his estate between his two sons. He leaves one tenth to his youngest son John Butts and nine tenths to his eldest son Royal Chesterfield Chauncey de Peyster Butts. He references a past family incident and asks whether the decision is fair. Loudon Tie
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