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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1899
Page
2
The article surveys divergent figures for solar temperature. Pouillet cites 1,400 to 1,800 degrees, Ste. Claire Deville 2,800, Kelvin and Langley 8,000, Sporer 3,700, and Pater Leo die an astonishing 10,000,000 degrees, illustrating wide scientific disagreement of the period.
The stalks of the cotton plant yield about 15 percent fiber, adequate for bagging the crop. The Scientific American predicts the new fiber industry will expand significantly.
A Kansas City grocer who lost 2800 dollars when a bank failed decided to act as his own banker. He hid an iron box six feet below his store floor and ran a two inch iron tube from the floor into the box to drop his daily ten dollar profits. He caps the tube with a wooden cork resembling a knob.
Accord to the Etoile Belge reports Princess Louise of Coburg, daughter of the Belgian king, has declining health after months in a Austrian lunatic asylum. Her memory is reportedly gone and she shows no interest in her family, spending time pacing her apartment and cutting paper patterns under strict supervision.
Prince George of Greece becomes the powers high commissioner in Crete. Born in 1869, he is six feet four and a half inches tall and weighs over 19 stone. A noted boxer and wrestler, he is the favorite nephew of the Prince of Wales and close with Danish royals.
Jacop Forrtz of St. Michaels Maryland raises bull frogs for the market. He ships them in crates with seaweed to hotels and restaurants in New York Baltimore Philadelphia and other eastern cities. The business is profitable with Forrtz earning more money than local farmers with double the labor.
Dean and Shirley brokers and bankers have taken charge of uniting the U S paper manufacturers in a consolidation valued at about 40 million dollars. The plan covers 47 key mills, including fine writing, bond, wrapping, ledger, envelope, and newspaper paper. 35 are in New England within 70 miles. The mills produce about 350 tons of paper daily, 30 to 40 tons above normal output.
On the first Monday of December the senate membership was complete for the first time in years. The death of Senator Morrill breaks the list, leading some to call it unlucky, though this may not stop the rush to fill Morrill’s seat.
S. H. Age Grrs reports near Rawlins Wyoming a near perfect petrified monster saurian or lizard, 180 feet long with a 140 foot body and a 60 foot removable section. The fossil lies near the ground surface with a pointed nose, a key find reinforcing Wyoming as a graveyard of giant prehistoric creatures.
At Chalais Meudon near Paris a spider factory operates to produce balloon ropes for the military aeronautic sector. Each spider is forced to spin 30 to 40 yards of thread before resting.
J Sterling Morton of Nebraska voices strong protest against cutting Christmas trees. He argues the practice wastes resources and jeopardizes the welfare of millions yet unborn, noting 20,000,000 trees were cut last year for sale and celebration.
London editors debate U S options in the Philippines after Senator Foraker's senate remarks. The Times calls ambiguity risky, The Standard warns withdrawal could echo Cuba, The Daily Chronicle favors rapid home rule, The Daily News expects full truth to emerge.
Four persons were killed when express train No 13 struck a group at Larimer station near Pittsburgh. Victims Mary Miller Thomas Miller Albert Wilson and Walter Brown were residents of Larimer. The derailment occurred after a freight wreck forced trains onto the eastbound track. The engineer blew the whistle but bystanders, expecting the westbound path, could not react.
Hon. B F Fifield declines the U S Senate appointment to succeed Senator Morrill citing business reasons. The vacancy is offered to Jonathan Ross of St Johnsbury who has accepted the post and will resign as Vermont chief justice.
White widow Nancy Welch of Chatham county was murdered Tuesday near Harper's Cross Roads. Henry Sones, a Negro, confessed at his Richmond area home early Wednesday and was later hanged by about 50 men at the crime scene.
The seventh annual convention of the national league of commission merchants of the United States convened in New Orleans with over 400 delegates in attendance, led by President E. H. Bowen.
To buy Havana's tobacco crop 21 bankers have formed a syndicate including several with international business ties. The plan aims to purchase the entire current year's Havana tobacco crop.
A blaze that began around 7:80 p m in Memphis damaged the five story Menkin building housing the Gayoso hotel and engulfed the dry goods house. By 2:30 a m guests had evacuated the Gayoso hotel as flames spread with high winds. Assistant Chief Ryan suffered facial burns while forcing entry. Estimated losses reach $275000 in fire and contents with additional residences and stores destroyed on Poplar Street.
From Constantinople and London reports the Yemen division saw a major clash at Shanel with about 4 000 insurgents and 2 000 Turkish casualties. Abdullah Pasha ordered a new push to seize Sasbeh as rebels occupy surrounding positions amid desertions and protracted fighting.
A major chewing gum manufacturers merger in New York was completed with contracts executed at the site. The capital involved in the consolidation is about 15 million dollars.
London reports that the late Ferdinand de Rothschild’s nest of treasures will be given to the British Museum with a valuation of 300000 pounds. The bequest reflects significant cultural holdings from the Rothschild family and sets a landmark historical gift.
Hon. Nelson Dingley of Maine longtime Republican leader in the House died in Wasmserox on Friday night after battling double pneumonia and heart failure. Funeral plans call for services in the House, then Lewiston, with interment there. Hailed as a top authority on finance and fiscal policy by Sen. Hale.
Andrew Carnegie authorizes two US senators to offer the president 20 million dollars for the Philippine islands. He says funds will arrive within 30 days after acceptance, or he will pay the indemnity himself to avoid a congressional appropriation. Carnegie says the aim is to set the islands free.
Major General Henry W. Lawton visits relatives in Louisville as he travels toward Washington and New York. He is set to sail from New York for Manila on the transport January 17.
Sam M. Parker a former county superintendent and local figure announces his candidacy for the legislature from the Bath Rowan district on the Democratic ticket in Morehead Kentucky on January 14.
A bold door encounter ends with Mrs. Waples resisting a sales visit by an agent. The moment the cat is noticed the agent praises the feline and shifts to selling silver polish and requesting a photograph. The scene undercuts his plan with humor and a cat’s unexpected charm.
An affable milkman predicts rain as he delivers milk while a neighbor dismisses the forecast. The brief exchange reflects weather chatter and daily life in a small community, ending with the milkman driving away puzzled by the gloomy view.
A brief dialogue captures Christmas mood as a woman laments scarce mistletoe this year and a man questions the point, with sounds suggesting a resigned, humorous tone. The fragment appears from an era newspaper page.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention wealth penalties and kin, with phrases sounding like old manuscript language. No coherent event or names are readable to identify a full item or report.
An OCR fragment lists various period advertisements and quips about medicines. Items include Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with 25c claim refunds if ineffective, Piso’s Cure for Consumption praised by a Michigan reader, St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism and neuralgia, and assorted witticisms and notices from bulletins and papers. The tone mimics early 20th century ad snippets and editorial asides.
A mother wakes a wakeful child named Gladys who refuses to sleep. the girl insists on reading from Aesop's Fables and selects The Contented Ass, opening the magic book with a contented sigh in this Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt.
The fragment recalls a van driver quitting a sleepin cab, blaming a mistaken firing by the route president. He pivots to preaching, noting pulpit vanity and the clash of showy dress with service. The snippet closes with brief Niagara and Europe observations from Harlem Life and Town Topics.
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