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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1899
Page
4
A parsing of Chicago era rhetoric notes General Eag me and Dingley the protectionist as figures of debate. It cites Indiana regiments in Cuba, dusting library shelves in Boston, Grant Jr. for U.S. Senate in California, and a deadlocked legislature. It mentions Spanish language teaching in Wabash High School and mileage perks for lawmakers as wasteful.
Tammany chieftain Croker favors expansion saying it creates opportunity for youth. Bryan had hoped Croker would oppose expansion, but the free silver advocate sees other hopes fading like Poe’s line.
Dispatches report General Otsis has regained the upper hand against Aguinaldo loyalists, guiding efforts to suppress outlaw bands without direct military engagement. The move aims to secure the area with feasible restraint while avoiding open army clashes.
Representative Blankenship advocates a constitutional amendment to permit women suffrage in Indiana. He argues the move is inevitable and urges quick passage to reconcile with the era, aiming for action as soon as possible.
In Montana a heated race for U S Senator draws two millionaires W A Clark and Marcus Daly into the contest. A state senator allegedly received 330 000 dollars in a legislative session to buy Clark votes, and the grand jury now probes the charge.
A woman had a man removed from a Franklin County church on a Sunday after he looked at her during services. The incident sparked commentary arguing some women attend church to be seen and to feel noticed, with a quip that a museum manager should catch the “freak” and make a fortune.
The casket containing Columbus’s remains in Madrid was opened and Spanish coins of gold and silver and other valuables were gone. The text notes the thieves likely valued intrinsic wealth and jokes about a nearby soap factory suggesting a vacuum would be found instead.
Chicago political economists push a bill for municipal pawn shops to be introduced in the legislature. The plan aims to eliminate the large number of shylocks who lend on furniture and personal property at exorbitant rates, forcing them out of business.
The piece notes multiple candidates for 1900 GOP gubernatorial nomination including Congressman Watson of Rushville and Senator Newby of Knightstown. It cites Stoner-Dreger contest testimony exposing alleged political corruption in Madison and Hancock counties and mentions W H Elliot of New Castle named Porto Rico Superintendent of Mails at 3700 dollars yearly with 1500 dollars expenses, reflecting Henry county political prominence.
A stream of rhetorical questions ponders unusual links between nature economy and morality. It toys with metaphor asking why sea cows lack watered milk why dirt carts fail as real estate conveyances and why betrayals in business echo in speech.
A concise verse presents contrasting mottos for wealth. It pairs a vain man with golds gained and kept, a generous man who shares, a profligate who spends, a fool who ends it, a gambler who loses, and a wise man who uses the treasure. The poem contrasts character with financial fate.
The text recalls Horace Walpole’s affection for his dogs Patapan Tonton and Rosette the last with Mme du Deffand’s legacy. Walpole drafts a heartfelt epitaph for Rosette, saying it lacks merit as art but comes from the heart, imagining a gentle bier for his faithful dog.
A writer in a Journal describes a shoemaker’s board filled with nails and rivets to fix boots, chalk drawings of local figures like a curate, postman, innkeeper, schoolmaster, and an old man. The scene includes hieroglyphic names and a village pump serving as a substitute for a man, all recounting quaint routines.
Dr H R Lemen of Alton discusses common fears about appendicitis and seeds in fruit, urging people to eat what they like since seeds rarely prevent the illness. The piece shifts to a humorous old Maine anecdote about a man's will naming seven sons and a final joke about bequests.
An article depicts Paris underground tunnels where mushroom culture flourishes in hidden caverns 20 miles long and 20 to 160 feet deep. Access is rare and perilous via a single mouthlike shaft with a pendulum ladder. The piece contrasts living pleasures with subterranean bones and mushrooms.
The excerpt notes Bismarck’s view that the French are swayed by slogans and that persuasion works best when framed as freedom. It adds a wry line about handling a French spy with politeness to spare his feelings, highlighting a sharp, ironic tone.
Bilkins sits with his newspaper while his wife works nearby. Their four year old son Bobby asks for a fairy tale before bedtime, but Mrs. Bilkins declines and sends him to his father to hear about events from downtown last night as reported by the State Journal.
A fragmented passage notes two men at a reception exchanging compliments with a woman described as handsome. One man muses that flattery is key to winning the gentler sex and jokes about meeting her before marriage. The scene ends with a smiling response and an implied congratulation.
A Liverpool Mercury snippet recalls a past insurance policy for a man described as a poor husband. The wife resisted weekly premiums with a quip about a neighbor Mrs Smith who had her husband only three months in society before he died and left money, prompting a dismissive vow to cancel future calls.
In a Syracuse Herald item a father tells his son Johnny that the furnace is fixed the ashes are out the leaves are raked and breakfast nearly over with only three pancakes left. Johnny had forgotten his ablutions in the rush.
A Washington Star fragment presents a dialogue about a poet and a rural relative. The exchange questions the speaker's own knowledge and humorously probes personal insight.
An elderly admirer proclaims, You are an iceberg, while Miss Flyppe coolly retorts that even a hundred Cupids could not pierce her heart. The exchange, noted in the Chicago Tribune, highlights a clash of passion and detachment between the two characters.
A teacher asks for tautology and gives an example. A boy answers with a repetitive phrase about having sheep's head for dinner and Elsie's young man coming to dinner. The scene is presented as a London Fun style snippet.
A classroom moment shows a boy named Bob Buster accused by another pupil of writing Macbeth. The accused denies and the teacher presses for the true author, revealing peer dynamics in a Tennessee era rural school setting.
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