20 Jan 1905
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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1905
Page
1
Local news notes the Farmers Institute and farm products exhibit slated for January 27 and 28 at Rushville. Topics cover visitors, road supervisor elections, social lectures, burglaries, and community updates across Carthage and surrounding towns.
Bargain sale of a cottage residence located in Rose Hill addition. Interested buyers directed to contact S. L. Newsom or James Harry for details and negotiations.
Last Friday evening at the pleasant home of Mr and Mrs Frank Painter part of town Classes No 4 and 5 at the Christian church Sunday School were royally entertained. Each member invited friends and the evening included games a well rendered musical program and ice cream and cake before guests departed thanking the Pains for the fine time.
A spectator description of a general directing a field army from a distant desk. The scene shows telegraph lines, maps, and staff officers at work as news of attacks, reinforcements, and ammunition moves flow in, guiding strategic decisions amid peril.
W Symons argues the canal can move naval craft from ocean to lakes and back, and transfer vast wartime supplies efficiently. He cites torpedo boats and gunboats as transferable assets and says the ditch would slash transport costs compared with rail.
An epidemic of chorus girl marriages sweeps the British peerage as three young lords and a marquis wed within the same theater. The unions appear to be based on affection rather than business, contrasting with a solicitor’s claim that marrying an American heiress would settle debts. The trend reportedly keeps the peerage vigorous unlike continental nobility.
The London Engineer argues protected or light armored ships are useless and that English ships in commission are being drastically changed. Admiral Fisher is credited with a theory urging armored squadrons. The piece notes such vessels cannot fight nor run, and praises a shift toward war fleets by authorities.
The frigate Constellation, oldest ship in the U S Navy, after thorough overhaul, was recommissioned at the New York navy yard in Brooklyn. Launched in 1797, the historic vessel is praised in its refitted form as good for another century, though its active days are likely over. It will serve as a receiving ship at Newport, maintaining an honorable role and remaining an inspiration to the Navy.
A man lost in the bush for four days along the Adelaide to Port Darwin telegraph line broke the wire to signal his location. He lay to rest, awaiting help until repairers arrived and rescued him, saving his life.
A playful guessing game lists twenty cats with puns in parentheses. Each competitor reveals no answers, and the highest guess wins. Names include catastrophe catamount catfish catbird caterpillar catalogue catechism catkin catsup cattle catapult catalpa cataract catawba cataclysm catacomb catalepsy catseye catarrh.
A vintage party game uses a bean bag with a ring a thimble and a button. Players draw a cupful of beans and fate is revealed by symbols signifying marriage prospects or bachelorhood. The note also cites the old rhyme Thirty Days Hath September from 1596 and a punning arithmetic verse.
The piece advises a boy to build a wall hung cabinet with two doors and back hooks for tools. It suggests organizing the interior with peg arrangements for saws squares and a floor box for nails and screws. It emphasizes putting away tools and avoiding borrowing or lending.
A Japanese saint named Kotie is described as the patron of Japanese children. He is pictured with a large sack said to hold presents for good children. He crosses rivers by using the sack as a boat and is believed to have eyes on the back of his head.
A group plays a forfeit game where one chosen town crier proclaims items that sound like birds. Players raise a hand whenever birds are mentioned, paying the forfeit if they react to non bird items like bricks or clouds. The town crier aims to name bird sounds without actual birds.
Glen Hess has withdrawn to his father’s home in Fruitdale Alabama. The senior class will begin definite English study for final themes. Patrons and others visited the school during the past week, prompting enthusiasm for regular work. Literary exercises Friday were generally good. Visitors included numerous named locals and clergy. W V Mangrum and Mrs Mangrum hosted teachers Saturday evening. On Wednesday morning devotional used Albert Hubbard’s Message to Garcia. Township Institute set for Saturday January 21 at 9 30 a m.
The January meeting of the W. F. M. S. at the Friends church met at Ida S. Henley home on Tuesday evening January 17. Guests attended. An engaging program included a devotional by Chas. Whitely a Japan discussion led by Lizae P. Hill a Japan future influence paper by Laura C. Norris and songs by Mrs. Whitely and Mrs. Hubbard. A free will offering of 5 and a Japanese meal with guests seated on the floor in Japanese costume was provided.
A reflection on Sabbath lessons urging humility and God’s purpose, with a review of E. Clay Trambell’s book on profitable Sunday afternoons for children. The Newark author is F. A. Welcher. The piece cites Chicago church officials pledging to attend Sunday School and prepare for duties, noting a missing divine blessing at a recent moment.
An histórica remark noting that only two European capitals never occupied by foreigners are London and St. Petersburg, highlighting their longstanding resilience and symbolic status in European history.
A playful verse about a boy who arrives late and cannot spell write or read long words. It laments how he annoys his mother and fails to bring joy to his father. The tone is humorous and lightly admonishing.
An unclear report notes Miller steering the Siem Senate in some political effort. It mentions various publishing houses and a Pennsylvania convention with an annual circulation figure of 452 010 000 copies, reflecting broader literary activity and leadership in politics.
The Western Grove column notes Rev. Preminates's death after his mother's illness and ongoing sickness among relatives. A local reading circle forms to study Friends' views and socialize. Uncle Jonathan Jessup remains frail but ventures out, while Rev. Potter of near Winchester holds revival meetings at Westland with Eli Charles Reese assisting.
Five rooms timber frame dwelling on North Main Street known as the Rebecca Pickering property. Fine location with a barn and out houses. For price and particulars call on J L Hubbard.
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