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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1900
Page
2
English match factory workers, mainly girls, absorb chemicals and minerals in the process. Sulphur exposure corrodes their jaws in severe cases. Average weekly wages cited around 1.50 dollars per week, highlighting harsh conditions.
A Bostonian returning from Cuba writes that Havana streets are cleaner than those of New York or Boston. He credits the improved condition to General Ludlow and his subordinates for the efforts observed during his stay in Havana.
The new sorrel team joins two other breeds as President McKinley orders no tails docked. Three teams later, blacks bays and sorrels compete for action with white faces and flowing flaxen tails in the White House stables.
Miss Estelle Reel superintendent of all Indian schools across the United States works on a congress bill to compel education of Indian children. She believes the nation should teach useful trades so they can earn their own living.
A cemetery gate in Rio Janeiro displays a trilingual notice in Spanish French and English forbidding dogs unless led by the owner. The English rendering warns that dogs will not be admitted unless drawn by a leash.
The article explains a surge in rubber prices due to vast consumption in automobile and bicycle tires and widespread use in electrical devices. It notes that every scrap of rubber is sought as demand climbs with universal electricity usage.
Charles Addison Boutelle, longtime Maine congressman and notable political figure, has been stricken by illness and removed to a sanitarium. At sixty, he has served as ship master, sailor, merchant, and newspaper man and was nominated for Congress in 1880, having been re elected to every term since.
A historical report notes explosive devices now break into far more fragments than in the past. A shrapnel shell disperses 340 pieces, up from 37, and a modern bomb charged with peroxylene can produce about 1,200 fragments. The text estimates a lethal radius of 220 yards for the explosion.
The 1898 value of American agricultural exports to Africa reached 9,795,598 dollars, up from 1,716,820 in 1894, a gain of 8,078,778. Exports to Oceania averaged 3,394,868 dollars annually, with 1898 at 3,540,461 and 1894 at 1,963,148.
A Philadelphia physician reveals that over half of the efficient drugs in local pharmacies come from curbstone traders selling herbs. More than 70 percent of these drugs derive from herbs grown near Philadelphia, with 69 regional plants, 47 of which are sold in the streets.
A remarkable coincidence emerges in Lynchburg Virginia and Augusta Georgia as both Walter Clarks share fathers named Samuel and mothers with maiden name Walker. Each man also has brothers named Samuel and William, uncles Charles and John, and an aunt Elizabeth, yet no familial link between the two families can be traced.
In the French army typhoid death rate is about 12 per 10 000 while in the German army it drops to 1 or 2 per 10 000. The German rate is likely lower because government orders to municipalities prompt action to replace impure water. French towns often show indifference to their responsibilities.
An 1899 note outlines three eclipses for the final year of the nineteenth century. A solar eclipse on May 28 will be visible across the United States, total from Virginia to Mexico, with partial view north of Norfolk. A full solar and a lunar event are described as profoundly impressive natural phenomena.
A sermon by Dr. Talmage warns against busybodies who pry into others affairs. It contrasts cruel gossip with Christlike help, urging readers to shield reputations, avoid sensational reports, and support those starting out in their professions rather than tear them down.
A flowing sermon extols helping others and being busy about improving lives. It recalls Dwight L. Moody's exhortation to publish sermons weekly and highlights examples from John Pound, Father Mathew, Peter Cooper, Baroness Hirsch, and Cornelius Vanderbilt. The piece ends with a sweeping call to offer universal pardon, comfort, and uplift through faith and charity.
Shoppers at a department store bargain counter jostle for three cakes of imported soap priced at eight cents each. A matron in an electric seal coat clutches the box while a humble woman in a faded tan coat resists briefly before letting go with generosity. The scene illustrates how the bargain counter becomes a study in rival yet neighborly behavior. In separate copy, an ad extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with a money back offer and testimonials.
A quoted passage defines a political love feast as a gathering where many politicians pledge to bar outsiders from their scraps. The wording conveys a sharp, partisan critique of insider politics and exclusionary deals.
An old ad promotes Grovr's Tastiless Cell Ton ic claiming iron and quinine in a tasteless form. It promises no cure no pay with price listed as ide.
A brief exchange from the Philadelphia Press shows a drug clerk offering bro mo or strychnine to a customer, illustrating a period depiction of lethal option discussions in retail.
A woman corners a man about ancestral links to the Mayflower and Revolutionary heroes. He finally admits a surname change from Szichzerskendowski to Dows, then reveals a hoped $2,000,000 inheritance. She calmly dismisses lineage and suggests they proceed.
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