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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1900
Page
4
The page shows J B Dennis terms at $1.00 yearly in advance and a corrected July 4 1897 timetable for Staveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Big Four route. It lists going north timetable times 11 27 a m and 4 35 p m and going south times 6 52 p m and 2 50 p m. It includes a note about Kentuckys era with Daniel Boone.
Shelby county officials mirror Hancock county efforts from last year. The Republican party challenges Democrats with a "Beveridge" tactic described as dizzying.
A dubious filled text notes that the Demo Pope state of Color ado permits combines. A bystander in Kentucky is urged to seek safety at the English firing line ahead of Lady Smith.
A fire last Monday gutted most of the Muncie street car company property at the yard, with losses totaling about 90000 dollars. The tracks survived, leaving the rail line and system intact while equipment and buildings were consumed by flames.
An earthquake last Friday near the city of Mexico caused loss of life and extensive damage to the state palace at Colima and to mining properties at Guadalajara.
The widow of General Lawton, a Hoosier veteran, will not live in poverty in her native land. Within 30 days of his death more than $90,000 had been subscribed to her benefit as a modest tribute to the services of her soldier husband.
A fragmentary passage shows a figure accepting a nomination after contemplation. The speaker notes others are ready to make the sacrifice, implying a collective willingness despite the dreamer’s initial hesitation and the demand for relief from the situation.
Brig. Gen. Kobbe is assigned to establish civil government on Catanduanes Samar and Leyte while Generals Wheaton Schwan hold Cavite and Batangas towns. Gen. MacArthur’s troops pursue small insurgent units killing many and seizing supplies. Numerous insurgent bands surrender as organized resistance ends.
The Greenfield Herald criticizes Hancock Democrats for publishing Senator Beveridge's speech while Democratic Press prepares to attack it. The editors fear readers will read and think for themselves, and anticipate no major change in subscriptions or new names.
The article envisions a deep water route from the Mississippi to Buffalo through Chicago, predicting naval ships and large commerce vessels could travel Gulf to Buffalo in ten years. It credits the Chicago Drainage Canal’s completion as the first step, noting the 29 mile stretch to Lockport at 160 feet wide and 22 feet deep, capable of carrying first and second class boats.
The piece argues linking the Great Lakes to the Gulf and widening the Erie Canal to connect New York with the Midwest, enabling war fleets on the lakes if needed. It also advocates a Nicaragua Canal to project Atlantic power into the Pacific, suggesting these artificial waterways could be completed within a decade.
A Miss Winona Newsom reading for WL C on January 14 imagines Carthage under unlimited wealth and power. She envisions a transformed town with modern facilities, universal employment, a three mile square city, West Carthage across the river, a top college, music conservatory, industrial school, hospital, water works, and a bustling electric system driven by a queen’s benevolence.
An old advertisement notes THos. Taylor offers blacksmithing and plow work remedies. Located opposite the Hinsha wp creamery, it promotes services and repairs for farm equipment.
In Indianapolis circle lore a queen’s requests shaped city politics and spurred a vast public program. She urged an electric railway, electric lights, a library building, public hall, and opera house. A central square now hosts a library with a Henry Henley statue, a memorial tablet, and historic paintings.
In a fanciful tale the queen grants Carthage a free gymnasium and kindergarten, sparks civic pride with electric heating, and inspires growth while towns fade. A grand reception mirrors royal generosity as the Strawboard whistle ends the dream with a comic vow about dishwashers for every woman.
Mr C. E. Cook of Greenville reports long illness with sick headache and stomach trouble improved by Pepsin. He states after trying many remedies he found relief and cheerfully recommends Pepsin to others suffering similar ailments. McCarty & Son endorse the testimonial.
Kine men transporting a large gas derrick were taken into custody in Elwood on Friday for tearing up roads with heavy loads. All fined. The note from agent T. Travis cites One Minute Cough Cure as a harborsome remedy that works quickly for coughs colds croup and related ailments.
An Exchange report details Grasse in southern France as the heart of perfume making. Women gather blossoms from March to September including violets and roses, producing millions of kilograms of leaves and flowers for refining into pomade and, via distillation, into eau de cologne. The process begins with layering flower parts on lard, absorbing perfume, then shipping crude pomade to Europe and America or extracting oils for pure extracts.
A large English mastiff owned by C. B. Mellor of West Philadelphia died after a court case over ownership with drover Andrew McPhillips. A postmortem at University of Pennsylvania Hospital found the heart swollen and filled with dark blood, prompting Mellor to claim the dog died of a broken heart. The magistrate quashed the case as both parties appeared sincere.
Dr. E. Z. Simons, veteran Canton missionary, notes Chinese endure surgery with minimal complaint. At Canton missions hospital, anaesthetics rarely needed as patients hold positions like statues and emit only a slight moan when flesh is cut. He wonders if nerve, bluntness, or stoicism explains the phenomenon and cites Canton Hospital using less chloroform than any similar institution.
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