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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1896
Page
5
An advertisement claims DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cures piles with success in hundreds of cases. The excerpt also notes O. B. Coffin & Co and reports a ski derby near Christiana where jumper Cato Hall landed eighty feet.
A Chicago thief stole a soda water fountain and spent two hours disassembling it before removal.
An old advertisement claims Busy people have no time and sensible people avoid slow remedies. One Minute Cough Cure acts promptly and delivers quick relief with no lasting woe. Coffin & Co.
In Switzerland a favorite dish features boiled chestnuts mashed to puree and served with whipped cream. The simple dessert or course highlights local chestnut harvests and traditional flavors.
An old advertisement touts DeWitt’s Early Risers pills for indigestion and stomach comfort, claiming quick relief and pleasant effects. The copy mentions Coffin & Co as the seller or distributor, with period style branding.
Cincinnati Gazette warns that colds can trigger serious illness if neglected and urges prompt treatment. The piece links chronic issues to pastvoids and recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective, noting 25 and 50 cent bottles available from O S Coffin & Co. Druggists.
A quirky exchange features a teacher and James Jones exploring a word that has no singular form while referencing the German phrase Fliegende Blatter. The dialogue notes linguistic oddities and playful language use.
An advertisement notes De Witts Witch Hazel Salve as painless for burns and Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a leading throat cure. It highlights O S Coffin & Co druggists selling these products at 25 and 50 cents. London County Council parks cost nearly $500000 yearly. Also promotes One Minute Cough Cure as a trusted remedy for coughs and for children.
A Worcester Spy writer lauds Stephen Salisbury for donating a city site and 100000 to build an art museum. He is described as simple, democratic, and thoughtful, aiming to relieve want and uplift small‑means residents while boosting Worcester’s prosperity. Friends admire him for practical wisdom and generosity without conditions.
Peppermint is largely an American industry. The herb is cut in bloom, dried, stacked in wooden vats, and steamed to release oil. About 350 pounds of dry peppermint yield one pound of oil, with an acre producing 6 to 10 pounds and sometimes up to 50. New York and Michigan are the leading producers.
Two exceptionally large eagles were captured in a trap set for coyotes near Grants Pass Oregon last week.
An advertisement notes Foley's Honey and Tar provides comfort and relief in severe cases and claims to effect a cure in early stages. Distributed by O. B. Coffin & Co.
The Duke of Hamilton’s tomb in his seat’s grounds is described as the finest in Great Britain and is said to have cost more than one million dollars.
Ad claims that inferior preparations fail against Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Syrup, urging readers to choose the proven remedy. The notice, by O. S. Coffin & Co., promotes the product’s superior qualities over imitations and imitators.
Classified advertisement seeking trustworthy men or women to travel in Indiana for an established reliable house with a salary of 780 dollars plus expenses. Steady position. Applicants should include reference and a self addressed stamped envelope to The Dominion Company, Third Floor, Omaha Building, Chicago, Illinois. Also an ad for One Minute Cough Cure endorses its efficacy for coughs and colds.
Global population reaches 1,470,729,000 with Asia accounting for more than half. The update highlights Asia's dominance in total numbers and underscores regional population distribution trends.
The traveler asks for the best hotel in the place and the porter points to a nearby house claiming it is the worst. The traveler insists on the best hotel, but the porter says it is the only option available.
A quotation from Southey equates order with mental health physical well being community peace and state security. It likens order to bones and beams that support both individuals and society at large.
Dr Cyrus Hamlin, father of Hannibal Hamlin, trusted neighbors and bought a fine wether from a neighbor who claimed to have raised it. His son revealed it was his own sheep. The doctor confronted the man who, undeterred, stammered a boastful line about being tricky as the devil, prompting the confrontation.
A Philadelphia Record account notes P A B Widener holding a strap as a Broadway cable car swings around the Fourteenth street curve. The car is crowded, and Widener tells a young man not to invest in cable car companies, joking that dividends arrive but seats do not.
Mrs H B Adama of 1609 Wabasha Street Chicago recounts a lifelong scrofulous blood taint and an ulcer near the nose that looked like cancer. After using Foley's Sarsaparilla the blood poison was neutralized, the ulcer stopped growing, diseased tissue loosened, and healthy flesh returned. No part of the disease remains.
A brief cartoon exchanges a city man and a farmer on farming variety. The farmer notes a new crop destroying insect each year while the city man questions the variety, typical of light periodical humor.
The Theatrical Tidings laments the decline of managers in modern theater, noting only directors remain. It cites figures such as Modjeska under Frank L. Perley and John Hare, Clarence Fleming with James O'Neil, William F. Connor, Stuart Robson, and William Hayden, portraying the era of the cigar and diamond globe as the era of management fading away.
The Edinburgh Scotsman notes that Shakespeare Milton Pope Crabbe Burns Byron Shelley Coleridge were not laureates. The remark contrasts famed writers with the absence of official laureate designations for these figures.
Adirondack guide Jack Ormiston recalls 30 years in the woods. He tells how he captured a bear by boot kicks while Jim Hodge aided, and how kerosene and matches saved his frozen feet during a river drift toward Bear Mountain island.
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