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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1898
Page
8
The funeral of John M. Powell, a Kentucky native long resident near Henderson, was largely attended by relatives and neighbors. Rev. T. B. Gary conducted the services, praising his character. Interment followed at East Hill, Rushville.
In Farmerton the grip affects the area as Grandmother Swain I improves slowly. Professor Blount Reddick visited his uncle Frank Price last Friday. Tom Newhouse and Tom Bird of Five Points were visitors Tuesday. Jesse Newsom offered a successful entertainment at Earnest schoolhouse Friday night. Mr and Mrs Milt Reddick visited Verenda Maple in Baysville Saturday and Sunday.
Arlington reports James Cross and Willard Tribby visiting nearby towns while Lewis Stanley calls on friends. Rev Walter Smith hunts for a historical atlas as Marcus Hauk plans to move into town. Rey Allen hosts a protracted meeting at Cynthiana and a Temperance League setup is changing officers. Noah Senders recovers from grip and visits his business place. Wood chopping for Fd Burton draws community participation. County superintendent A L Wary toured township schools. Miss Ollie McDaniel and Mrs William Phelps of Carthage visit relatives here. Mrs J E Naden of Rushville leads Rushville American interests. Rumors of a local saloon circulate, but locals doubt it will open.
Charlottesville and nearby towns report visits and social events. Miles Cook attends gatherings in Greenfield and with John Curry’s family. Ada Brosings of Knightstown visits Robert Gilbreath’s. T L Desker buys stock for harness shop in Indianapolis. Porters host Charles Hatfield family. George Youst dies in Cleveland and is buried at Gilboa cemetery. The Beef shop reopens in C M Niles’ vacant store. Epworth League and M E meetings hold fruitfully with new members.
Samuel Souder announces joining ROB Henley as assistant salesman and invites friends to call and visit, promising cordial welcome and courteous treatment.
On Thursday evening February 16 Western Stars will present a refined varied program in this city. The five member ensemble includes Miss Ema Dent Miss Cornelia Appo Miss Alice Smith Almond Fsworth Pal mar and Jo Franklin Caveny with notices praising their entertainment quality and past success in twenty states. Local manager urges public support for a continued season of elevating performances.
Resolution based call for the annual convention to be held in Ft Wayne on February 11, 1899 at ten o clock AM. Purpose is to elect officers and district managers for the year and handle other business. county managers to convene meetings for delegate elections. Secretary W W Huffman, Anderson Indiana, January 24, 1899.
Dr W J Porter plans to move to Connersville to head the practice left by the late Dr George McNutt who was killed in a gas explosion. Earl Coverston and Alta Lemon wed by Rev J C Hall on North Main Street. Jonathan Jessup and wife celebrated their fiftieth anniversary with family and friends. An amateur astronomer’s January mornings offer planets Saturn Arcturus Jupiter Venus and Mars visible before dawn. Parker and Parker sold their Carthage store for a 300 acre farm in Butler county Kansas and will reopen February 1 under William Sharer who arranged the deal. The Parker family plans to move March first seeking a milder climate.
Public notice states Chamberlains Cough Remedy is guaranteed to meet representations or money will be refunded after two thirds used. Claims la grippe and colds are treated like a severe cold with same care. Prices 25 and 50 cents per bottle. Sold by O S Coffin & Co.
Two central lots offered in Vinemont Alabama. Buyer to contact Lioup W Henry of Carthage Lud for details and negotiations. Property description limited in OCR excerpt.
Smith Cambern Smith attorneys file a complaint for quiet title in Rashircuit Court Rush County Indiana case William P Henley trustees 7962 against nonresident defendants Mary Dryden Thomas Dryden Lucy Winston Lindley Wo Winston and others. Notice sets trial for March 2 1899. defendants urged to answer or demur. Clerk Thomas M Green records January 21 1409.
A collection of brief humorous vignettes including a Scottish youth at a London music school who notes the cello lacks scent, tooth care advice contrasting hot and ice bags, and a courtroom quip about a junior barrister from County Antrim with a strong brogue.
In Princeton Indiana Mrs. Rosenbarger testified under fire as prosecutors strengthened their case. Dr Ellis described Rosenbarger as insane during cross examination. She was later found guilty and sentenced to seven years at the reform school. In Browntown Samuel Goss died by suicide by Paris green as his health failed. He was sheriff Goss's brother from a large family of twelve children.
A richly dressed young woman's body was found by Captain T M Rickardo near Boca Ratone, suspected to be Miss Florence Taggart of Indianapolis. Clothes described include gray red black striped wool, blue purple striped jacket, red flannel underskirt, black stockings, laced boots. head and hair largely gone.
Major Ladd arrives with 2500 picks and shovels for road work in Pinar del Rio after a telegraphic order from General Davis. Davis has no funds yet but expects allotment from customs receipts to hire Cuban soldiers. Diaz opposes the plan, arguing it frames a labor scheme as pay for the capitol soldiers. Davis proceeds despite Diaz’s disfavor.
Yesterdays tremors in the Valley of Mexico sent crowds into the streets as homes and the national palace showed cracks. Telegraphs report the quake felt at Vera Cruz Colima and other points while Culberson is chosen to succeed Mills in the U S Senate in Austin.
A New York Commercial piece notes how buyers of canaries are mostly lonely people who seek affection. The deserter describes canaries as objects of comfort rather than true love, with customers treating birds as simple feeders rather than companions.
A man finds his young son perched on a horse in the stable with slate and pencil. The boy explains he is writing a composition as instructed by his teacher to write about a horse, prompting the puzzled father.
Indianapolis and Cincinnati reports show wheat firmer at No 2 red 730 and No 2 cash 783¢, corn stronger at No 3 mixed 3o, oats firmer at No 2 mixed 29 44¢, cattle steady around 3.50 to 3.75 and hogs active near 8.25 to 8.85, lambs steady near 4.00 to 5.25, with Missouri and Chicago markets listing firm to higher prices and closing cash values for pork lard ribs and other commodities. Toledo notes higher wheat at 78 3¢, corn No 2 mixed 46 40, oats dull at No 3 mixed 300.
An 1898 indebted party appeals for immediate settlement of accounts, asking creditors to remit funds to L. Weithcanr for urgent financial need.
Michael Paulina and Tony Dolter quarrymen quarreled with Jack Reno in a resort and stabbed him to death. The Italians are jailed. Reno was 25, son of Mr and Mrs Scott Reno of Wabash, described as highly respectable though dissipated.
A captain orders Private Dobbs punished for parade lateness but the man’s vegetarianism prompts a change to meat and soup. A separate note in The Color of Calcium discusses calcium as a white metal with six sided crystals formed by dissolving in liquid sodium and removing it with absolute alcohol.
A weary pilgrim asks for food at a kitchen door and is met with aid from Farmer Haycraft who guides him toward the grindstone, illustrating neighborly intervention amid hardship as recounted in the Chicago Tribune.
A historic note cites Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as preventing pneumonia after colds or la grippe. The ad claims the remedy counteracts progression from cold to pneumonia and endorses it as the best for bad colds and flu, with every bottle warranted and sold by O S Coflin & Co.
A collection of brief items including a hospital scene where a boy injured by an omnibus survives after a blunt chaplain interview, a military hospital story about a patient warned against smuggling food, and a civic exhortation urging citizens to fulfill duties before criticizing public affairs.
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