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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1898
Page
14
The past year shows a shorter delinquent tax list with 16 names in Carthage and 9 outside. Residents urge better lighting bridges and safer fords on country roads, urging commissioners to address road improvements and infrastructure needs.
The curfew whistle rings seven but observers note violations not just by youths. The court must rely on parents to enforce the rule at home, since evasion by offenders is easy for those under the law. Parents aware of demoralizing effects will ensure obedience.
The article urges wide reader participation to boost local interest. It asks farmers and distant readers to send items to the Record Office so the paper reflects community concerns and adds reader value.
State Central Committee calls mass convention delegates to Rushville on Saturday January 29 1898 at 1 PM to elect a Chairman Vice Chairman and arrange for a Secretary and Treasurer If any precinct failed to elect a committeeman the previous committee remains in office All committeemen urged to attend J W Hanson Chairman Witt Berry Secretary
A list enumerates trustees and clerks across Ripley to Orange townships including Roy Peters Reuben Henley J W Bishop for Center and John Bowls Hackleman for Washington, with several others named such as B F Martin James Alexander Dr Fred Hall Sam Piper Homer Powell and more. In Richland township no convention is listed.
A list of delegates includes Cambridge City Ripley Ed N Hill Dr J A Sipe Posey E M Jones Marion C M Murphy Rushville T M Green J C Black Ledge Noble Robert Ray Walker Thomas Jones Anderson Samuel R Stewart Center James W Trowbridge Washington John A Shawl Jackson Orange Richland.
The column describes Boston public school cookery origins at Starr Kinghouse and Amy Homans leading the Boston Normal School of Cookery aided by Mrs Hemenway's endowment. It credits Dr Caroline Hastings with improving school lunches and notes a Congress bill to ban intoxicants in federal buildings. Also mentions Chicago police matrons, Australian student abstinence essay, and Miss Dolly Henley visiting relatives while studying at Earlham College.
In a chatty exchange, Mrs Hoon cites The Bazoo’s claim of eight hexadactylous individuals in the county while discussing Mary Ella Stang’s upcoming marriage. Mr Hoon cites a financial rumor about Baxrox as another circulating tale and mentions Gabbleton’s compliment.
A conscientious man worries about using slang before his children while his wife asks the cause of his concern. A comment from the Washington Star jokes that slang could influence youth and that not using it might label him out of date. A Boston Traveler quip about the Jimson sisters notes their reaction to a new stepmother who turns out to be their size and begins borrowing clothes.
A Detroit News exchange notes that lasting popularity rests on defiance of parental authority, as discussed by a Professor of English Literature and a precocious student. The brief hints at how rebellion and charm shape enduring appeal in literature.
A schoolboy was asked to explain the formation of dew and responded with a scrambled quote about the earth revolving on its axis and travels in spaces. The remark also includes a quip about a devotional attitude and a joke about sending a dollar to the heathen, sourced from Tit-Bits and Brooklyn Life.
In a brief humorous exchange, a teacher asks what “heaping coals of fire on a person’s head” means and a pupil quips roasting him, highlighting a sharp retort in a light moment.
The Indiana Farmer, a longtime Central West agricultural paper, is praised as a solid practical publication focusing on actual farming experience. It highlights the Experience Department and upcoming sugar beet industry coverage, with a Christmas edition featuring a two color tile page. Subscriptions are $1.00 per year, available from Indiana Farmer Co., Indianapolis.
The notice lists club rates with the Record for many papers including State Journal and the Record at 1 65 dollars Indiana Farmer and the Record at 1 55 Inter Ocean and the Record at 1 40 Review of Reviews and the Record at 3 10 Detroit Free Press and the Record at 1 60 Cincinnati Commercial Tribune and the Record at 1 50 The New York World Thrice a Week and the Record at 1 75 The Out Look and the Record at 3 85 Zion Watchman and the Record at 2 15 Word and Works and the Record including Hicks Almanac as a premium at 1 85 The note offers to search for lowest club rates for any other paper.
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