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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1896
Page
2
Francia authorities report that from January through March 1895 the United States exported 18 million dollars in gold net. For five prior years the country sent out more gold than it imported in the first quarter. This year net imports exceeded exports by about 4 million dollars.
The British are described as consuming 150 million dollars more grain than they produce yearly. War disruptions push statesmen and financiers to secure at least a one year cereal reserve. English capitalists favor stockpiling to ensure food alongside arms.
Secretary of Agriculture Morton asserts women are mentally superior to men on civil service exams. In a recent Agriculture Department test to hire two library assistants, 38 candidates appeared—30 men and 8 women. Women were allowed to take the test despite ads stating only male candidates would be considered. the top two were women, though none of the women were invited initially.
The Vanderbilt family publicizes a mixed reaction to Cornelius Van Jr. and Grace Wilson's courtship, noting Grace's modest means and uncertain age. Reports say the match will proceed despite parental disapproval, aided by a $20,000 yearly legacy from the grandfather. Cornelius Sr. is said to plan to spend his $100,000,000 fortune without regard to the younger, natural heir.
The report denounces Weyler's edicts in Cuba, describing prohibitions on exports, forced relocation of insurgent families, and brutal acts against both combatants and their dead. It portrays widespread suffering, mutinous cruelty by Spanish forces, and adds fear of smallpox and yellow fever amid the forthright condemnation.
An editorial fragment argues Cuba’s woes and harsh divine judgment, then analyzes 1894 95 U S wheat output and world production. It notes a smaller U S wheat crop and low prices, while world wheat supply climbs. It warns reducing acreage as the only remedy and cautions against unnecessary shipments to Europe.
Mrs. H. W. R. Strong of Los Angeles donated red white and blue pampas plumes to state delegation chairmen for use by the Republican party. Major McKinley was nominated at the convention, and after the nomination Hanna signed a pledge endorsing the emblem for parades and decorations.
Topeka special reports a severe drought across western Kansas with irrigated lands failing. In Garden City area grasshoppers swarm fields threatening crops. farmer Henry Crow collected fifteen bushels from seven acres of alfalfa in two hours and fed them to his hogs. Cyclone warnings and widespread tornado activity accompany the unsettled season as Great Neck residents fund patrols to curb Sunday picnics.
The article notes Queen Victoria will wear only two-button gloves during widowhood. It highlights Maryland appointing Col. Luther H. Badd as State Librarian with Mrs. Anna B. Jeffers taking the post, and mentions other social items from the era.
A fragment from a newspaper page shows a mix of overheard quotes and witty exchanges. It mentions a political candidate hedging on a slogan, a line about a self taught lawyer book, and a joke about a man named Reginald Van Corker later called John Smith after a mule theft in Arizona.
Chicago beekeepers confront widespread sale of glucose sold as honey. Dr C C Butler, president of the State Beekeepers Association, cites 500 tons of honey reported since August and claims over 1000 tons feared, with adulteration limited to strained honey. They vow to seek criminalization of glucose in honey before the Legislature.
Astronomers report striking Jupiter discoveries seen in the evening sky. Observations describe cloud belts circling the equator, their colors and changing forms, and a rapid equatorial current around 240 miles an hour driving perpetual storms and massive vortices.
Japan hosts thirty one medical schools plus one dentistry and two veterinary colleges. An English electric launch traveled sixty miles on a single charge. Arsenites kill codling moths on affected trees. A new electric plant feeding apparatus eliminates manual fuel handling. Proposals propose magnetic observatories at the Cape and in South America. Solubility tests show plumbiferous flint glass is least soluble in water with varying resistance to hot and cold water. Artificial silk from cotton or salted pulp of young wool shows strong density and luster, rivaling natural silk. Filament manufacture improved by firing and timed oxygen blast heating.
The article describes a custom where white poplar saplings are grown as a daughter’s dowry. In northern Europe a farmer plants a thousand young trees when a daughter is born. The trees are tended to increase in value and height as the girl grows, with harvest at twenty years.
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