Big Four timetable corrected for July 4 1897
The document lists train times for Big Four at this place with northbound No 24 passenger and No 64 passenger and southbound departures at 11 32 a m and 4 31 p m.
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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1897
Page
8
The document lists train times for Big Four at this place with northbound No 24 passenger and No 64 passenger and southbound departures at 11 32 a m and 4 31 p m.
Society notices listing weekly and midweek religious meetings and times for services prayer group Sabbath school and youth activities including Christian Endeavor Junior Endeavor singing practice and teachers meetings with monthly gathering schedule and pricing for notices.
Mrs George M. Peterson of Muncie dies from heat. Collins Hackney a South Bend pioneer plow maker dies aged 78. Prices on wheat corn and other commodities update markets. Fire destroys a Valparaiso station. fire extinguishers and various goods promoted. Local obituaries include John S. Spann and Henry Heirs. numerous short items record arrests fires weather and community notices.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Don Bruce ex city marshal of Shelbyville committed suicide in his sister Mrs Jobim Rinehart’s room by a 38 caliber revolver. The act ends a life marked by crime and political rise from a 1890 Democratic marshal to a town known as wide open. Bruce had recent trouble over a young man’s wife and previously survived a mob killing of Charles Hawkins after an 1891 arrest. He served a two year burglary sentence after hiding stolen goods with a friend Kennedy.
Harry E. Stace announces the purchase of Frank Beach’s butter and cheese factory and states that from Monday June 28 milk will be accepted at the best price. James Carfield is engaged as butter maker, described as first-class, and patrons are urged to bring in as much milk as possible for higher payment.
The piece recalls Augustus Montague Toplady, author of Rock of Ages, noting his birth in 1740 Farnham Surrey, his father’s death at Carthagena, Westminster School, conversion at a barn, prolific verse work, and 1778 death by consumption. It highlights hymns like Rock of Ages Your Helping Ye trembling Saints and Object of My First Desire, with Toplady remembered mainly for that hymn.
A committee report from the United States Educational Association urges replacing local districts with township or county units for efficiency. It advocates consolidating small rural schools, funding from public sums, and extending state normal schools to improve teacher training, library access, and home-school links. It also calls for higher standards for superintendents and supervisors, better morals, patriotism, and orderly conduct in rural education. The report includes a controversial section on negro schools and urges race-based training led by the respective communities.
On August 16 and 17 the Red Mi plan a Pow Wow at Shelbyville with contests for pi and adoption of pale facea by a Tribe. Pocahontas degrees are noted. the 17th features a barbecue with 10 head of ¢ and many sheep. A monster Red Men parade in costume will involve business leaders and citizens, followed by evening fireworks over the State and rail rates.
A St Louis Post Dispatch report profiles a young woman who became addicted to Cannabis indica or Indian hemp during an Oklahoma visit. Dr Ed F Randall treats her. the piece notes a rare medical case, the broader hashish habit in India, and the drug’s dangers.
A Brussels born man named George Washington, age under 30, travels in the United States declaring lineage to the famed American Washington. He seeks US citizenship while professing admiration for the country, and notes his great grandfather was John Washington. Meanwhile Otto Mears and Simon Guggenheim plan to channel British Columbia ore to Colorado smelters, with a Spokane stop and tours through the northwest to direct ores toward Colorado.
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