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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1896
Page
2
The fragment quotes grim musings on war and human understanding, noting only two living specimens in America and describing thoughts as limited by hunger and simple truths. It contrasts bloodless conflict with abstract ideas, framing a somber, ironic meditation on time and intellect.
Mervin McPhearson of Indianapolis after a quarrel with his wife drank two ounces of carbolic acid following heavy whisky intake. The life-saving whisky helped him survive as doctors pumped and restored him to health quickly.
The piece surveys Chicago religion as waning with sparse congregations and a pointed example of a famous minister drawing only fifteen parishioners. It then broadens to climate and empire, arguing English vitality abroad, and critiques Weyler in Cuba. It surveys geopolitics, colonial trends, and miscellaneous notes from many nations.
A Tennessee Guards encampment in a southern city frames a romance between Louis Republic’s Miss Moore and Illinois lawyer Pearce. Amid Dixie and rain at an old Confederate fort, Pearce asks to wed. Miss Moore, torn by loyalty, refuses: you are a Yankee. He asserts Illinois is not Yankees.
A string of anecdotes exposes John Stetson's comical ignorance as he misreads artists and events. Tales show him insisting on American painters, mistaking Michael Angelo for Michael Angelo, and misquoting lines while bragging of control over his theater. The stories reveal a boastful, fickle impresario clashing with theater norms.
The Glasgow Mail recalls Professor Anderson known as the Wizard of the North. His daughter, once seen at his shows, fell on hard times after a New York marriage and stage career. The piece notes his early electricity tricks, strategic device use, and alleged idea appropriation, plus a second daughter famed for his memory feats.
The completion of the Siberian railway and Russian occupation of northern Chinese ports are seen as shrinking Chinese territory and bringing global benefits. The piece praises Russian enterprise as advancing civilization and enabling missionary efforts to reach resistant populations.
In the rain on a stormy day, a man asks Katherine to marry him. She hesitates then whispers yes and yields, as rain sharpens the moment. The weather shifts to sunshine, clearing the scene with a calm after the storm.
Joseph Jefferson recalls Forrests fiery Metamora performance in Washington where a sponge set alight near the footlights caused a comic blaze. Two Indians kneel and blow on the sponge, singeing eyebrows, then a third steps forward and trousers catch fire as the curtain falls. Critics praised the spectacle. Fed Terrapins to Slaves and old Maryland documents cited by A T LaVallette describe terrapin feeding as slave diet in earlier years.
A humorous lecture notes on the frog’s evolution from tadpole to land-dwelling creature and its voice and hind legs. It claims frogs can swim, grow long rear legs, develop a bass voice, and even become “an article of commerce,” with fairy tale ties and wildly exaggerated sizes.
Tidbits recount a joke about a man who gathered mushrooms thinking they were safe edible. His wife cooked them and the family ate heartily before realizing they were mushrooms rather than toadstools. The tale ends with a narrow escape, as told by Dumley.
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