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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1899
Page
4
A compact reflection urges stacking wood over the garden wall as a hedge against colder times. It notes gas supply uncertainty and hints at preparing for future cold spells with practical fuel storage ideas.
The latest quarterly figures show the smallest level of financial failures in a quarter in a quarter century. Analysts cite improved risk controls and unchanged macro conditions as contributing factors.
An exchange remarks they share the baseball craze in the Philippines with a city called Bag-Bag noted as a two-bagger.
Otis proposes a major operation in the Philippines with about 50,000 soldiers to intensify activity in several old towns. The rainy season ends in roughly 60 to 90 days, and reports describe a heavy, round-the-clock presence intended to secure decisive results amid ongoing hostilities.
The United States holds about 22 million acres of land owned by foreigners. The land area equals the size of ten Massachusetts, or more than New England. Foreign owners live abroad and largely oppose U S public institutions. Foreigners own twice as much land in the U S as Englishmen own in Ireland.
Rushville lauds its Post Office for a splendid showing and attributes it to Post Masters across the United States. Reports from Carthage, Knightstown, Greenfield and other towns note increased receipts as business demands more correspondence. The piece mocks the idea that PMs alone drive activity and suggests headlines like Business Lively and Trade Growing to reflect the broader growth in mail.
An advertisement claims attractive women depend on health and links constipation kidney trouble to skin flaws. It touts Electric Bitters as a cure for stomach liver and kidney regulation, purifying the blood and improving nerves eyes and complexion, promising a goodlooking, refined appearance for 50 cents at Bill & Co's.
Thomas Rhoads of Centerfield O. writes that after seven to eight years of suffering no remedy helped until DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve, purchased in a small box, permanently cured him. He warns to beware of counterfeits. O.S. Coffin.
The wreck of the ocean steamer Paris off England’s coast is blamed on the captain misreading the logbook, leading to a false assessment of the ship’s location.
Bucklen arnica salve cures eruptions and all forms of skin afflictions including boils ulcers felons corns warts cuts bruises burns scalds chapped hands and more. Guaranteed to heal per US label. Sold by druggists nationwide.
A rifle once carried by Kit Carson for over forty years and said to never fail him is now a treasured relic owned by the Montezuma Lodge of Masons in Santa Fe, where he was a member.
An advertisement extols Dr King’s New Life Pill as boosting health and energy by improving stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims to enhance mental and physical power and notes 25 cents at O. B. Hill & Co’s Drug Store.
Monday Thomas Macy started a four year mail contract between Greenfield and Westland as a subcontractor under W H McGuire of Danville who handles many star routes including 65 in Indiana. The notice highlights a local endorsement of Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy by Hotel Dorrance clerk W M Bush of Providence, praising its quick relief. For sale by O S Coffin & Co.
A vintage advertisement notes that neglecting a small cough could harm thousands of consumptives and promotes One Minute Cough Cure by O. H. Coffin as a remedy that cures coughs and holds.
A pair of swindlers travel by bicycle offering cheap wheels to gullible buyers, then a second sharper claims a stolen wheel match with exact make and number to reclaim it. The con nets twenty to thirty dollars per trip before moving on. Capt. Lee O Harris, of this city, is elected President of the Western Writers Association. He heads Hancock Co. schools and is an author of poetry and travel works.
The article details a Rhode Island station recipe for Bordeaux mixture copper sulfate six pounds lime four pounds water forty five gallons with step by step preparation including dissolving copper sulfate, slaking lime, and testing with potassium ferrocyanide. It also covers lawn planting tips with Virginia creeper and Japanese climbers Akebia and actinidia and discusses strawberry runner trimming methods.
A Rural New Yorker correspondent describes a simple effective solution using a large keen edged rolling disk mounted on a frame. The author bought a complete 13 inch disk and frame from a scrap iron dealer for 25 cents, with handles added in a home workshop.
Meehan's Monthly notes a twofold benefit from spraying for scale and similar insects with a solution using potash whale oil soap. Potash nourishes plants and the spray reaches soil as well as branches and foliage, improving the adi.
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