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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1898
Page
6
A poetic meditation on mortality and the hope of memory after death from David Banks Sickles in the New York Commercial Advertiser. The verse questions if earthly life ends with decay and insists there will be a guiding light for the soul’s pilgrimage beyond mortal bounds.
In Chapter XIII continued, a narrator recalls Horace Jackson seen at the station by the porch where his nurse hosts dinner. The speaker notices two men on the distant platform while awaiting his field lass. He uses a glass to confirm Jackson’s bold, earnest exchange with the station agent.
The narrator returns home after a tranquil visit at Sarahs house and reflects on Florence and a hoped-for future. A triggered impulse leads him to unlock the cook house and peer into a dark cellar, hinting at hidden dangers beneath the house.
I describe a chilling night descent into a damp cook house cellar. A warning voice declares death with each step while shadows and hidden doors fuel fear, uncertainty, and a search for a possible exit or secret passage.
The narrator questions how a bond stolen from Safety Security ended up near an old country house tied to a former bank employee. He suspects a trap and ponders suspects Sonntag Skinner and Jackson, a hidden cellar and tunnel, and plans a hurried ride to Sidington Road as the mystery deepens.
A survey of authorities debates whether cousin marriages harm offspring. Some writers link consanguinity to insanity deafness degeneration pigmentary fetotoxicity and other ills while others claim no harm and possible good results. The piece also recalls a Cleveland Plain Dealer anecdote about a cow responding to a siren whistle with a humanlike moaning chant.
At a lonely plains station a barefoot trio of children stares at travelers. A ten year old boy calls to his siblings Joey and Maggie to hurry home before their mother returns and “she’ll do it,” a phrase the kids clearly fear.
A social philosopher claims fame comes from appealing costumes not the object itself. The group is impressed by his logic and tests it by promising popularity with a distinctive attire. In another scene a shipwrecked artist on a raft rigs wind catching apparatus to sell canvases, claiming he finally made a sale.
Weakleig seeks a medical specialist and asks Flint for a recommendation. Flint confirms Dr Cutter, noting his specialty in autopsies. Richmond Dispatch.
Washington reports after a White House cabinet meeting Secretary Alger says Spainards at Santiago will be transported to Spain only with arms surrendered, no other concessions. Shafter to push unconditional surrender. Toral's armistice debated as 12,000 to 15,000 troops remain. Portobello fear noted. hospital ship Olivette carries wounded to Old Point.
July reports detail the US stance on peace with Spain after Santiago, the push for Puerto Rico action, and American conditions including possession of captured territories. Spain’s possible peace terms and plebiscite proposals for Cuba are examined, with commentary from Madrid and London correspondents.
John Sheehan of the 16th U S infantry at Santiago writes June 28 to parents in St Louis about catching about 18 spies and executing them. He notes six Spanish deserters surrendered and 9th cavalry detained 19 Spanish signal corps men with an outline of camp on paper.
War department officials discussed moving 25 000 prisoners surrendered at Goa to Spain. Col Hecker, overseeing transport, stated no final decision yet. Advertisements to solicit proposals for transporting the prisoners to Spanish soil are anticipated.
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