Carthage Declares End to Small Pox Quarantine
Public health orders remove all meeting restrictions as Carthage Indiana proclaims the last official recognition of small pox removed after a month of strict policy. Suttons quarantined at the hospital are discharged and guards maintain a double line along county and corporation borders to keep the town purged and free from disease.
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Carthage
Board of Health
Hancock County
Corporation of
Curthaze
Corporation
How to Destroy a Church and Undermine Trust
A dated admonition outlines steps to discourage a pastor, weaken church unity, and erode community confidence. It urges absences from worship, criticizing the minister, withholding support, and cultivating cliques. The guidance promotes distrust, disloyalty, and public fault finding to damage church leadership and morale.
Grievances Over Church Attendance Forecast Warned
A note from J C Hall urges peers to avoid prompting church attendance or involvement in Sunday schools. It predicts the church will fail unless observers refrain from meddling and instead witness its decline, insisting on stubbornly low trust in the concern.
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J.C. Hall
Wheat Crop Yields Reported Across South Ripley Township
Neighborhood threshing results show high wheat yields across townships in southwest Ripley. Healy’s three and one third acre plot produced 128 bushels at an average of 38.25 bushels per acre, while a 32 acre field averaged 29 bushels. Names and plots listed include Fletcher Branson Ed 202 Alva E Newsom 55 Ug 9253-12 Frank Reddick 45 1170 £ 6 Rey Bitnerees Will Henley O.S. Henley Arthur Braden James Souder and others recording acreages and yields in the area.
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Ripley
Desse Healy
Fletcher Branson
Alva E. Newsom
Frank Reddick
Rey Bitnerees
Wheat flow into Farmer ton firm reports large wheat intake
Mr Basil Price of Price and Murphy told the Record office on Monday morning that they took in 10 000 bushels of wheat last week and had bought nearly 50 000 bushels up to last Saturday night. The crop is not half thrash ed yet and they expect more delivery.
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Farmerton
Basil Price
Price and Murphy
New York
United States
England
Hastings
Secret Service
Dastings
Sinter
Ellier
Uastings
Ellfer
Cincinnati
Chicago Chronicle
The Situation at Knightstown Improvement Report
Knightstown shows steady improvement with 3 new cases in 11 days and seven residences in quarantine. None of the quarantined are under doctor care. Authorities and citizens have fought bravely and hope the scourge ends within ten days.
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Knightstown
Quarentine
Delinquent Subscribers Targeted by Local Record
Notice to readers of the Record that many subscriptions are delinquent and those owing should call and settle at once, messenger J. D. Dennis.
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J. D. Dennis
Administrator's Sale of Margaret Are they Estate
Tam offers for sale the estate of Margaret Are they deceased comprising about six acres. The property must be sold by August 15, 1902. R. Ray Johnson acts as administrator.
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Tam
Margaret
R. Ray Johson
Found Dead in the Creek Near Offat Farm Posey Township
Robt Irwin aged 73 of Offat farm in northeast Posey township was found dead in a creek last Saturday. The coroner’s verdict ruled apoplexy as the cause. He died after going to retrieve his horses and fell from a foot log into about 24 inches of water. Funeral was held at his residence and burial at Arlington cemetery. He is survived by a wife and a married son.
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Robt Irwin
Offat
Posey Township
Arlington Cemetery
Josph R Hunt Dies in Charlottesville Home
Josph R Hunt died at his Charlottsville home last Saturday and was buried at Walnut Ridge Monday. E O Ellis of Richmond 8th Street Church preached the funeral sermon. Hunt was a successful teacher for years and a respected member of the Friends Church.
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Josph R. Hunt
Charlottsville
Walnut Ride
E. O.ellis
Richmond 8Th Street Church
Birth Announcements for Three Sons in July
To Mr and Mrs Chas White July 15 a son. To Mr and Mrs Robt Mclaniel July 19 a son. To Mr and Mrs Will Parish July 21 a son.
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Chas. White
Robt. Mclaniel
Will Parish
For Sale New residence north Main Carthage Ind
Property listing details a two story seven room home on a full lot with a good well in the kitchen. Small cash payment and a low rate of interest on the balance offered for buyers.
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Main St. Carthage Ind
Carthage Proposes Enforcing Health Demands Afterward
The New Castle Tribune notes Carthage aims to enforce its health measures to guard against smallpox and settle legal points later, a prudent approach in dangerous times.
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Carthage
New Cistle Tribune
Accidents at Strawboard Plant Burn Two Workers
Last evening at the straw board plant John Rohn and Henry Shunaman were adjusting a hot water plug when it detached. Shunaman sustained serious scalds to his legs and arms while Rohn received painful arm burns.
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John Rohn
Henry Shunaman
Straw Board
Mr. Shunman
Mr. Rohn
W. IL Sharer Carries Full Line of The Best Stoyes
W. IL Sharer offers a complete selection of Stoyes, highlighting quality and variety. The store emphasizes stocked models, reliable performance, and helpful service for customers seeking top rated options.
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W. IL. Sharer
Four Heat Fields Output and Local News From Carthage
The lag four heat fields show Forbes farm at 2700 bushels average 24 bushels per acre valued at 31590 on the market. Charles and Daniel Winslow total 1700 bushels at about 2 bushels per acre worth 3190. Z T Small expected roughly 2100 bushels at 30 per acre valued near 1470. Nelson farm near 3750 bushels worth about 2625. Bridge at Elme River near Haskett ford condemned. W T Hang and wife visited A W Earnest. Winslow hogs: 199 head averaged 719 pounds, value a little over 3200. Transfer from D W Kirkwood to J Dwight Holford Co with one steel sleeping outfit valued 16.75. Carthage quarantine lifted. no smallpox cases, town trade recovering. wheat crop strong with many 20-bushel yields. Chamberlain Stomach & Liver Tablets ad claims efficacy, 25 cents per box.
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Forbes
Charles
Daniel Winslow
Z. T. Small
Nelson
Carthage
Agricultural Department
Revival of formal topiary in gardens and plants
A boom in formally trained plants and Italian garden forms returns, with box and yew sculptures resembling chairs tables ships and plumbed up to 5 feet high. The trend appeals to devotees of form over plant, yet carries a deeper value that endures beyond fashion.
Propagating Calceolarias Grows Better Each Year
Gardening writer advises August cuttings rooted to form young plants kept cool and well grown through spring. As growth accelerates, potting must be attended to and avoid root binding. A light care regime promotes vigor and popularity.
Garden Notes and Plant Tips from a Sunny Fence
A chain of horticultural guidance covers pests with nicotine water, Euphorbia poinsettia as the Christmas plant, rooting cuttings of pelargoniums in July, hotbeds for rooting, clay loams for strawberry beds, nitrate top dressing for strawberries, mixed plum varieties for better fruiting, Zimnias in bright colors June to frost, Salvia splendens as a garden accent, Japanese hop as a fast climber, and roses thriving in deep rich clay loam.
Notable Man Hunts High-Flying Counterfeiters and Fraudsters
A historical account highlights relentless police hunts across continents. Ser gent Wood tracks a Pietermaritzburg embezzler who fled to New York with London extradition papers, totaling nearly 21 000 miles. Detective Dupuy pursues Loys Darrell through Europe to Beira and Castle William, logging 31 000 miles and 4250 dollars. Benson of London swindles, flees to Switzerland, then America, selling forged tickets and evading capture under multiple aliases until Rio de Janeiro.
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Sergeant Wood
Natal
South Africa
Wood
Pietermaritzburg
New York
London
America
United States
Maritzburg
Loys Darrell
Seventh
United States Cavalry
Darrell
Cuba
Crouch
Dupuy
New Orleans
Southampton
Eur
Beira
England
Benson
Isle of Wight
Portsmouth
Switzerland
Europe
Bremen
Atlantic
Mexico
Mme. Tatti
Forger Hastings and the Tyranny of Habit in a Wild Owl
A Chicago Chronicle excerpt recounts a coiner's capture after a long pursuit by secret service men and details a separate English anecdote about an owl compelled by habit to cling to a windy spire vane. The tale contrasts crime pursuits with a vivid naturalist observation of perseverance and instinct.
Electric Bitters Promised Cure All Ailments
Don’t fail to try this. Honest trial of Electric Bitters is recommended for a permanent cure. It tones the stomach, regulates kidneys and bowels, stimulates the liver, invigorates nerves, purifies blood and cures kidney and liver troubles, nervousness, insomnia, rheumatism, neuralgia, malaria. Sold by J. H. McCarty & Son for 40 cents.
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J. H. McCarty & Son
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Peigesome
D. W. Kirkwood
Ind
J. A. Supe
Sec
Diotrophes
Paul
Joseph R. Hunt
T. W. Roebinsos
Justice of the Peace, Loomis Mieh
J. H. McCarty & Som
Willi
Sarcane
Earth
Mme. Patti
Yale
Porter Bros
O.S. Hill
S. Hill
Carthege, Ind
Cory Ri
Patrick
M. Edwards
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