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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1900
Page
2
The Carbagé Record notes that St Louis leads world tobacco manufacture, with Missouri district contributing the most government revenue from tobacco in the country, outpacing all other quarters.
In San Diego county California Augustine chief of the Sequoia tribe has died at age 133 after ruling the tribe for over a century. He reportedly never suffered sickness longer than one day at a time.
Ex governor George S Boutwell of Massachusetts is the oldest living recipient of an Harvard honorary degree, receiving the LL D in 1851 under the custom of honoring the state governor, a practice that ended with Benjamin F Butler’s election.
Insurance officials will study switching to round bales, seen as fireproofing compared to square bales that have long been tinder boxes. They note higher baling costs but expect forthcoming legislation addressing the change.
Baron Hayashi, Japan's new minister to the court of St James, is regarded as among the ablest junior statesmen. He began in public works, then became vice minister, serving through the war with China and earning a patent of nobility for distinguished service.
Trinity College Dublin plans to grant the degree of doctor of divinity to Rt Rev William Croswell Doane. If approved it will mark the third time a bishop from the Albany diocese is honored by a British educational institution. Doane, born in 1832 at Sainton, already holds an Oxford DD and Cambridge DL.
James Clayton of Gulf Mills Pa begins a cross country tour by wheel for a $2000 stake. He may not use any other transport unless the road is absolutely impassable and must return by March 28 1901. He aims to visit every city with 500000 inhabitants or more and secure signatures of mayors or police chiefs in each. Clayton is not an expert rider.
Justice Andrews of the New York supreme court disposed of thirty-one divorce and annulment cases with no defense, averaging ten minutes per case. The evidence in many matters favored expedition, and several defendants testified for the plaintiffs admitting guilt. Some records had evidence taken on commission in other states.
A notable display at the Military Service Institute Museum on Governors Island New York features the black charger Winchester the horse ridden by General Philip Sheridan during the Civil War. The taxidermist preserved the animal after its death in 1876 and the mount was prepared and presented by Sheridan himself.
The Upper Nile has released no mass of long-stagnant water as it moves downstream killing fish. At Assorian where a great dam rises, millions of dead fish wash ashore and emit a foul odor. Workmen drink Nile water, which filtered appears harmless, but eels placed in it suffocate quickly.
Fifteen year old William Van An man was bitten on a finger by a rattlesnake while picking berries west of Altoona Pennsylvania. He killed the snake and amputated his injured finger at the second joint with a pocketknife. He bound the wound and reached Altoona where a doctor dressed the injury. doctors say he is in no danger.
The granite state capitol in Austin reports unusually large centipedes in multiple state departments. A specimen appeared in the governor’s private office after a chase and was killed. The insect measured about 74% inches. The cause remains unknown and damp areas draw the pests to silks and lavatories throughout the building.
Dr. Talmage likens Christ to the divine surgeon who heals world wounds and deformities restoring sight to the blind and motion to the lame. He parallels ancient medical pioneers with Jesus power to cure chronic ills and sin, ending with a vision of heaven’s worship for the Savior.
Manila reports last week saw 200 insurgents killed and 130 surrender or captured while 12 Americans died and 11 wounded. Col Birkhi mer led a clash near Taal, 38 insurgents killed, a signal detachment ambushed twice, Capt Chas D Roberts arrives on parole. Buencamino sent amnesty resolutions to Aguinaldo, who may reply within a month. Filipinos plan a banquet to celebrate McKinley’s amnesty order.
Chicago dispatch reports a new commissary depot at Taku under Maj Galleher to supply American troops in China. Col W L Alexander says 30 carloads of canned, dressed and salted beef will be sent next Friday, split between Manila and Taku. The base will support operations against Peking with a refrigerator ship to handle refrigerated beef.
The Cunard steamer Campania struck the Liverpool bark Embleton amidships off the Irish channel on Sunday morning. Embleton cut in two and sank at once. Seven crew were rescued. about 11, including the captain, believed drowned.
Aberdeen South Dakota July 23 A deadly encounter occurred between two Russian farmers in Emmons county over a hay land dispute. No witnesses, both men died in a field with pitchfork wounds. bodies found in the struggle marked by multiple fork wounds and blood.
In Menominee Michigan on July 23 Joseph Mitchell a cigar maker was shot and killed by Policeman Chris Eck of Marquette. Eck says Mitchell resisted arrest and a companion tried to seize him. Eck discharged his revolver to call help and Mitchell was accidentally killed. Eck surrendered and claims the shooting was accidental amid the struggle.
The adjutant general of the Spanish American War Veterans association wrote to the secretary of war offering a regiment of ex Spanish war men from each department in the event of war with China. If accepted, the plan would furnish an entire army corps.
Reports from the border say hundreds of Chinamen are landing in the republic of Mexico and marching toward the border in an effort to enter the United States. It is alleged thousands are coming to America to escape the war in the Chinese empire.
Rufus M. Stivers, vice president of the National Carriage Builders' Association of America, dies at his Williamsburg home from injuries after being struck by a cable car in New York City a week earlier.
Slight snowfall occurred in Marshall Michigan on July 22 as a hard wind storm swept through. The wind caused significant damage blowing down orchards and barns unroofing houses and breaking glass.
The Chicago Times-Herald quotes Booker T. Washington in Omaha as he notes no Omaha Negro boys learn a mechanical trade. He tells them to adapt by becoming interior decorators, explaining the decline of traditional whitewashing work and urging career shift.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a natural laxative offering easy bowel relief. It promises quick health improvement for a ten cent start, notes genuine boxes with C C C stamped on each tablet and warns against imitations.
In a domestic mishap a housewife cries as the family dinner set shatters during washing. The cock appears at the dining-room door while the husband laments the mess, joking that the girl could finish breaking China. The anecdote reflects wartime banter and household fragility.
A 1900 Indiana note cites John I Boyer of Trinity Springs praising Piso’s Cure for Consumption as unmatched for coughs and colds. An Indianapolis News remark warns that a parlor match can stem from a steady flame.
A Chicago Daily News item touts PurnaM Fapeless Dyes as producing the fastest and brightest colors, sold by all druggists. The notice also promotes free Teeth in a Wash-List Book by Dr. C. J. Moffett of St. Louis, while humor and quips about penny-pinching and hens are included in the page.
An old Chicago Daily News item quotes a proverb about giving a pig milk to spur its growth, framed as a whimsical aside alongside the slogan Hall's Catarrh Cure. The note suggests a constitutional health claim in a promotional context.
Two letters from women praise Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relief from ovarian illness. Mrs Mary Surry of Arlington Iowa recounts five weeks of bedridden pain in the right abdomen swelling and a near operation. She reports swelling fading after one bottle and full recovery after continued use.
An advertisement describes full courses across classics economics history journalism art science pharmacy and engineering at the University of Notre Dame Indiana. It notes free rooms for qualified juniors and seniors and separate accommodations for younger boys at St Edward's Hall with the 17th year opening September 4 1900. It names Rev A Morrissey C S C as president and includes an unrelated medical testimonial for Lydia E Pinkham's Compound from Mars Ensie Bryan Otisville Michigan.
All grocers in town advertise a promotion giving a free Burnham's Cream Custard package with purchase of Burnham's Hasty Jellycon. The jelly powder claims to make two quarts of ice cream or ten cups of custard with no cooking. Jellycon is offered in several flavors and sizes.
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