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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1898
Page
5
A vintage advertisement urges households to keep Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin to prevent illness linked to the stomach. It promotes the product as a specific cure and notes bottle sizes: ten cent small, fifty cent large, and one dollar extra large.
The American Cultivator argues for small movable hog houses each housing a single breeding sow with litter. These compact structures are cheap yet sturdy enough to relocate, enabling manure fertilization of nearby orchards rather than concentrating waste in a single hog pen.
An Ohio farmer reports litter weight gains for seven Poland China pigs: 80 pounds at birth, 105 pounds at one month, 182 pounds after two months, and 887 pounds at three months with the sow. The piece urges regular weighing to guide feeding. It also notes a Russian diplomat claim about lying for national interest and cites Count Ignatieff’s reply to the czar.
The Horseman describes current breeding emphasis to favor horses suited for carriage and coach work as well as racing. It notes buyers value individual quality, size, and style, urges larger horses for better prices, warns against haphazard breeding, and cites a Kansas City sale at 380 dollars as a representative profit.
An opal is praised for its beauty yet branded unlucky by superstition while a British Weekly correspondent recounts Mr. Gladstone seen as a lawgiver. A note on Norwegian seamen voting rights explains they may vote before departure or at a foreign port via a consul within three months.
Morning and evening sermons at Market Street Church of Christ delivered by Elder Thomas Newsom and Rev. Philander Weaver. Newsom preached on the mystery of godliness from 1 Tim 3 16, while Weaver urged believers to let their light shine as a testimony to others and to act with zeal.
Rev. Elwood Scott preached from Psalms 2 8 urging missions to heathen nations and noting local ties with Anna Steere Lizzie Hare and Gurney Binford as examples. A $15 collection supported the missionary treasury, followed by Misses Winona and Nina Newsom reporting on the National C B Convention in Nashville and a sermon on The Lord knoweth them that are his.
A church district schedule lists events from 1:15 District Cabinet Meeting to 10:25 Practical Christianity led by Dr. J. H. Hollingsworth. Activities include Devotional Exercises Address Christ's Fruit Trees Praise Service and an Acquaintance Social with a Wednesday date noted. Junior Work section features First Steps Heavenward with Mrs P E Powell and a report by District Junior Supt Miss Nora Bell.
Short classified note from the Indianapolis Journal describes lodging priced at 15 cents for a bed with a bath. Weary Watkins objects to the bath and would rather pay more for separate amenities.
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