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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1897
Page
6
A northern newspaper recounts a traditional myth of ten tribes led by a divine fire pillar from a lost western land to a promised, fire warmed homeland. It details their voyage, arrival at a bay, settlement, and building of a temple, road, and cremation system, with a plan to smother mountain flames to end toil.
Fragmentary note reflects long standing customs among tribes and their em barked journey, suggesting continued practice across ages. The text hints at a forthcoming continuation.
Grace Wickham Curran describes a summer bicycle route along a sandy coastal path from Cedar Point through Sandusky Bay toward Cleveland. The piece extols the beach cycleway created by nature with wind rain and sun keeping it in repair, inviting readers to a leisurely ride savoring ocean and lake scenery.
Horace Porter recounts in the Century’s Campaigning With Grant how Halleck feared draft unrest and urged Grant to move troops to Northern cities. A telegram to Grant, read aloud, shows the President’s nerve and his blunt order to “hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as possible” in the face of opposition.
An old gentleman debates signaling with a berry stall owner in Indianapolis, asking why signs must read fresh strawberries for sale. The grocer jokes that some customers think he gives them away, highlighting a humorous misread of sign clarity in a small market scene.
A Detroit Free Press item records a mistress ordering Jane to answer a doorbell at once. Fifteen minutes later a loud crash of china occurs as Jane hurries to the door, implying she followed the instruction.
Dialogue from Boston Traveler notes a caller identified as rent collector. New Girl questions his role while the mistress scolds, revealing a price dispute and denial of rent payment.
A Brooklyn Baptist Church party of twenty one on a Monday outing was struck at the Merrick Boulevard crossing by an Long Island Railroad train. Five were killed instantly and thirteen injured, several severely mangled.
In a brief, humorous exchange, Parson Goodman asks about where boys go fishing on Sunday. A boy retorts that he won t reveal spots and suggests self-reliance, mocking the parson s curiosity in a scene captured by the paper s casual wit.
Willie chides Mr Jones for sticking to old ways and recalls how it shaped him, implying a lesson from his boyhood echoed in a Cleveland Leader verse or excerpt.
A humorous quip from Harlem Life features two English sparrows debating being treated as reed birds. One bird says being shot is less troubling than being mocked as a game bird, illustrating light regional wit.
A late trend favors wooden or wicker chairs painted bright green to refresh old porch seating. This scheme would rejuvenate last summer’s soiled chairs and align with current style.
A Fruit Trade Journal reminiscence recalls an East firm famed for honesty in weighings and fair dealing with hickory nuts and cherries. It also notes a frog hunting scene on mill ponds with improvised gear, red flannel bait, and a note on sport versus unsportsmanlike methods.
Consul Horton reports only about one third of Greece wheat is grown domestically with two thirds imported from Russia Romania and Turkey valued over 3 million dollars annually. Russia's poor harvest raises prices. interest in importing US wheat grows. Key Athens contacts include Christo Kastrioti banker and Gregory Empedocles Co. exporters. Samples of hard US grades may be tested at a flour mill with orders for 2000 tons or more.
A Baltimore Sun summary notes a growing Kent County frog catching trade supplying frog legs to markets. Vendors harvest bullfrogs from streams, using flatbottom boats to quietly stalk small creeks, with Kent frogs praised for size and flavor and shipped skinned and salted for cooking.
A Louisiana reader explains a fall cauliflower method from Practical Farmer. The planter starts seed in August in sunlit beds, keeps soil moist with frequent watering, shades young plants, and uses sacks to cover at night. By September the plants are large enough, and he notes success with fall cabbage and lettuce using the same technique.
A Kent county cook explains frog legs preparation after skinning and salting the legs for several hours. Medium sized legs are preferred as large ones can be coarse. Frying remains the favorite method in Kent, though other preparations exist to please refined tastes.
Adolf Hamburger insulted King Otto in a Aschaffenburg tailor shop. A deaf workman witnessed through a note, later denounced Hamburger. The court jailed the tailor's son for six months.
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