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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1898
Page
7
A compact summary of Senate and House actions through June 11 detailing war funding bills, census plans for 1902, Alaska law measures, and Hawaii annexation debates. It notes passage and rejection of several amendments, adjournments, and notable exchanges among Grosvenor Swanson Lodge and other lawmakers amid Civil War era policy debates.
Lonxpoy June 13 Madrid correspondent for the Daily Mail telegraphs that business leaders expect a brief war, while military experts fear Spain will rely on major factors. In Portland on June 11 additional returns raise Greer's gubernatorial lead to 10,371 votes.
Coroner Heber McDowell’s home was serenaded by a brass band on Friday night the loud music agitated his dying infant daughter and the excitement contributed to her death, authorities report.
New York on June 13 the Astor battery will break camp Monday and depart for California to join Gen. Merritt's expedition to the Philippines, marking the unit's first deployment in the campaign.
The conference report on the war revenue bill was submitted to the House on Thursday. It accepts Senate provisions including stamp rebates, new taxes on fuels and goods, and changes to insurance, with a modified stamp and tax structure. Vote 154 to 107. several named Republicans opposed and Democrats supported. A Senate vote before adjournment is hoped to send the bill to the president this week.
For the convenience of troops at Camp Alger near Falls Church Virginia the post office department opened a Camp Alger Postal Station as a branch of the Washington office and a Chickamauga Park Postal Station as a branch of the Chattanooga office to enable soldiers inside encampments to receive money orders within the lines.
A severe thunder and lightning storm struck Scottsburg on Thursday evening. Two homes were hit, including one owned by Mrs Robbins and another belonging to Ezra Thomas. the Robbins house was demolished. No injuries were reported as the residents were away visiting relatives in the country.
Michael Carr, held on a grand larceny charge, broke jail Thursday morning in Warsaw Indiana and successfully escaped. He vanished from the jail before authorities could recapture him.
An 1890s bicycle column surveys wheel sizes speeds and riders. It notes Canada buying more can wheels than Britain or Germany in 1897, mentions a saddleless London tricycle, new cycling laws, electric pacing hype, and Brussels maneuvers with Belgian folding bikes for mounted infantry.
Queen Margharita takes up golf while Vienna painter Rudolph Alt gains a $480 yearly pension. The late George Muller’s Bristol estate stands at $800. Dorothea Dix, Worcester nurse founder, was the Civil War superintendent. Michael Hicks-Beach and Lord Salisbury abstain from tobacco. President Dole’s travel bill totals $7,000 plus $500 to Maine relief. Ireland’s postmaster Robert Taylor earns 114. A Moscow school is planned in his honor amid a Russian czar lookalike in a railway window scene.
A reflective piece on speech and silence, friendship and unity, and the soul's profit from suffering. It rebukes gossip as a predatory force and notes that small motives drive many great deeds. The text comments on divinity and human folly with period sensibility.
Vague battlefield scene with Spanish infantry and windows shattered by bullets. A bravely described but unclear account mentions a tenth officer, windows raised, and a chaotic bombardment. The passage ends referencing a doughnut and biscuit supply and a “great western nation.”
Detroit readers hear testimonials from women praising Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a cure for female ailments restoring strength and health. A businesswoman from Detroit shares relief after trying various remedies and crediting the pills with renewed vitality and stamina. The ad asserts the pills correct blood and nerve functions and aid locomotor disorders.
An incomplete report notes an operation was avoided and hints at medical or strategic implications. The readable words suggest a corrective or preventive action, with no clear names, places, dates, or outcomes available.
An exploration of hereditary traits cites gray hair as a family inherited feature. Mrs Maggie Picket of Cantonia reports gray hair since youth, and after using Dr J C Ayers Hair Vigor her hair returned to its natural color. Testimonials claim the product restores color, adds gloss, reduces shedding and dandruff, and cleanses the scalp.
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