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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1897
Page
14
Kerr and Sons of Mars Pa report Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best selling cough remedy, with sales to two gross this winter and as many as six bottles in a morning. They claim high satisfaction and success especially in croupy districts, offered at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by O S Coffin and Co.
A playful exchange from the Boston Transcript features a couple discussing long distance correspondence and the chance to grow a collection of foreign stamps as one departs for a foreign land.
An ad notes Foley's Colic Cure as essential after travel. It claims it prevents or cures bowel derangements caused by new water, recommended for vacation use. The ad is from O. S. Coffin &.
The ad urges choosing Putnam Fadeless Dyes to avoid fading and waste from other dyes and notes they are sold by Owen S. Hill. It also markets German brandy whisky gin and rum for 83 cents a dozen quarts delivered on board at Hamburg, with years of the same manufacture offered at $2.25 a dozen quarts.
In Uniontown Patton Fayette City Pa recalls three witnesses suffering from Diarrhoea. He gave Chamberlain's Colic Choler and Diarrhoe Remedy with immediate relief. A neighbor later had a stomach cramp, relief came in five minutes after a dose. He keeps the remedy as a favorite and takes it when traveling. Sold by O S Coffin & Co Druggists.
The text notes that land crabs in the West Indies migrate from their native habitat each year in large numbers. They follow a direct path to the sea, breaking through or over any obstacle in their route without detouring.
An old CO.S. Coffin & Co. notice contrasts those who lack Foley's Colic Cure as a safeguard for families, implying caution in choosing remedies and guardianship of health.
A fragment from a literary remark invokes a line about heaven surrounding us in infancy, followed by a biting addendum that “So does everybody else.” The comment, cited as life wisdom, hints at shared human experience and universal irony.
An 1890s advertisement urges travelers to carry Foley's Colic Cure to prevent bowel complaints caused by water or climate. The note cites 25 cents and lists O. S. Coffin as seller.
The Siamese army will be reorganized by Russian officers with over a hundred volunteers acting as instructors in response to a war department circular. The King will select fifty officers from the pool for the new arrangement.
Mr G. A. Stillson of Tampico Illinois dated August 10 1891 testifies Foley's Kidney Cure brings remarkable health. He claims twenty seven years of disease cured and notes his face is a living picture of health and ten years younger. He offers certificates of its medical qualities.
A snippet from the Buffalo Enquirer describes a frivolous recipe to turn other metals into gold by assembling components into a bicycle priced at 100 dollars, including items like seamless tubing bearings rubber rolls piano wires and hickory.
Dr D R Rothrock of New Berlin Pa endorses Chamberlain's medicines after using them for over a year in his pharmacy. He states customers highly praise them and notes the Pain Balm gives quick relief, making it worth many times its cost. Sold by O S Coffin & Co Druggists.
Connecticut fishermen report a freak lightning bolt striking the east end of their net in the river. The cork line carried the shock, redening all shad on that end when hauled. At Ridgeway Pennsylvania a boy James Hanscom fell into the dam while fishing, grabbed a log, sank again, then an English spaniel saved him by holding his clothing afloat until help arrived.
A curious tradition in Bulgaria requires all newly married women to remain dumb for a month after marriage. The ban can be lifted permanently when the husband presents a gift, after which she may speak freely.
Jay County commissioners appoint Philip Stolz as Bear Creek township trustee to fill the vacancy created by Peter Bishop. Judge Headington notes the office has been vacant since Bishop was removed last October when he became Bryant postmaster.
The Breeder's Gazette describes a commodious stock and hay barn built on an Iowa farm. The main structure measures 132 feet by 112 feet with 82 foot wings, and a basement holds animals while feed is stored on the main floor.
Ground plan details a basement with three grain bins fed through trapdoors from above and a grinder over the traps powered by three horse tread. Adjacent are two calf boxes for about 40 calves, double stalls on the rest of the floor, a central water tank, and large gates to move cattle between tanks stalls and yards.
Advice from A J Feek on early lessons for spirited colts. Pair with older horse, use double hitch for ten days to two weeks to straighten mouth and introduce the pole. Then switch to single harness with a safety kicking strap, drive one mile daily to build wind and courage. Monitor feet to prevent footsore and fatigue, keep drives short and progressive.
An 19th century note describes a large farm barn with 125 cattle capacity, 7,000 to 8,000 bushel grain storage, and 12 foot driveways for wagon loading. It covers basement warmth, water a windmill trough, and main floor bins, offices, and hay capacity. It then explains iron tips for colt hooves to prevent scalping and leg wear, promoting toe protection and hoof health as essential for young horses.
The court of appeals decides in favor of Sallie Amberg of Louisville in a $50,000 suit against United States Mutual Accident Insurance for her husband's death from a mosquito bite. The lower court had ruled the bite not an accident. on appeal the plaintiff received peremptory instructions in her favor.
Sales on the Produce Exchange in New York total 150000 bushels of hard spring wheat with 70000 bushels taken by one firm. The grain is destined for steamships Kurdistan Mount Sephar and Akdenbearg, the Kurdistan already sailed. Demand rises due to poor Australian crops.
Think, just put your thinking appa ratus to work. Try new methods of feeding, improved methods of economy, improved ways of selling your stock. Ground oats and wheat bran mixed with ground corn make good food for a breeding bull. Dr. Conaway has reason to believe he has inoculating cattle against Texas fever. If this be true, there will be another way of robbing the southern cattle plague of its terrors. The imports of beef and mutton into Great Britain steadily increase. Last year the kingdom received 5,500,000 frozen carcasses of sheep and lambs alone. This means better food for the British working man. A London paper says, "The poor family's upward prog ress is from potatoes to pork, from pork to the flesh of the ox and sheep." Let American breeders take care to get their share of this trade.
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