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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1897
Page
2
The San Quentin uprising of 700 convicts was suppressed by cold water from a hose after several days delay. The article notes that rioters are often cooled off by the same method, while a drenched, brave man struggles to stay heroic.
Ashmead Bartlett, an American who wed Baroness Bartlett-Coutts, now faces praise and ridicule in London society. He has funded Conservative campaigns, is set for a peerage from Lord Salisbury during the Queen's jubilee, and profits from his wife's wealth as Westminster landlord. His critics overlook past scandal due to success in horse breeding and the English love of horseflesh.
In a vivid tale of old world chivalry, the Duchess d Alencon, a Parisian noblewoman, perished while saving visitors at a charity bazaar blaze. She refused to escape, directing others to flee first, embodying noble virtue amid tragedy. Her act is praised as an example of true nobility beyond wealth and fame.
The Indiana Chautauqua at Eagle Lake near Warsaw, established last year by the Presbyterians and christened Winona Park, has become highly popular. Securing the Presbyterian General Assembly for 1897 and booking the assembly for 1898 marks a proud triumph, signaling financial, intellectual, and moral success for Winona.
May 27 marks the seventy eighth anniversary of the queen’s birth with special ceremony. June 22 will observe the sixtieth anniversary of her coronation as London prepares for a grand event. Queen Victoria’s reign is the longest in English history, surpassing King George II, and the diamond jubilee is expected to outshine other European celebrations.
The article celebrates Victoria’s long rule noting population growth, imperial expanse, and trade gains. It contrasts 1837 London with today, highlighting urban expansion, architecture, and population increases while reflecting on changing royal company and the aging monarch’s enduring presence through Jubilee reflections.
R M Little of Boston remarks at the Wellington that Americans are more fond of tobacco use and cuspidors, claiming Europeans lack the habit and the absence signals cleanliness. He predicts Americans will applaud when cuspidors disappear at home.
A Washington Post quotation notes Havana dining as unsophisticated with unvaried fare. New Yorker E M Tightman recalls staying at a premier hotel yet enduring poor cooking, limited meats mainly beef, rice eggs and fish forming the basic menu.
The Sunday sermon praised medical professionals for their service to humanity using King Asa and his disease as a warning. It extols Jenner Vaccination and public health advances, urges physicians to combine faith with skill, and envisions eternal rewards for compassionate, prayerful doctors.
An article by Prof. W. O. Atwater discusses Wesleyan University experiments with men in a copper-lined chamber to study how food is used by the body. He concludes that many Americans, especially those with indoor, mental work, overeat, with fats and carbohydrates driving the excess and a general diet imbalance.
Mrs Alice C Fletcher contributes a June Century piece on Indian children at play. The article describes summer days with miniature tents, keeping a mother's shawl as tent cover, and boys making tall sunflower stalks for poles. Play includes make believe hunts, pony ponies, and child reputations lasting into adulthood.
A shoe salesman claims shoe wear patterns reveal character and finances. He notes rearward wear signals passion and rapid effort but poor money success, toe wear signals criminals or shamblers, inner wear signals contentment, and whole-heel wear indicates resolve and money making ability. The piece also includes jokes about hunger and a neighbor’s widow.
Mrs. John Beard of Jackson Michigan suffered ten years from neuralgia of the heart and stomach with near death episodes. After futile treatments she found relief using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, reporting full recovery after six boxes. The pills are sold 50 cents a box, six for $2.50, by druggists or mail order from Schenectady New York. A Caldwell Kansas Methodist parishioner had neighbors dig him a cyclone cellar.
A public excursion led by Prof. Charles F. Patterson of Edinburg Indiana invites Christian Endeavor members and friends to travel on June 20 on Wabash Railroad train No. 5 to join a special schedule from St. Louis. The trip features Colorado Springs Rio Grand scenery Salt Lake City Mount Shasta Puget Sound and Yellowstone with affordable rates and comfort for ladies, contact Prof. Patterson or a Wabash Agent for details. The text also notes the Duke of Sutherland owning 1,176,454 of Scotland’s 1,297,846 acres in Sutherland county.
Britain reports 8,518 seamen available for sea service. Johnson is sixth for Rhode Island cities with a 1890 census population of 3,778. COKE ALEXANDER D P A Mo Pac Ry Indianapolis provides maps, rates, and full info for through sleepers and free reclining chairs to Kansas City Denver Hot Springs Omaha Lincoln and most points in Missouri Kansas Nebraska Colorado Arkansas and Texas via the Iron Mountain Route.
The exposition commemorating Tennessee's admission to the Union is described as unmatched regionally for size, grounds, and exhibits, rivaling only the 1893 Columbian Exposition in splendor. Located on the Louisville & Nashville main line, it offers easy travel while offering extremely low rates, with details available from Genl Pass Agent C P Atmore in Louisville. Also mentioned are endorsements for Fiso's Cure for Consumption, Grain-O, and a note that Rochester firemen are barred from entering saloons while on duty.
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder cures painful feet and bunions, making tight shoes comfortable. It claims to relieve sneaking calluses and tired feet, selling in druggists and shoe stores with trial packages free. Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY. There is only one Latin newspaper in the world published by a German in Aquila Italy.
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