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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
2
A record achievement reported in Coatsville Pennsylvania as a worker with the American Mechanic produced a giant pair of shears that split a four by two foot iron slab in a single stroke.
A Kentucky Court of Appeals decision holds that if a person annoys a dog while it is eating and gets bitten, the victim is guilty of contributory negligence and cannot recover damages. This ruling emphasizes fault shared with the animal owner and limits recovery for dog bite injuries.
Mr Wu Tung Fang states the group known as Boxers should be called Yee Ho Chuan in proper Chinese terms. He explains Yee Ho Chuan translates to righteousness harmony and fists in Middle Kingdom vocabulary.
A Providence paper notes a French Canadian Rhode Islander woke to learn he is the father of his forty first child. The remark questions why he would even want to wake up given that prospect.
A claim states England used 124000 gallons of corn whisky in the last year to manufacture smokeless powder. The note suggests the dangers of corn liquor when used in any form.
A Western state woman changed identities thrice in one day. Morning name Mary Fuller, afternoon divorce decree restores Mary Town, evening marriage makes her Mary Fox. Local court records confirm the rapid personal name shifts and reassignments.
A French doctor claims yawning is healthy and suggests artificial yawning in cases of sore throat ear buzzing and catarrh. He says it is as effective as gargling and should be used together with it.
The current year will see a rise in bicycle manufacturing of about ten per cent over last year. About 50 manufacturers operate in the United States and total output for 1899 could not be less than 1,900,000 wheels, placing the national total near 6,000,000.
A Chicago woman has her 11-year-old son arrested for stealing $13 from her. The mother, who bore responsibility for guiding his conduct, turns her child over to the police, a move described as a public admission of parental failure and disgrace.
The Pei-Ho river flows 360 miles into the Gulf of Pe-Chi-Li near Port Arthur guarded by Russian fortifications. Shang Tung province holds 36,000,000 people and Chi-Li holds 35,000,000 including Peking and Tien-Tsin, together rivaling the U.S. population with 17 other provinces equally dense.
Rear Admiral Louis Kempff, currently commanding American naval forces in China, has a 39 year active service record. Appointed to the naval academy from Illinois in 1857, he served through the Civil War, became a captain nine years ago, commanded the Independence during the Spanish-American War, and was promoted to rear admiral last year.
Italian inventor uses cobalt in barometric postal cards to signal the forecast. A small umbrella on the back changes color: blue for clear weather, violet for doubtful, and rose for rain, indicating forthcoming conditions.
Timber aging, once a lengthy process, is now completed in hours using electricity. Wood rests on a lead frame in a wooden vat, nearly submerged in a chemical bath, with water vessels covered by porous felt and linen. A dynamo connects positive to the wad frame and negative to the water. Current drives sap to one end, drives in the chemical liquid, then drying finishes the preparation.
Dr Talmage preaches on Matthew 14 12 urging the bereaved to go and tell Jesus for comfort. He frames grief as a common burden, notes Christ alone fully understands sorrow, and urges immediate prayer over worldly remedies, invoking Jesus sympathy and near presence.
Mrs Gladstone widow of Sir William E. Gladstone died at Hawarden at 5 40 PM after 72 hours of unconsciousness. News reached the queen the prince of Wales and other dignitaries. William Gladstone heir arrived from Eton with two sisters. funeral planned at Westminster Abbey on June 19 as private as possible. Born Catherine Glynne daughter of Sir Stephen Glynne Hawarden Castle.
Philadelphia June 15 Practically the entire day was devoted to the Louisiana contest by the republican national committee and the controversy was decided in favor of the Yarmouth faction. The First Georgia district contest went to the Deveaux delegation while the District of Columbia dispute favored J E Jones and W C Chase over Dr Robert Reyburn and George W Lee a colored preacher.
Five University of Tennessee students in Knoxville were notified of expulsion for involvement in organizing a baseball game with the Chicago Bloomer Girls team in the city. The notices permit appeals, with a meeting set for next Monday. two of the students were to graduate next week.
Davenport June 15 One of the features of the annual encampment of the G A R of Iowa was the address by National Commander A D Shaw in which he declared himself on the return of Confederate battle flags Commander Shaw and the majority of soldiers believed the time was not ripe for such action that the banner that was furled at Appomattox represented a dead past and should not be brought to view again in this generation.
In New York at 3 o'clock this morning a fire at 34 Jackson Street in a tenement house killed eight members of the Marrion family. The dead include Daniel Miller and Daniel Marrion along with Mary Mamie Elsie Emma Antoinette Marrion and four Marrion children aged 18 15 12 7 4 and six months. The Marrions were all members of one family.
P M Ring dal temporary chairman names the notification committee for Charles A Towne as vice president. Members include J H Cyclone Davis Texas J M McGabick Virginia W R Sattell Missouri and Thomas A Pettit Kentucky. Committee to meet in Kansas City on July 4.
A Santa Fe freight plowed into a street car at the Main street crossing in Hutchinson Kansas on June 15 killing three people Mrs J S Patton Mrs Wm Burtcad and Mrs George Kown Mrs Patton was cut in two and Mrs Kown died in her husband’s arms as he pulled her from the wreck Kown survived with serious injuries but is expected to recover
New York June 15 Dr Samuel J Kennedy must die for the murder of Dollie Reynolds in the Grand hotel in August 1895 Justice Fursman in the criminal part of the supreme court denied the application of his lawyers for a new trial.
President Iglesias has sent a decree to congress legalizing the circulation of United States money and the gold coinage of England France and Germany in Costa Rica. The action aims to simplify international trade and stabilize the local economy by recognizing major foreign currencies and gold.
Kingston June 13. Jamaica advocates a law authorizing a loan of 750000 dollars from the imperial treasury at 25 percent to meet ongoing deficits. The move reflects severe financial strain on the island government and its fiscal outlook.
A teacher Susan Wymar of Richmond Illinois writes Dr Hartman praising Pe ru na as a blessing for female complaints and pelvic conditions. Margaretha Dauben of Racine Wisconsin says Pe ru na restored her health during life changes. The ad touts Pe ru na as unrivaled for irregularities and emergencies in women and offers a free book for women.
A West attributed Chicago Tribune anecdote recalls Independence Missouri attorney Brown J. Hovey whose firm clashed with a frightened servant over a demand to summon his master. The scene ends with the darky repeating the caller’s message in comic, exaggerated diction.
Constance pleads for help as she struggles in the water while Harold on shore hurries to assist. He hesitates to break a romance convention even as the situation grows dire, lamenting a forgotten count.
A reader extols Mrs Lydia E Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound claiming immense experience with female illnesses. The ad asserts over a hundred thousand annual cases and urges women to obtain a free consultation and a bottle of the remedy from Lydia E Pinkham's in Lynn Massachusetts.
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