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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1897
Page
7
The New York Sun reports the Map of Africa by Treaty reissued in a second edition after the first edition was suppressed. Boundaries in the earlier print revealed English demands not generally accepted, prompting the hurried withdrawal and updated version from the British Foreign Office librarian.
Noah Brooks quotes Marco Polo on a vast river that flows through many lands with immense commerce. He notes fleets of 15 000 vessels at one city and 200 000 upstream vessels yearly, salt as the chief cargo, and saltwater-decked ships with 4000 to 12000 cantars burden. The canals use cane towlines and rope made from split cane.
The piece offers home styling tips for light semi transparent window hangings and airily layered draperies. It suggests bright green wood or wicker chairs, fretwork grilles, pendants, and Agra or Siberian linen drapes. It also recommends wall shelves in corners, back of the divan cushions, and avoiding shelf curtains on a book binding as too ornate.
A Cornell bulletin discusses blackberry profits, noting yields rise after planting with potential returns covering costs by year two and continuing for decades with good care. It cites yields from 40 to 300 bushels per acre and prices of 7 to 15 cents per quart, plus grower quotes on profitability and soil quality. The piece shifts to corn seed vitality tests and seed-sowing methods, then describes prepotent Durham cows from lower Canada, their milking traits, and a note on breeding for valuable milking lines.
The article argues that greatest gains come with a two to three month transition from grass to full grain feed, explains gradual adaptation to avoid digestive issues, and notes success when feeding starts with minimal corn stalks and increases slowly. It also reports on new Japanese millet varieties and cautionary seed sourcing advised by Maine Experiment Station.
London letter from New York Sun notes Turkish soldiers demonstrate grit under fire. One man shot in the stomach stays to fight then marches ten miles to report to doctors. Another bears wounds in both legs and shoulder, continues duty for a day. Doctors credit abstemious habits for quick recovery.
Quoting a line from the White County Democrat about boyhood country life, the note recalls cider making, milking cows, husking bee kisses, hay stacking, and spring purges with quinine molasses sulfur sassafras tea to purify blood, celebrating rural living.
Proper blanket washing uses plenty of soft water and good soap. Wash one blanket at a time in warm water with a third of Ivory soap, avoid rubbing, rinse until suds are gone, add a hint of bluing, air and dry, then fold and box for storage. clean blankets stay fresh and wear longer. The London policeman, on an average, arrests seven persons every year.
Cures painful swollen smarting feet and relieves stings from coins and bunions. Promises comfort for tight or new shoes and helps sweating calloused hot tired aching feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores with mail order 25 cents two trial packages free via Allen Olmsted Le Roy New York. A Boston poet recently rhymed Bacchant with haunt.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming deafness from catarrh can be cured with constitutional remedies. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh not cured by the product. The note also references Hall's Family Pills and a Detroit Recorder's Court fine of forty four offenders.
The exposition marks a national celebration with extremely low fares via the Asheville and Tennessee lines, inviting travelers to combine a detour for the show with minimal extra time. For details contact C. P. Atmore, Genl Pass Agent, Louisville. Also notes peppermint oil as a headache remedy.
Mo. Pac. Ry. and Iron Mountain Route offers through sleepers and free reclining chairs to Kansas City Denver Hot Springs Omaha Lincoln and nearly all points in Missouri Kansas Nebraska Colorado Arkansas and Texas without change. For maps rates and full information address Coke Alexander D A Mo Pac Ry Indianapolis Ind. Muskets first used in 1414 by the French army.
Myre Winslow advertises SooTsme Syrup for children teething. It claims to soften the gum reduce inflammation and alleviate pain at 25 cents per bottle.
Fashion notes discuss durable traveling gowns and fabrics. Linen suitings regain popularity for skirts and coats, semi transparent lawn for dressy costumes, alpaca and silk ulsters for rail travel, and navy indigo yachting suits for ships. Colored lawn frillings and flowered lawn enhance white dresses and coordinated bodices and skirts.
An advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for hypersensitive nerves. It promises to restore appetite sleep and digestion while erasing mental worry from nervous dyspepsia. The piece notes a tea crop yield in top Chinese districts at 300 to 400 pounds per acre.
The Big Four offers a special guided rail excursion from Indianapolis to San Francisco for the Christian Endeavor Union convention July 7 to 12. Depart June 29 at 11:45 am via St. Louis and other cities, with daylight travel past Grand Canyon and Royal Gorge and side trips at Colorado Springs Manitou and Pike's Peak. Round trip rate 52.60 from Indianapolis, tickets sold June 29 30 July 2 3, good to reach SF by July 9. Sleeping car rates 7.50 to 18.00 per double berth, with stopovers en route. For details contact Dr F C Heath, Miss Jennie T Masson, or Big Four agents.
A class of people suffer stomach distress from coffee and Grain-O, a pure grain beverage, is sold in stores as a cheaper coffee substitute. It suits delicate stomachs and allows children to drink with benefit. Prices are 15c and 25c per package. Birmingham exports 1,400,000 steel pens weekly. Anna M. Ross asserts Piso's Cure for consumption. Engineers predict liquid fuel replacing coal by 1898.
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