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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1896
Page
2
The passage questions which country could govern a Western hemisphere colony given the unknown status of matches in most of Spain. It notes matches are only common in Madrid, as an example of Spanish intelligence and stagnation. It argues the people deserve pity for their benighted condition and decries their claims to rule as absurd and untenable.
The New York Manhattan and Brooklyn Congregational conferences, once divided over the Beecher trial and years of bitterness, have reconciled on common ground. Eminent ministers express joy at Christians making up a quarrel twenty years old and call the outcome unexpected and remarkable.
The bicycle scorcher policy imposes a 50 fine for each offense when caught in New York. Major newspapers support statewide speed laws to curb reckless riding on public highways. Yet enforcement will lag as pedestrians still lack rights and must yield to the speeding cyclists.
A new scam targets imprudent individuals who sign documents for unknown canvassers. One end of a double fountain pen uses fading ink while the other leaves an indelible trace. Victims sign with the indelible fluid and blank slips are filled later to seize wealth.
The piece contrasts European and American criminal justice noting England swiftly executes criminals like Mrs Dyer, the baby farmer hanged in 1896, while U S cases such as Duestrow’s remain unexecuted for years. It cites Newgate hangings and rapid action versus United States delays and technical dodges.
A French scientist Dr Sax argues that all alcohols contain parasitic life forms he calls bacillus potomanie he says drinkers see a nightmarish menagerie in enlarged view and the parasites allegedly invade the brain while distillation supposedly leaves wine and beer pure
The piece cautions that vegetating in fluids is barely survivable for microbes and distillation dangers, urging alcohol users to reform. It notes the allegedly frightening discovery may deter at least one drunkard, emphasizing caution about distilled beverages.
A conservative financier estimates that 40,000,000 dollars of capital is invested in bicycle manufacturing in the United States, not counting wheels, rolling stock, or auxiliary businesses such as saddles and lamps. Additional capital from 15,099,099 to 19,000,099 dollars backs related ventures, with strong current returns and a favorable outlook for continued growth in this industry.
Text discusses grease demand in temperate climates and notes Alaska candle fish as a new source. It claims the fish, burnable as a candle, provides a cod liver oil like medicinal value and can be eaten by those who digest fat. Native Alaskans use it for illumination and food. schools run along territorial coasts with abundant supply, though civilization may exhaust it.
A reflective meditation on memory, aging, and the past. The narrator contemplates crumbling ruins and shattered symbols of former grandeur, noting how time softens pain and leaves only pleasant fragments. Memory’s chain lengthens with agreeable links as sorrow becomes sweetness in hindsight.
The New York Post notes D Albert, born with a mixed heritage and educated in England, reappears in London after fourteen years with controversial remarks about the British. His Liszt fantasia Don Juan draws main applause and provokes critics’ puzzlement at his appeal.
An outline of the tale narrative recounting David Balfour’s kidnapping in 1751 and his exile on a desert island. He endures hardship in the Scottish Highlands, befriends Alan Breck Stewart, and faces mistreatment by Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws. The work presents David’s own account as amended by Robert Louis Stevenson.
On a fog bound voyage the Covenant battles misfortune as a mysterious jacobite aboard, Alan Breck joins David Balfour and plans a bold stand in the ship's round-house to fend off a mutinous crew and seize control with pistols, swords, and daring.
The Hellenic Society heard Mr Talfourd Ely describe newly found Pompeian paintings illustrated by photographs. Subjects include Hercules strangling serpents, Hero and Leander, Ariadne and Theseus, and about twenty five Herculaneum works. A rare beardless Zeus appears. Ixion, Perseus and Andromeda, and trades scenes appear with realistic and ideal depictions.
The article lauds Marco Polo as the first traveler to cross Asia and document kingdoms, deserts, rivers, cities, and peoples from Persia to Japan. It highlights his accounts of Tibet, Abyssinia, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Siberia, and the Arctic, noting that despite centuries passing, much of those lands remain little known today.
A novel advertisement at Earl's Court London features luminous words formed by incandescent electric lamps. The letters rise 40 feet high, span 300 feet from the ground, and cover 10,000 square feet. Tests show visibility of six to eight miles on clear nights, though legibility at extreme distances remains uncertain.
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