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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
11
A brief item notes language notes on Chinese names in a Western text, contrasting them with South African names. The text highlights prefixes such as fontein replaced by ching, chang, and chow.
Data sent to congress shows oleomargarine at 32 percent of the market and containing less than 1 percent genuine butter. Despite this, about 3,000,000 pounds of the imitation butter were sold in America last year.
Russian scientists announce that seeds exposed to an electric current sprout more rapidly, noting rapid progress as a priority for the modern era. The finding highlights growing interest in speed and efficiency in scientific breakthroughs.
The postmaster general amended postal rules to permit senders of registered letters to recall them after dispatch. This change is described as a convenience, particularly for women who wish to add another postscript.
The text lists six presidents Jefferson Madison Monroe John Quincy Adams Van Buren and Buchanan as secretaries of state. It adds that General Grant acted as secretary of war ad interim and performed the duties of that office for five months.
A vast ancient city spanning several hundred acres has been unearthed in Mexico. Earth covered the ruins, but early excavations indicate a discovery of major archaeological significance.
Frederick Fraley, who helped President Monroe lay the corner stone of an arsenal in Philadelphia at age 13, remains active at 96 and serves as president of a local savings bank, going to his office daily.
The German government reports oak trees are most prone to lightning strikes after extensive observations. Beech trees are noted as the least likely to be struck, with other species showing varying probabilities in between.
Frank Reglid, a handsome New York actor aged 39, inherits a million from his elderly wife who died. The couple wed in 1894 when she was 70 and he 24, she once gave him $75,000 in cash as a wedding present. This fortune follows their unusual age gap and marriage.
Japan now hosts about 150 daily papers and nearly 600 other periodicals, a growth from a time over twenty years ago when no regular daily could be called a newspaper. Printing with regular metallic types became common around 1874, marking the shift.
Speakers at the charities conference declare that lack of employment is responsible for most distress among the laboring classes. The statement is considered reasonable and generally conceded that lack of food causes starvation and lack of breath causes great mortality.
Immigration to the United States shows a sharp rise for the current year with most months exceeding those of any prior year. May records 56 812 arrivals and the present month is expected to surpass that total, signaling a sustained influx.
Experts now estimate Florida will yield 1 900 000 boxes of oranges with an average price of 2.00 per box. Just months ago skeptics warned of fires in groves and a near total crop failure.
California nears completion of gathering a bumper orange crop estimated at 14 500 carloads up from 9 000 last year. The crop’s value is about 4 600 000 dollars, with 44 090 000 dollars of capital vested in the orange industry in the state.
The state of Maryland plans a battlefield monument at Antietam to honor Union valor and Confederate soldiers alike, echoing Canada's earlier public garden tribute in Quebec to Wolfe and Montcalm, foes in the Plains of Abraham that ended French power in the New World.
The state forms a guardians board to remove pauper children from almshouses and place them in homes or boarding places. After years of debate and a law from the last legislature, about 225 pauper youngsters are affected with nearly all found new homes already. The board urges similar laws in every state.
In a sermon amid the European crisis, Dr. Talmage argues the Bible yields good fruit, defending its divine origin. He challenges claims of cruelty and impurity, cites prophecies, unity of authors, and enduring impact, and envisions the Bible’s presence in heaven with vivid imagery.
A brief motivational note quotes a Kam's orn phrase about climbing life by keeping eyes on higher goals and steady progress. The lines emphasize perseverance and hope without detailing practical steps or events.
Manila reports Gen. MacArthur announced President McKinley’s amnesty order and outlined seven clauses for a peace plan. Key figures Buencamino Paterno and Aguinaldo are cited. the list includes amnesty confiscated property return civil governments and expulsion of the friars.
Admiral Remey at Cavite cables the navy department with an urgent request for additional officers. He asks for three commanders four lieutenant commanders ten lieutenants twenty cadets and a fleet paymaster to fill critical positions.
The Democratic convention in session at Jacksonville on June 24 nominated state officers: Francis E. Carter for justice of the supreme court, John L. Crawford for secretary of state, W. H. Reynolds for controller, and W. B. Lamar for attorney general.
The War Department will keep a recruiting post in Oklahoma City during the Rough Riders' reunion in Kansas City to persuade men to enlist.
A society predicts the world will end this year though the exact date is not fixed. The piece advocates Hoster’s Stomach Bitters as the best remedy for dyspepsia indigestion constipation biliousness and liver and kidney troubles and urges a trial to prove its value.
A playful misquote from the Baltimore American recounts Mr. T Erribleigh Snell asking a friend to dine al fresco, but a stenographer’s note yields a comic misnomer about Mr Albert Fresco at the home tomorrow evening. The tale blends respect for scenery with light social wit.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cures corns itching swollen hot callous smarting sore and sweating feet All druggists and shoe stores sell 1 25¢ Sample sent free Ad dress Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y
The Cornfed Philosopher quips that a woman will never win equal pay for equal work and suggests the only path to parity is demanding more pay for less work, as quoted by the Indianapolis Press.
Advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill and Fever remedy. Claims iron and quinine formulation with no cure no pay, priced at 50 cents. Mentions tastesLess Cru Vorte and tasteless form. Conveys a medical patent medicine sales pitch typical of the period.
A string of clipped quips and dialogue quotes from newspapers shows a playful exchange on language and manners. The World records a purist stance over a misused word while Town Topics notes a rushed marriage inquiry and a light hearted banter about consent and fortune.
Annie Thoerson of South Hot Springs Arkansas shares a testimonial praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for treating leucorrhea womb and ovarian inflammation. She reports improved strength appetite sleep and the ability to resume housework after taking five bottles and seven Sanative Wash packages.
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