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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1901
Page
2
Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis timetable shows going north and south passenger departures and arrivals corrected to July 4 1897. Entries include No 56 passenger No 23 passenger north bound and south bound times around 6:52 88 and 3:06 p.m with a 4:09 p.m schedule noted.
Train schedule lists departures from Charlottesville to Richmond Columbus and the East with times 78:18 a m and 20 p m For Cambridge City and Richmond 12:30 p m For Indianapolis 17:46 a m 12:31 p m From Knightetown to Richmond Columbus and the East 18:40 a m 41 p m For Cambridge City and Edmond 76:12 p m For Indianapolis 17:35 a m 12:20 p m Daily daily except Sunday Stops on signal only
Society directory lists multiple churches with weekly services across denominations. Friends Church and East St Christian Church outline regular Sunday School times, preaching schedules, and midweek prayer meetings. Colored Market Street Christian Church notes alternate Sundays, evening meetings, and prayer events led by pastors Weaver and Hans.
The piece surveys seasonal phrases and pending crop outcomes noting wheat and Glover crops, the need for farmers to focus on horses and mules, and a tally of American locomotive exports. It cites Washington’s birthday celebrations in Manila, a gold holdings comparison, and a push by New Castle ladies to curb sidewalk spitting. It also critiques Mrs Nation’s tempering saloon violence as mob rule.
The piece notes a saloon in Kansas lacking legal status and debates the collapse of indictments for joint smashing, comparing Mrs Nation to John Brown and suggesting the crusade could yield honest city officials this spring, a gain seen as vindication of Shelton's writings and a reward for the jailed crusader.
A New York Times examination lauds Maurice Thompson as a distinct Hoosier author with a rugged outdoor sensibility. Born in Indiana in 1844, he served in the Confederate army, wrote landmark works like Alice of Old Vincennes, and built a career as an editor while composing poetry and prose rooted in frontier life.
Anecdotes recount General Forrest of the Confederate army as a military genius who rose from overseer to major general, noting his humility over a misspelled autograph and his complex reputation due to Fort Pillow. The piece also explains the hatters mad as a hatter phrase, a boxing joke about Splinter, and light jokes about life and the alarm clock.
An old advertisement promotes cabbage as a remedy for constipation and sick headache. It urges readers to take Dr. Cadwell s Pepsin and notes past beliefs about cabbage weighing heavy in the stomach. Cullin & Co. is listed as the source.
A Buffalo Bill era party of Indians visits a city drug store on Walnut Street. The chief asks for scent products, tests soap then a perfume bottle, sniffs it, grunts, pays, and exits, leaving the clerk relieved and amused.
Rushville High School plans a study room to minimize noise during class recitations. The proposal aims to provide a quiet space for students not currently in active instruction to concentrate and reduce distractions during periods of other classes.
Fragmentary ad style note mentions curing sick headache as a bane of wolven and claims stomach relief. References O. B. Cotton & Co. and The Union traction company planning to establish an express system.
Fragmented local notes report Andrew Carnegie library effort, Rodericke R Spencer 80 dying in Rushville, and a survey aid in Chicago. A fire threat hit Madison Thursday night damaging business area. Os Coffin & Co Wanatah seeks incorporation to curb lawlessness amid varied local notices and advertisements.
A recent attack on F Collier in Cherokee Iowa allegedly proved fatal. The victim suffered severe back pain and could not stoop without great distress. He benefited from a tonic advertised as BK ce rie Bitters, claimed to cure backache and kidney trouble and purify blood. It is sold for 40 cents at OLS Coftin & Co’s drug store.
The Columbian Strawboard mills at Lafayette and here were sold yesterday. Moses Weiman represented a company in purchasing the Lafayette plant for 39,1000. David Montioue of Knightstown bid on the Knightstown plant and ran up the price. What will be done with the plant is not known at this time.
The Vindicator editor tests Chamberlain Pain Balm on rheumatism and shoulder pain. Two applications relieve excruciating pain quickly with immediate relief after rubbing into affected areas. A second case of severe rheumatism in a joint is relieved by two applications at night. For sale by OS Coffin & Co.
The piece describes the grip illness with aching bones husky speech and sore throat and notes the head dull pains and coughs. It presents the condition as a common plague like illness in a era era newspaper voice.
A South Gardiner resident hails Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the only effective treatment for coughs colds chills and grip with one bottle ending his symptoms. Also notes cattle malady resembles smallpox in Sanmet County. Wabash College trustees oppose commencement play due to student heckling. Mrs C F VanDengen reports relief from stomach and liver troubles using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Products sold by O S Coffin & Co at 25 cents with free samples and tree?
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