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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1898
Page
2
Reports from London say a clash between British and French forces in West Africa seems avoidable only if France changes its stance. Britain has dispatched additional officers and war munitions to the area to deter confrontation.
A Japanese custom ties the newborn tree to a child's life, kept intact until marriage. At that moment a skilled cabinetmaker transforms the wood into heirloom furniture, prized by the couple as the home’s finest ornament.
An English chemist analyzed silk and found real silk at 28, water, ash mainly tin oxide and silica at 30, organic matter indistinguishable from silk at 46. Silk becomes shabby in a few weeks, but the rapid ion changes drive some buyers to prefer it.
The French Ministry of Finance announces an inquiry reveals 800000 dollars in gold bearing the French stamp in circulation. It cites record totals for several nations including the United States with 720000000, Germany 680000000, and Great Britain and Russia each with 600000000.
A special trip to Florida and an agriculture investigation lead Secretary of Agriculture Wil to state that straight farming will benefit the people more than growing tobacco sugar cane vegetables. He cites aging cattle raising sheep raising and bacon hog raising as the staple future industries of the state.
An additional villa at Boscoreale on Vesuvius slopes yields frescoes of landscapes and marines and a bridge scene with an angler. The dig reports four wine jars in the cellar and seven skeletons buried in the site, following a major prior silver ornaments find.
The state labor commissioner's annual report will include first time statistics on the eastern fishing sector. It records 142,360,000 fish caught, value 1,583,600 dollars. 78,000 bushels of clams worth 32,000. 38,000 terrapins and turtles worth 19,000. shrimp and crabs 8,000. oysters 160,000. caviare 5,000. Employment reached 12,600 with 3,800 vessels and boats. 124,000 gill nets were used.
Reportedly John D. Rockefeller has increased his Standard Oil holdings to about 30 million dollars, with the stock valued around 132 million dollars. He is described as possibly the richest American and among the world’s wealthiest, excluding other properties and interests.
David W Ramsdell aged 73 died recently after pioneering Norway oats. Born in Washington Vermont, he found a new oat variety in 1861 from government seeds. He spent over 3 million on advertising and amassed a vast fortune before poor business sense led to his decline and death as a poor man.
A Lille chemist weighing 340 pounds bought a third-class ticket but found both third and second-class doors too small. He squeezed into first class and refused to pay the excess. The railway sued for the fare balance. the court ruled against him, supporting the company that a first-class compartment was required for him.
The Mareorama novelty at the Paris exposition will give visitors the illusion of a steamer journey from Marseilles to Constantinople with calls at Tangier Algiers Naples Venice Alexandria and Smyrna. Stand on the moving deck as canvases unroll to mimic sea movement and salt breezes, using a railway illusion principle to convey motion.
In Dr. Talmage’s Sunday reflection, Psalm twenty three frames Jesus as the shepherd who wears plain humanity rather than regal arrays. The talk uses the shepherd’s plaid, crook, dogs, pasture, and fold to illustrate divine care, discipline, and protection amid life’s trials and temptations.
A survey of whimsical topics notes French enthusiasm for Menelik and his queen governing Ethiopia in his absence. It cites 12 years of Atlantic circulation experiments, describes Queen Hatshepsut’s throne in the British Museum, praises a motor baby cradle, and discusses hair color trends linked to sun exposure and bonnets.
In a severe winter snow storm in Chicago a tourist woman wearing a bonnet is entangled by another Irish woman’s bonnet after an umbrella snags the velvet strings. The out of town visitor laughs off the mishap and adjusts her headgear amid the snow.
Between now and the next presidential election there will be many talks on sound money and silver. A public professional consensus favors Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for malaria, kidney complaints, dyspepsia, constipation, liver trouble and rheumatism.
A Chicago Evening News snippet features a quarrel over frugality and an accident policy bought nearly a year ago. Mrs Holden-John chides extravagance while Mr Holden defends spending, noting the unused policy as proof. The exchange reflects domestic financial tensions and sentiment of the era.
An advertisement by Salzer Seed Co of Wisconsin promotes Salzer's German Coffee Berry. It claims a buyer can grow 300 pounds from one package costing 15 cents, equating to store prices of 30 cents. The notice asks readers to mail 15 cents for a package and seed catalogue today.
In Philadelphia, chatter circulates about Mr Reggie's accent and dental accessories. A playful exchange references his supposed London teeth and living abroad while the Call’s column riffs on charm and cunning.
The dialogue recalls a celebrated bargain from last Monday as one speaker asks to match a ribbon while another responds with a firm no, illustrating a period newspaper exchange. The snippet captures the promotional tone and social nuance of an advertising feature in the Indianapolis Journal.
A collage of 1890s ad copy cites Laxative Bromo Quinine for quick cold cures at 25c with money-back dismissals if ineffective. Other ads tout Piso’s Cure, J J Jacobs Oil, and St Jacobs Oil for coughs pains frost bites and rheumatic relief, plus counters counterfeit claims and acoustics jokes.
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