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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1899
Page
2
A rainy day poem contrasts stormy scenes outside with cozy indoor warmth. The speaker prefers shelter by the fire with a kitten on the knee and a humming kettle, even as wet leaves, splashing gutters, and streaming windows evoke nature’s damp charm. Joe Lincoln referenced in L A W Bulletin.
Fannie McLane, a young widow, is drawn to the Graftons at Fort Sedgwick. Her past love Randolph Merriam pursues her amid family drama, misfortune, and a tied fate as Florence Tremaine and Parry enter the tangled marriage and custody of papers that threaten reputations and lives.
In a dim spare room a drugged Randy awakens to see a visitor and learns that his wife Florence has left. Fanny McLane appears pleading that she could not rest while he was alone and asks about Florence’s whereabouts, revealing the troubling separation.
A Detroit narrator, famed as a globe trotter, recalls freeing a man trapped in a deep well after a blasting accident. He describes the arduous pull, breaking the windlass crank, and the rescued man demanding two shillings to replace the broken windlass. The tale underscores thrift and grit in Vermont.
A fragment from the N Y Ledger notes how medieval chivalry centered on female adoration. It cites Germanic traditions and rulers James II of Arragon and Louis II of Bourbon, who commanded knights to protect and honor ladies, warning against slander as a source of honor.
A colored pastor in a southern city recalls facing deacons who urged his departure. He vowed to stay until burying them all, recounting how he buried one and how the others were scared, ending with him smoking as he reflected on the memory.
A Vancouver chaplain recalls a summer voyage where a sleeping whale startled by a passing ship sprang from the water. The crowd on deck fled the spectacle as the whale leaped and then disappeared beneath the sea causing comic chaos.
The article outlines the creation of an Advisory Board in each township elected by voters, three resident freeholders, terms of two then four years, and duties to approve estimates, levy taxes, and manage indebtedness. It covers meetings, employee costs, publication rules, annual financial reporting, borrowing emergency funds, and contractor procedures. It notes the Financial Record must be kept by the Trustee and repeals a prior act, with court appointments to form boards if needed. A Berlin Paris Brussels line is noted as under construction.
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