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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1899
Page
6
A New York City facility showcases an old bear in long term cold storage and holds every variety of wild game. The display emphasizes how large quantities of game are stored and preserved for extended periods.
Mrs Phoebe A Hearst widow of the late Senator Hearst asserts she spent two million dollars on charity in five years. The bulk supported the University of California by founding chairs and promoting education in California where Senator Hearst built his fortune.
France allows marriages to be dissolved without charge. The Paris divorce court holds Thursdays for gratuitous decrees and recently saw 294 couples divorced in four hours, averaging more than one divorce per minute. Applicants were mainly working class, where divorces were rare before the law.
The Guards played on Windsor Castle terrace during a dejeuner when the queen asked a maid of honor to identify a pretty march. The maid blushes as she returns and reports the tune as Come Where the Booze Is Cheaper.
Wiru1aM E. Grapsroxg known as England's Grand Old Man popularized political speeches in unusual places. He spoke from railway trains and tunnels and from mountain tops and pit mouths, in chapels, on ships, and during the Midlothian adventures.
Queen Victoria and royal ladies adopt walking sticks with gold mounted handles for support. Military ladies also embrace walking sticks as a fashion statement, while the princess of Wales carries a folding umbrella as slim as a walking stick.
A peculiar animal called a coati is described as a unique species found nowhere else. It is about the size of a cat, with a pyramidal head, long jaws, a prominent nose, and forepaw feeding behavior similar to monkeys and squirrels.
Four months after the Omdurman campaign, British forces begin constructing the Gordon Memorial college in Khar tum. Lord Cromer laid the foundation stone for a college that will teach agriculture engineering and other technical arts in Arabic with half a million dollars pledged in England at Gen. Kitchener’s request.
The Moscow military academy measures 560 feet by 146 by 41 feet and has the world’s largest pillarless roof aside from London’s Midland terminus, while Welbeck Abbey’s subterranean riding school spans about 385 by 120 feet with a glass roof nine feet higher.
A Glasgow journalist markets a simple device to ease eye strain. He placed colored paper strips near his inkstand so his eyes land on them when reaching for ink. Patent holders claim relief and improved sight though the mechanism requires an ocusist to explain why.
Dr. Talmage discusses the phrase bundle of life drawn from I Samuel 25 29, likening a person s body mind and soul to a carefully bound bundle. He praises Abigail for urging rescue of her husband and urges faithful guardianship of life amid illness danger and moral trials.
A preacher extols the bundle of life bound for heaven, contrasting earthly temptations with divine fate. He envisions arrival at celestial gates, reunion with loved ones, and the certainty of salvation kept by God’s power through faith in Jesus Christ. He urges steadfast devotion to secure eternal life.
A March 6 cyclone and wind sweep Madisonville Tenn Manterra Ga Esrrons Ga Wisper Ga and nearby areas cause multiple deaths and widespread damage. Reports list four men missing near Whitesburg a raft broken up and several houses wrecked with farms flooded and telegraph lines down.
The present congress passed 1635 bills and resolutions, surpassing earlier sessions. A three session recap shows the work, with an appendix over 50 pages detailing the status of each bill reported to the house in the last two years, including 42 army measures. The index was prepared by Wakefield, a tally clerk on the house staff.
New York reports Kipling is far advanced toward recovery per his doctors. The Friday night into Sunday morning period brought improved conditions as he slept soundly for hours and woke with evident health progress.
Mrs. Sarah Stevenson aged 90, mother of former vice president Adlai E. Stevenson, died at 2 30 Sunday morning after several weeks illness in NL. Her death follows a long public life and family ties to the Stevenson political name.
William A Athy aged 91 formerly of Fondon O died Sunday at the Masonic home in Springfield O He was among the best known masons in the state and his death was reported from Springfield O on March 6.
Advertisements claim Hood’s Sarsaparilla cleanses the blood and strengthens the weak as spring begins. Testimonies from Mrs. Louisa Mason of Lowell and MatTupa Princewater of Jeffersonville praise recovery from sores and a consumptive cough after using the medicine.
A quarrel over a troublesome cow leads to a scheme to move the animal between neighbors for fifty dollars. Blank, angered by ongoing damage, agrees to dispose of the cow by selling it to the neighbor on the other side, prompting long held resentment and threats. The tale is recounted with other light snippets including a doctor’s walking habit joke and a bicycle tire storage quip.
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