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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1905
Page
2
The Carthage post office listing notes a Big Four time table corrected to November 3, 1901. It lists northbound and southbound trains with numbers and a few partial times, including departures around early morning and afternoon. The legibility is limited by the OCR fragment.
General Gripenberg states his health suffered in Manchuria and fears a perilous fate in St Peters burg, warning he may even lose his head if conditions worsen. The remark underscores tensions tied to Baltic theater and imperial diplomacy.
A mail car in Baltimore was burned, destroying over three hundred love letters. Authorities describe the incident as a case of burning affection.
The Louix Indians lament being barred from marching in the Inaugural procession. They likened the event to a circus or wild west show, expressing disappointment at the exclusion and scene amid ceremonies.
A Kalamazoo physician reports finding a man entirely without brains. Authorities or medical authorities are urged to consider drastic steps. The remark ends with a grim joke about chloroforming him or granting a federal position.
A Sioux City girl is praised for reading thoughts and guessing purse money, and for making a heavy table dance a jig. The note suggests sending her to Kansas where Standard Oil is mocked, implying aid to a cause by shadows of playful wit.
Washington reports from March 4, 1905 describe unusually large crowds for Roosevelts inauguration with strong Sunny South turnout. Favorable weather aided festivities, and organizers staged more elaborate ceremonies than before reflecting Roosevelts plain democratic image and efforts to impress attendees.
A stored newspaper note warns that neglecting a cold can lead to pneumonia, which is often fatal and leaves lungs weak. It claims Foley's Honey and Tar stops the cough, heals and strengthens the lungs, and prevents pneumonia, sold by J. H. McCarty & Son.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for coughs and colds, bronchitis, asthma, croup, whooping cough, hoarseness, bronchial troubles, pneumonia, and la grippe with broad health claims.
The St Louis prognosticator Ira Hicks outlines a 21 day forecast with severe boreal storms and a March cold wave from the 11th to the 15th. A mid month storm period from the 15th through the 17th brings low barometer, rising temperatures and widespread rain and snow. A northwest cold snap may return the 17th to 19th, followed by a central violent storm phase from the 19th to 24th with tropical storms in the south and extreme conditions near the 21st. A late reactionary storm on the 27th to 29th brings rising temperatures and then a cold spell with northwest winds.
Sunday School Secretaries face incomplete records as some schools omit enrollment and monthly reports. County secrecy raises accuracy concerns for Indiana’s 1920s county and state reporting. Locally, Gowdy and Mt. Carmel cite strong sessions and smoking bans, with Rev. Stout and Rev. Rawls preaching and offering guidance on effective association news.
J W McKinnon of Talladega Springs Ala says pneumonia left him ill under two doctors until he started Dr King's New Discovery. The first dose brought relief and one bottle cured him. A sure cure for sore throat bronchitis coughs and colds. Guaranteed at McClain's drug store 50c and 1.00. Trial bottle free.
Henry and Rush counties bartered a joint plan to place orphans in a single institution at Spiceland. Mrs Ella Bundy will prepare apartments for the children, sharing costs. Care rates are twenty five cents daily for ages two to sixteen, and three dollars per week for under two.
The lichen is long lived and grows very slowly, capable of surviving up to a century with minimal nourishment. It halts growth during dry spells and resumes with rain. It only grows where air is dust and smoke free, serving as an indicator of clean air and absent from cities.
A discussion of a bird’s egg tooth used to crack the shell, noting variations by species and duration after hatching. It then recounts Acarnanian slingers as Greece’s best, describing lead balls and stone projectiles found in Marathon plain, with inscriptions and devices naming persons and warnings like Look out.
A brief observation from the Atchison Globe questions gender roles in early childhood education. It notes girls receive playful lessons about love through counting seeds daisies and rhymes while boys are not guided similarly. The piece argues social expectations shape who initiates romance later in life.
A compact reflection on order as comfort strength and direction. It asserts that keeping promises and preparations under one’s control grants power. It calls for disciplined habits, organized life, time management, duties measured, and prudent use of capital and talents.
The excerpt urges living beyond mere appetite and wealth. It emphasizes breadth of life through goodness kindness purity love and higher aims like history poetry music flowers and eternal hope. It contrasts superficial living with a fuller, spiritually aware life.
A brief note notes my great grandmother on my mother’s side as proud and imperious, then compares a servant girl to her, citing the Catholic Standard and Times with the remark Indeed Our servant girl’s the same way.
A junior partner states creditors will not lose anything from the assignment while the senior partner suggests that creditors might not have received anything anyway, implying no real gain or loss from the deal.
A dialogue hints at family dynamics as one character says she hopes to be polite to her father and he asserts he was courteous, promising to invite him to turn his house into a home. The exchange suggests resolve to merge households and maintain cordial relations.
Dr. King's New Life Pills advertised as the sole remedy to prevent and cure appendicitis and peritonitis. Testimonial from M. Flannery of 14 Custom House Chicago claims they alleviate constipation and biliousness. Sold for 25 cents at M. A. Mc Clain's druggist.
Rev Levi T Pennington pastor of the Friends church at Westland and Western Grove wed Miss Rebecca Kidd of Ypsilanti Michigan Tuesday evening The couple plan to settle on Albert Binford farm southeast of Westland The Greenfield Globe extends congratulations and best wishes noting Pennington is well known locally.
A. J. Nusbaum Ind. reports I suffered three months with a severe cold. A druggist and a physician prescribed medicines that failed to help. After trying Foley's Honey and Tar, eight doses cured me. For sale by J. H. McCarty & Son.
The new post office and government offices building at Indianapolis is under finishing touches. Exterior nearly finished. interior work focused with Italian marble corridors and archways. Office space ready in about five weeks. government offices by July 1. courtroom last by about August. plumbing fixtures next week and heating plant later.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a cure for loss of appetite caused by faulty digestion. It claims the tablets invigorate the stomach, strengthen digestion, restore a hungry appetite, and act as a gentle laxative. Sold by M. A. McClain.
A moral reflection contrasts poverty with lost trust and deceit. The piece cites personal guests the Hills and Ed Miner, a cobweb ceiling artist remark, a Fletcher M. E. Church Junior League social with a literary program and refreshments, plus local notes on Fred N. Hinshaw's Knightstown visit and Mrs. Vinehaw’s illness recovery.
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