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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1900
Page
6
A devotional urging compassion and mutual aid, urging readers to comfort others, share provisions, and bear each other’s burdens. It frames generosity as a divine alchemy that fills the heart, sustains the weary, and heals personal wounds through loving service, attributed to N. W. Christian Advocate.
Tom Scott and Green are seized in a hut by Hank Bowers and partners after a staged rescue scene. The thieves bind the pair and depart with three horses loaded with gold, planning to slip away to Dyea while Clara Avery and Tarbox plot to ambush them on their return.
A fragment from Rollis de Hartt in Atlantic contrasts urban and hill town courtship. It mocks quick marriages and financial concerns, praising carefree love in small towns and poking at wedding costs, housekeepers, and social pressures, with playful perils of romance and money.
A fragmented scene shows three men, Bowers Turner and Rider, guarding a camp after a tense night. Bowers collapses onto a pile of boughs and urges others to stay awake while one keeps watch. Fatigue overtakes them as the night drags on and the narrative pauses with "[TO BE CONTINUED.]"
The article recalls Washington Irving’s reluctance to speak after dinners yet his praise for Dickens and his public presiding at a New York dinner in 1842. Irving’s fear of breaking down led to brief remarks and a toast to Charles Dickens, with later gratitude in London and Madrid appearances.
A grieving widow once visited a Sydney waxworks owner each Sunday to place a clean white shirt on her late husband’s wax figure who had been hanged for murder. Six months passed with no misses until she reappeared in bright dress to explain that she had remarried and his ghost-stand-in ritual had ended.
A hairdresser and a customer joke about innate talent and evidence of skill, noting that plaster on the chin reveals truth. The brief quip, from Town Topics, plays on the saying that a barber is born, not made, and how a barber’s work exposes latent ability.
The secular canonesses of Prague guard a noble tradition founded by Empress Maria Theresa. Membership requires quarterings of nobility and privilege, including marriage freedom, palace access, carriages, hospitals, and a pension. Notables include Marie Antoinette and Spain’s queen regent, with abbesses attending at the Austrian court and prayer for the founder in Saint Vitus Cathedral. The Stift houses portraits of former abbesses and a fire screen spun by Marie Antoinette.
The Columbus First Baptist church on Broad Street is praised for theater like comforts for both genders. It features a lobby, boxes, fire escapes, a wrap-check room, a kitchen and dining room, plus a bicycle parlor. The auditorium has oval pews, a proscenium arch, a 40 voice choir, and a sloped floor with a gallery, designed to please women and provide social spaces.
The Onion as a Medicine argues onions act as a general cure and remedy. It claims a whole onion at bedtime cures severe colds by morning and onions serve as plasters to reduce inflammation and hoarseness. It notes mashed onions yield a strong substance that quiets nerves and aids sleep, due to a form of opium-like property.
Over a hundred Japanese women aged 17 to 30 work as divers along the coast. They gather agar seaweed sea urchin and cucumber with earnings varying by work completed.
Where Pecans Grow Texas is cited as the greatest pecan nut producing state in the union. It claims about two thirds of the pecans marketed.
Glove care methods for kid and chamois gloves are described. Ammonia in water with soft soap cleans chamois gloves, followed by thorough rinsing and drying on a dummy hand or stretched on cloth in sun to prevent shrinking. For kid gloves, use gasoline with caution, then clean with a flannel, air thoroughly, and dust with sachet powder to remove odors.
In Maiwatchin on the Rus sian border the town is described as exclusively inhabited by men. Chinese women are not permitted to reside there or cross the Balkan Wall into Mongolia. All residents are traders.
Siamese women entrust their children to elephants who gently cradle the youngsters in their trunks when danger arises, swinging the child to safety on the elephant's broad back. The elephants are depicted as careful and protective caretakers in this remarkable display of interspecies trust.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt shows a villain declaring the plot thickens and an occupant in the gallery commenting that things have been thin until now, indicating a tense moment during an event or performance. The exchange hints at escalating drama and public engagement.
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