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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1905
Page
4
The notice announces the second annual Stallion and Colt Show with event details to be held at a local fairground. Officials invite breeders, exhibitors, and the public to attend, noting judging, prize classes, and entry requirements.
The itemized notes list residents and visitors across Greenfield Knightstown Shelbyville and surrounding areas including Miles Cook Conrad Shields Daniel Roberts John Davis Henry Riley Chester Hill Perry Lewis Pearl Cranfield and Wm O White, plus visits by Nancy Lineback Florence Stinger and others. Health and travel details include Hazel Lewis consulting doctors and Henry Landis dying in Phoenix with remains due for interment.
The snippet notes that most women who hear the rumors about certain relatives would stop the chatter and never repeat such accusations. It presents a cautious social mood without naming individuals or specifics.
Miss Laura Hill was in Knightstown last Saturday. Eli Reece visited at Henry Heywood's last Sunday. Mrs. Nancy Taylor visits her son J. N. Taylor. Oden Hill and Marine Gray saw the herd s ovl] play at Greenfield last Friday. Miss Stella Simon sitting at J. O. Parker's this week. Miss Lois Hillis resumes studies at Carthage High. Howard Parker and Marie Cleaver returned home from Earlham early this week.
Farmers Station residents attended the funeral of Mrs Earnest's brother-in-law Mr Pollitt in Shelbyville on Thursday. Visitors included Misses Mary and Della Whitton and several local families.
Members of the Friends C. E. Society plan a one five pm sale of eatables at Mattie Lentley's Millinery Store. Home made delicacies will be available. R. P. Moore of Winneton Ind. visited Mrs. Selveine Herrider and family Wednesday.
On Thursday evening March 16 the Juniors gathered at Miss Esther Mills home for a lively social. They sang and shouted, awarded a bean prize to Court Hackleman for 203 beans, visited a sugar camp, drank syrup, pulled taffy, and returned home by hay wagon in the early hours. One attendee signs off as UNoME. V.5.
Mrs. Mary Jessup, residing west of town, owns a notable horse named Molly. Brought from Fairmount to Carthage as a small colt by Henry Winslow, the mare was broken to drive by Charles Cox and, at two, driven to Grant county and back by Rev. Jared P. Binford. For the past three years the faithful old animal has been a familiar street sight, remaining in the Jessup family for 23 years.
Uncle John Kizer, profile subject in last week's Record, died at his home northeast of town Wednesday at 2 30 PM from exhaustion due to advanced age. He was Rush county's oldest man at 96. Funeral services were to be held at the M E Church at 2 PM conducted by Rev J T Scull in Lermentin Friends Cemetery.
Stanley and Colman’s opening last Friday and Saturday drew a large trade crowd aided by ideal weather and strong advertising. About 300 keys were registered, with seven representatives on Friday and four on Saturday. Demonstrations featured planters, cultivators, disc harrows, cream separators, buggies, harness, and more. Special sales created lively competition as customers sought to purchase.
Sunday School notes report that county and township officers of the 8.8. Association will meet in the Assembly room on Saturday April 1 at p.m. to finalize the Co. S. S. convention program set for May 27 in Rushville. Attendance and offerings at M. F. school Rushville last Sunday are noted along with funeral attendance for Roy Siders.
Ministers plan a special service around the life of blind hymn writer Fanny Crosby. On March 25 she would be 85, with a March 26 program at the Friends church featuring a life sketch and songs from her own compositions.
A Cold neglected may lead to pneumonia with fatal risk and lasting lung weakness. Folep's Honey and Tar is advertised to stop the cough heal the lungs and prevent pneumonia. Sold by J. 11 McCarty & Son.
Mrs Florence Pritchard Beeson dies in California after a sudden illness from typhoid fever. Born in Knightstown, she married in August and lived briefly in Albuquerque before moving to Los Angeles. Her remains were returned for burial in Knightstown with funeral services at the M E Church. The husband endured a five day cross country journey.
This excerpt traces shoes from ancient skins and papyrus to gilded royal footwear. It notes Queen Mary era limits on toe width and the Venice chopines that reached twelve inches, requiring attendants to aid promenades. Royal and historic shoe fashions are drawn from Redfern’s Royal and Historic Shoes.
A mounted patrolman in uptown Madison Avenue coaxed his frightened horse past a stationary steam roller. The horse balked and reared but was guided forward with calm talk and patience. After a few cautious steps the horse tapped the wheel and, finding no danger, walked away calmly, earning the officer’s remark about horses’ nerve.
Captain Harry Rhoades selects nine players for the Carthage High School team amid muddy diamonds and rival fields. Probable lineup includes Rhoades and Beher as pitchers Kinder at catcher DuBois at first Hall at second Fublow at third Hipsham at short Beher in left Fleener Stanley or Bundy in center and right.
The article notes O. F. Bowman of Carthage facing a Rush County Grand Jury indictment for embezzlement. He was arrested in Muncie, jailed in Rushville after defaulting on a $5,000 bond, with about $1,500 allegedly siphoned from Schmull & Co. of Indianapolis. Local canning operations and unpaid growers are mentioned, along with Bowman’s strained finances and poor reputation in Carthage.
In a Syracuse notice, Chas P Lemberger recounts treating his son with Bucklen's Arm a Surge after a severe eye wound. He says the remedy quickly healed the cut and saved the eye, and also helped with boils and ulcers. Available for 5 cents at M A McClain's drug store.
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