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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1898
Page
2
A collection of miscellaneous notes reports and curiosities including travel world speed weights and measures land acreage in Oklahoma rainfall in Montreal and unusual facts about ships clocks sealing wax and notable people such as Eleanor McAllister Gladstone and Dr Margaret M Traill Christie.
The czar has ordered a 5,000,000 roubles yearly rise in ordinary naval outlay for six years, on top of the 90,000,000 roubles special grant recently announced. In Key West two unidentified Maine victims were buried Sunday with a Blue Jackets division in attendance.
The cruiser Amazonas, built for Brazil and purchased by the United States, was formally transferred from the Brazilian flag to the stars and stripes just after 11 o clock Friday. Lieut. Commander Colwell and party arrived on board and were greeted by Commander Corres who said the transfer could proceed at once.
The senate privileges and elections committee reported favorably on Senator Hoars constitutional amendment to move term expirations from March 4 to the last Wednesday in April. If ratified it would delay McKinley and Hobart's terms by about two months starting 1901 to avoid harsh inauguration weather. Senator Hawley said speed is sought on three battalion military bills.
In Gravesend England a ceremony marked the handover of the Brazilian cruiser Amazonas to the United States ship San Francisco with Brazil’s flag lowered and Old Glory raised. Officers from both nations saluted, and Colwell and Brazilian counterparts shook hands as the transfer concluded aboard the harbor. The Amazonas remains under Ensign Roberts until the San Francisco arrives.
A father hails Dr Ayer's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine in the world after it cured his daughter from near blindness and relapse. The ad cites thousands of testimonials, claims radical blood disease cures, and urges readers to request the Curebook from J C Ayer Co of Lowell Massachusetts.
William Thomas, a Black man, pleads guilty to an Oklahoma indictment after a judge presses for a clear answer. The exchange reveals Thomas’s reluctance to lie and the judge’s insistence on a proper trial, with a two year penitentiary sentence discussed. The Kansas City Star recounts the courtroom moment.
On April 5 and 19, the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway will sell round trip excursion tickets good 21 days from Chicago Milwaukee and other points to numerous destinations in South and North Dakota and other western and southwestern states at very reduced rates. See Sauk County postal and business offices for rates and details. George H. Heafford, General Passenger Agent, Chicago Illinois.
A Detroit Free Press quip about kilts and cold contrasts with Rural New Yorker satire on a hand separator. Advertisements tout Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pike's Toothache Drops claim one minute cure, and St. Jacobs Oil promises to remove bruises.
A young man, short of funds, trades cast-off clothes with a gardener for roses to woo his beloved. He sends a bouquet and a note, only to be met with cold reception when the note reveals she kept his old trousers as repayment.
A Burlington Route service highlights the season with tourist sleepers to Portland via Salt Lake City and Denver. Wepwespayrs from St Louis and Tourspars from Kansas City are guided by Ally Conducted. L. W. Waxetey signs as G P A St Louis Mo.
A muddy jumble of advertising blurbs and quotes from various papers including Somerville Journal and Washington Democrat. Claims praise for Piso's Cure for Consumption St Jacobs Oil and casual commentary on mail delivery and puzzles.
An advertisement-style appeal urges women to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nervous prostration backache and bearing-down pains. It cites patient letters from Mrs Jennie Bretty and notes that millions have benefited, claiming confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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