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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1906
Page
4
A promotional appeal urges shoppers to improve appearance with well fitting garments made from up to date dress goods. It notes that shabbily dressed people are less liked and markets new tans and grays at 50 cents to 1 dollar with plain fabrics and trimmings, highlighting limited stock and affordable prices.
A correspondent reports near Caney Kansas that a burning gas well heats the ground and accelerates growth and production. Lettuce and radish seed sown at 6 p m sprouted by 7 a m. Potatoes planted in six hours yielded large tubers and baked through continued heat. Eggs hatched two miles away in hours and incubators are discarded. Flames towered at noon prompting wonder if heaven is reached.
W M Sherman of Cushing Maine recounts three months of kidney inflammation and relief after using Electric Bitters. The ad claims cures for liver complaint dyspepsia blood disorders and malaria and notes guaranteed relief with a 50 cent price. Reeves drug store Knightetown and McAlain drug store Carthage are listed as sellers.
Henry County jurors named for the April term include grand jurors J T Unthank Spiceland John Wetz Jefferson Theodore Applegate Spiceland C C Brown Franklin A E Painter Jefferson George Wimmer Liberty and a list of petit jurors Charles Martin Franklin Eli Houser Stoney Creek John Harter Liberty Calden Stewart Jefferson Elton Stewart Spiceland T B Hunt Liberty H H Lilly Fall Creek H C Luellen Stoney Creek W W Watson Franklin Jacob Jackson Stoney Creek Louis A Bell Wayne.
A Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised for babies with pleasant taste and quick cures. It allegedly stops coughs colds and prevents pneumonia and other dangers. Claims to treat croup and prevent attacks when given early. For sale by all druggists McClain Carthage.
Rayville editor reports visitors and travel including Lafe Midkiff at D T Pritchard on business and Ruth Gorley improving enough to attend school. Edna Overman vacationing at home. Ralph Maple returns from Rushville due to sickness. Several local residents visit, send greetings, or attend meetings. whooping cough affects Stella Binford and Harry Manning. exams upcoming Friday and Thursday. Pain Balm ad appears alongside local rheumatism remedy.
Sunday gatherings at the Friends church in Shirley featured speaker Willard Mogul of Wilkinson addressing youths. Numerous visits and calls tied Wilkinson and Knightstown residents, with several families dining together or calling on friends. Some illness noted with Mrs. James Hastings troubled by dropsy. several residents traveled between Shirley Knightstown Grant City Greensboro and Earlham College for visits and vacation.
Charlottesville notes a busy week with visits from Ind ianapolis and Pendleton residents, weddings in town, and a funeral at Foust cemetery. Local families host, travel, and celebrate birthdays while physicians attend patients and a farm purchase near town signals a shift in property ownership.
Miss Allie Manlove arrived from Greenfield on Saturday while Raymond and Paul Anderson of near Kennard visited grandparents here Thursday. The column mentions constipation ending in appendicitis and promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills for stomach liver and bowel regulation, selling for 25 cents at Reeves' in Knightstown and McClain's in Carthage.
Many gaaries enjoyed by all as ice cream and cake were served by Mrs. Bell. Attendees included Robert Kuhns, George Greene, Claude Pickett, Roy James, Earl McCormack, Harriett Jordan, Ada Wallace of Knightstown, Omer Binford, Roland Jessup of Westland, James Mattix, Ora Lowe, Mabel Walker, Floss Niles, Florence McGraw, Lavaughn Evans, Lizzie Lowe, Ethel Williams of this place. John M. Binford and Grace of Walnut Ridge visited Percy Binford and wife. Melvin Fort and wife of Cadiz are visiting E. M. Lane and wife. Sylvester Davis of Greenfield visited Emery Sunday.
Thursday morning last Charles Herk less and J D Todd tried to move wagons along the road from Shive ley s Corner to the Newhouse and Dillon corner but west wind blew snow back into the road filling it. Asa Moffitt superintendent of free gravel roads of Center township rode out with team and drag last Tuesday to open the roads for travel. He has fifteen miles to oversee. Little Blue.
Kenneth McIver of Vanceboro Maine survived severe lung inflammation and congestion after doctors gave up. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life. The remedy cures worst coughs colds bronchitis and bronchitis symptoms. Available at McClain’s drug store Carthage with trial bottles free and 50 cents to 1.00.
Charles Lacy of Kennard will pitch for Beaumont Texas team in the Cotton Belt league this season. He has shown strong form in previous games and has joined the squad in the South for the opening of the season, with friends in Henry county watching his career closely.
Mrs Frances Barrett of Greenfield, resident over forty years, wears a rubber hairpin set she has used for forty years without loss or breakage. The relics include the original unsplit pins. Pay up your delinquency.
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