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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1899
Page
4
A discussion on freight delays prompts a tracer test of local agents. About 75 agents pass the strange note marked Not here before a clerk uncovers a box of post holes with a $2.50 local charge and a beer price clue.
A visitor sought guidance on tax seizure of his wife’s sewing machine. The attorney offered free advice and humor, suggesting the small debt be settled. The man insisted on paying, offering a half-dollar at departure, then left without further fee.
A brave Colonel Arthur L. Hamilton of the Seventh Ohio Volunteers and his wife Mrs. Hamilton extol Peruna for catarrh and stomach trouble. They credit improved health to Peruna and urge others to use this remedy as outlined in Dr. Hartman’s books. The note promotes winter catarrh and offers a free book by Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio.
Practical tips on glove care from Womans Life urging careful selection and proper fitting in shops, gentle donning and doffing, timely mending, use of glove powder and stretcher, and avoiding hurried buttoning to extend glove life.
A French fruit grower uses natural monograms on apples by layering painted bags and stencils to imprint crests. Household tips advise refrigerating flowers overnight to extend freshness and recut stems daily to keep water uptake strong. Senator Hoar reportedly resents aging mentions after a conductor helped him aboard a streetcar.
The article outlines a spring calling toilette that can be affordable yet stylish. It describes a modest cashmere suit with a plain skirt and long coat, adding a cape. Fur-tailed cape tails can be repurposed onto a silk yoke, finished with silk and lace edging, paired with a light felt hat and velvet muff for a complete charming wardrobe.
The Chicago Times-Herald notes shaking hands depends on social role and context. Hosts greet all guests, women initiate with married women, men defer to women unless older or distinguished, and dinner guests may bow instead of shaking hands. A handshake types range from firm pumps to rotary gestures.
A test electrician in the world declares that the day of the horse is numbered and within 20 years electricity will replace the horse as a curiosity. He claims diseases of the stomach liver kidneys and blood would also become curiosities if sufferers used Hostetters Stomach Bitters.
A dialogue features the Oldest Inhabitant and a young man arguing that the current weather resembles the national average for the period. The judge notes the local climate has matched or exceeded his 72 years of memory, framing the discussion on typical conditions.
Old advertisements warn against mercury in catarrh remedies and promote Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo as mercury free and internal use. Also touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic and St Jacobs Liver Pills with brief testimonials and price cues.
In a traditional advert tone the piece discusses female sterility and claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound regains fertility. It cites testimonials from Mrs. Ep. Wortrop of Lone Tree Iowa and Mrs. Frora Cooper of Doyle South Dakota praising improvements during pregnancy and after, asserting the medicine aids womb health and fertility.
A column noting the challenge of reaching a hard to see manager in his private office with an assistant in the ante room. It recalls a Scribner’s quote on speaking others lines and a Philadelphia North American remark about facing the world honestly after debts. The piece closes with several ads and aphorisms from Chicago and St Jacobs Oil promotions.
A kitchen note describes Delicious Prane Fritters using one pound prunes with sugar and cinnamon, bread slices filled with prunes, two days old bread, six eggs, milk, salt, sugar and cinnamon. The assembled sandwiches are dipped in the egg mixture and fried in hot lard.
A historic recipe describes soaking tapioca overnight then cooking with boiling water until clear. It then folds in pitted cherries and sugar, cools in a serving dish and is served with sugar and cream.
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