Carthage Record Teens Rate Held at Post Office
Local Carthage notice lists periodical mailing details with price and postal class. Mentions teens and annual prepaid rate of one dollar.
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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1906
Page
2
Local Carthage notice lists periodical mailing details with price and postal class. Mentions teens and annual prepaid rate of one dollar.
The Knightstown Banner reports Daisy and Floss McKee returned home five months after leaving for California. They survived the San Francisco earthquake with only severe nervous shock and lasting trauma. Their journey included Los Angeles Long Beach Palo Alto and a stay at the St. Nicholas Hotel where the quake struck at 5 13 am as Daisy was thrown from bed and Floss woke her sister.
In Livonia Missouri TJ Dwyer now of Graysville recounts three conversions from consumption due to Dr King's New Discovery. One man, about to sell property and move to Arizona, found the move unnecessary after a short course. The medicine is praised as a wondrous throat and lung healer and is guaranteed by druggists with trial bottles available. Reeves' drug store Knightstown and McClain's drug store Carthage carry it.
Guests scramble through debris as tremor shakes the city. Two young women flee in fright from the St Nicholas as walls topple, water mains burst, and the skyline nearest City Hall and Majestic theater lie in ruin. The Call Building towers despite damage while St Nicholas remains standing nearby.
The narrative follows residents escaping through burning streets after a violent quake. They shelter at the Mentone hotel, then near the Presidio, sleeping under blankets as fires rage and the city collapses around them. They face a volatile, smoke-filled night, with improvised tents and shared provisions, before boarding a train toward home amid chaotic scenes and odd detours.
An old ad claims appendicitis deaths fall in proportion to Dr King’s New Life Pills. It promises quick and painless relief from constipation and related growths. Uses phrases about strength and vigor and guaranteed by druggists. 25 cents. Available at Kneightstown and Carthage stores.
Miss Stella Gause visited with parents, and Miss Elsie Shaffer and Will Bachons called on Sunday. Dr W W Tindall and family move to Shelbyville, while Elmer Nay and family visited Knightstown. Students and guests from Earlham and Elkton attended events as families hosted visits. The Epworth League elected officers and the W L C met. several residents reported health updates and travel plans. George Anderson plans to move to Sullivan to open a confectionery store.
An 19th century testimonial touts Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as supreme for bowel complaints. It claims the medicine cannot be beat by wealth or physicians and praises its universal success and pleasant taste when mixed with water and sugar. Sold by all druggists via McClain in Carthage.
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