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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1896
Page
2
Repsque traps are now on the market. The device is a small piece of soft wood with crevices sawed in it to pin on the corners of a mattress. Invented by a hotel man, it is patented and touted for phenomenal merits.
Artificial gas is sold in London via penny-in-the-slot meters modeled on gum vending. The new method is wildly popular with one firm taking in a ton of pennies daily and 16,000 machines lagging in orders.
The piece extols the enduring Roentgen ray promising to reveal unseen causes and effects inside the body. It claims the technology induces electrolysis and ozone-like circulation, supposedly ending reliance on pills as patients stand in the ray’s focus.
An editorial note that European monarchies have expanded populations, with census estimates showing total rise of 19,822,800 across Europe in ten years ending 1895. Russia leads with 12,510,800 new residents, followed by Germany 5,522,600, Austro-Hungary 3,502,200, Great Britain 2,452,400, Turkey 1,100,000 and France 67,100.
Mdlle Couedon, a young Parisian clairvoyant, claims a general European war will humiliate England and annihilate France as an independent government. She foresees Spain and America clashing over Cuba but declines to reveal the outcome, while noting the end is in sight.
The article notes evasion of the Raines bill as hotels are created from saloons in New York City. Carpenters convert establishments into hotels to serve intoxicants to guests, claiming the hotel system skirts restrictions. Saloonkeepers relish the shift, arguing a single sandwich suffices as a meal to justify liquor sales.
Exection officers enforce duties beyond candidate success while voters undergo an examination before recording votes. Records show a substantial illiterate substratum among voters. England and Wales total illiterates 28,511 with 3,190,826 votes. Scotland 4,062 illiterates with 447,591 votes.
Ireland recorded 40 357 illiterates and 220 506 illiterates in a voter tally. The United Kingdom totals show 72 940 illiterates among 3 858 023 votes cast.
The Soo canal, access to Lake Superior, handles far more traffic than the Suez. In 1895 it operated 231 days, with 72 495 steamers, 4 790 sailing vessels, and 671 unregistered bottoms, averaging 72 movements daily, and by tonnage the canal leads two to one. The region remains largely wilderness with immense future potential.
The conflict in Sudan will allow military engineers to test new destruction engines. Britain plans to use rapid firing guns with explosive shells capable of ten mile range. Multiple shells will follow each shot, likely overwhelming the Dervishes and delivering a brutal, swift punishment.
The city awakes to a carnival of billboards showing elephants and tigers, and vans gleaming with colors. Ballet girls perform in airy costumes, living pictures dazzle, and side-shows holler promises. A skeptical reformer may frown, but boys save nickels for the spectacle to come. The circus arrives, tents rise, and the gleaming show promises cheap wonders and loud promises.
The Deacon kept speaking beyond a five minute limit during a New England church prayer meeting. Rev Dr P enforced the cap with a pencil rap. The Deacon then declared he would turn the rest of his remarks into a prayer.
The piece condemns Spanish handling of Cuba from colonial debt figures totaling 468 million dollars to suppression costs. It argues insurrection gains will worsen Cuban oppression under Spain and urges relief of Spanish ministers to prevent further mismanagement and fraud.
For the three months ending March, leading agencies report 4512 American business failures, a high figure yet tempered by more business entrants and rising firm counts. Agencies warn their data are approximate while entrepreneurs remain hopeful and see no imminent panic or boom.
A Salem South Dakota W C T U row erupts over a carload of bottled beer seized by members who sought to stop the alcohol. The car was sealed and fell into darkness as they destroyed the contents, prompting a council to hire a lawyer. No husbands claimed to break the seal. The outcome remains unclear.
William Woodcock, longtime confidant of Gen Gibbon, recalls the Dakota command and the Big Horn engagement. He describes council decisions, civilian volunteers, and the fierce fight with Chief Joseph’s force, noting Gibbon’s leadership, injuries, and the discovery of hundreds of dead Indians afterward. The piece ends with anecdotes of battlefield resilience and a Springfield woman bicycle record.
Poetic warning argues that men may mock reform efforts if voices ignore the looming crisis, asserting virtue loses value when it leads to a trap rather than progress. The verse urges vigilance and timely action to avoid negative consequences.
Farmers can grow green food crops to replace pasture and renew land. Broadcasting oats and peas provides cuttings every four to five weeks, feeding in the barnyard to rest pasture, boost milk, and clear weeds. Soil-ing, mowing for forage, and careful manure use increase cattle numbers and fertilize soil, with clover fodder corn or an ee crop as alternatives to Hungarian grass. Windmills or running water sustain stock, while hogs profit from favorable grain-price comparisons.
The article urges continuous soil enrichment with manure or fertilizer, warns against poor seed, and stresses early sowing of vegetables. It covers weed control, horseradish cultivation, and a detailed method for asparagus bed prep and harvest. It notes many new potato varieties appear each season but cautions testing only a few before sticking to tried kinds.
It is easier to feed whole grain than to grind it but grinding adds labor worth the effort. Ground grain blends more evenly with coarse food, balances the ration, and helps digestion. Farmers who buy feed to be used
The text urges farmers to compare direct soil application of cottonseed meal with mixed fertilizers, noting hulls add potash and nitrogen. It warns against cheap bags high in phosphates or cheaper imports from cities, advising awareness of composition and local markets for better profits, with butter and eggs cited as in demand.
A widow in the South recalls a ragged visitor who asked for work and later, as a token of gratitude, was allowed to confer the Masonic degree on her. She believed the act, though unorthodox, was justified by her vulnerable position between armies. The degree was performed as fireside work, not in a lodge.
A Scotch tradesman believes his fortune is £4000 but a balance sheet shows £6000. After repeated counting the master agrees on £6000 and spends the extra money. He suspects the missing £2000, confronts the clerk, and accuses him of adding the year of our Lord among the pounds.
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