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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1900
Page
2
The Baroness Burdett-Coutts has entered on her 86th year since inheriting £1,800,000. She has spent an estimated £1,000,000 in charity since her fortune, amassed by the queen’s accession year, was acquired. The Garbagé Record notes her long philanthropy.
By last official census in Holland the number of cattle returned was 1,500, 0, of pigs 1,200,000, of sheep, 680,090, and of horses 270,000. The shortage of hog products in Holland offers to the United States a profitable market, the stability of which would seem to be not only well established but on a basis of permanence.
The late Prince Bismarck reportedly possessed the most valuable checker beard, famed for its squares made of silver and gold to mirror light and dark leather tones. Draughts in the beard were silver and gold with diamonds or rubies at the center of each piece.
Engineer C. C. Martin reports the Brooklyn Bridge center 125 feet above mean high water with 132 feet clearance for Buffa passage, while Martin asserts the structure sags three feet due to excess trolley car weight, signaling a possible structural concern.
The British empire claims a population around 400 million with vast growth potential in sparsely settled colonies in temperate zones. Adding China’s Yangtze valley under British influence pushes the aggregate toward about half of Earth's total population.
In March 1868 the Duke of Edinburgh was wounded in Australia by a would be assassin and both houses of Parliament sent a congratulatory address to the crown on his escape, while Britain shows subdued comment on the Wales incident.
The description notes that the lithograph paper of areca prepared fiber and chemically treated substance resists alteration or erasure, claiming it is effectively tamper proof though occasional failures occur.
Maj. Gen. Sir Herbert Charles Chermside succeeds Gen. Gatacre in command in South Africa. Born in 1850, he was educated at Eton and joined the Royal Engineers in 1868, advancing to colonel by 1887. In 1877 he served as military attache with the Turks in the Russo Turkish War and helped delimit the Turkish frontier in 1878.
John D. Rockefeller told a New York Bible class that pursuing wealth is not wrong and that gold can be a powerful tool for good. He added that while some rich and poor are bad, most affluent people regard their money as a sacred trust for others.
Samuel Stophiet of Kansas City proposes turning the iron from the burned hall into medals. Each medal would bear an image of the old hall with its completion and destruction dates on one side and the new hall’s completion and dedication dates on the other. Medals would be sold for $1 to raise funds.
The discoverer of the influenza bacillus says linen handkerchiefs spread 70 percent of colds and head throat and nasal inflammations. They can enable erysipelas to spread and influenza to recur seasonally. The sick carry a pocket arsenal of microbes needing nourishment warmth darkness and dampness.
Kimberley mines yield about 18 million dollars in gems annually while Brazil once the leading producer now operates at a low ebb. Individual or small groups mine crudely and the yearly yield barely exceeds 260 thousand dollars, though Brazil stones are often of higher quality than Kimberley output.
A Talmage sermon on 1 Corinthians 2 9 highlights heaven s health beauty and music. It contrasts Corinthian wealth with heavenly felicities describing celestial health gates foundations thrones and a mighty reunion of the saved. The speaker longs for the day when believers join ancestors and saints in radiant worship.
Senate debates and House votes stretch from May 7 to May 12 focusing on the naval appropriation bill and pension reforms. Key actions include extending widow pensions, boosting national guard funds, and confirming seating of Pearson over Crawford in North Carolina.
In St Louis the Presbyterian general assembly will convene Thursday at the Washington and Compton Avenue church with about 1006 eminent divines and laymen from all synods. The program centers on possible revision of the Westminster confession, notably sections 3 and 4 on predestination. Several presbyteries urge appointing a committee to study creed revision.
In Houghton Michigan on May 13 a district conference of mine managers agreed on a united front to workers' demands. Both sides show resolve as a strike threat grows with 2,500 miners out at the Osceola and Quincey mines, spanning several weeks.
Scranton Pennsylvania May 13 A collision of freight trains on the Lackawanna railroad near the city killed fireman Wm F E Schenbach. The other trainman escaped unharmed.
A note argues that a US England alliance would deter enemies. It then promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic to enrich the blood build strength steady nerves and boost appetite, urging readers to try it.
An honest young man, who escaped peril by heroism, was praised for courage. A lady wished to witness the feat. He blushed, stammered, and Enasty pointed to his feet saying their existence. The remark, reported by St. Louis Globe-Democrat, caused mirth.
The article warns that interior walls in churches, schools, and hospitals can harbor disease germs from various groups. It advocates coating walls with a pure disinfectant cement like Alabastine, noting easy renewal, tinting, and similar initial cost to inferior finishes.
In a dramatic exchange an irritated passenger proclaims he is a friend to the Boers, while the other passenger in the corner responds with quiet concern, saying he had not given it much thought but would feel sorry for the Boers if the other is allied with them.
A collage of dated ad copy and quips including Allen’s Foot-Ease sell line for foot powder, a note on red haired girls and white bicycles from Danville Commercial, Putnam Fadeless Dyes claim, a Chicago Daily News remark on liabilities, Dr Moffett’s Teething Powders, a New York Press proverb, Glenn’s Sulphur Soap, Hill’s Hair Dye, and a Philadelphia Record joke about filing a dill.
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