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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1897
Page
2
On Friday May 28, 1897 it was announced that silk can be produced from wood pulp by machinery at low cost without using silk worms. The French invention promises extensive factories in the United States, risking the silk worm losing its livelihood.
In Friedrichsruhe an aging Prince Bismarck expressed a graceful sentiment during a public ovation. He said that with age one becomes indifferent to hatred and calumny while capacity for love and good will grows.
Edison envisions merging phonograph and kinetoscope to transfer a full play to a theater screen while reproducing spoken and musical parts throughout the hall. He claims to sit in a New York theater and hear a London play or a Paris Grand Opera live in the same building.
Doctors warn that improper gas use harms health with eye irritation dry air throat constriction cough and headaches. At the State Health Conference several papers urged careful gas heating due to homes kept too warm.
The piece ridicules white river sand scow launches at Indianapolis for their ocean liner style ceremonies. It contrasts seaside christenings with inland launches and notes how the pageantry amuses children while trivializing real maritime traditions.
The New York Legislature approved a strict inheritance tax, with 5 percent on appraised values and a graduated 1 percent tax on excess over 500000 up to 3000000, then 15 percent. Heirs could owe 70000 on a 1 million legacy and 220000 on 2 million. Millionaires oppose, arguing residents will flee. law applies to all transfers, and dodging via gifts is ineffective.
Aboard the steamship Leona a fierce fire off the Delaware capes drove the ship back to New York. Thirteen steerage passengers suffocated and the vessel sustained heavy damage while panic and excitement spread through the crowd.
A commercial traveler named York grabbed a life preserver and his sample cases, declared he was ready for the worst, and posed with his plug hat. An amateur kodaker snapped a photo that later appeared in city papers, while York clung to his silk hat despite the soggy odds.
The Senate approved a 1.5 million dollar appropriation to replace Indianapolis’ old post office and Federal courthouse. The city anticipates a new government building at the state capital is also needed, while the current post office is criticized as ill conceived and unfitting. The funding would finance a handsome new structure to enhance Indianapolis as the Hoosier capital.
The description outlines the creation of the City of New York on January 1, 1898, merging multiple boroughs and counties to form a 2.4 million population metropolis. It notes boundaries, area, miles of streets, churches, police, parks, buildings, gas mains, hotels, schools, and a mayor with strong powers and a $15 000 salary.
Old Trinity on lower Broadway New York marked its 200th anniversary with bishop Potter delivering an eloquent address on the churchs enduring influence amid Wall Street and industrial growth. The ceremony drew crowded services, scarlet robes, and overflow traffic on Broadway as visitors praised the churchs historic land holdings and role in the citys development.
An elderly widow finds a Bible leaf with the inscription From Lucy to George, delivering a comforting note to a grieving household. A man named Massa John leaves wiping his eyes as the family sings a hymn. the decoration ends the day with the widow offering comfort.
A grandmotherly slave narrator recalls Carter plantation life in Charleston during the Civil War era. A wounded Union soldier, a mistress’s mercy, and a lost family unite in a Decoration Day memory as a mistress seeks a soldier’s kin through a long, hopeful search.
A storyteller speaks in dialect about duty, faith, and remembrance as a nation honors those who fell. The tale recalls Miss Nellie’s marriage, a grandmotherly figure, and the reward of honoring the dead with flowers on a solemn day.
The text argues for observing Independence Day and Memorial Day with solemn reverence and joyous celebration. It links gratitude to forefathers and rescues from danger, urging national unity, self sacrifice, and enduring patriotism as the living fire in the nation.
Memorial Day is described as a solemn anniversary second only to the Fourth of July. It marks acts of heroism that elevate humanity toward the Divine Spirit, honoring those who died for liberty and peace and sacrificed all to preserve the Constitution of the United States.
A quotation reflects on the Civil War as a dreadful but worthwhile struggle that broke bonds of slavery and made human bondage impossible in the country. The speaker asserts liberty and a enduring moral outcome from the conflict.
A quirky Chicago Record item notes a neighborly barter method where one neighbor cures another by returning borrowed items. The humorous exchange shows reciprocal lending as a social cure for petty theft of lawn tools and bikes.
A talkative man on a railway train infers family ties from a seat-mate. Mr Meekton jokes that he buys outfits for himself but his wife and daughters wear them whenever they feel like it, highlighting a humorous view of ownership and fashion.
The 1896 German shipbuilding statistics show more commissions from foreign navies. In 1895 about eight war vessels were built abroad for Norway, Austria Hungary, Brazil and Turkey. Now three leading yards at Stettin Elbing and Kiel are building nine ships including armored cruisers torpedo boats for China and Brazil, with an ironclad being rebuilt for Brazil.
A short passage warns bilious people that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters can quickly relieve liver disorders and related pains. It claims rapid relief from right side pains, headaches, nausea, constipation, and jaundiced skin, portraying the tonic as a premier restoration of digestive organs. The text also notes a Central American biology book listing 40,114 insect species from that region.
A Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas restrains George A. Hires from manufacturing and selling a root beer under the Hires Rootbeer name. The court finds the plaintiff’s article has achieved distinctive trademark value through costly advertising and that the defendant sought to imitate the preparation to mislead buyers. An injunction is granted.
Philadelphia reporters besieged a city police station after rumors a conference was held there by Senator Matt Quay and Dave Martin. The tip led two “buns” to claim the politicians’ identities as their own, prompting the unusual confrontation.
An experienced building owner directs his architect to specify durable Alabastine on all walls and reject other manufacturers. Amsterdam reports 1,475 fires last year with nine fatalities. The note cites grain-based coffee substitute Grain-O as cheaper and gentler on stomachs, and includes various short notices and a joke about ennui from Puck.
Advertises special rates on church property from the Phenix Insurance Company of Brooklyn. Mentions J Invine Rippie as state agent in Terre Haute Indiana. Includes various unrelated notes on transit, emigration, hair products, and European sunshine.
The Exposition marks Tennessee’s statehood celebration with expansive grounds varied exhibits and foreign and home attractions rivaling the 1893 Columbian event. Located on the Nashville line travelers can visit en route at very low rates, making a special trip worthwhile. Contact C. P. Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky for details.
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