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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1897
Page
8
No. 102 Passenger No. 104 Passenger going south No. 108 Passenger No. 105 Passenger For further information call on J. E. Campbell agent Carthage Indiana.
Society directory listing notices under this heading for 3 dollars per year. Preaching each Sabbath at 11:00 a.m. mid week meeting Thursday 10:00 a.m. prayer meeting Thursday evening 7:30. Sabbath school 9:45 a.m. Christian Endeavor 6:00 p.m. Junior Endeavor 3:00 p.m. singing practice Friday 7:30 p.m. Sabbath school teachers meeting Wednesday 7:00 p.m. monthly meeting first Thursday after first Saturday of month 10:00 a.m.
A collage of local notices from Knightstown and nearby Indiana towns. Deals at Newsom's on 7 off and fabric goods, clothing and hats. new court house at English. Richmond imposes sidewalk bicycle rules. militia detachment formed in Richmond. Petersburg forms business men's association after natural gas discovery. Obituaries: Mrs Charlotte Hirst died aged 94 in Richmond. Eliza Johnson died near Decatur aged 98. Dr W A Boor died in New Castle aged 48. Street tests, toy and shoe bargains, and public notices fill the page with multiple merchants and civic updates.
A mixed Indiana press jumble reports Edwin Kelley dying of heart disease in Greensburg after fifty years in business, assorted local notices on jug yeast, painting orders, and a series of incidents from Anderson to Logansport. Memorial services, court actions, shipper moves, and a string of minor injuries fill the page along with farm theft attempts and a new newspaper launch in Columbus.
Local notes report poor corn planting in the area and a Saturday dance at Peter Siler's. A Buscher daughter marked seven on Sunday. Lewis Reddick's daughters helped with tasks as Pearl Reddick and Jesse Reddick visited J H Siler's Saturday. Neighbors attended a Souderstead sale and Oma Siler returned from Indianapolis after a visit with her grandmother.
A fragment notes Colonel Vasaos of Crete tied to Greek origins. It mentions ex-Secretary Herbert pursuing navy department claims, and Rufus Choate slated for a life-sized bronze memorial statue by D. O. New York, to be presented to the city of Easton by the late G. B. Hyde.
John Granville Bergen, white advocate for black equality and manager of Negro worship and school funds, died after a Turkish bath injury in New York. A longtime supporter of Afro-American causes, he had married Flora Batson and faced family estrangement yet aided colored communities with concerts and church work. A benefit event in Cooper Union aimed to help his finances ended in tragedy with his collapse and death following a bath room incident.
Mr John F. Carlisle remains in Washington despite rumors linking him to New York for practice and Kentucky for reentry. Plans unclear. unlikely to hold office soon. After 20 years of enforced idleness, he enjoys freedom like a schoolboy on vacation, walks alone, and appears less sociable as he begins to adjust to a quieter routine.
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