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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1902
Page
3
A dramatic exchange reveals a husband claiming remembrance of an anniversary while the wife challenges the date as a lie. The scene ends with the wife crying and the husband muttering of women and departing in anger as the page shifts to brief anecdotes on speech origins, shop talk, stage beginnings, a ghost story, Salt Lake City water, and guerrilla warfare.
A terse historical line states that savages, as known, are exempt from cancer. The remark suggests a belief or folklore regarding disease immunity among certain groups, with no accompanying context or corroboration.
A 19th century testimonial extols Electric Bitters as a cure for overwork nervous tension and insomnia. The claim credits Missouri Congressman Champ Clark with recovery after campaign strain and urges readers to buy the medicine at 50 cents, guaranteed by J. H. McCarty.
A Springville Alabama mother shares experience with her three children and baby after whooping cough last summer. She credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with preserving their health and plumpness, noting the oldest child asked for cough syrup after fits. Remedy sold by J Il McCarty & Son.
The Western Horseman a leading trotting horse and turf paper based in Indianapolis offers new subscribers a special rate from now until January 1 1863 priced at one dollar while the regular yearly price remains two dollars.
They are sold by J. H. McCarty & Son for 25 cents. The pills aim to strengthen digestion, tone organs, expel poisons, enrich the blood, improve appetite, and promote healthier flesh.
Kate Bodkin, jailed for larceny, overdosed on morphine and was pumped out. Mrs. Thomas Haines, 32, also took poison but doctors saved her. Display of cell ware shown in R. F. Stanley & Son's window.
The Carthage Town Board of Rush County Indiana resolves to grade and pave sidewalks along First Street to Market with cement, five foot width, fourteen inch depth, and a one foot offset from abutting property. Assessments will fund the work, with town cross-coverage for street crossings, per Barrett Law. Public hearing set for June 2, 1902 at Town Hall.
Declaratory resolution authorizes grading and paving along Market Street from Mill to Second in Carthage Rush Indiana. Sidewalk five feet wide fourteen inches deep with a five foot paved strip, assessed per front foot. Barrett Law bonds may be issued to cover costs. public hearing set for June 2, 1902 at Town Hall. C. S. Hill, Clerk.
The advertisement claims Dr King s New Discovery for consumption cures by clearing phlegm and mucus and enriching the blood. It says the remedy heats inflamed throats and speeds relief from stubborn coughs with guaranteed bottles and trial bottles free at J H McCarty Son s.
A two story seven room home on a full lot in Carthage Indiana near North Main Street is offered for sale. Small cash payment and a low rate on the remaining balance are advertised.
H R K Phelps of Plymouth Oklahoma reports selling five bottles of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to threshers who could not stop work. They continued threshing without losing a day’s time, illustrating the product’s value for home use and urgent kitchen needs besides Fortale tuna.
Marshall Coleman reports two of his horses were killed by a lightning strike in Thorntown. Bralenan T. Binkley was seriously injured when knocked from a yard engine. A separate note mentions a fatal runaway involving W. F. Brown who died Wednesday.
The article recalls Senator Fairbanks introducing a relief resolution for Martinique after St Pierre's disaster, opposed by Rep Underwood. It notes Republican leadership on the Philippine issue, Indiana's four consecutive honest legislatures, rising newspaper employment, and a state debt drop from 7.52 million in 1895 to 3.89 million after seven years of GOP rule, while commemorating a state soldiers monument.
The IE Publisher of the Record offers subscribers a memorial miniature portrait of the President in the center with his wife and mother portraits on either side and birthplace and Canton residence in the corners. A full sized 22 by 28 inch memorial is engraved on heavy coated plate paper, valued as a fine work of art for collectors.
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