This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1896
Page
2
California produced 15,834,317 in gold in 1895 up from 13,863,281 in 1894 as new mines open and output is expected to double. Silver production in 1895 totaled 599,789, a comparatively insignificant amount.
French gardeners invest 68,000,000 in mushroom culture with an annual profit of 2,000,000, while Americans largely miss out on tasting them. The piece notes immigrants illiteracy, specifically 35 percent of Italian newcomers, warns unchecked ignorance could threaten democracy.
A Frenchman reportedly makes silk from wood pulp prompting alarm about harming silkworms and forests. The text warns that machinery and paper manufacturers threaten widespread destruction, predicting serious near term consequences if trends continue.
The great great grandson of Sir Walter Scott, Walter Maxwell Scott, was made a baronet by Queen Victoria last month and now holds Abbottsford, the famed home of the novelist. He is the direct heir through the female line, with his mother descending from James Hope Scott and Lockhart. A light-hearted, wholesome lad, he is highly popular among all social classes and shows no sign of literary talent yet.
Potycamy leaders in Oklahoma claim Indians must earn equal pay as a military necessity and demand equal income for all. They state Indian women face hardship but have never spoken publicly to seek redress, noting husbands yield household and field duties to them.
A harbor and wharf appropriation aims to clear a fourteen foot channel from St. Louis to New Orleans at low water. The Beta dredge, invented by Lindon W. Bates, uses knives suction pumps and hydraulic systems to remove dirt, 172 feet long and 40 feet wide with a 2500 horsepower engine. Models will be built for western rivers by the Mississippi River Commission, promising aid to western farmers and shippers.
The commander compares Capt Gen Weyter's Cuban methods to Gen Braddock use in earlier Indian wars. Braddock's approach led to a defeat and a massacre of his troops near the future Pittsburgh area, Pa.
The article discusses General Washington and tactical lines while noting Cuban and Indian fighters reject established rules. It mentions General Weyler’s trocha across Cuba intended to trap Maceo, who nevertheless moved brigades through and around Spanish positions. Since the trocha’s completion Maceo has captured 28 towns, 3000 rifles, and 300000 rounds.
The piece notes Iowa livestock largely exports via Carcaco, angering St. Louis packers who claim river town advantages outpace Union Stock Yards on the lake. St. Louis pressures Iowa shippers, arguing for their market as superior. Observers suggest shippers would switch if St. Louis offered higher prices, as money dictates livestock flows.
The British consul at Tamsui, Formosa, details winkles fished by boats at flood tide to feed ducks bred locally. A large weighted net gathers winkles, then the content is discharged into each boat. He also describes duck hatcheries with low wattled sheds, grain troughs, and paddy-husk fermentation to hatch eggs in about thirty days. Ducks roam river mud banks tended by boats and occasional feeding. The piece includes brief quirky epigrams and unrelated shorter items about a boiler explosion, Washington bears, Wenatchee relocation, and a long WWI era poem about the Blue and the Gray.
On Locust Street a school visits a cemetery each Memorial Day to decorate graves of soldiers. Two children, Jack Bobbs and Bessie, uncover a weathered gravestone with a torn flag and faded flowers, reading an inscription that hints at a cruel period in the early sixties.
A weathered veteran recalls the Civil War tale of a young Union soldier who spared a Confederate, carried him to safety, was later mortally wounded, and begged McClellan for the release of his prisoner. The story ends with boys and a wreath honoring the brave act and the unknown hero.
A destitute wanderer stands outside a rural graveyard and quietly places red cloth tears on a pauper’s grave as villagers honor fallen heroes. He whispers Forgotten then moves on, leaving violets and birds to guard the secret of who laid them there.
The column prints the Gettysburg Address with minimal commentary and follows with brief notes about two foster children of Baron De Hirsch, then shifts to a quiet scene of reverence at a grave, and concludes with short notes on a silent switching engine, Kruger reading habits, and Russell Sage's driving routine.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.