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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1905
Page
3
A vintage advertorial piece touts Mull's Grape Tonic as a cure for constipation and stomach trouble. It outlines causes and dire outcomes, warns against laxatives, and claims the tonic, a grape juice-based remedy, strengthens intestines and prevents disease. A free bottle offer targets new users.
Fletcher Henstep secluded himself in his cellar last Friday and invented a newfangled flea trap worn on the body like a pistol. He tested four traps on Saturday and collected over a dozen large fleas by dinner. The Hogwallwallow Dog Hill preacher wore five traps on Sunday and reported excellent returns.
Hinton Kentucky October 30 special report says E J Thompson a school teacher recovered from what doctors called diabetes after two years of kidney trouble using Dodd's Kidney Pills. Thompson credits the remedy for his health and asserts many doctors still say diabetes is incurable.
In a Lippincott's excerpt a neighbor asks young Mary about chicks from her father's incubator. She replies they are making some, as the experiment of raising chickens unfolds in the family's barn.
Editors attacking patent medicines overlook that about 53 percent of the U S population lives in rural areas remote from physicians and drug stores. It is necessary for families to keep ready prepared medicines on hand for emergencies, so well known family remedies remain as staple as sugar and coffee.
A short dialogue quoted from Catholic Standard features Mrs Newli and her mother debating the existence of Turkish baths. Mrs Newli claims George’s late outing to a Turkish bath, while her mother jokes she doubts them after recalling having seen a Turk.
A clipped collage of satirical lines from various papers mocks pancake promotions and quips on family jokes. It includes a gag about Mrs. Austins pancakes, a stray dialogue about twins, and an ad for Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy claiming decades of fame and a dollar price.
A Washington Star quip has Mr Com rox admitting he has quit reading breakfast food advertisements, replying in a brief exchange about what constitutes the best in modern poetry. The remark hints at skepticism toward ad rhetoric and literary taste.
A Pittsburg Post item notes a speaker’s remark that riding lessons are taken in strict privacy to avoid the fierce white light that beats about the throne. The quote contrasts private practice with public spectacle.
A Farmer Corntessel reply about his son returning to college is featured with a remark that he will give another term because the boy is not athletic enough for harvest time. A testimonial by R. H. Seidel from St. Louis praises Piso's Cure in curing him dated April 15, 1901.
A compact verse fragment voices weariness with the world. The speaker questions the claim of a round world when experiences appear flat, reflecting a Blase outlook echoed in a Washington Star column style.
An Australian Sydney Morning Herald item reports a German newspaper ad promising three free packets to anyone who proves a “tap ioca” is harmful. The same notice also hints at sales of pancakes and a literary man seeking to borrow old love letters without names.
Frank J Cheney and Company of Toledo confirms a sworn statement that Hall's Catarrh Cure will pay one hundred dollars for each case cured. The firm promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous membrane treatment taken internally. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A terse exchange contrasts sensible talk with marital discord. The judge counsels straight dealing as evidence of living in the narrow way, while Wagegles laments his wife’s inattention to his words. The fragment hints at moral scrutiny of domestic dialogue.
Biblical lesson notes recount Esther pleading for her people, Mordecai's warning, the fast of Esther and her maids, and the king's granting of favor. It traces preparation, appearance before the king, and the ensuing rescue of the Jews from Haman's plot in the Persian capital Shushan.
A nostalgic poem recalls a child’s barefoot wanderings through sunlit streets, pastures, and woods. The speaker traces a simple path from home to nature and back, celebrating kinship with wildlife and small adventures. Edwin L. Sabin is credited from a Saturday Evening Post piece.
A speaker critiques prejudice as a bias for color, noting a town fiddler who refuses unpainted white wood. The discussion parallels whiskey color prejudice, arguing white whiskey would be as good as amber but unlikely to sell.
Landlady tells student lodger she dreamt he paid all back rent. Student replies that he will kindly trouble her for the receipt. Translation note indicates Tales origin.
State forestry official warns of autumn fire risks from dead leaves and stumps. A new Indiana law imposes fines for negligently starting fires and appoints road supervisors as fire wardens, with paid helpers. Freeman distributes notices to lands near Henryville to enforce the rule. Remembrance of William Cullen Bryant’s friend Eggleston recalls anecdotes about Bryant and the poet’s publishing quirks.
James B. Dill recounted a swindling tramp tale after a fresh graft discussion. A boy finds a ring and the tramp, noting his own name Sterling cut on it, claims it as his. The boy surrenders the ring, underscoring a sharp prank in a city street anecdote from the San Antonio Express.
Mr. Kenney recounts a near doomed paralysis case and credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He endured hot and cold fits headaches and spinal pain with sleepless nights and opiate use before rapid relief from the pills. He has worked steadily for four years at Merrimac Hat Company and lives in Amesbury at 101 Aubin Street.
Randolph I. Geare notes in Scientific American that pearl fishing operates in many states including Kentucky Tennessee Texas Wisconsin Illinois Arkansas Missouri Georgia and Kansas. A freshwater mussel pearl sold for 1500 a Tennessee round pink pearl for 650 a famed 93 grain Queen found near Paterson New Jersey in 1857 sold to Empress Eugenie for 2500 and is now worth about 10000.
Mrs. Mary Cogin of 20th Street and Cleveland Avenue Kansas City Missouri recounts years of weakness swelling and frequent kidney secretions. After doctors gave up a remedy Dean's Pills by FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY cured her restoring health and aiding the birth of a full term baby. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box.
Search Light reports a scene in a St Louis cotton mill where cardroom workers pause at noon, while some craftsmen still finish strokes before lunch. Foreman notes that the most orderly workers have tools stowed away before the whistle, illustrating diligence and routine.
A grim mock recipe describes a world built from one man one woman and a garden then adds an apple a snake and endless children. It envisions cycles of heat cold time and war with theology devilry and social decay until a world is burned and rebuilt, claiming true spirituality lies in finding sacred symbols in common domestic items.
A testimonial from a Battle Creek Postum user describes nervousness, heart trouble, and faintness easing after switching from coffee. She says Postum builds lasting strength, enables long workdays, and keeps her children healthy. The ad promotes The Road to Wellville booklet.
The piece argues for Sequoyah as the name of a future state or part thereof in Indian Territory. It rejects the claim that an Indian name is hard to pronounce, noting precedent in long state names like Massachusetts Connecticut Delaware and others. It stresses national adaptation to diverse names as proper and fitting.
Travel notices advertise homeseekers excursions to Alabama Georgia North and South Carolina Tennessee Mississippi Louisiana and Florida on November 7 and 14 with 21 day tickets and liberal stopovers. Low one-way rates and full details available from agents of the Big Four route Warren J. Lynch G P and T A Cincinnati Ohio Indianapolis contacts listed.
An actor recalls a near quitting moment after a stagehand dropped a piece of scenery during a monologue. The chilly audience and freezing stage were lifted when a street scene behind the actor saved the performance and provoked audience laughter and an improvised encore.
A reader riffs on a term quiet weddin in the paper, joking that it refers to a marriage of a deaf and dumb couple, reflecting local newspaper tone and reader engagement.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura for eczema and itchy skin lesions with a hot bath, Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent Pills priced at one dollar per set. A separate note touts Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain at 25 cents a bottle.
Dangers and pain of the change of life are described and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is promoted as the best remedy. The ad claims it strengthens the nervous system, eases symptoms like hot flashes and dizziness, and helps women safely pass this critical period. A testimonial from Mrs A. E. G. Hyland of Chester Town, Md., is included and readers are invited to write for free advice.
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