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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1903
Page
2
Carthage Indiana periodical appears with postal details and pricing. The brief entry notes proprietors and publishers Hill and Talbert, the publication’s post office entry, and a yearly advance rate of one dollar. It lists passenger numbers in a catalog-like format.
An obscure note claims a Panama establishment declares a republic and a shadowy cabal forms. It also mentions Russia potentially withdrawing from Manchuria around the same period England relinquishes control of Egypt.
A historical shift is noted as fatalities in football move from labeled accidents to being viewed as a natural outcome of the sport, highlighting ongoing concerns about safety and the changing perception of the game's dangers.
Available cash balance in the United States treasury is 2 225,000,000, suggesting the government can still meet its current obligations and pay its bills on time.
Report notes a half dozen adult men in Santo Domingo not elected president are organizing a clandestine revolutionary effort. Movements lack official backing and details remain unclear.
A Milwaukee Journal lament notes that ministers and religious leaders meet to plan but return home expecting divine favors rather than action. The piece critiques reliance on luck over effort and urges proactive steps rather than waiting for fate.
The note claims Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan spends Sunday evenings singing hymns while mornings are taken up with schemes to skin the other fellow. It reflects satirical speculation about his habits and business behavior.
An Illinois woman posts a five dollar reward for the return of her missing husband. She specifies he is a valuable piece of household furniture, and the prize is offered to anyone who can locate him.
The writer argues churches could improve finances with honest business practices while criticizing city graft. The piece cites Chicago police facing suspicion for trafficking youths, framing graft as endemic in high places and endorsing prudent noninterference in diplomacy and private life for national safety and citizen well being.
The New York medical journal coins the word ergophobia to denote a horror of labor, created to describe the chronic condition of the average officeholder, according to the Jacksonville Times-Union.
The text questions long held beliefs about national character by comparing the cruelty of Spanish bullfighting with the impact of generations of American college football. It implies a discussion of whether repeated exposure to hardship and physical risk shapes a populace’s temperament and tolerance for suffering.
It is claimed there has been no more grafting under the present administration than before and that its benevolence is a good sign. The writing asserts that government action against wrongdoers offers some protection to the public, citing Terre Haute Tribune.
The article notes that among all books written and printed none have equaled the stupendous sale of the Bible, highlighting the American Bible Society's impact in distributing and promoting sacred texts.
The passage notes the last year printed and purchased 2,058,989 Bibles, and since its organization the society has issued more than twenty two million of them. It argues that despite modern wickedness, society remains devoted to Bible reading as other books may come and go, but the Bible lasts forever.
The President proclaims a general day of thanksgiving on the 26th of November. He urges Americans to pause winter work, render thanks to God, and renew resolve to pursue civic duties, liberty, and moral steadfastness for the nation’s future. The proclamation, dated October 31, 1903, is signed by Theodore Roosevelt and Secretary John Ular.
A fragment depicts two youths on steps at midnight sharing affectionate vanities and playful, intimate thoughts. They giggle and describe their evolving feelings as adults and elders react. the excerpt hints at social judgment and youthful romance in a candid, lyrical tone.
A quirky verse recalls a store owner named Alexander nicknamed Aleck Sander, famed for branding goods and courting a partner by naming and ring. The piece sits among rural agriculture notes including a Missouri corn story and a dispute ending in a head injury.
Fred, The Farm Star, publishes weekly in Indianapolis Star Muncie Star and Terre Haute Star a Free Swap column inviting farmers to list items for sale or exchange. Address correspondence to The Farm Stay, Indianapolis, Ind.
Indiana Day at the exposition is Sept 15 as exhibits arrive at fair headquarters. County agents report farmers preparing to offer exhibits, with photographs to showcase dairy methods and prize herds. Indiana artists will loan pictures for decorating the Indiana building, fountains models sought from sculptors, and editors invited to the World’s Press Parliament in May.
A collage of brief notes reports oddities and small facts from different places. Topics include American farming totals, Arkansas pearl sales, Mexico banning Chinese at ports for sanitation concerns, a Lyme New Hampshire gardener with a record squash, a New Jersey streetcar smoking verdict of six cents, Lancaster Kentucky portraits linked to Naples 1843, a Manchester New Hampshire man who wore a straw hat all winter and plans to repeat it for warmth.
The piece surveys how kangaroos use fore limbs to grasp cabbages and feed, notes young joeys nibbling leaves from the pouch, compares lizards, chameleons and birds with hands or feet, and observes rodents like ground squirrels and prairie dogs using paws to hold food, while rats and mice merely support it. It ends with a playful contrast to a monkey greeting with a handshake, and remarks rodents lack true hands.
A report notes that Danish to Russian provinces must pass the St. Petersburg censor. Coburg Saxony adopts cement embedded chinaware water pipes deemed indestructible. Vienna fines a widow twice for a falling flowerpot and for giving her maiden name to officials. Portuguese measures aim to curb Azores emigration to North America. Vesuvius lava stream nears Pompeii halves a mile wide. Detonations cease as showers of scorza end. A tramp smoking in a granary in Usarvnce Hungary starts a fire. locals cannot quell it and throw the tramp. He is rescued by police in a dying state.
A sequence of maxims urges progress and prudence from objects like the button and clock. A NY Times fragment recounts a fan gift to a wife, sparking a desire to match outfits, and a Runciman Henley anecdote ends with Henley visiting a dying friend, only to find him dead.
The afternoon session of the Tenny County Historical Society Saturday, led by women, drew a larger audience than the morning. The program ran smoothly, with Mrs. Rose Pickering of Vidletown presenting Domestic Economies of the Pat. to great applause.
A collage of comments from multiple papers notes economic woes with a bean crop failure and potential receivership for Boston. It also mentions Ruskin College adding a dressmaking chair, a quip about marriage values from a duke, and a New York minister proposing physician assisted death with consent.
Miss Hegel Pletcher entertained guests including Agnes Dillon Dottie Winslow Jesse Thomas Nellis Nelson Hattie Winsow Kittie Patterson and Miss Evhe Usines of Marion Fairmount News notes Neal advertised the doolagdlit canal amid humor about advertising and drought law the piece cites multiple brief local items and oddities from various papers with scattered names and events including a strange wandering woman in Wil ban and Vine streets and a note from Indiana News editors saw a pair of excumbers and a humorous exchange about watermelons
The note describes a folk treatment credited to Dr Whittman and Mr Wisely for felons. A fresh egg is pried and a large hole made to insert the finger’s tip, then the egg is applied and left overnight. The writer asserts frequent cures, inviting reports from anyone who tests it and finds it ineffective.
Prince Alert called the hoppled horse. Eyeline trots 2:10 mile in Memphis. Direct View appears a 2:10 trotter. Kinney Lou back to form at 2:07 plus. Saron Grattan works 1:01 half in Meimons. Dan Ii transfers to Benyon after 2:04. Crescent Route clocks 2:10 in Lexington and may hit 2:09. Alma Sphinx bought by Charles K Chase from Oris Manor.
Rhode Island plans a roof garden with a view of the grounds. Louisiana displays a six foot pure sulphur Mephistopheles statue. Forty five nations will exhibit. total governmental appropriations exceed six million dollars. Maine’s pavilion features a jog cabin with mounted fish, game, canoes, paddles and trophies. Pine Tree State showcases summer resorts through landscapes and photographs. A copy of the original treaty of cession for Towniana territory will be shown in Louisiana’s pavilion, surrounded by portraits of signers.
In a playful exchange a pedant notes ancient custom of a skeleton at meals. Mr. Meckton replies that his household observes the gag, serving a turkey one meal and the skeleton for the next four, preserving a morbid seasonal joke.
A brief, comic exchange recounts Closeman misplacing a dime in a weighing machine and a buffoonish friend ribbing him about tipping the series. The Philadelphia Record tone is preserved in this clipped, period-voice item.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a wedding with roses and a gold lace dress. References to Proyi ions and a thousand dollar cheer hint at lavish celebrations. An auto transport to the train appears, with stray lines about a prince and a party, but text is incomplete and values are unclear.
The exchange centers on a portrait Mr. Roxe says lacks resemblance to his wife while the artist argues the likeness reflects her belief. Separately a judge asserts Bank of England note paper is so strong that a single sheet can lift 100 pounds, highlighting surprising durability.
A Nantucket Unitarian church houses the old Spanish bell from Lisbon. The six-bell issue began with a plague vow, and Jose Domingos Dacosta cast them in 1810. Captain Clasby bought this bell after trials by tonal tests in Lisbon. Carried to Nantucket, it stayed in Samuel Cary’s store cellar until 1815, costing about 500 dollars. The tale underscores chance, commerce, and community sentiment shaping a parish bell’s fate.
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