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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1896
Page
3
Incoherent lines describe a man discovering a woman as an idiot and fear of deception. Mentions a "tadem waltz" as good and a bare-back gallop. A weather man is offering encouragement.
A Chicago reader describes severe health woes and looming marriage, praising Mrs Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound. Another testimonial recalls recovery and upcoming Boston visit to show gratitude. The piece positions women seeking candid medical truth as wary of physicians and eager to publish illness stories.
Fashions Fal Bi describes velvet ribbon corsages with lace and Vandykes, French dress skirts with new gores, and evening hairdos featuring Spanish coifs. It notes bolero jacket trends, seven-gored skirts favoring back fullness, tea rose tones for autumn wear, and hardy Scotch tweeds for travel and sports. Princess Louise is praised for tasteful hair, while other English princesses show heavier styles.
Reported curiosities include public gaming tables in Wiesbaden 1872, England aristocrats keeping wild animals, New York rodent infestation, a leafless Norway maple in Bath Maine, Hyderabad's armed populace, and an English law punishing servants inviting guests. Also notes crocodiles in Madagascar, near extinction of giant tortoises, and a humorous exchange about a tire on a man. Mackerel washed ashore at Water Island.
Policeman Burkhardt in New York found a man asleep on 66 East Thirty-fourth Street at 12:15 AM with a large mastiff at his feet and another at his head. The dogs repelled officers until six cops and a patrol wagon arrived. The man, Charles Caffrey, claimed he took the dogs after selling them to Mrs. Richmond who hadn’t paid, then woke and rode to West Thirtieth street station.
An 1895 discussion argues for a staged, earnings based meal system in reformatories to incentivize good behavior. Prisoners would earn credits, choose meals within limits, and pursue earlier release, with diet expanding from basic rations to appealing options like mince pie and roast. Also includes promotional snippets for porting medicines and remedies.
Correspondent notes warm Gulf Stream impact on central Norway versus eastern areas with snow lingering to July. Describes milder western slopes, sparse northern coast islands, and flowers blooming near the North Cape. Observers counted 25 to 30 plant varieties in full bloom on July 10, including 15 not found in America.
The passage discusses dust on house plants and cleaning leaves, advising washing every two weeks and noting cloves as a pest preventive. It also mentions whitening yellowed ivory handlers with sandpaper, and a courtroom scene where a judge questions a daughter about Mr Tiff with a family response about appealing to a higher court.
Advertisement style notice urges travelers to use Hostetter s Stomach Bitters as a tonic to counteract travel discomfort and disease. Claims include relief for stomach liver and bowels plus malaria rheumatism and kidney bladder issues. Humorous quotes about church and a growing child appear as filler in the era. Kidneycara touted as cure for rheumatism. A 1902 visitor remark about a boy named Tommy accompanies the jingle.
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