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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1901
Page
3
Listings for Friends' Church East St. Christian Church and community groups. Details include Sunday services Sabbath School preaching times prayer meetings choir practice and class meetings. Invites extended to all as pastors J C Wart and others lead worship at designated hours.
The Church invites the public to attend its schedule of services and activities. Preaching every other Sunday at 10 30 am with other meetings on Sunday evening 7 00 pm Sabbath School at 9 00 am Christian Endeavor 6 00 pm Prayer meeting Thursday 7 00 pm Pastor Weaver leads the congregation.
Patchwork notes recount Roosevelt as the youngest city born president, praise music as heart opening art, and a mix of local ads and medicinal claims. Readers see Chamberlain remedies, De Witts salve, and Rocky Mountain Tea promotions amid political quips and local notices.
An advertisement explains that a thin body may be made to use food again through Scott's Emulsion. It claims the product awakens hunger in a starving person and reactivates digestion to build new flesh, urging readers to send for the formula in New York.
The piece notes public worry over peace and prosperity after President McKinley’s death. It reports Roosevelt’s calm first remarks and his stance that a firm but steady hand guides the nation’s ship of state.
An assortment of patent medicines and tonics is promoted including Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Pill and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. The notices claim quick relief for biliousness indigestion and stomach troubles. Local shops and doctors endorse the products and report personal testimonials about improved health and digestion.
Robert A. Roberts born north of Carthage pursued teaching and public service in Indiana. He rose to grand master of the Odd Fellows in the 1890s and again in 1909, led colored schools in Cambridge City Greenfield and Shelbyville, graduated Spice Island Academy in 1901, held a state teaching license, and planned to become principal of Bloomington's colored school while attending State University next summer. He remained unmarried and resided in Bloomington.
An advertisement proclaims a cure for alcoholism called the Home Gold Cure. It pitches drunkenness as a disease, promises home use with no publicity, and claims guaranteed results for hard drinkers. Sold for one dollar with full directions and private physician advice on request. Addresses Edwin B. Giles & Company Philadelphia.
Ten years ago Frank Adams of Blartford City bought four acres north of the Lake Erie depot. Now he shows a good chance of becoming an oil king. Dr Talmage faces a charge over preaching a sermon in advocacy of womans suffrage as Mrs Nation appears in full view from the grand stand.
The Detroit Free Press notes Virginia's firm stand on free ballot rights as a crosswire issue. It predicts a shift in Indiana where movable oil derricks will replace traditional derricks as timber becomes scarce and costly.
A New York Mail and Express report claims butchers do not contract consumption. The writer notes no recorded cases among city butchers, attributing it to enduring exposure to fresh meat and a hardy climate, while acknowledging common illnesses affect them as elsewhere.
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