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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1899
Page
2
A printed note describes Icelandic horses shod with sheep horn and Sondan horses wearing camel skin socks. It recalls a German invention of paper horseshoes formed by oil turpentine saturates, glued to hooves to reach the needed thickness, said to be durable against moisture.
The Windsor Osborne and Balmoral ice stores are very large with Windsor holding about 500 tons in a storage room. Ice is drawn from the lake beneath the north terrace Frogmore and Virginia Water. It is used in the royal kitchen and to cool Queen Victoria's rooms in hot weather, then packed in wooden buckets and placed near the fireplace.
An article notes the contrast between dark natural sponges and bright yellow ones seen in druggists windows. It explains the yellow sponges are bleached with a vitriol bath, which damages elasticity and hastens wear.
A survey outlining a 30 foot deep 340 foot wide canal from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario around Niagara Falls. It would proceed from Oswego along the Oswego river to Oneida Lake, then via Mohawk to the Hudson. A major challenge is securing water storage to feed the canal.
A grand musical clock for the Chinese emperor has just been finished. It features eight divisions with an automatic orchestra and a repertoire of eight melodies per division. The timepiece, praised as the most complete musical automaton, was designed with selections chosen by the emperor. It includes 40 foreign and 24 Chinese recitals.
Laborers digging at No 60 Thompson Street New York uncover a thick mercury vein just below the surface embedded in sand. Edward Polschke owner expects a pure metal find after an investigation shows a stratum several feet deep. One worker extracted 14 pounds from a small area and another filled a tomato can with samples.
A New York firm forms with 15000 dollars capital to supply electricity in ten or twelve grain capsules sold by the box. Each capsule purportedly powers a light all night and costs under one fifth of a mill per lamp hour for a sixteen candle incandescent globe. The company plans to sell power at ten cents per hour for one full horse power.
Statistics show 784000 letters received for members and 582000 posted. Inland telegrams reached 23000, with nearly 12000 received, press telegrams over 81000. Postal orders issued 4800, and over 1000 parcels both sent and received. Express service used for 1500 letters and stamps sold brought nearly £2500.
Dr. Talmage argues that minor irritations test Christian fortitude. Using Deuteronomy 7 20 he frames the hornet as a divine tool to awaken, strengthen, and refine believers. He urges embracing small annoyances as doses of spiritual growth, shaping character for Heaven.
Hon William Wortham long time Texas state treasurer visited a New York jewelry shop and eyed a jeweled revolver with ruby in the butt. He proclaimed that wearing such a gun in Texas would drive people to their knees begging to be killed.
An advertisement-like note touts a mock battle against the Philippines and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia indigestion malaria fever age and liver and kidney diseases. The piece claims fifty years of victory and urges readers to try the product when ill.
The summer mage asks for the three quickest communication methods. The summer girl jokes that they are telephone telegraph and tell a woman, and she returns his ring amid the season.
Secure a good farm along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway in Marinette County Wisconsin where crops are strong markets ample water and land is sold cheap with long time terms. Buy now for less than rent and contact land agent C E Rollins at 161 La Salle Street Chicago Illinois.
The Atchison Globe cites a Dewey anecdote in which a severe school whipping inspires the admiral to reform. It notes mothers will read it aloud, yet says the tale won’t fool any boy, remarking that boys are harder to fool than girls with fairy tales.
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