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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1898
Page
6
A poetic meditation on celestial guidance from Gheory lighthouse to Heaven's harbor. The speaker asks about the fate of stars and departed glories, wonders of the unseen worlds, and the moral questions of life and death. It ends with a trust in guidance until souls are made free by divine truth.
In a tense scene Faith challenges her father Mr. Bingham over a sealed private letter. The letter reveals Darcie Hamilton as a spy and mine agitator connected to Sir Peter Plympton's company and Archibald Hamilton. Faith confronts betrayal and faces an uncertain future with Darcie and her father.
In early Big Horn mining days the doctor’s house sits high on a gulch, with office, dispensary, and a rear entry to a cellar. Darcie rests inside while Mike Murmurs plans, as they await a girl and plot to slip away underground.
An 18 inch crockery vase with a Watteau scene of a rural shepherdess prompts bidders at an auction. The determined elderly woman offers ten to twenty dollars as the room falls silent and the auctioneer notes the piece may have graced a queen’s boudoir.
On the west coast of Africa Sir Richard Burton examined ship contracts and enforced an 18 hours daylight rule. When captains tried to depart before compliance he warned of armed response, delaying exits until the requirement was met and earning compliance from all captains.
A humorous Scottish tale recounts a laird asking his servant Donald how heavy a fish was. Donald stays silent until the laird insists. He finally answers the fish weighed twelve stone at breakfast and grew heavier by dinner, then jokes about telling it to please the shooters.
Fragmentary dialogue hints at a plan to maintain presence and happiness. Mentions a father’s willingness and a suggestion to keep coming around. Lacks clear people, places, or concrete actions for fuller summarization.
A two year old's special occasion gown in baby blue of China silk features a plain skirt with four rows of darker blue stitching and slashed waist lapels edged by the same stitching. Large full sleeves and a navy blue cap with blue silk fringe complete the outfit. Heavy stitching replaces embroidery as trim for childrens dresses.
In a Washington Star item a humorous auction unfolds as bidders spar over a valued vase with royal provenance. A blunt bidder offers two dollars, another chips in with twenty five, and the auctioneer notes the crowd’s self-bidding and jokes about the unlikely gem once adorning Versailles.
Harbor Springs resident Mrs. A Hurd argues that a Michigan deer killing statute should reimburse her for a cow killed by a buck deer. She claims the law forbids her from killing the deer, so the state should pay or replace the animal.
A Birmingham company forms to build a cycle railway, a novelty akin to a switchback, already discussed in theory and now entering practical steps toward construction.
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