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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1902
Page
2
Commissioner Northern District Charles H Lyons Councilman at Large Richard J D Phillips William L A McMillin George Tittaforth named to pending district administration positions in community governance.
A collage of quotes references Carnegies endowment and King Coal. A Buffalo window shows a pasteboard coal card—Anthravite—scarce, amid nostalgia for 1896 farm prices and Grover Cleveland era relief, urging Democratic votes.
A New York Sun reprint mocks an Indiana Democratic platform from Delphi and Carroll County. It derides the party as opportunistic, praising past leaders from Jefferson to Bryan while denouncing civil war outcomes and championing free silver. The piece portrays the Wald cat Democrats as swallowing every party principle and policy with an insatiable appetite, lampooning their unity and opportunism.
The 1900 era article recalls Prohibition critique of McKinley by the New Voice and a campaign manifesto declaring liquor blamed for national ills. It notes editorials, party stances, and hostile rhetoric surrounding the presidential race and religious tensions.
Multitudes praise Kodol the new discovery that digests what you eat and improves blood quality. Mrs. Cranfill of Troy F T reports years of indigestion cured after four bottles. Take a dose after meals. It digests what you eat.
Old advertisement extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for skin eruptions blotches and sores claiming to make eczema salt rheum and chapped skin vanish. It touts relief for sore lips chilblains and piles and notes price of 25 cents at JIL McCarty and Son’s drug store.
Durham resident P Muse recounts suffering from a long severe stomach ailment. Dr Kings New Life Pills allegedly saved his life and restored health. In an old ad, J H McCarty and Son’s drugstore advertises pills at 25 cents each.
A brief listing of travel paths includes Chicago Lafayette Indianapolis Greenburg Cincinnati Jacksonville St Augustine. The fragment outlines intercity connections, suggesting a regional transport or route directory possibly from a travel column or road guide.
Robert Livingston Stevens dreamed a railroad rail during long Atlantic crossings. His whittling yielded a T rail with a broad base to fit solid wood supports, a design still used worldwide. The elder Cunard allegedly tinkered on ship hulls and ballast to create a clipper-like model that inspired later ocean liners.
An English scientist warns against increased eating to sustain strength in old age and opposes heavy use of concentrated animal nourishment. Overfeeding can cause pains, impaired excretion, and gout. artificial teeth may fail as the body needs less animal food. Indigestion is not a disease but a sign the diet is inappropriate for the individual.
A collection of brief humorous items. The Crafty Farmer recounts boys hired to move stones for a ditch amid a ball game. An American girl in England notes cultural differences about carrying books. An autograph quilt request humorously solicits autographs from European figures. A light exchange about longevity and distinctions follows. A joke exchange at a party and a fact about a ladybird’s rapid travel conclude the snippet.
An advertisement promises cheap printing of correspondence paper and hawks Ker Mott's Chocolate laxative Quinine as a cold cure. It touts ease of use and targets families with phrases about children and head cold relief.
In a Marion speech Governor Durbin compares 1891 1895 Democratic and 1895 1902 Republican periods across state institutions. He lists inmate counts costs per capita and total savings, culminating in a per capita saving of 20.25 and total annual saving of 162020.25, urging a vote for Republican candidates to curb state debt.
The text proclaims the Republican party emerged from a national conscience and must stay true to its founders ideals of human liberty. It emphasizes adherence to fundamental rights before the law and the party’s duty to pursue policies that promote stability, honor, and national welfare.
The argument centers on sustaining prosperity by securing new markets for American goods. Free trade is rejected as it yields nothing in return, while new possessions and the Orient offer the path to expanding markets for meat, flour, machinery, and other products. The geography of the world and global reach are cited as answers to where to find these markets.
A Geneva Ohio man, C Haney, credits DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve with ending forty years of suffering from piles. The advertisement claims the salve also cures cuts burns wounds and skin diseases and warns readers to beware of counterfeits while offering price savings.
A quoted testimonial from Alfred Bee of Welfare ex discusses biliousness back pain and exhaustion before using Electric Bitters. It claims the tonic restored sleep appetite and strength, giving new life to weak sickly people. Available for 50c at J H McCarty and Son's drug store.
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