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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1899
Page
6
A reader poem from Virginia Curtiss Smith in the Cleveland Leader ponders aging and growth. The speaker recalls childhood moments, notes the rush of years, and muses that true value lies in deeds rather than ages, ending with a hopeful, tearful resolve.
The narrator and Halstead discuss risks in their plan to secure funds while steering clear of danger. They observe Guajap and Cocos, charting positions near Apra and Agana. After a visit ashore in Agana, the party rests with De Garma, sharing meals and social chatter, as Mac pledges loyal support for the risky venture and preparatory repairs on the Countess.
The port of San Luis d'Apra was depopulated during the 1859 smallpox outbreak leaving no visible signs of the town. A boat from the landing pier approached as we anchored in 17 fathoms. The governor general de Garman arrived with two ladies and guards, with the party going below for wine and cigars while awaiting port formalities.
The narrator rises early for mass in a coastal town with Fort San Rafael and Mount Tiniquio nearby. Padre Bartolomeo hosts a morning tour of local buildings including the college and a room of votive images showing miraculous escapes and cures amid a vivid tropical landscape.
In a remote church vault beneath the angelic area, vaults linked by narrow passages hold mummified Francisan brothers. Padre Bartolomeo introduces the figures while a chest contains sacerdotal records guarded by Fray Ignacio, the island’s appointed guardian. The tale hints at deeper histories yet to unfold.
Albert Caldwell of St. Louis recalls a curious encounter with Horace Greeley in New York before the Greeley Grant campaign. Caldwell’s father, sent to seek the editor’s counsel, was redirected to a private checker game. Greeley spoke little of politics, invited him to play, and they tied after about two hours. Caldwell won the rubber, and the editor died a few months later.
An Indian officer recounts a Tirah valley incident where a general orders a sowar to stalk a lone mountaineer. The sowar fires a shot, toppling a gray-bearded Afridi. The officer praises the move and learns the hunter knew the target by habit.
Melbourne once a hut settlement known as Beargrass grew under Queen Victoria to be classed as the seventh city of the British empire after London Liverpool Glasgow Manchester Birmingham and Calcutta.
Washington October 16 The law requires separate schedules for farm and factory dairy statistics in the twelfth census The Division of Agriculture will record milk and cream produced sold and the value of their sales plus butter and cheese on farms Factory schedules cover quantities and costs of raw materials labor capital plant and machinery The goal is to show national milk yield and product values once schedules are consolidated Chiefs urge farmers to prepare written records of milk cream butter and cheese to assure accurate replies and complete county statistics The failure to do so could leave counties with incomplete dairy data and unfavorably compare with more accurate counties
From Chicago Chronicle notes on cat behavior, the instinct to bluff at enemies includes hiss ing and arching backs. Observations suggest tails mimic serpents, while parade of defiance may deter attackers such as eagles that prey on cats.
Sage of Sawhaw offers sharp maxims on luck and effort while noting error can rise again. The passage critiques flowery speech and roving ambition, suggesting real progress comes from practical action and solid finances.
Dispatches from the Dreyfus trial at Rennes were sent overseas with the French telephone department reporting a total payment of 90000 dollars. Reported word counts for the dispatches range between eight million and nine million words.
A claim asserts Hawaii has more telephones in use per capita than any other locality. The remark follows a note that babies may be privy to much of what it experiences in daily life.
A discussion extols Syrup of Figs as a highly ethical, effective laxative from the California Fig Syrup Co. It praises its medical endorsement, pleasant taste, absence of after effects, and broad use by healthy, informed consumers worldwide.
A Topeka Capital remark questions Dr Parkhurst theory that man is a gorilla with a conscience. The quote implies many men may be “just plain gorillas” if the theory holds any truth.
An Atchison Globe aphorism notes that rare fathers of daughters may wear new overcoats, yet seldom can they afford to have their teeth filled, highlighting thrift and irony in family life.
Mrs Clara Makemer housekeeper at Florence Crittenden Anchorage Mission Chicago writes from 302 Chestnut Street praising Peruna as the best tonic for general debility liver complaint and dyspepsia. She claims it aids female irregularities weak nerves and catarrh of pelvic organs and notes health and beauty literature offered free to women by The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
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