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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1903
Page
3
A New Paris slang word arises after the pope's death with policemen dubbed camerlingue or cameriengo. The badge of the gendarme linked to a "cogne" meaning he strikes, sparking calls in street quarrels. The Paris police motto remains to arrest on doubt.
In St. John Kansas on October 26 Mr and Mrs William McBride and Dr Jesse L Simes sworn statements confirm that Dodd's Kidney Pills cured their son after epileptic fits and partial paralysis The family says the boy had twenty seven fits the day they began the pills and within a week no more fits The case has caused great local sensation and the sworn statements support the claim
A Marion News-Tribune report quotes an oil land owner explaining how rising prices boost value. He notes 200 barrels monthly at 75 cents rising to 1.15 and potential 1.50, forecasting large annual gains for individual lands and the state as daily output worth increases from 22,680 to 31,050 dollars.
The organized militia, about 109000 enlisted and 9000 officers, evolved from local groups to nationalize under Secretary Root. Congress funded armament but defined relations with the federal government only recently, avoiding crises and bad blood as in prior state versus national guard clashes. The piece recalls Andrew Jackson threatening to hang a militia unit during early Indian wars.
James R. Mack recalls a Cincinnati theft case where Sam Johnson, an African American man, pleads guilty to stealing a ham after lamenting racial bias. Johnson believes the state prosecution is stacked and questions the unseen observers, noting the tension between his plea and the trial environment.
Inventor touts a steam powered autonomous figure made of iron and steel as the era’s greatest invention. The concept attracts skepticism as questions arise about practical tasks like drawing wagons or rowing boats. The inventor counters that demand will come from renting the machine to break in new shoes.
A young man recently from a country town has moved to the city to seek his fortune and works in a department store. His salary is small, but his minister believes it should suffice until a raise arrives. The clerk says money buys many things in life.
Rev Jacob D Van Doren of Fond du Lac Wisconsin testifies to kidney disorder relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports pain reduction and improved kidney function and offers to share details in private interview. Pills priced 50 cents from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Persecution blows out the candle of pretense.
At Muriel Graham’s betrothal ball a beggar woman’s plea and a glittering gold charm expose a betrayal between Philip Wyndham and Robert Carroll. Muriel reveals she witnessed the exchange and asserts her engagement with Carroll, while Wyndham faces the social fallouts of the event.
The piece describes decennial census work in British India as sprawling and complex with 294 million people across 715000 settlements. It outlines organization levels from blocks to Imperial Census Commission, local numbering, and culturally sensitive practices such as pigment choices and symbols. It notes the schedule printed in 17 languages and extra questions on religion and caste.
A New York Times interview with a safe factory foreman describes highly secure tool rooms, mandatory bonds, and vigilant watchmen as safeguards. He notes rapid emergency openings for banks, the use of a trained outworker with credentials, and a rule that a bank official must accompany the opener. He adds criminals rarely work in New York, suggesting suburbs like Philadelphia as safer havens for illicit toolmaking.
City editor asks a rookie how to handle a temr story about a building that might collapse. The exchange resembles a New York Times style challenge to equal and verify facts under deadline.
Mrs. Hattie La Fountain of Galion Ohio, treasurer of Protected Home Circle and Catholic Ladies of Ohio, writes she recovered from months of bearing down pains and headaches after using Peruna following her friend’s recommendation. She notes rapid improvement after starting the remedy and urges others to try it.
A woman long confined by a chronic female derangement finds no relief from numerous physicians and costly treatments. After writing to Dr. Hartman for free home treatment featuring Peruna, she recovers strength and resumes work. The ad pledges confidential, prompt guidance and invites others to seek his advice.
Mrs. Julia M. Brown of the Woman's State Federation of California from 13114 Fifth St Los Angeles writes that she has never known a patent medicine to do what it professes except Peruna. She asserts the remedy does much more than claimed and proceeds to defend its value though she historically never advocated medicines.
Puck quotes Henry, once regarded as a good citizen, accused of sheep theft and repeatedly dragged into public lynching, forced to neglect private matters as voices again fault him for past actions.
An old advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It describes inflammation of the mucous lining and Eustachian tube, produces rumbling sounds, and warns that permanent hearing loss results if untreated. The notice offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh case cured by its remedy, Hall's Family Pills are endorsed.
A fragmented 19th century excerpt features a mossville malaria quip between Parker and an amused speaker, then shifts to Putnam faceless dyes priced at ten cents, followed by moralizing ad copy praising simple piety and soothing syrups for teething and windcolic.
A quoted reader testifies that Peruna revived women described as physical wrecks and mothers in misery, claiming quick cures for chronic catarrh after many failed remedies. She says she uses it herself when nervous or worn out and finds the results satisfactory.
Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller, famed for tenderness toward youths, visited a city and attended a children's event at a local institution. A politican praised the address while noting a puzzled question about children's growth compared to ten years prior. The reply was not recorded. A cigarette ad and two testimonial lines follow about cures and health products.
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