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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1896
Page
3
The China Japan war boosts Mikado correspondence as new secretaries manage the flood of letters from cities worldwide. Inventors flood him with sales offers hoping to access the Japanese market.
Letters reach Lydia E Pinkham praising her Vegetable Compound for relieving displacement or womb ulceration and backache bearing-down dizziness and fear. The famed Pinkham Vegetable Compound is credited with turning sorrow into happiness and usefulness across the country.
Prominent Chinese statesman Li Hung-Chang arrives in the United States from England to conclude a world tour tied to a coronation in Moscow. Described as the Bismarck of China, he commands respect despite a Japan war defeat. He, his three cooks, and forty staff partake in elaborate meals, while European press questions his methods. Grant spoke of his rank with Beaconsfield Gambetta and Bismarck.
A World article tells of George Washington born May 7 1795 in Iberia Louisiana as a slave. He nursed Ebola afflicted slaves, befriended by a negress Lucinda who became his wife. After emancipation they lived at Vanfrey plantation, till now, with cane, corn, and two mules.
The New York State Republican convention at Saratoga Aug 25 26 eyed Hon T C Platt for Governor by acclamation but he declined. A contest over Herkimer county seating led to Warner Miller’s ouster. Miller spoke with dignity after prodding by C I Wise and Platt urged him heard. Ex Congressman Black later nominated for Governor on the fourth ballot.
A Constantinople cable reports about a mob of about a score invading the Ottoman bank yesterday afternoon. Revolvers and bombs killed gendarmes, the bank workers fled to tobacco syndicate quarters, firing from the roof as police returned fire. The riot spread to sacking and bazars with wild excitement, though a Paris dispatch says disturbances there are over per bank directors.
A London cable reports the usurping Sultan Said Khalid refused surrender. warships bombarded the palace, British marines landed, and Said Khalid was imprisoned and slated for deportation to India. He escaped to the German consulate as noon fire reduced the palace and customs house to ruins. British marines and loyal Zanzibaris guard roads while crews gather dead and prisoners. The steamer Glasgow, once owned by the sultan, was sunk by British fire.
August 28 189& Indianapolis market report lists prices for grain hay and stock, hogs cattle and poultry. Prices shown include corn at 28 % , oats 21 34 , hay choice timothy 11 00 to 12 00, stocker cattle 3 00 to 3 75, cows 1 00 to 3 25, milkers 15 00 to 35 00, hens 8c, turkeys 7 8c, geese 40c, butter 7c, hides 5c to 8c, with regional quotations for St Louis Baltimore and other markets.
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