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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1897
Page
4
The Carthage report from Friday Sept 24 1807 notes wheat estimates exceed 500 million bushels with abroad shortages. It discusses the Ohio senatorial contest shaping U S Senate control, silver farm price theories, and Argentina tariff retaliation risks affecting kerosene wagons and farm implements. It cites Secretary Wilson and Bryan remarks, plus historical parallels to 1878 79 and 1896.
The Civil Service Commission denounces individuals and bureaus claiming to have special information for civil service exam applicants. It emphasizes free official pamphlets and schedules contain all needed details and warns applicants not to seek costly guidance or address letters to congress members.
A $150 watch dispute led to three people being jailed in Essex Market court New York. Jacob Schreck claimed he sold his wife to David Sachs for the watch and chain. Sachs married Mrs Schreck after the transfer and later sought the timepiece when she left. Mrs Schreck and Sachs faced large bail while Schreck stood accused of theft.
Two Maryland snake tales are recounted with dramatic detail. A Pine Orchard farmer finds a four foot black snake inside his coat and the reptile coils around his neck. A road traveler’s snake becomes lodged in a buggy wheel and is torn in two as wheels turn. Also, a Fort Scott jury views a cemetery tombstone before ruling for IL Moody in a $175 suit against Mrs. C S Martin for deemed substandard granite.
Mrs Little Woods, Pike county Missouri, the first white child born there, died aged 86. The Duke of Veragua, descendant of Columbus, draws 4000 pounds yearly. Banderas, Cuban army chief, reached Havana with 12000 men. At St Cyr military academy a grandson of ex Empress Eugenie and son of Prince Louis Bonaparte study there, the Bonaparte killed by Zulus in 1879. An English auditor says Sarah Bernhardt earned over 1,000,000 dollars in 25 years. Surveyor Ogilvie estimates Klondike gold at 70,000,000 dollars. The mystery of Pinero's named plays is solved. he admits he looks for them among tombstones.
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