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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1896
Page
8
The Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Big Four timetable for the route is shown as of June 7, 1896 with northbound No. 102 at 6 16 PM and No. 101 at 6 16 PM outlines southbound No. 103 and No. 105 with a contact note for J E Camereli at 7568 for further details.
Society notices include CarrHact Lange No 255 I O O F weekly meeting at Odd Fellows Hall Tuesdays 7 30 visiting members invited Friends Church services Sundays 11 00 am midweek Thursday 10 00 am prayer 7 30 pm Sabbath school 9 45 am Christian Endeavor 6 00 pm Junior Endeavor 3 00 pm singing practice Friday 7 30 pm Sabbath school teachers meeting Wednesday 7 00 pm monthly meeting first Thursday after first Saturday 10 00 am.
News items from Mitchell to Muncie, detailing salt prices, accidents, court actions, diphtheria closures, deaths, and fires. Notable entries include J. W. Stull losing a leg after a freight incident, William McKinley support among veterans, a Vin chennes murder verdict, and multiple school and town updates across Indiana communities.
Westland news reports Mr Cunningham of Greenfield visiting last week and Ora Boyde from near Maxwell as a guest. Hon. Wm R Hough of Greenfield to speak at Shiloh school house next Friday. Thomas Binford and wife hosted by Nathan Newby last Sunday. Ninth month meeting at Western Grove church next Saturday at 10. Marshall Bobblet rents Micajah Young's farm south of the village and will move soon. Bailey Binford family Elma Binford Barclay White James Kiger visited the State Fair Thursday. Agnes Hamilton, summering with the Marshes in Chicago, returned last Friday. Ada Carson visiting Carmel. Gas found in Morristown well on Mrs Wm New's place last Thursday. well shot Friday, gas flow good. Rally Day programs planned for Westland Sunday school at 3 pm and Christian Union school at 7:30 pm. Sugar Grove Christian Union election of officers: Trustees Thomas M Smith John W Bush James T Smith and Elders George W Parish William A Wiley John W Bush. Chas A Robinson, Democratic candidate for Congress, addressed Township Hall last Wednesday. Blue River Republicans hopeful. expect increased majority next November.
Buffalo Courier reports a dry goods dealer explains why shirt waists are cheap this year. Manufacturers urged advance orders last fall to keep factories busy, but as spring arrives they propose a new style without collars and cuffs. Buyers fear being stuck unless bonds are posted to prevent changing styles until next fall.
Parmerton reports Mrs John Ewing ill and Mrs Sallie Price loses most of her dogs to cholera. Milton records visits by George Dillman and wife at R. 8 Whitton's. Uncle John Reddick stayed with daughter Mrs J. F. Leisure. Leisure’s daughter Edith had a bad fall injuring her ankle. she recovers under Dr. J A. Sipe’s care.
A shooting affray occurred at Waterloo near Connersville Saturday morning. Adolph Case, recently charged with horse stealing, confronted Charles Stevens over alleged wife misconduct, drew a revolver, and fired at Constable Hart who attempted to arrest him. Hart was wounded in the groin but survived. Case fled, and Hart’s condition is critical from loss of blood.
Henry A. DeWitt aged thirty five living four miles north of Ingalls committed death by own action on Friday afternoon. A farmer with a wife and several children he reportedly suffered insanity due to business embarrassment. He hanged himself after severing an artery in one wrist. found dead when his children returned from school.
A Washington Star snippet presents a school teacher’s acquaintance noting vacation’s value. The teacher’s reply dismisses recuperation as unimportant, arguing vacation lets parents realize their children are not angels and may cause trouble at school.
Fragmentary verse from Straban in Fall Mall Magazine recalling still waters lilies willows and sunlit heavens. It weaves memories of youth love victory and hope with fading fortune and sorrow, ending with a riddle about age and desire. The readable lines evoke nature and inner longing.
A California fruit packer recounts opening banana boxes and feeling a five inch centipede crawl up his arm. He stayed calm as a packer advised letting it crawl off, fearing its poison, until it moved toward his sleeve and he nearly fainted. The strange, tense moment ended with the creature retreating as he hastily finished packing.
A narrator recalls diverse animal and insect parental behaviors from a grandmother's barn cat feeding a kitten on a beam to wasp nests and turtle and frog reproduction. Observations describe cat maternal defense, paper wasp and mud nests, turtle egg laying, frog tadpole development, potato bug eggs, kingfisher teaching, and crab homes under stones.
Olm and Loftrand present a method to extract gold or bismuth from ores by melting lead and immersing the ore in a airless bath. The approach works on mixtures including iron ores limestone quartz and silicates and remains profitable even when precious metals are scarce. A bismuth additive lowers the alloy melting point to reduce oxidation and metal loss and the lead bath is filtered through a cylinder lined with asbestos iron wire and coal dust.
The argument for cheap silver dollars is seen as strengthening calls for cheaper copper dollars. The Popecrats’ platform endorses government issued legal tender notes, a path toward a cheap money regime. Repudiation advocates are drawn into this logic.
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