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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1900
Page
2
Miss Elmar Spear seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Spear of Green county Arkansas stands 51 inches tall weighs 180 pounds and has a 46 inch bust. She can lift a 250 pound man and carry him across a room.
Kiel museum displays a remarkably preserved Viking corpse unearthed from a Domendorf peat bog in Schleswig. Experts estimate burial about 1,500 years ago. The hair is red and the remains wear coarse woolen clothing with sandals.
A syndicate formed at Ochsenfurt Bavaria plans a central station to supply 5,000 volt current to farm stations for operating thrashers and cutters and to light nearby houses. The project aims to electrify agriculture and crop processing with shared power.
The sunflower crop yields strong returns in Russia with field values around 25 per acre. Farmers sell seeds from $1 to $1.50 per pound, while street stands across provincial cities peddle salted sunflower kernels to passers-by.
The piece notes beds are a late innovation in Russia with many households lacking them. Peasants sleep on oven tops, middle class and servants use sheepskins near stoves, soldiers rest on wooden cots without bedding, and students in schools only recently gained access to beds.
Sol Watson a colored man, kept a silver quarter in his mouth for a year after wagering $20 that he could. William Nagel wagered and lost, and Watson is hailed as a leading man by many colored women who offer him their hands and hearts.
A refined Baltimore lodging offers a discreet menu detailing what the owner’s pet eats and tolerates, ensuring every guest experiences tasteful amenities. The proprietor monitors guest satisfaction with attentive service and unobtrusive discretion.
Mme Alma Keldseth widow of a journalist undertook a foot journey from Christiana to Paris for a wager. She crossed Sweden Denmark Germany and part of France walking 12 hours daily. With no money or food she found lodging by offering to work for meals and later earned money mending clothes washing and acting as a governess.
The article notes Japanese design in table settings using wood bits that expand when placed in water into quirky flower shapes. When guests see the wooden pieces unfold into buds and blossoms, the chrysanthemum, the national flower, is highlighted as a favorite in these settings.
Gov elect John F Hill of Maine ranks among the state’s wealthiest citizens. At 40 he is a physician by training but long out of practice, later pursuing publishing in Augusta. He lives in a prominent house once linked to James G Blaine, with a wife, daughter of Norman L Coleman of St Louis, a former agriculture commissioner.
The passage notes a growing rural business of raising squabs for market near cities. Pigeons are squabs while in nest and become squealers when begging for food, but for market they are sold as squabs up to about a quarter weight. One dozen squabs fetches about $3.
The youngest son of the late Lord Russell departed for South Africa early this year as a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. A touching family moment occurred as the troop ship prepared to sail when the Lord Chief Justice failed to spot his son among the crowd on the quay. A shrill whistle drew the young Russell to the ship’s side where he waved goodbye.
Dr. Talmage in Paris urges Christians to imitate Christ's spirit of gentleness, self-sacrifice, humility, prayer, and hard work. He argues transformation comes only by grace, not willpower, and invites believers to strive for the higher Christian ideal despite current faults.
Three masked robbers entered the First National Bank at noon seizing about 13,000 in gold. Five staffers including Cashier Nixon and Assistant Cashier McBride were forced to open the safe and load three sacks. The bandits fled on horses after five minutes, pursued by a posse from Golconda and Reno, with authorities believing escape to the mountains.
A corrected tally from Manila lists 24 American dead and missing and 19 wounded after the Siniloan clash with 1,000 Filipino forces and detachments of the 15th and 37th Infantry. Captain John E. Morgan is among the wounded. About 134 Americans were engaged. enemy losses unavailable amid unrest in Manila and along Laguna de Bay.
General John A McClernand died at 1 40 a m Thursday in Springfield born 1812 served with Union forces under Logan and Grant notable at Fort Donelson Shiloh and Vicksburg. Cause listed as old age and breakdown of system after dysentery. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs Fred Fox and Mrs E W Williams and son John F McClernand. son Col Edward McClernand military governor Cebu province Philippines unable to attend.
Crown Point Indiana September 21 after a year lapse another victim of the wrecked yacht Chiquita found. The body is that of Captain D. S. Way’s wife, buried in sand two miles west of the wreck near Miller Station. It was well preserved.
In Portsmouth on September 19 commemorative tablets were presented to the new battleships Kearsarge and Alabama. The ceremony was attended by the president the current and former secretary of the navy the governor of Alabama and other distinguished guests.
Chicago reporter notes William W. Kennedy, chief of police during the big fire era and years before, was found dead in his bed on Thursday night. Heart disease is supposed to have caused his death.
The steamer C. H. Hamilton carrying 150 passengers and 1.5 million dollars in dust was driven onto the beach on the Yukon flats during a severe storm on September 6 while en route from Dawson to St. Michael. It reached St. Michael safely.
Richmond Va Sept 20 Dr Hunter McGuire once Stonewall Jackson's medical director died at his country house near Richmond from the effects of a paralytic stroke suffered six months earlier He was a prominent Civil War physician and Confederate medical leader.
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