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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1898
Page
8
Economical buyers can find all wool dress goods in plaid effects at 25c per yard. Dresses include plain cloths for suits from 39 to 59c per yard, and ranges up to 25.00 50.00 per item. New styles and shades span 1.98 to 50.00 per dress. Silk shirt waists priced 1.00 to 5.98 plus waist silks in plain and plaid styles.
The advertisement runs during opening days from 10 to 11 a.m. highlighting Calicoes at 23 cents per yard and Unbleached Muslin at 4 to 11/2 cents per yard. It also lists Table Oil Cloth at 2 yards for 15 cents and other fabrics.
A historical account discusses the Mexican War era, detailing delays in transport and supply problems under Taylor and Wool. It cites communications between Taylor, Wool, the adjutant general, and the quartermaster general about shortages, improvised funding, and the impact on campaigns toward the Rio Grande. It contrasts these issues with later Civil War and Paris siege logistics.
A review of Indiana property taxes shows the state’s state levy at 9 cents, the lowest in decades, a Republican policy after Democratic decades of higher rates. The piece traces changes from 25 cents during Civil War funding to reductions of 5 and 10 cents, the 20 and 25 cent cycles, and the claim that Republicans lowered the levy to 9 cents and paid over $1,000,000 toward the debt after past Democratic deficits.
Sergeant Ulysses O Daily of Winchester Indiana and Company F 158th Indiana rebuts claims by camp followers and critics. He praises Chickamauga hospitals nurses and general care while noting regimental ards caused hospital shortfalls. He defends rations as ample with robust pies and sidelight on typhoid and water supply practices.
The piece questions Inspector Breckinridge and a southward-led board for hospital mistreatment claims. It labels the Associated Press abstract one-sided, suggests testimony favors southern regiments, and warns against anonymous charges while noting only a small death rate at Camp Wikoff.
Mrs Margaret Nixon returns from eight weeks in Lancaster Ohio. C G Clark leaves for Pass Illinois to visit an ailing aunt. Bargains in shoes at Hill Gear. Local visitors include Earl White and Mr Walters with Olive and Mary Adams. Christian Temperance League plans a 7 30 pm meeting at Fast Street church next Sunday. Indiana yearly meeting attendees from various towns. Burglars entered Carthage bank by back window but left with no clue. Harlem Henley writes from Manila about Manila’s beauty and Dewey’s esteem. Hill Gear advertises dress suitcases and bags. Mrs George Weeks and Miss Mary Jackson visit Ida Henley. bicycle mishap injures Weeks. Greenfield couples plan a photography business in Carthage. Friends University in Richmond is described with staff and prospects. Greenfield subsidy vote for Black Diamond railway passes by six hundred. Blueriver rejects. Committee visit to Cincinnati influences vote. Carthage may gain a station. Farewell reception for Rev Lineley A Wells at Greenfield Friends church. local ministers praise him. he moves to Monrovia.
A public notice invites patrons to milk more cows to cover winter expenses. It proposes purchasing 5000 pounds of milk at 90 cents to $1.00 per hundredweight for standard milk and guarantees winter payments, claiming strong returns on a creamery investment.
Mr Thomas Newby presents a carefully arranged display of this year’s farm products at Empire Grocery. The public is invited to visit and view the exhibit for an informative lesson in local farming.
A farmer advocates selling milk to a creamery with returns as skim milk for hogs and calves and fertilizer value. He claims 5 to 7 cows can yield 1800 to 2000 lbs monthly with proper care, cites local markets for butter, and promises fair, direct dealings with farmers to benefit the community.
The stockholders of Cream Ridge Gas company will hold their annual meeting at Nathan C. Hill's residence at 1 p m on Saturday October 15. Charles F. Binford, Secretary.
Two Virginia farmers claim chronic diarrhoea relief after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. J R Gibbs and L W Shaver from Fincastle report twelve years and long term illness cured with three or eight bottles. Local druggist W E Casper facilitates sale O S Coffin & Co.
The readable fragment mentions Laplanders and Grick a great aes with smoked snow water and a Tonquinese igar flavored drink. It references sacred crocodiles of Egypt buried with kings. Several words are garbled and unclear.
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