today's
laugh
My uncle got into a taxi cab and fell
asleep. When he woke up in the taxi cab and the meter
registered six dollars and twenty cents he found he only
had forty-five cents in his pocket.
So what did he do?
He made the driver back up to
forty-five cents.
A statesman was being driven rapidly by
his chauffeur, when the car struck and killed a dog. The
chauffeur stopped and the statesman got out to address
the owner placatingly. But she turned on him wrathfully,
and told him just what she though.
At last the statesman said:
Madam, I shall be glad to replace your
dog.
The woman hissed: Sir, you flatter
yourself!
She: We have a man on every base.
He: So does the other side.
1899
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
CIRCUIT COURT DOINGS.
This morning a larger number of people
than usual gathered in the circuit court room to hear the
Gilfillan-McCrillis $5,000 damage suit, which was set for
trial today. The motion made Wednesday by the defense for
a special venire from which a jury to try the case should
be selected was taken up and granted. The case was then
postponed until Monday morning at 9 o'clock, at which
time the sheriff was ordered to have on hand eighteen men
"good and true," from whom the jury to try the
case will be selected.
County Clerk S. A. Stuckey today filed
his answer to the petition of Recorder F. W. Steadley
asking for an injunction restraining him from recounting
the ballots. The answer sets forth that there are no good
reasons why the permanent injunction should be granted.
The county clerk also filled a motion asking that the
temporary injunction be dissolved for several reasons.
The case will be argued tomorrow.
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Today's Feature Main Street Carthage Signs Mortgage.
Main Street Carthage Board
members gathered at 335 S. Main yesterday morning
to officially finalize the purchase of the
building from Ruth and Hugh Overton.
According to Main Street
Director Diane Sharits the investment in the
downtown location will hopefully help to
encourage others to renovate and maintain the
historic districts in Carthage.
Board Vice-President Sue
Vandergriff and Secretary Harry Putnam signed the
papers for Main Street. Ruth Overton is
President.
No details of the agreement
were made available, but Sharits says the
purchase will not impact the day-to-day
operations of Main Street Carthage any more than
entering into a rental agreement.
The move to the new building
will take place sometime before the end of April.
Sharits says that there are some minor
modifications that will be made to the building
before the move to better accommodate the new
use. Main Street Carthage is a non profit
organization.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
Today is the first Mornin'
Mail printed at our new location at 213
Lyon (the old Police Station). We continue to
hold on to the heritage of havin' a newspaper
printed in Carthage.
The weekend was a little
hectic but the move went well and we are now
in the process of settlin' in a bit.
Along with the new space,
we have tried to get our computers upgraded
and put our network in play. Tryin' to make
things a little more efficient while lookin'
forward to the year 2000.
We haven't got around ta
puttin' up any signs on the buildin' yet, but
that should be taken care of in a few days.
I don't think we'll be
thinkin' of another move for a while, at
least until the bruises and sore back heals a
bit.
This is some fact, but
mostly,
Just Jake Talkin'.
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Health Notes
WINNING AGAINST
THE ODDS: "There are 49 million Americans
with disabilities," says Itzhak Perlman, the
world-renowned violinist, who was stricken with
polio as a child.
The same way Perlman was able
to rise above his disability to become a
brilliant musician, other people, every day, are
fighting to live lives as near to normal as
possible despite their handicaps.
An example of winning against
the odds is the story of Hikari Oe, a Japanese
composer whose works are gaining worldwide
recognition. Oe, the son of a Nobel prize-winning
novelist, was born with a large growth on his
brain. His parents were told that if he survived
an operation, he would be little more than a
vegetable needing constant care for the rest of
his life. Just let him die, the doctors told
them, for his sake and theirs.
Before his parents made their
choice, his father visited Hiroshima and met
horribly disfigured survivors of the atomic blast
who were determined to get on with their lives.
He found, in these people, the meaning of what it
is to be human and decided, with his wife, to
save his son’s life.
Hikari, who is married now and
a father, still has a problem with words, but his
music speaks for him.
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