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Monday, March 15, 1999 Volume VII, Number 190
did ya
know?
Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage R-9 Board of Education will
meet in regular session Monday, March 15, 1999, at 7 p.m.
at the Carthage High School Auditorium Lobby, 714 South
Main St., Carthage.
Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage
Police Department will hold Neighborhood Meetings from 7
p.m.-8 p.m. on March 16 at Columbian School, March 22 at
Carhtage Sr. High, and April 12 at the Memorial Hall.
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today's
laugh
I took first prize at a bridge game the
other night.
Why cry about that?
They caught me and I had to take it
back.
Well, I think I will just have to trade
in my new Thunderbird. I just can't afford those big cars
anymore.
Well, you know what they say about the
automobile.
No, what?
It's an invention that made people go
fast and money faster.
How much is the room?
Seventy dollars a week.
Couldn't you make it a little cheaper?
Well, being as it's you - I'll make it
ten dollars a day.
1899
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
She is Not Married.
About a month ago two women of this
city, one married and the other single, called the office
and left a written account of the alleged wedding of Miss
Ethel Vancil and a Mr. McAntire. The item was received in
good faith and was printed, supposing it to be accurate,
but it now develops that it was intended as a joke and
the wedding did not occur at all.
Such "jokes" are not
appreciated by anyone and it is not to wondered that
neither Miss Vancil or her parents were very well pleased
over it. Miss Vancil's acquaintances have very naturally
it for granted that she is married, but she is not, and
she wishes it distinctly so understood.
Dr. E. J. Burch and family are stopping
with his parents at the corner of Fulton and Third
streets. The doctor has not yet decided where he will
take an office.
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Today's Feature Alcott Represented at Chautauqua.
Louisa May Alcott will be but
one of the historical personalities that will be
protrayed during the week-long Heartland
Chautauqua in Carthage beginning May 31. The
event is sponsored by the Carthage Chamber of
Commerce, Carthage Public Library, Main Street
Carthage, and Powers Museum.
Other personalities represented
will be Elizabeth Van Lew, A.A. Burleigh,
Sojourner Truth and General William T. Sherman.
Best known for her book
"Little Women", Alcott also became
known for her activity in the suffrage movement.
Alcott’s character will be
presented by Gayle Stahlhuth who has been
selected to be in Marquis’ Who’s Who of
American Women and Who’s Who in
Entertainment.
Stahlhuth works in all of the
actors’ unions and as such has appeared in
soaps, films, commercials, regional and
Off-Broadway theatres.
Individual speakers will appear
nightly in the old-fashioned Chautauqua tent and
other events of the series include lectures,
exhibits, mini-workshops and others to be
announced.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
There was no official
action reported from the closed session of
the Airport Settlement Committee last
Thursday evenin’. The meetin’ was
in consideration of a proposed settlement of
the litigation submitted to the City.
All indications are that
there is some cooperative conversation still
goin’ on that was initiated in earlier
meetin’s.
The survey of the most
considered piece of property for the new
airport has been completed and the
pickin’ of appraisers is on the agenda.
There also seems to be a
continuation of the commitment of funding at
some level for the project. The momentum of
the movement to procure a new aviation
facility seems to be gatherin’ steam.
This is some fact, but
mostly,
Just Jake Talkin’.
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Weekly Column
The Super Handyman.
Fence posts set in concrete
should be there for the long haul. After all, the
fence is only as strong as its posts. If the
posts are wood, use pressure treated wood for the
longest life.
About a third of the total
length of the post should be underground. In
digging, add an extra inch of so for a bed of
gravel for better drainage to carry water away
from the wood. Then flare out the hole at the
bottom with a straight shovel. This belled-out
effect adds a lot of extra stability.
After the concrete is poured,
slope the top away from the post. Before building
the rest of the fence, give the concrete time to
cure.
Actually, after digging very
many post holes, you'll probably have to spend
some time to let your back cure.
Dear Al: We have a small soap
dispenser that comes through one of the holes in
our sink. It's handy to have except it seems to
run out of liquid soap too often. With all the
stuff under the sink - pipes, disposer,
dishwasher connections - it's unhandy to refill.
It just happens that a 2-liter soft drink bottle
has the same size threads as the container for
the soap. This larger bottle holds several times
as much soap and so there's lots more time
between refills.
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