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Monday, June 4, 2001 Volume IX, Number 245

did ya know?

Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage Public Library’s Puzzle and Game Day will be from 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 7th. Call or sign-up at the YPL desk.

Did Ya Know?. . .The Carthage Humane Society has kittens of all sizes and colors. The $8 adoption fee includes the first shots. Call 358-6402 for more information.


today's laugh

An invitation to dinner had been sent to the new doctor. In reply the hostess received an absolutely illegible letter.

"I must know if he accepts or declines," she declared.

"If I were you," suggested her husband, "I would take it to the druggist. A pharmacists can always read doctor’s letters, however badly written."

The pharmacist looked at the sheet of notepaper which she had handed him, and without waiting for her explanation went into his dispensary and returned a few minutes later with a bottle which he handed over the counter.

"There you are, madam," he said. "That will be ten dollars."

 

Customer - "Your’re sure one bottle will cure a cold?"

Druggist - "It must, sir - nobody’s ever come back for a second."

1901
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.

His Tire Exploded.

Chas. L. Cooper the piano man at H. P. Hall’s was party to a momentary sensation on the northwest corner of the square yesterday when his bicycle tire exploded with a bang, attracting attention from all parts of the square. A head appeared in every upstairs window, only to see the crest fallen Mr. Cooper meekly escort a dilapidated wheel down to Peebles’ repair shop. The hole in the tire was as big as a dollar, both in size and cost.

Beechum Arrested Again.

The annual complaint against Ike Beechum, the drayman and hog grower has been filed, charging his with maintaining a nuisance in the shape of dead carcasses and his hog ranch on the road east of town. He will be tried in Squire Carson’s court, in Madison township.


  Today's Feature

Lodging Tax Discussion.

The ad hoc Tourism/Lodging Tax Committee appointed by Mayor Ken Johnson is scheduled to meet for the first time this Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. in City Hall.

The committee will initially have advisory capacity and has been asked to determine the best way to use the Lodging Tax. The committee was appointed after the voters approved the tax increase from 2% to 4% of motel and bed and breakfast charges for lodging. The tax is expected to generate approximately $120,000 next year.

Wednesday’s agenda includes a discussion of the groups purpose and election of officers.

Public Service Meet.

The regular first Monday of the month meeting of the City Council Public Services Committee is scheduled for this evening at 7 p.m. in City Hall.

The agenda includes discussion and consideration of Memorial Hall renovations, electrical bids for the Fair Acres Sports Complex, bids on fencing for Grigg’s Park, a budget adjustment, and the Fair Acres requisition number 25.



Just Jake Talkin'

Mornin',

I’ve always assumed that June Bugs had somethin’ to do with the month of June. As a kid I was told they call ‘em that cause they come out in June and only live about a month.

My older brother prob’ly was the source of that knowledge so he coulda been pullin’ my leg, don’t know. I never investigated the subject any more and have been content to believe it all these years.

I’ve prob’ly paused on that bit of wisdom to some unsuspecting child at one time or another. Comin’ from an adult, they most likely accepted that nugget of folk lore as honest truth also.

I suspect that women are not necessarily the originators of all the "old wife’s tales" that circulate. Men seem ta have the ability to make sense outa nothin’ too.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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The Super Handyman

Dear Carrells: While going through a trunk in my grandmother’s attic, I came across a recipe for getting rid of sugar ants. Since we’d been taken over by the little critters, I tried it. The recipe worked, and I want to pass it on.

You mix a half-cup of water and a pint of clear corn syrup in an old saucepan, and warm it. Then you stir in 2 tablespoons of boric acid powder until it’s dissolved. You drip the solution along known ant trails. After a couple of weeks, we saw no more ants. - J.L.T.

Dear Kelly: My office is more of a craft and hobby shop really. I have collected a lot of supplies and have discovered lots of interesting ways to store them. I have a large scrap of chicken wire that is stapled to the wall over my desktop.

I can stick paintbrushes, rolled papers, dried flowers and lots of other items into the wire. It makes them easy to access, and it holds tons of stuff. - P.A.

Q. You recently suggested clearing the vent stack to do away with a sluggish toilet that also bubbles. We have that problem but live in a mobile home, and there are no such vent pipes sticking through the roof. What should we do? - L.L.

A: Inside the wall behind the toilet there should be a pipe that lets air enter the drain line. It has a cap that is spring loaded. You might have an access plate behind that wall, or you might need to remove an entire panel.

Check and repair the cap mechanism.


   

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