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Newspaper
Carlisle News
Location
Carlisle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
3
Job Starky notes a roster of a hundred men who own all the money in the country and laments his absence from the list. Adam Zawfox remarks on interest in the paper as the exchange hints at power and fortune.
A physician dismisses moving to Swamphurst citing extensive sickness there and urges reading the papers. The exchange reveals concerns about public health in the area and the speaker’s professional stance on relocating.
Residents and visitors frequent Carlisle area towns including Vincennes Sullivan Terre Haute and Washington DC. Notes mention Ella HWeria Elmina Joyce Tillie Pilmer D H Cummins W J Brentlinger John D Prose Milton Haddon and others visiting relatives attending events or conducting business. A civil suit about a broken pulley and a moving old building is discussed with Hunt Gambill representing defendants.
Report of a Billville theater visit where Chauncey Olcott performs and a front row farmer reacts to a line about facing death with a quip about preferring singleness. The old man voices a witty if blunt remark about marriage choices.
Mrs Jones Good and Mrs Brown discuss a husband’s actions in a humorous note. The exchange hints at training for a prize fight but reveals his aim to beat the carpets during household chores. The item appears in Harper's Weekly.
State ex rel Clara B Wilson vs P P Mattern concluded after a jury trial in Knox circuit court. The jury found Mattern guilty as charged. defense plans a motion for a new trial. The defendant, already sentenced to the Reformatory on seduction tied to the same case, was not brought back for this trial.
The first snow of the season fell in Delphi on Tuesday with cold rain, a heavy snow shower that melted quickly. Residents shivered as if struck by chills. snowballing and sleigh riding did not occur.
An excerpt describes sunlight at varying altitudes from a balloon ascent. At two miles the sun is diffused by dust and air, at five miles the light sharpens, and at the edge of the atmosphere it appears like a bright star among others. The text notes sunburn risk at 1.5 miles and describes ballast loss as the balloon descends after sunset.
A writer in Woman describes Australian bush girls living on stations far from towns. They ride miles daily, handle duties without servants, host visitors, and adapt to city life by season. They mix outdoor grit with polish, staying neat and well dressed after bareback rides.
Multiple Carlisle properties offered including a five room house with basement, good outbuildings, and a splendid well. a four room house with one acre. and a five room house with one acre. Options include trade for a good farm with cash difference or sale on reasonable terms.
Alfred Testoni presents Gioace tino Rossini described as the life of the great master of music. In act four set in Paris 1860 Richard Wagner appears as the future embodiment while Rossini represents the glorious past. Vincenzo Bellini also figures with Ernesto Jacconi starring in the title role.
A sunlit veranda scene captures adults debating heaven while a girl in a white frock and blue ribbons flits about. She declares she came from heaven, where wings were given to her, and she has not seen anyone from there since.
A Philadelphia school teacher explains an eagle tale to a reading class. A child asks if the story is true and another boy quips that the stork does it.
Fry's Magazine laments the decline of wagering in England noting that the era of men from all classes betting to prove their courage is fading. The writer comments that current times have few with strong opinions and even fewer with disposable funds to back them.
The piece explains oyster reproduction across generations, noting a single pair could yield 66 septillion offspring by the fifth generation if every egg developed, highlighting the species’ prolific potential as given in Cassell's Saturday Journal.
A swarthy native questions a determined white man about civilization. In response the latter asks what measure of civilization interests him most and jokes about life insurance as a goal.
The Riverside Daily Press notes a double society wedding at 506 Sixth Street Riverside. Miss Leota Grizzle to Aden Willis and sister Miss Charles Guy Grizzle to Miss Delpha Bennett in a quiet ceremony officiated by Rev Robert S Fisher. Couples honeymoon in Los Angeles and Catalina.
A defense attorney questions a witness about alleged drinking and gambling by the defendant. The witness explains he knew from the blue chip given to the conductor for car fare and the instruction to keep the change.
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