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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1907
Page
8
A reflective poem urges contentment over wealth and distant dreams. It contrasts earthly beauty with ambition and war, praising simple joys, daily sunrises, and grace for each day. The speaker seeks sight to praise what is done and to cherish neighborly love.
Fragmented excerpts show a mix of satirical verse about advertising, political commentary from several newspapers, and a somber tale of a mother seeking help for her missing son. The clashing pieces hint at late nineteenth or early twentieth century concerns, from agriculture to corruption to poverty.
R C Craig of Brown's Shoe Shop on Main Street Clinton announces arrival of fall and winter samples from the Warrington Woolen and Worsted Mills Chicago. He offers to show customers and guarantees fit and workmanship, claiming to sell cheaper than any rival in town.
At Squire Guinns office last Saturday night John Martin and Miss Mitchell were married.
Rev. C. H. Leeson organized a Methodist society at Fairview with twelve members. He will preach there again September 1 and receive new members into the society. Fairview is expected to become head of the Clinton circuit.
Rev W B Rippetoe of Terre Haute will occupy the pulpit at the M E church Sunday morning and evening services.
A migrating Kansas family chasing Oklahoma land is stranded after losses and hardship. They return home in defeat as a passerby misreads their sign until the boy corrects him with a witty line about United States and Kansas.
A whimsical note questions the fate of the self made man as a harebrained professor in Colorado muses on shifting jobs for those once wealthy fathers now bust. The piece likens changing fortunes to a passing era and satirizes social mobility.
A speaker questions philosophers about equality and freedom while addressing masters who exploit slaves. The poem laments the lash of distress, insistence on greed, and the gnawing question whether God's freedman will ever be free or if the many must remain slaves for eternity.
Citizens of the first ward Clinton Vermillion county Indiana are informed that a male resident over twenty one and proprietor of a business will apply to the Vermillion county board of commissioners at the September term 1907 for a one year license to sell spirituous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in drinkable quantities on the premises. The location is a one story frame building at the northeast corner of lot one block one Bogart and Anderson Subdivision section sixteen township fourteen north range mine west now part of Clinton Indiana. The description specifies a visible room with glass doors and windows facing Ninth street.
Citizens of the third ward Clinton township Vermillion county Indiana will apply at the September term 1907 for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in retail quantities under a one year permit. The location is a front room of a single story frame building on Main Street Clinton.
A promoter and a fool debate the origin of an ostrich farm in a humorous exchange. The fool mispronounces words as the promoter explains the bird’s balloon body and long legs, insisting the egg comes from the ostrich. The dialogue hinges on wordplay and confusion.
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