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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1907
Page
8
Schedule set to take effect January 1 1908 with city and country calls $1 50 and mileage. all night calls 50. prescriptions from 50 cents. certificates 25. consultations 5 to 10. confinement 10 cash. country travel 10 plus mileage. All office work and confinement cash. Debtors urged to settle by Jan 1 1908 for credit list entry. Officers listed.
A male applicant over 21 and resident of Clinton township Vermillion county Indiana will apply at the Vermillion county Board of Commissioners January term 1908 for a one year license to sell spirituous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in less than a quart with on premises drinking. The location is a ground floor room in a two story brick building on Main street Clinton with a glass front visible from the street. William Kelley.
A Japanese college girl explains that Japan keeps no pets and few domestic animals. She notes dogs and cats are rare in homes, mules and donkeys unnecessary, and pigs unknown, claiming nights are peaceful and comfortable for sleep.
A jeweler recounts a customer who winded a watch the wrong way because she is left handed. He notes repeated complaints of a watch running down despite winding. The tale ends with the discovery that the improper winding caused the issues.
In a cold house a man named Jim Lee trudges up and down stairs to fix the furnace. He stubs his toe and ends up exhausted back in bed as his wife demands he get the furnace working. The couple endures a simply icy scene in the early morning chill.
Vancouver resident George H. Hower notes beavers are plentiful on the Elk River tributary of the Fraser. Trappers flood the area as animals are caught for fur, with most skins sent to San Francisco and others to Montreal and Toronto before broader distribution to Europe.
A list breaks down a violin into 69 parts including back 2 pieces belly 2 coins and blocks 6 sides 5 side-linings 12 bar 1 purffings 24 neck 1 finger-board 1 nut 1 bridge 1 string for tail-board 1 guard for string 1 sound-post 1 and strings 4 pegs 4. Maple for back neck sides and bridge pine for belly bar coins blocks side linings and sound-post ebony for finger-board tail board nut guard for string pegs and button.
Col. Philip Reade of the Twenty third United States infantry authored a set of epigrams on marksmanship. He notes the soldier’s goal is to know when where and how to pull the trigger and that accuracy matters most. He advocates studying why misses occur and pairing brains with gunpowder.
Mrs. Kenward, appointed postmistress at the old post office near Hayards Heath in 1846, celebrated her eighty eighth birthday. She tends her household, reads newspapers, and claims to be Britain's oldest post mistress. Her father was a farmer at Speldhurst. She hopes to become citizen and die in harness.
A judge questions a witness who claims the testimony was long and difficult. The exchange includes a dialect laden remark about the witness appearing well and the lengthy cross examination described as lasting two hours over six stretches.
A first person vignette on a Monday night ride home describes crowded cars, a self contained woman with packages, gum chewers, a pollen loving California man, shoppers seeking seats, and a country rube chatting a Chicago businessman before the narrator goes home to wife and bull-pup.
A Garner man hears a cow in distress, bravely confronts the ordeal in a windy night. He staples a wire fence to secure the animal but traps his own long beard. Neighbors help by sawing the post and freeing him, leaving him nearly frozen. A blacksmith removes the post next day.
A few nights ago a country wag posted a couplet on a saloon door. The verse warns hush and hints the establishment will become a drug store in the future.
A family plans a Children’s Day with dress outfits for girls and a two year old named Roy who longs to attend. Roy joins infant class, marches in with pride, and watches two by two processions, feeling the day’s impact. He then spots an army of ants moving in formation and exclaims it must be Children’s Day for the ants.
A parish lady visits a cottage to check on Mary an invalid wife. The visitor asks about Mary and the gifts sent, learning the jelly is liked but jam might suit her better. The peasant replies with polite humor about taste and preference.
A French physician reports stable use of old medicines like opium laudanum iodine and bismuth while leech sales fall from 50 000 to 12 000. Glycero phosphates and antipyrins drop about 50 percent quinine down 24 percent. New drugs such as primidone and aspirin show sharp gains.
A woman complains about lending money to an artist who smokes as he enters. She recounts a past repayment of two dollars from five borrowed for a water color and laments spent funds. The artist replies with a gentle pledge to prevent future foolish spending.
Edgar Jepson defends the memory of Ernest Dawson in the London Academy noting Dawson drank whisky as relief during consumption. Jepson calls whisky a literary fashion set by W. E. Henley and claims several young writers followed with reckless bravado.
Nagasaki paper reports cement made from volcanic ash used alone or with sand and Portland cement. Ashes cut costs and are nearly as effective. Dockyards and naval docks have been built with ash cement and large exports go to Korea, North China, Shanghai, and Formosa amid rising demand.
An English flag lieutenant beside a beautiful girl stands on a chair on the pier watching racing. A Frenchman replies that he prefers the obstruction to the view, prompting the Tatler to remark on the refined cordiality of such exchanges.
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