Melons in storage and the Easley township verdict
A Missouri case in Macon county stories Timothy Kain and Felix Hopper over ten watermelons valued at 15 cents each. Squire William Easley rules that the melons belong to Kain while offset for storage to Hopper, noting Hopper guarded the crop with a shotgun and that both sides have legal claims.
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J. P
Solomon
Macon County
Timothy Kain
Easley Township
Felix Hopper
Kain
Hopper
William Easley
Squire Easley
Mitchell
Guthrie
Spain
Kansas City Star
Nightly Rondeau of A Parkside Rendezvous and a Bold Kiss
A narrative verse recalls a late night courtship at Fatty's with Ruth White. A playful game ends in a near kiss and a request for secrecy as they stroll home under a bright moon and a playful, flirtatious mood.
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Fatty
Ruth White
Gift Plaindealer Subscription For Christmas
Have a relative or friend at a distance recipients may enjoy a year of weekly Plaindealer issues as a Christmas gift. It costs less than many other presents and would be welcome if Clinton was their former home. Don’t forget it.
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the Plaindealer
Clinton
Death of King Oscar II Sparks Succession in Sweden
King Oscar of Sweden dies and his son Gustave ascends to the throne. In other news, Morton C. Rankin, a longtime local veteran, was killed by a train near Terre Haute on Thursday. Advertisements note Dr Shoop’s Night Care and local real estate listings and offers.
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Oscar of
Sweeden
Gustave
Morton C. Rankin
Terre Haute
Clinton Medical Society adopts 1908 schedule and rates
Schedule set to take effect January 1 1908 with city and country calls 150 each. Night calls 50 extra. Prescriptions 50 cents and up cash. Lodges certificates 25 cents. Consultations 5 to 10 dollars. Confinement 10 dollars cash. In country 10 dollars plus mileage. All office work and confinement cash. Debtors urged to settle by January 1 1908 for credit list entry. Officers listed: President Dr C M White Vice President D A A Washburr Secretary Treasurer Dr C E Ragan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Medical Society
Notice of liquor license application in Clinton Indiana
Notice to Clinton ward citizens Vermillion county Indiana that William Kelley a resident over 21 will apply to the Vermillion county Board of Commissioners at January term 1908 for a one year license to sell spiritous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in less than a quart with on premises drinking privileges. Location is ground floor room in a two story brick building on Main street Clinton.
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Third Ward
Clinton
Clinton Township
Vermillion County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
Said County
City of
Main Street
William Kelley
Vandalism at Kalamazoo Gazette Office Ruins Typist’s Verse
A casual intruder tampered with a typewriter in the Kalamazoo Gazette office, leaving a garbled verse about flowers and sunshine. The editors invite the guilty party to return and provide a second verse in the new language class offered for £125 or a refund.
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Harlan E. Babcock
Kalamazoo
Mich
Zette
Bob
Baex
Omien Ldsperante
Peor
Light verse snippets from city papers and poems
A collage of humorous clippings quotes from Indianapolis News Columbus Sun and Houston Post. Warped couplets describe a fly problem, a man cleaning, and a cheeky heaven gate joke reflecting old city newspaper humor. The anecdotes capture mid century light verse tone.
Professor Child and the Cambridge Ward Meeting
Boston Herald recalls Harvard professor Child a staunch city citizen who challenged a boss at a ward meeting and, in a light moment on the stairs, accepted a cigar with the quip I’ll match you in any of your lesser vices.
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Boston
Cambridge
Professor Child
Harvard
Hve
Boston Herald
Ant Guard Patent Rebuffed For Chalk Barrier Idea
A quirky patent application claimed chalk drawn around a table would stop ants by causing their legs to slip. The examiner refused the patent noting the idea lacked novelty and chalk had been used for similar purposes before, ruling such ideas not patentable.
Climbing 199 Steps to Whitby Church
The old parish church at Whitby in Yorkshire is reached by 199 stone steps up a cliff about 200 feet above the sea. Crowds of worshipers ascend and descend the winding stairway before and after services, a memorable sight in London Strand commentary.
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Whitby
Yorkshire
London Strand
Forgetful Tommy Delights in Sticky Jam Misremembrance
A humorous anecdote shows Tommy forgetting a promised consequence for stealing jam. His mother reminds him of the threat, but Tommy quips that she forgets it too, adding to the playful tension in a domestic moment.
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Tommy
Mechanical reply to arrest threat ends in hammer assault
In a courtroom exchange the complainant reports the prisoner answered mechanically to being arrested. The judge asks for explanation and the complainant testifies the prisoner struck him on the head with a hammer, describing the assault as mechanical.
The fault is always as great as he that commits it
French proverb states fault mirrors the individual who commits it expressing moral equivalence between deed and maker in concise traditional wisdom.
Lincoln story mirrors car noise with grand front
A speaker compares a riverboat captain signaling with a loud whistle to motorists who show off with noisy horns and grand car descriptions. He argues both steamboat men and motorists enjoy making a bold display, large or small, to assert presence on the road or river.
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Lincoln
Uncle Sam as Cupid in Manila Orphan Bride Scheme
The Hospicio de San Jose orphans in the Philippines face dowry requirements. A matrimonial brokerage commission offers $150 to a Filipino man of good character who marries one of the orphan girls, with official scrutiny of the suitor before any agreement.
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Hospicio de San Jose
Sam
First Printer Found in Ancient Greek Tale
A French semi scientific magazine argues Agesilaus proved the first printer by printing the word Victory on his hand then on a bull’s liver during a sacrifice. The display of the inverted Greek letters convinced soldiers and spurred them to fight bravely.
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Agesilaus
Growth of Russian Post Office Savings Bank Deposits
Consul T. E. Heenan reports robust growth in Russia's post office savings system. Deposits rose from 501.6 million dollars on August 1, 1903 to 686.5 million dollars on August 1, 1907. The surge is tied to a preference for storing wealth away from homes rather than to broader national prosperity.
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Russian Post Office Savings Bank
T. E. Heenan
Odessa
Post Office Savings
Russia
Warning in Time on a Colored Picnic Broadside
A Harper's Weekly note cites a hateful 19th century warning about a colored picnic flyer near Mobile. The hand bill promised enjoyable grove entertainment but warned that good behavior would be enforced to protect the crowd’s pleasure.
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Mobile
Harper’s Weekly
Feathers in hats spark debate on fashion and work
The piece notes two sides to banning feathers in feminine headgear. It cites that if feathers were abandoned tomorrow, about 30,000 Parisian girls would lose work. A working girl advocate argues that a bird or a girl should not perish, per the New York Press.
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Paris
N. Y
Three Legged Stool Carved From Tree Branches
Philadelphia man C. G. Minnick cut from a Secane area tree three forked limbs forming a one piece stool. The limbs resemble a horse hoof a hog split hoof and an elephant trunk with a natural mouth and trunk likeness. Minnick stripped the bark to finish the carvings.
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C. G. Minnick
Darten Street
Philadelphia
Secane Station
Mr. Minnick
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