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Newspaper
Fort Pierce News
Location
Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
16
The tract argues the tramp is a product of society’s political organization and would be eliminated under the Compact, which would organize natural divisions to meet demand. It contends unions and corporations fail to fix society’s ills, urging a broader reform where natural divisions organize first, then dependent groups align, promising order and freedom. ADHEMAR AraDy.
The Board of County Commissioners of St Lucie County invites bids for the hire of county convicts. Bids due on or before November 9, 1908. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Dated October 6, 1908. Co. H Epwards, Chairman, Fort Pierce, Florida.
Arch-deacon Johnson tours Jensen field hoping to preach at All Saints church and possibly settle there. Indictments released against Sorenson Jennings Hellier Munch Read and Tompkins tied to the Planters Security Bank collapse. Ladies Aid hosts ice cream and cake sale at Al Fresco hotel Friday October 9 with a 7:30 pm musical program to fund a new church building.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the East Coast Cattle Company will be held at their Fort Pierce office on Tuesday November 3 1908 to transact such business as may legally be brought before the meeting. K B Rauleron President.
A local letter extols the benefits of boulevard arc street lights to improve safety, attract trade, and raise property values. It argues arc lamps on each block offer superior, cheaper lighting with fewer maintenance issues than kerosene or gas, urging adoption for a well lit, progressive town. The writer signs off as a concerned resident.
D M Ferry offers Refugee Bean Seed Thousand to One at four dollars per bushel. Listed by James Neal of Jensen Florida.
For sale list of farm and workshop items includes Wagon One horse with new wheels and axles Launch 30s6 Globe engine with canopy top Launch 21x5 two cycle engine Feed Mill New Triumph Feed Cutter New Lever cut Printing Press 10x14 foot power Type 37 fonts and stands Card Cutter New Paper Cutter 36 in power or hand Mimeograph Edison Lathe homemade Surrey One or two horse Mowing Machine Champion hay maker Owner Lawrence C Moore Roseland Florida.
An Argonaut note recalls how shawls, once prized heirlooms from India or Persia, fell from favor among young women who would rather stash an elegant shawl than wear it. Expensive gifts become objects for a cozy corner, not attire.
A London Globe quip contrasts courtship and marriage with a man praising his lover’s voice as music and a sharp retort after marriage about silencing her chatter, reflecting social humor on spouses and speech.
The genial comedian Peter Dailey visits an oculist to fit glasses. His small nose cannot support the frames, and the doctor notes Dailey is not used to glasses, while Dailey quips that he is but not eighty feet high, delivering a light anecdote about eye wear.
London Answers explains that ordinary glass allows air to seep in through countless tiny holes, so even sealed vessels leak. A bell inside a globe loses its sound after a month due to minuscule air ingress, as does an evacuated lamp globe. Air always leaks through any material.
A New York World report discusses a theory that the earth may end by fire caused by internal friction. It notes Stromberg the Swedish mystic’s claim that ice will burn away the earth’s mass, eventually stopping its rotation when gravity and sun attraction fade.
The article explains pepsin as the main agent in digestion, stored on stomach walls and released with aid from gastric acid. It notes saliva moistens food to prepare it for pepsin and gastric fluids.
In the Circuit Court Seventh Judicial Circuit in St. Lucie County Florida In Chancery Timothy H Sheffield Complainant J E Foutz Clerk Otis R Parker Solicitor for Complainant is listed for the case proceedings.
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