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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
4
A mix of local notices and quotes appears with brief items such as temperance chatter, market promos, and celebrity divorce news. Mentions include Evelyn Nesbit seeking divorce, Roosevelt race talk, and small town notices about prices, travel, and remedies shown by local stores.
The Francesville and Salem township teachers met on February 1 1908 and March 7 1908 with topics including American History Civics and Elementary Education. Present were Prof Ale Miss Leach Miss Hubbard Mr Huguet Laura Pike and Prof McKenna among others. The sessions adjourned after assignments for next institute and year. Chamberlains Salve advertisement notes its use for salt rheum eczema with quick relief and cure.
Miss Caroline Drewitt returns to her settlement work with a plan to lift the neighborhood through music. Gloria Campbell, the minister Rev. Donald McGregor, and Harold Cartwright join in weekly programs mixing German and Italian tunes to engage families and children.
The London Chronicle notes pickpockets are superstitious. Squinting wards their theft, foreign coins predict travel, often with police in tow. Weddings and funerals shape risks, stealing at a funeral invites disaster, while gold in a wedding purse promises luck. Thieves prize two boots worn long, cutting them into lucky tokens if not arrested.
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