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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
1
A long local page reports store ads for bread pills and drugs, real estate visits, and millinery jobs. It lists residents and visitors, subscription notes, social events, measles cases, and civic items including a crime inquiry and a rescue by a Lafayette mother from the Wabash river.
The obituary notes Ed Applegate born 1846, died in Highland Park California after years of cardiac disease. He lived in Jefferson County early, ran a store in California, and moved there with family. His legacy includes kindness and loyalty to friends and a career in commerce before relocating with his wife and children.
The text counsels that not everyone will be friendly or supportive and that merit is not always valued. It urges bearing burdens patiently and in silence, with one's own conscience as a faithful guide in both good times and bad.
A Lansing Journal editorial argues that true good government comes when the people are vigilant and independent enough to rebuke unfaithful officials, regardless of party. It stresses citizen power and the need for nonpartisan accountability.
Seed corn for sale includes several bushels of 1906 Early Yellow seed offered by Harry Hubbard. Price listed at $1.25 per bushel. Contact by phone D 12 for inquiry.
150 acre farm east of Winamac is for rent with good improvements. Inquiries to A. C. Meek at Commercial Hotel Francesville Ind. Also wallpaper available. call and see them before you buy. W. J. Hubbard.
The Francesville outbreak is described as serious and spreading with several cases reported. Citizens are urged to assist in suppression and the town board is called to enforce a strict quarantine under statute to reduce the death rate, noting noncompliance.
In a political sparker excerpt the candidate praises a family by kissing a baby and admiring twins while joking about corn bread. He shares a secretive moment with his father after a drink, claiming these small acts as the memorable counts of the visit.
The Indianapolis Star recalls the original alliance of Philip D. Armour and his partner who each invested 500 and built a vast meat packing empire worth over 200 million annually within forty years. It argues that such chances exist for capable men then and now.
In a question posed by the Winamac Democrat-Journal nearly every county in the district fields a Democratic candidate for Congress. Pulaski County is urged to name its man for the race and the column asks who shall it be.
The interurban system, long praised for aiding farmers by speeding produce and connecting rural areas to cities, now offers residents along its routes electricity for home and work. The movement, new to the country, could transform farm life by replacing unreliable hired help with electric power.
A visionary man seeks to cultivate gossip by pruning and trimming it all to be less harmful. He argues cultivated gossip may be less entertaining yet safer for neighbors, while acknowledging some view it as stale and unprofitable. The piece asserts gossip thrives on bite, tangle, and scandal to stay engaging.
The piece warns of four offenses to the eye including poor lighting, habitual eye strain from poor posture, reading on moving trains, and reading without proper glasses. It links eye strain to broader eye disease and suggests old age brings retribution for neglecting eye care.
A brief catalog note from Clark's announces boxes for men's vests priced at five cents each, indicating a low price point and eager clearance.
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