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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
5
Readings cover community life with mentions of Carl Hadley returning from Purdue, Ruth Taggart visiting from Indianapolis, school staffing changes, church events, sales at Mills Cash Store, new construction by Mooresville cement block company, and local travels. Also noted are obituaries, farm updates, and upcoming tax deadlines.
A New York Press description of the barangayan a bamboo craft on the Pasig river. It is slow yet capable of carrying a heavy cargo including people chickens and goods. Passengers sleep and eat on board with no shelter or privacy as the craft travels with the current.
A. E. Dickey in World To Day highlights the flax breakthrough as a second engine of prosperity. He recalls how flax fields in the northwestern flax belt produced dazzling blue flowers and bells, with Ole Jannsen paying $10 an acre for 160 acres in 1900 and gathering three thousand five hundred dollars from a first crop, proving flax as a lucrative, stigma-shattering crop.
The Moniteur recounts Napoleon I reentering France with sharp labels claiming cannibal, ogre, tiger, monster, tyrant and usurper. It notes his rapid advance toward Paris while doubting he will reach the capital, and records his entry into Fontainebleau and the Tuileries before loyal subjects.
A Cuban official recounts an anecdote of a Cuban millionaire who listens to a poor man describe his misery. Stricken, the generous man pleads with his servant to remove the petitioner, saying the sight breaks his heart.
A Liverpool Mercury snippet depicts a crossing of accents as Traveterate Jokist orders a horse to be stabled and fed with ample provisions. The innkeeper is left astonished by a Dutchman seeking hospitality, promising compensation at dawn for the amiable aid.
A nu mismatist argues the quarter dollar is unlucky due to repeated thirteens. He notes thirteen stars letters scroll feathers in the eagle and thirteen stripes, feather counts, and thirteen letters in "Quarter Dollar."
A vivid account of a wedding ending with the couple leaving in a carriage toward Charing Cross station amid cheer and tears. The groom’s father receives sympathy, insisting the bride is “a dear, sweet girl” who justified their hopes despite sorrow.
Aisike clover is praised as a prime wetland crop that thrives in damp low spots where other forage fails. It yields finer hay quality than ordinary clover and is readily eaten by all stock. The notice also announces delivery and collection for all wood from Harper's mill, Robert Killian.
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