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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
4
The Mooresville Times notes a Seniors class spread at Miss Ethel Pidgeon’s home with Juniors absent by choice or force. It lists upcoming events including a mass meeting at the M E church on April 26 led by Bryan of the State University and a Easter program at the Christian church Sunday school.
The Democrats of Brown Township Morgan County Indiana call a mass meeting at the Mooreville Opera House on Saturday April 18 1908 at 2 pm to nominate a township ticket for the November election. All Democrats and supporters urged to attend. T H Greeson Ed Nelson B F Wing Township Committeemen.
The estate of the late Dr. A. W. Reagan was sold at public auction last Saturday with strong prices. John Buck purchased the east Harrison street residence for 2500 dollars and also the adjoining vacant lot for 603 dollars. A. L. Wheeler bought the 54 acre farm north of town at 126.75 per acre. L. W. Jenkins secured the Reagan addition house and lot for 350 dollars, Marion Fields bought a vacant lot in the same addition for 75 dollars, and G. R. Scruggs bought the east Main street house and lot for 690 dollars though the sale was not completed and ownership remained with Mrs. Reagan. The estate is settling after a threatened suit by Millard R. Wampler, which was compromised for 1800 dollars in cash. Attorneys J. M. and G. W. Grubbs aided, with T. E. Lawrence administering the estate.
A patchwork of satirical takes on Minnesota figures and national figures like Taft Bryan Gould and Watson. Jokes about dining with presidents, public irritations with railroads, and whispers about Mme Gould's fortune accompany musings on delegates and diplomacy.
The article defends a form of prejudice as a natural factor in thinking. It argues that unreasoned judgments can be useful and may become reasonable over time, leaving lasting knowledge even when proofs fade from memory. Scribner's Magazine.
The Alcapa Tribe 327 1 O R M offers deep sympathy to brother Frank Bonham on the death of his daughter. The resolutions note a consoling belief in a meeting place beyond the council fire. They direct a copy to be placed in records and sent to the family and published in the Mooresville Times. Committee members Horace Rusie Chas York R A Parr.
A Wide World Magazine piece notes Swiss custom requires engaged couples to post their betrothal on the front of a city hall for all to see. The practice contrasts with quiet notices in registrar offices and invites public commentary from passersby.
A science anecdote recalls Lord Ixelvin joking about a coil of piano wire. When a fellow scientist asks the use, he says it is for sounding and the note is the deep C.
The late Congressman Jerry Simpson disliked bragging about riches. A rich senator boasted of firing a second coachman while praising him, and Simpson replied he had just discharged his third groom for lingering in the servants' billiard room.
A woman described as the official cheerer steals into her room and locks the door. She grieves deeply for about half an hour, then sits up, smiles, and claims the period is over for two months. She applies cold cream and powder, maintaining her sparkling public cheer.
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