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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
6
The Mooresville Times comments on the ideal of airships as a future joy while noting current limits. The piece reflects pessimism about early aviation and remarks on perceived Chinese bias, concluding with a blunt assertion about military power.
Medical students by engaging in physical conflict furnish the university with subjects for valuable and instructive clinics.
The Literary Digest, once a promoter of the spelling simplification "thru," has abandoned the effort to popularize it. The move signals a retreat from an ongoing campaign to change common writing conventions.
An Africa frontier tale asserts that President Roosevelt will not be content with mere correspondence to the jungle animals. The piece suggests a more active stance is anticipated in addressing their concerns.
Mme Louise Briand and Mme Jeannes Menard, both graduate doctors of medicine, act as ship's physicians on two of the largest Mediterranean steamers.
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes a beetle’s strength in proportion to its size exceeds 100 horses, yet the remark fails to comfort a man hoping for an automobile.
A legal opinion cautions that a court bench may offer occasional guidance when funds are ample but should not act as a full judicial circuit. The remark signals concern about overreach into broader circuit responsibilities.
Reported medical breakthrough describes a blind man gaining vision after an eye transplant from a rabbit. The piece notes interest in his reaction to viewing a field of cabbages and considers psychological responses.
British suffragettes post bills on public monuments and doors of authorities as London police acknowledge the challenge of suppressing the women’s suffrage movement.
The Nashville American notes the judge who fined a man $100 for tossing his wife’s powder bag from a window defended a woman’s right to use the item without interference. The piece comments on the judge deserving a “little puff” for the ruling.
The Baltimore Sun notes a great statesman can discuss politics and principles but the true crowd-puller is the batter who drives the ball over the fence for a home run. The description emphasizes how such feats ignite cheers, roars, and soulful shrieks from fans.
An Atchison County farmer’s wife arrives with four dozen young roosters, provoking ridicule about fair treatment of roosters versus pullets. The piece mocks the idea of poultry value, noting the roosters will be fried while pullets remain, highlighting a cheeky take on life’s worth.
The International Congress of Tuberculosis seals its authority by adopting a resolution to continue preventive measures against bovine tuberculosis and to recognize the possibility of its propagation to humans through milk.
A Cambridge woman sues a plant proprietor claiming her hair was caught in machinery causing loss of hair. She requests 10000 dollars, alleging a dollar per hair destroyed, presenting a novel damages claim based on counted hairs.
Authorities warn of a potential flood surge along the Nile larger than seen in 25 years. While Khartoum reports no rise yet, sources upriver show swollen banks and fears for the Assuan dam holding back floodwaters for irrigation in the lower valley.
The Albany Argus declares baseball the great American game with wide public interest. It cautions against office boy excuses and notes the risk of angering the boss if duties are neglected during the day.
The Kempton Gas Company is being organized to enlist sufficient capital to drill for natural gas. Indiana to War on White Plague. A request for a $300000 appropriation for a state hospital for consumptives will be made. Typhoid Epidemic at Reformatory. An ongoing typhoid fever outbreak at the Indiana Reformatory in Jeffersonville continues unresolved. Bremen Dry Signatures. A special train will run from Bremen to Laporte to verify signatures for a remonstrance that led to saloon closure, with Judge Tuthill requiring proof of each signature.
During a water famine in Bloomington merchants import distilled water sold for drinking at 20 cents a gallon.
P W Kennedy of New Albany found a gold ring on a rabbit’s left hind leg while skinning it. Jewelers who examined the ring say it is pure gold.
Editors from across Indiana, members of the Indiana Associated Weeks lie, will gather in Winona Lake Friday. President H. P. Harris of Pierceton has issued 300 invitations.
The Democrats of Whitley County finalized plans for a banquet and love feast in Columbia City on December 16 to honor Thomas R. Marshall who will soon depart for Indianapolis to assume the duties of Governor.
Carl Medricker narrowly escaped a bullet that shattered a telegraph station window at Wabash as he sat down after standing. Authorities investigate the shooting source and motives.
John Huber a farmer near Goshen found two first class mail pouches in brush. The pouches contained mail mostly from Michigan to Eastern cities and all valuables were taken. Government officials are tracking several crews.
The Peacock Coal and Mining Company’ s Massey mines stock yard caught fire from spontaneous combustion and could not be extinguished. A huge pile of coal was cut in two to isolate the burning section, with about 400 tons expected to be lost.
Kil so quah an Indian princess living near Roanoke is seriously ill with asthma at almost 99 years old. She resides with her son Anthony Revarre on a forty acre tract within a large reservation by Little River.
Edward Klager, 16, filed in Evansville Circuit Court for an annulment of his year-old marriage to a 24-year-old woman. He alleges she inveigled him into wedlock against his will and notes he wore his first trousers at the ceremony.
Prof. G. I. Christie secretary says the Indiana corn commission appointed by Governor Hanly plans a special train to the National Corn Exposition in Omaha. The exposition is an educational movement and many Hoosiers have signified intent to join, ensuring the train’s success.
A certified check for 1000 arrived from Pittsburg in the name of Miss Helen L Stapp of Indianapolis signed by Carnegie Hero Fund Commission leaders. The award honors her act in saving Miss Lulu B Breedrove during a March 3 1906 fire at the F A Rathburn Co plant, when Stapp carried the other girl from the burning building.
The greatest civil engineering project in Hamilton County moves forward with plans to build a hydraulic dam across the White River to generate electric light and power three miles north of Noblesville. Local capitalists and manufacturers have long advocated the effort. Initial work has begun amid several proposed designs.
Mary Keller, mother of John Keller of Richmond Indiana, learns her son is alive after two months missing. In Manila dispatches he was lost in jungle on a smaller island and nearly starved, but he writes he is now with his command and recovering.
Purdue University celebrates the agriculture school's triumph at the Chicago livestock exposition. Fyvie Knight crowned king of steers as the university finally secures the sweepstakes championship after years of effort dating to 1900. President W. E. Stone expresses high gratification at the victory.
Sullivan county reports a new lemon extract craze labeled jags appearing in Farmersburg and Carlisle. Dealers sold far more lemon extract in the last month than any year, with one dealer testifying to over forty five quarts sold. Grave charges follow as Mrs. Carrie Abbott accuses Amos Whitely Sr of seducing her daughter Beatrice Tuttle and seeks damages totaling fifty thousand dollars.
Jesse Woodruff, an illiterate veteran, was found guilty of second degree murder in Brookville for killing his wife after a stormy marriage. The jury fixed life imprisonment and declined clemency. Neighbors heard gunfire and screams. the wife was fatally struck by a flatiron and shot, Woodruff wounded himself and survived.
A woman living near Morocco has long carried unusual names. Married three times, her maiden name was Partridge. First husband Robin, second Sparrow, and current husband Quayle. She has two Robins, one Sparrow, and three little Quayles in the family. A grandfather named Swann is noted but unrelated to her luck.
It is probable the coming Legislature will be asked to pass a law creating workhouses in each of Indiana's thirteen congressional districts. County jail conditions are deplorable and reformers view the workhouse plan as the only solution.
Police hold a pair of threatening letters received by J. H. Tallman a Hammond plumber. The first letter demanded 50 dollars and a second message raised the demand to 100 dollars.
Four admirers killed themselves after sending their hearts to Senora Inez Mendosa y Aguillo, the Mexican heiress famed for her cold heart. The church orders four years in Chilhuahua convent with one month solitary per year and four four hour penances each week.
A salesman demonstrated a linen marking device in the Midland Hotel lobby during the Midland and Western States Laundry men's Association convention. Delegates and bystanders debated collar marking quirks, joking about initials and misdirected laundry, while a desperate dealer complained of damaged stock and poor returns.
A concise Had They Quote Hesiod stating that unjust gains balance with losses, reflecting a moral equivalence between gainful wrongdoing and its price. The aphorism emphasizes cosmic justice returning to the wrongdoer.
At a City Temple Debating Society meeting George Spriggs, formerly a medium and now head of the Psycho-Therapeutic Society, described authenticated spirit communications. He recalled a Melbourne seance where a spirit form drank water and ate a biscuit, and scales showed weight shifts from 100 to under 100 pounds.
A fatherly figure tells Jabez to speak only when needed and avoid aimless chatter. He stresses self control as the foundation of success and urges the son to cultivate reticence to gain respect and avoid being seen as a gabber.
A Harper's Weekly piece recalls Daniel O Connell clashing with reporters over inaccuracies in parliamentary summaries. Acoustic issues and distracted chatter led to suppressed speeches and a refused report. Similar feuds followed with Lord Lyttleton and Lord Monteagle facing erased mentions in London press.
The Sons of the Revolution reports membership now extends globally with branches in France England Germany Hawaii the Philippine Islands Alaska and forty states in the United States.
The New York Sun voices concern that the manufacturer pockets profits while the consumer bears the duty. The playful line implies a shared responsibility between producer and buyer in the current market.
A Paris fashion feature lists patterns for ladies tucked shirt waists and dresses with options for plastron yoke peplum and sleeves. Includes six sizes 32 to 42, fabrics like flannel silk mohair voile and linen. Fashion Editor 400 Century Building Indianapolis requests ten cents and address details.
Detroit Free Press reports a Washington judge has ruled that a wife may search her husband's pockets at night. The verse humorously echoes this ruling, depicting a wife seeking the stray little dollar and the dotted line between affection and intrusion.
A Chicago Record-Herald quip notes that a woman without hair might still struggle to be on time. The line plays on gender expectations and timing in a pointed cultural cartoon.
A Pittsburg Post note describes a journey down to Turkeytown with rough returning track conditions. The fragment hints at travel, location names, and a traveler’s experience aboard the Dyspepsia Line.
The Uplift Commission urges building gymnasiums for farmers to improve rural life as part of a broader rural development push. The New York Sun notes Becker and Fine advocate practical support, including alarm clocks for roosters to aid farm routines.
The New York Sun comments on Roosevelt’s upcoming drama, calling it vociferous and hell bent with a provocative line about bloodhounds becoming kittens as a measure of shock value and reaction.
A philosophical reflection on how the state of heaven within individuals shapes earthly life. The message ties inner spiritual condition to outward existence, urging personal cultivation of virtue to realize heavenly ideals on earth.
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