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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1908
Page
6
In Mooresville Indiana a lighthearted note on Marconi wireless and evolving nomenclature contrasts with turtle prices at 22 cents a pound for green turtles and half that for snapping turtles. The piece jokes about bread rising without yeast as wheat prices are expected to climb.
The widow of P. T. Barnum has remarried, entering a fourth marriage and leaving behind a life in the popular three ring world.
A Chicago professor has identified the flood date from Noah's diary habit as a key aid for posterity. The finding suggests diarists could help anchor historical timelines in future scholarship.
An old Arab proverb warns of gradual peril as Morocco sinks into hardship while France advances. The description captures a somber moment, with diplomatic strain and regional instability intensifying under external pressures.
An earthquake shakes recording instruments beyond capacity and prompts denials that the event is a genuine natural quake. Critics classify the incident as a monumental nature hoax.
A quirky note claims Horace Fletcher promotes onions and spaghetti as a nourishing mix despite a laughable rebuke about odors from Araby the Blest. The remark adds a playful, tongue in cheek tone about dietary fads.
A Russian paper predicts an inevitable clash between Japan and the United States but postpones it until completion of the Panama Canal to allow time for building up an aerial fleet.
It is estimated that 749 Columbia University students who applied for work last year to the committee on employment earned about 250000. The average is more than some lawyers earn the first year after hanging out their shingles.
A New York bank teller laments he cannot support his family on $1,800 a year. The remark challenges the view that banks in New York are only for millionaires and highlights financial strain among workers.
The passage argues that opportunities for young men are vastly greater now than in the past while noting that Mr Rockefeller excludes possibilities of living without work. The remark contrasts broad chances with the idea of nonwork lifestyles.
Surveyors report the US Alaska Canada boundary fixed in 1898 was six hundred feet too far west. The revised boundary gives the US a six hundred foot wide strip along a long stretch previously held by Canada, defining the proper line as the 141st meridian north from Mount St. Elias.
The Ladoga canal in Russia shifts from horses to mechanical traction. When traction engineers arrived, 2000 peasants seized them and halted traffic until troops restored order. The Youth's Companion notes similar riots a century ago in England over power sawmills.
The article discusses Thomas Edison's claim of a $1,000 monolithic house with 11 rooms and a 15 day build time, noting other concrete houses exist without the cast-iron mold and questioning whether Edison can guarantee the price.
A recently deceased Philadelphia philanthropist earmarked 5 000 000 to create and sustain an orphan girls institution modeled after Girard College. The note argues the Girard model has done immense good for boys and that similar efforts for girls could yield comparable benefits.
Noblesville prominent citizen I. T. Dale dies at age sixty three from hiccoughs. Franklin reports four smallpox cases with quarantine as Sheridan sees a major religious revival. Nappanee daily paper gains publication by Gordon Murray. Indiana Harbor endures a large fire causing thirty thousand dollars in damages. Maxwell-Briscoe plant in New Castle to resume, employing five hundred workers.
The new 350000 dollar Huntington court house was completed and accepted from its contractors last week marking a milestone in local infrastructure.
Herman Bundy, a nineteen year old hunter, accidentally shot and killed himself during a hunting trip near Knightstown. The incident is being investigated by local authorities as a accidental firearm discharge.
Joseph Hicks fatally shot fellow worker Oscar Martin in a Shirley pool hall during a long standing feud. Police investigate the shooting as a homicide with Hicks in custody awaiting charges.
Hurley Ham from Bartholomew county sues his mother in law Mrs Matilda Leslie for 10000 dollars claiming she caused the alienation of his wife’s affections.
The Rev. W. E. Harlow, who just concluded a revival in Wabash, predicts the second coming of Christ will occur within the present century.
Ann Amanda Anderson died at St. Marys Academy in South Bend at age seventy seven. She led the Military Hospital in Cairo during the Civil War and was widely known for her service and dedication to wounded soldiers.
In Monterey, two young sisters were killed when a gasoline lamp exploded at the Catholic schoolhouse, burning the girls as flames swept the room and destroying part of the building.
Clay County remains dry with every township except Brazil. Reports indicate the forty six saloons in Brazil Township will be eliminated, shaping a sweeping prohibition across the county.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces examinations in the Federal Building room at Indianapolis on January 22 for positions including forest planting assistant at 900 dollars per year teacher in Indian service from 50 dollars per month to 720 dollars per year second class steam fitter at the secretary of war offices 720 dollars per year teacher of mechanical drawing 600 dollars per year and a machinist at the government printing office with no salary stated.
Meeks Manufacturing of South Bend, recently incorporated for 10 000 dollars, plans to market a new automatic swimming device. The apparatus propels the learner in water and is claimed to allow great speed, with inventor A S Meeks citing successful trials.
Peru couple Mr and Mrs Godlove Conratt celebrated their golden wedding by giving their children and grandchildren $40,000 worth of property.
Kitselman Bros wire fence manufacturers announce resumption of work next Monday at their large wire mill, with 500 men employed.
Lewis Silverstine's shop in North Manchester reportedly faced closure by sheriffs for selling goods far below cost amid intensified competition with rival merchants.
After seven and a half hours of voting the jury convicted Geo R Beasley of manslaughter for the June 21 killing of his wife at Linton. Beasley of Bloomfield was tried on the charge.
The Tuberculosis Commission endorses Greencastle as the site for a new state sanitarium after evaluating many options. Officials say Greencastle is the best available location for the facility.
Rich Gary real estate man L. A. Bryan refused to come to Chicago without a state governor’s requisition as two city detectives sought his arrest on a confidence game charge.
Stephen Snyder, age 86 and once the wealthiest man in Grant County, died at the county infirmary near Marion. He owned 1,500 acres along the Mississinewa River and a 640 acre tract near Jalapa. Twenty-five years ago he had the best bank credit in Marion and operated the city’s largest industry, employing many men and buying hogs daily, a venture that led to his fortune’s loss as he tried to recover during a market decline.
State geologist W S Blatchley prepares a report for the Governor detailing the Oolitic quarry system in Indiana. It will map all quarries, cover two recent years plus new machinery, and notes the Bedford site owned by John R Walsh as among the largest. The industry now yields about 3 million dollars annually.
Fred Fellenmade of Posey county serves as a jackie in the United States navy aboard the battleship Minnesota. He operates the seven inch gun of the starboard battery and reports perfect target practice, scoring ten bull's eyes from ten shots at a two mile distant target.
The commission finds Raymond Hufford of Danville, secretly married to Miss Bir die Suber of Greencastle, involved in an alleged kidnapping from Fletcher Sanitarium in Indianapolis. The case recalls the Rhodius affair and concludes Hufford is of unsound mind and should be confined in a state hospital for the insane.
An Indiana society organized in Indianapolis aims to enact abolition of the death penalty. Representative Gus Condo of Marion is president. Condo says the plan includes appointing state county representatives to build local county societies.
Indiana Republican Editorial Association to hold banquet and meeting at the Claypool Hotel on January 16 and 17 1908. H A Strohm secretary sent notices. Banquet on the 16th then business meeting on the 17th. Invited guests include Vice President Charles W Fairbanks Senators Albert J Beveridge James A Hemenway Harry S New and James P Goodrich.
Charles E Dale of this village has developed a chromatic appetite after losing taste. He imagines color sensations replace flavor and assigns foods to color categories. He notes white vegetables give one sensation, red meats another, and desserts color coded, with meals structured by color rather than taste.
The London Atheneum lauds a Howells sentence on an ancient cathedral as superb. A Bucyrus Blade editor would distill it to a blunt note saying the cathedral looks fine, is 400 years old, and needs paint.
Owen Mudge, a highly sensitive man, left profitable labor after a sharp remark. He recalled dentist visits while watching Glenn Butler pull stumps, then returned home in pain and fatigue, explaining he could not endure the sight. The anecdote appears from Youth's Companion.
A wealthy man visiting his native village speaks of success to old cronies at a store. An old village character he knew as a boy enters and asks about life since. the reply notes he started with nothing and now says he is holding his own.
Burglars entered Jo seph Hudspeth saloon at Boonville and stole a 600 pound fire proof safe containing over $300. They loaded it into a buggy and escaped into the countryside.
The Indiana State Teachers' Association met in Indianapolis last week where prominent men and women spoke on diverse educational topics.
A farmer named John Terrell was crushed to death when a small house fell on him while being raised near Frankfort. His wife and 12 year old son stood by helplessly as the accident occurred.
A mother scolds her son Maurice after he breaks a butter dish yesterday and a plate today. She asks what he will break tomorrow, and the child replies I don’t know yet.
Dialogue fragments show a prisoner describing two policemen and a magistrate noting drunkenness. The scuffle references a casual exchange about being brought before the court. No further details provided.
A Baltimore American line notes a man who appears anxious to treat everyone he meets but reveals he is not generous. the man is a doctor.
The listing promotes princess wrappers, dressing-sacks, and dainty undergarments in varied fabrics like Persian lawn, jaconet, china silk, and cashmere albatross. It details 7 to 8 size ranges from 32 to 46, and notes garments such as work aprons and horse dresses with decorative trims. A fashion editor’s notice from Indianapolis requests patterns and a ten-cent enclosure with personal details.
Architect A F Yost of Los Angeles predicts 100 story towers possible with reinforced concrete. He cites fire protection and elevator challenges, notes Singer and Metropolitan Life buildings as milestones, and says Los Angeles uses reinforced concrete for large structures, offering fire and earthquake safety.
An elderly man on a departing steamer laments leaving his old home. He explains his exile stemmed not from sin but folly as a judge at a baby show, in a Florida Times-Union vignette.
A light brain teaser mentions Euclid pondering a problem posed by his wife. The riddle asks how the cost of his present to her this year compares to the cost of her present to him last year, ratio 98 cents to unknown amount, while he distracts himself with a bank statement.
A Chicago Tribune note emphasizes the distinction with the line a genius my son is merely a crank who has succeeded. It frames genius as misinterpreted grit and warns readers to heed the difference.
John 1 14 forms the core of the lesson detailing the Word as God light and life. It outlines John the Baptist’s role as witness and the true Light guiding humanity toward faith in Jesus and divine sonship for believers.
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