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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1908
Page
4
The Mooresville Times discusses dogs running at large as a public nuisance in Mooresville Indiana. It notes the Democratic convention in Denver and suggests William Jennings Bryan is the only candidate with a viable path to the presidency, implying the third nomination could succeed.
In Brown Township Morgan County Indiana the plaintiff William M Swain has filed proceedings in attachment. The trial is fixed for Monday August 17 1908 at 10:00 am at the office of H B Mendenhall J P in Mooresville Indiana. Dated June 26 1908.
The administrator of Samuel M. Hadley’s estate will auction his personal property in the Lindley block Mooresville Indiana on July 1 1908 at 2 o clock p m. items include a drug stock druggists sundries two druggists scales counters prescription case shelving and other articles. Terms cash for sums five dollars and under and six months credit with note and security for larger sums. William A. Cox administrator. June 17 1908.
By order of Morgan Circuit Court a sale of Huldah Hornaday's real estate will occur at the Mooresville premises on July 11, 1908. Tracts describe portions of Lot 6 and Lot 7 in Block 1 with payment terms of one third upfront and balance at 6 and 12 months secured by mortgage or securities. Henry B. Taylor is the executor and George W. Grubbs the attorney.
The American Protective Tariff League releases a reproduction of a major speech by Hon. Joseph W. Fordney M C of Michigan, a Ways and Means Committee member. One free copy to anyone sending a postal card request for document No 93. Address W F Wakeman Secretary 989 Broadway New York.
A Victorian tale relayed by Dr Robertson Nicoll recounts how fear-stricken Reading residents found ominous inscriptions on loaves. A church warden and baker stole ancient tombstones to bake into a stove, unintentionally imprinting epitaphs on bread and triggering panic.
Describes tuberose thriving in open air in the Transvaal with tall stems and sweet flowers. Pretoria roses hedge streets and bloom most of the year. Parks show lavish mixes of roses lilies carnations and tuberoses. Swaziland wild orchids numbered twenty plus varieties and easy with care and heat.
The article notes that many birds produce sounds without opening their bills. Pigeons coo audibly without bill movement due to throat and chest resonance. Cuckoo, snipe, and nightingale also show internal note formation or resonant calls, revealing ventriloquial like mechanisms in avian vocalization.
An account describes the Surinam toad as exceptionally ugly with a flat triangular head and olive eyes. It highlights its remarkable parental behavior where the male carries eggs on the female’s back, then the pair burrows into mud to hatch in safety.
A Sa cret meteorite, first seen fall dating to ancient times, is displayed in Ensisheim parish church Alsace Germany. It fell in 1492 with a roar that frightened peasants and buried itself in the earth. The mass weighs about 260 pounds.
A column recaps a remembered run from home by a man who fled tyranny not adventure and recalls cranberry bog prospects before returning home. It includes a Washington Out quote by Professor Charles Zueblin and a satirical ad jingle from the Washington Star about early job ads and impractical salaries.
Bailey's Magazine recounts two dramatic whale attacks. The 1820 Essex incident saw a cow sperm whale ram and nearly sink the ship after dragging from her false keel to dismastings, forcing abandonment with one life lost. In 1895 the unprovoked Handa Isle met a similar fate when a pair of sperm whales rammed and sank the brigantine, though rawhide repairs kept the crew afloat.
The wedding ring's origin traces to Egypt as a pledge of sharing all a husband owns. Early Christians adopted the custom, binding the ring to marriage vows. Rings also carried danger, with hollow Roman rings used for poison and Condorcet allegedly drinking poison from his ring when arrested by the convention.
The Wanderer greets Stay at home after years away and asks about the Widow Green. Stay at home reveals she is now Widow Brown, married Samuel J. five years ago and has been Brown for two years. The Wanderer jokes about changing color again and introduces his own name, Black.
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