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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
2
A jumble of humorous and curious notes from The Mooreville Times includes a spoof about a lawn mower loving worker, a quip on the Khedive of Egypt reacting to a fatal auto race, a cheeky remark on Florida fashion, and a proposal for a Roosevelt Way rail line promising a shorter message than usual.
A survey of railroads crossing the continent the Isthmian canal under construction and a growing naval fleet suggests a strong push toward manifest destiny in national expansion and strategic power.
The claim states Count Boni de Castellano allegedly spent 3 million of his wife's money and incurred another 3 million in debts over five years. The remark questions whether such losses hint at a form of genius.
A large diamond company blames its recent troubles on public demand for cars. The executive quips that the old motto could change to Stick to me and you’ll ride in an automobile. The remark highlights shifting consumer priorities amid the auto craze.
The remark asserts Japan will assist China in building a large navy so the Mikado can project power and seize nearby nations when needed.
A Boston hod carrier, honored by an Italian king, finds the knighted status a burden as his daily brickwork duties and noble sword clash in the street. The tale notes the tension between royal favor and practical labor.
A party of American girls peered into the boiling depths of Mount Vesuvius from a crater edge even guides avoided. The scene underscores the American girl's bold admiration of creation.
The term John Bull used for the English nation originated in the satire The History of John Bull, usually attributed to Swift but actually written by Dr. Jonathan Arbuthnot. The work helped shape the enduring national caricature and term.
The Columbia University gym director states that the strongest and hardiest students are those who smoke. He reflects on how much worse it would have been if cigarettes had been banned in Michigan.
A Buffalo bishop’s circular to diocese churches urged spinsters toward marriage in a leap year. He added a moral reminder that faith without works is dead, urging practical action alongside belief.
A Philadelphia correspondent notes cars suffer on rough roads and suggests owners will accept higher bills as the true cost of poor pavement. The piece argues that road condition determines the injury and expense to automobiles.
The Boston Herald notes Britain should allow no more than one drinking saloon per 400 people. It argues that Boston would only need about one per 1,000 residents to meet demand for alcohol.
The Count Szechenyi residence reportedly has no electricity gas running water or heating and a tall wooden bath tub with water carried from a backyard pump. Despite this the marriage to Gladys Van derbilt is described as a pure love match.
Two youths at a church entertainment in Iowa staged a mock marriage with a notary acting as clergyman. The act nearly fulfilled legal marriage requirements, prompting critique that true humor should not bend serious law. The Youth's Companion argues burlesque weddings reveal a perverted, humorless notion of fun despite American humor conduct.
A Bedford preacher Melvin Putnam caught an eight pound salmon in Guthrie Creek. A Petersburg five year old dies after eating over a half gallon of cherries. Also Indiana flour gains a push as a state wheat campaign is unveiled at the Indiana Millers Association meeting. John Vinson of South Bend is jailed five years in Jackson Michigan after lying to Judge Morris about his record in a bicycle theft case.
A lightning strike hit a barbed wire fence near Princeton killing thirty six sheep and three cows owned by H W Smith. The loss affects Smith's livestock holdings and highlights storm dangers to farm property in the area.
Attendees at the First M. E. church alumni banquet in Bedford were poisoned after eating a served item. No fatalities reported though several persons fell ill or sought medical attention. Investigators are probing the source of contamination and potential food handling lapses.
A new company capitalized at $5,000 organizes to establish the semi weekly Corydon Leader, an independent politics newspaper to operate in Corydon.
The Civic League of Columbus and Edinburg say they have enough signatures to force remonstrances to drive the towns dry, while saloon men concede much of this claim.
Thomas R. Marshall, candidate for governor, formally opened the state campaign in Richmond this week. He delivered his opening speech and defined the issues for the campaign.
Authorities say a plot to blow up a Vevyay bank was uncovered. Twenty two sticks of dynamite were found and the alleged ringleaders have been captured.
The Commercial Club voted to join a petition to Congress seeking to deepen and improve the White River channel, reflecting local interest in navigability.
William Kenyon and William Mali coat were killed by lightning in Frank fort during a storm. They stood with two companions in a group when the bolt struck. The two companions were not hurt.
Harry Frye of Richmond confessed burglar and assailant of women and was sentenced to the Indiana Reformatory at Jeffersonville for from 10 to 20 years. Frye is the Socialist nominee for sheriff of Wayne County.
A blaze originating in the heart of Ossian’s business district leveled about twelve Main Street shops and caused an estimated loss near twenty thousand dollars.
During Mrs. John A. Losh funeral at the Friends church in Cammack near Muncie a lightning bolt struck the steeple tearing a hole in the roof damaging the belfry and injuring several attendees.
Madi son accepted a heroic monument donated to the city by George Middleton. The shaft costing $15,000 stands in the public square near the Court House to honor the soldiers of Jefferson county.
Don Ballow a twelve year old Black boy drowned while diving to rescue Claude Palmer a white comrade in Prairie creek near Washington. Palmer stepped from a sandbar into ten feet of water and sank while trying to save Ballow before help arrived.
Governor J Frank Hanly will retire next January and will move to Indianapolis not returning to Lafayette or the Tenth district. The relocation was semi officialy announced by the governor's secretary Fred L Gemmer.
The premium list is ready for distribution and shows several silver cups awarded to prize winners in new classes, especially in cattle. In recent years the number of cups offered by individuals and livestock associations has increased.
Fifteen minutes after taking up residence in Warsaw J. Fred Beyer president of Beyer Bros. Co. moves into local politics. He is a likely Republican mayoral candidate as the council extends the corporate boundary to include his country home.
At the auction sale of the personal property left by Mrs. Belle Gunness in Laporte, articles brought five and ten times their cost price from the thousands who attended the event.
The Rev. George Hayes was shot in the hip at Shelburn by Constable Mc Coskey who was guarding a cold storage plant storing beer to be returned to Terre Haute breweries. Hayes had demanded entry to search the facility and McCoskey refused, leading to gunfire from Hayes and a return volley from the officer.
Judge S. R. Artman of Lebanon decides for C. S. Byers of Hazelrigg against Adams Express Company for 1000 dollars over seven black Orpington chicks killed during shipment to the Jamestown Exposition last year. Experts valued the birds at 2500 dollars, but the court settled at one thousand.
Squire Frank Jones presided over a Marion wedding where bride Mrs Sarah Hinkle a cook wore a calico wrapper and rolled sleeves. Groom George A Young an insurance agent had fallen for the cook while boarding at Strong restaurant. After the ceremony she returned to the kitchen.
Albert Roubick, a former Krasnicka farm laborer recently discharged, is held without bail in connection with the shooting of Chicago merchant Hmil F. Krasnicka at his country home near South Bend. Krasnicka died on the operating table from wounds inflicted with a shotgun stolen from the victim.
The state list shows about sixty fairs this year with early events at Montpelier and Edinburg starting July 22 and running to early October as Bourbon and Bloomington close the season. August and September host the peak, with the Indianapolis State Fair opening September 7 for five days.
Police in plain clothes with notable locals conducted raids at the French Lick Casino and nearby gambling venues after a warning from Indianapolis. Officials threatened to force entry, seized paraphernalia, and halted all business though nothing illicit was found.
Farmers show cautious optimism about corn, with reports from the state indicating favorable outlooks. While some river bottom land remains flooded, many areas report good progress, larger acreage, and expectations of a banner crop as farmers avoid premature conclusions.
The State Board of Tax Commissioners announced valuations for corporate property this year, with a majority of cases reflecting lower assessments due to the recent financial slump.
George W. Long of Nashville Brown County won the Democratic nomination for state senator at Browns town on the 2 088th ballot, defeating Senator Carl E. Wood of Seymour and W C Snyder of Salem.
Fashion Editor at 400 Century Building Indianapolis presents Paris Pattern No. 10 cents. Several dressing sacks in various fabrics and necklines, including Dutch neck three-quarter sleeves, elbow sleeves, and yoke styles. Sizes range from 32 to 44 and ages 18 to 17 years. Please send size, name, and address.
A collection of humorous proverbs and social musings about men women and family life sourced from the Atchison Kansas Globe. The notes touch on marriage money independence beauty and social behavior with light satire.
The article asserts the world’s first newspapers arose with the Roman Acta Diurna, existing at least as early as 691 B C. It notes the Acta Diurna as a precursor to later modern news reporting.
The road Napoleon built over the Simplon Pass features 264 bridges and ascends to a high point of 6,560 feet, reflecting its engineering scope and alpine terrain.
Religious text recounts Jesus appearing to the disciples after his resurrection, blessing them, sending them with authority, and inviting Thomas to believe. It includes discussion questions and teaching notes for study, teaching, and practical application in a Sunday school class.
The article reviews key facts and incidents of the lesson. It emphasizes the practical points outlined earlier and the approach for applying them.
A nurse warns Tommy to stay quiet in the water or risk swallowing it while bath time unfolds in a domestic scene. The exchanged quips reveal a rough humor about the abundance of water in pipes.
The Pittsburg Post quotes a stage warning about consequences of life’s choices as performers reflect on fate and responsibility in a metaphorical vaudeville of daily events.
A humorous exchange about a carpet with the boastful sign This Carpet Can't Be Beaten. Mrs Crimsonbeak and Mr Crimsonbeak discuss wanting a new floor covering after spotting it downtown.
A brief note contrasts doubling ten to twenty and doubling eleven to twenty two, illustrating that twenty and twenty two arise from twice ten and twice eleven respectively. The statement emphasizes the arithmetic equivalence of twice numbers to their doubles.
Ancient Egyptians trained cats to dive into the Nile and seize fish, which were then collected by fishermen. The practice shows the bond between humans and felines in daily hunting and sustenance along the river.
F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo claim catarrh is constitutional and must be treated systemically. The remedy is taken internally, with a 100 dollar promise for any cured or not, and is sold by druggists for 75 cents along with Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The article explains a method to loosen very tight screws using pliers. Insert the screwdriver, grip the blade above the head with pinchers, apply firm pressure, and twist. This technique often frees the snug screw immediately.
A quirky exchange unfolds as the ossified man triumphs in proposing to an armless woman, and the human pincushion questions the practicality of a wife without arms. The O M. dismisses concerns with a morbid joke about control and companionship.
A literary exchange unfolds with a sigh and a curt response from a hard hearted belle. The man laments the minimal hope offered, while she retorts with a sharp retort about the little she has given. Des Moines Register.
Mrs Della Meanes of Maysville Kentucky describes seven years of kidney pain bearing down sensations hips dull headaches and swelling of feet and ankles. After using Deans Kidney Pills she reports full recovery and urges others to try the remedy sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York priced at 50 cents a box.
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