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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
5
Local items report visits by Chester Harvey in Cincinnati and many Indiana and Indianapolis contacts. The notice lists social calls, church events including Flower Mission program, Decoration Day ceremonies, a wedding in West Newton, and town board actions on sewer ordinances.
Reports from Chicago and St Louis indicate a dropping horse and mule supply. The Drovers Journal notes fewer arrivals in the first four months of the year versus 1906, with the four month totals the smallest in nearly a decade. Across Chicago and St Louis, the last four months show a drop of 11 943 from last year and 30 560 from two years ago. In 1907 these markets were 73 938 below 1906 totals, with St Louis alone down 49 010. Despite shrinking supplies and expanding farming, the outlook suggests a strong future for horse breeding.
The piece traces artificial eyes from 500 B C Egypt where cloth covered clay eyes were fixed in sockets to Pare's 1561 innovations including a headband eye and enamelled gold designs. It notes the transition to porcelain and glass eyes, with Shakespeare-era skills praised for their artistry.
A New York Press observation describes a mother with a wide awake baby wrapped like a bundle on a department store counter. The mother carries a full shopping bag on her left arm a handful of buns in her right elbow and a thin pocketbook in her right hand. The scene ends with a remark on the prevalence and happiness of the shopper.
In a police court a longtime offender known for drinking appeared before the magistrate. When she disclosed she was thirty, the judge challenged the lie. She replied that she could not tell a different story each time, claiming consistency across visits.
The word doily traces to Robert D Oyley who received land from William the Norman king on condition he provide a yearly tablecloth worth at least 3 shillings at St Michael’s feast. His family embroidered quit rent cloths that gained value and were used as napkins at the royal table called D Oyleys.
A historical note traces the origin of the phrase the odor of sanctity to ancient customs. It describes incense in death rooms and washing bodies with rosewater from Isomer times onward, noting Egypt’s early adoption of these rites and the resulting expression.
In 17th century Paris the alchemist Dubois duped Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu by claiming to make gold. After a dramatic demonstration at the Louvre the king knighted him, but when demands for weekly gold rose and delays followed, Dubois was confined at Vincennes and hanged on July 25, 1637. The episode ties to the Union de Saint-Sulpice and ends in royal sanction and punishment.
The article explains that evaporation from the Mediterranean exceeds that of the Atlantic due to African desert heat and mountain shelter from north winds. This causes higher salinity. It argues the Mediterranean is not tideless, noting tides of five to seven feet in the Adriatic and between the sea and Africa.
A humorous exchange between a tourist and a rural resident questions distance to the next town. The man notes the journey is neither very far nor very near, yet suggests it could be farther if the town were not closer than it seems.
A Dundee Advertiser note recalls a Scottish preacher who halted a sleepy congregation with a plea for fair play. He urged the crowd to give him half a chance then warned that if he is not worth listening to they may sleep after he begins.
The Philadelphia Press quotes George exclaiming over losing ten dollars and venting frustration. A girl suggests talking with fathers that evening as a possible remedy, highlighting a light moment of everyday trouble and parental guidance.
The Delineator notes explorer Henry Morton Stanley was born John Rowlands in Denbigh Wales in 1840. Abandoned in a Welsh workhouse he sailed to America as a cabin boy, was adopted by a New Orleans merchant, and later earned fame as a war correspondent and explorer who found David Livingstone and opened the Kongo region to global contact.
A London Herald item describes a gentleman praising a new mother’s two month old son as a model young man in a brief chat about tobacco, clubs, and late hours. The exchange highlights restraint and propriety in a witty social observation.
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