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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1912
Page
4
The June 7 1912 issue reports social visits and events in Mooresville Indiana including Robbins Hadley in Indianapolis and a Wagaman family trip. It lists numerous property transactions and deeds by Suburban Realty Co and others in Mooresville Martinsville and surrounding areas.
Ailing real estate firm on Fifth Avenue gains luck from a cat named Tom. The cat lured customers and inspired a junior partner to reward him with milk and comfort. Tom’s presence coincides with a decisive $400,000 sale and stronger office turnover, despite skepticism.
A critic praises the penny-a-liner as history’s truest observer and most revealing writer. The text argues such authors describe manners “living as they rise” and expose human nature honestly, unlike other authors who embellish or mystify truth. It recalls Captain Godby dining with his grandson, choosing a restaurant bill with humor and self-deprecating appetite.
Miss Grace G Carolan a Chicago educated teacher directs a district school near Bartlett Hanover township Cook county introducing thirty minutes to an hour daily of farm Q A. Pupils, all rural children, express intent to live in the country and show knowledge of horticulture grain cattle and poultry.
Walter Nutter and wife transfer lot 35 in Martinsville for 250. Several deeds follow: Jasper Cravens and wife to Harry Hadley for 10000 and Hadley to William Henderson for 11000 on same 86 61-100 acres. Henderson to Eli Stratton for 12000 on same tract. B H Curtis to Cliff Curtis on Gregg street for 4850. Suburban Realty Co. sells five lots remaining three at 100 to Neill Williams William Hayes Mattie Nichols Frank Nichols Emma Nichols at Vacation Heights. Ed Conway to Philomena Hugenbeck 85 acres on Gregg for 38000. Susan Throckmorton and others to William Sheets 80 acres in Madison for 6090. Joan Lewis to Otis Major tract 25.7 acres near Wash for 865. J B Knight and others to Sarah Weaver, tract near Morgantown 800. Segah Anderson to J G Knight in Serer J Elliott Grant street but 18. F Jones adds Mooreville 25 acres at 200 each and others.
A sequence of land transfers is listed, detailing various parcels in and around Martinsville including Jefferson and Ray counties. Names include Claude Myers Alice Goss Alice Myers John H. Hardwick Minnie Young Mary Kephart Otto Afflerbach Elizabeth Martin Eli Shuler and heirs of Aaron Rose. Parcels range from 16 to 80 acres with several tracts and lots referenced.
Dr Antonio Stella briefed King Victor Emmanuel I I about plans to combat tuberculosis among emigrants to the United States. The king pledged support from the Italian government and discussed regulatory efforts, possibly via the International Institute of Agriculture, to control migrant labor flows and contagion, with mentions of Nathan Straus and the tuberculosis congress.
A playful exchange defines alien as a person born outside the country and explains alienate as depriving or taking away. The dialogue asks if a rich American girl who marries an Englishman should sue herself for alienating her own affections.
That quote discusses a young woman in a fragile weaving trade tied to a risky venture. The dialogue questions whether such precarious work deserves support or windfall. Officials weigh regulation and social impact as readers debate gender and labor norms.
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