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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1907
Page
7
A Pennsylvania man has a method to chemically treat ashes to produce twice the heat of coal. Authorities warn readers to watch ash piles as some may be looted for the valuable material.
Japan moves to construct a 21 000 ton battleship with a projected price above 11 million dollars. Authorities reject claims that Japan merely imitates others in this strategic naval program.
The report notes Mr. Rocke feller has grown more cheerful after reading about an Eastern woman who began growing a new crop of hair at age one hundred.
Nineteen women have been elected to the Finnish diet. There is no reason to believe the diet will take on cooking school features because of this.
A Oklahoma woman believed her suitor’s earnestness after he shot her and himself, killing both, and then plans for their wedding were made before investigators intervened.
Speck von Sternburg, the German ambassador, charmed the Roosevelt boys by teaching them horseback riding and jumping. The baron served as a private in the Franco German war.
Mrs. Northesk Wilson of London contends that speech and song span all rainbow colors with each voice bearing a distinctive hue. She suggests the morning after has a dark brown voice matching its perceived flavor.
The author of a complete guide to wife government faces a divorce suit amid a case where criticism of the woman is barred, while her husband claims the right to determine the household millinery.
Circulating rumor claimed John D. Rockefeller would earmark $50 million for Chinese civilization efforts but was quickly denied. The brief note suggests the tale had little staying power and was rebuffed early.
A Connecticut woman risks lockjaw after stepping on a rack while rising at night to search her husband s pockets. The incident humorously suggests women may prefer rugs on floors to avoid such accidents.
At Cambridge Public Library the Longfellow exhibit marks the hundredth anniversary of the poet's birth with the first manuscript of Ex celsior. The poem was penned on an invitation, showing he used the first paper available.
Herbert D. Walker becomes president of the Old Dominion Steamship Company after 24 years with the firm starting as an office boy. He reportedly spent his spare moments on work rather than idle reading.
Prince Ranjitsinhji on the occasion of his enthronement as jam of Nawanagar, India, wore robes richly brocaded with gold and sparkling with jewels. As a famed tennis player it is probable his favored outfit will be a negligee shirt and white trousers rather than the described robe.
More than 50 000 American women trace ancestry to officers soldiers or sailors who served the colonies in the revolution. Though 124 years have passed since Washington disbanded his army a few real daughters of the revolution remain living as descendants of men who saw actual service.
Leading Chicago businessmen petition to lengthen the Chicago to New York run from eighteen to twenty hours. They argue for safety and steadier speed over maximum velocity and danger, a view echoed by the Youth's Companion as a patron demand railroads can reasonably meet.
A major census bureau investigation will examine criminal statistics and the cost and methods of administering criminal justice. Officials note that conservatives estimate the nation spends about half a billion dollars yearly on apprehension, trial, and support of criminals, yet no scientific data exist on this expenditure.
A roundup of curios and odd facts from around the world. Teakwood sinks in water as a hard wood. a Colorado girl named Hilda Smith served as juror in a Denver divorce case. Saxony companies invented a cheap clothing fabric from paper and cotton. Holland stamps meat exports. Hawaii women ride and swim well. a Ravenna Ohio family has many twins. a Belingham letter carrier distrusted addresses. a French fireman turned incendiary is jailed. a Tokyo ad shows a dancing master. Bavarian wine adulteration led to imprisonment. Alaska’s Condon rose from poverty to mining wealth. Julius II the bearded pope and Michael Angelo quip. a bigamy case in Italy rests on two hearts. English ripening bananas use electric light. banana deliveries can be timed precisely.
Three attractive patterns are offered this week with shirt waist styles singled out as especially good. The notes reflect current fashion in Paris with emphasis on practical, stylish designs for the season.
J Perry Key 45, a leading Gibson county farmer, was killed while blasting stumps on a farm. The tragedy ends his status as one of the county's wealthiest agriculturists.
President Robert L. Kelly of Earlham College at Richmond threatens to convert the institution into a girls school unless hazing is stopped.
Charles Buche of South Bend was released on a suspended sentence by Judge Feldman after pleading for mercy for stealing to obtain food and medical care for his sick wife.
L. D. Price and H. Dean for the King Piano Company of Chicago closed a deal to establish a factory at Elwood employing 200 men.
Mrs Pat rick Shea of Goshen leaped into Rock Run Creek declaring she would not live after her 12-year-old son was sent to reform school. Her body floated downstream and she was recovered unconscious near the shore.
Evansville to Rockport line formally opened last week. Rockport business men hosted a large delegation of businessmen and professionals from Evansville at a banquet.
The Supreme Court at Indianapolis reversed the Marion Criminal Court verdict convicting Gus Rahke of assaulting a 15-year-old girl with felonious intent. A new trial was ordered. Rahke had been convicted February 9, 1906, and imprisoned in Michigan City Prison for sixteen months.
Friends of Buck Allison the notorious veggman who terrorized northern Indiana and helped loot a Lake Shore Express train near Elkhart years ago are gathering data to petition President Roosevelt to pardon him from the Michigan State Penitentiary.
Farmers near Big White Lick Creek form an association to report and prosecute seine owners dynamiters Sunday fishers and hunters. They raise funds to hire a special officer to aid enforcement efforts.
The Alexandria Paper Mill expands its profit sharing to all employee classes offering a 10 percent dividend on wages after each year of steady service. The move is voluntary, and the mill has had no notable labor troubles.
An artificial hill for hill climbing tests will be built at Maxwell-Briscoe’s New Castle plant. A half mile track nearby will host testing of speed and endurance, with a 30 percent grade hill at the center.
Howard H. Leach once head of the Gas Belt Racing Association and Kokomo Racing Association married Grace Helen Brown a divorcee from Binghamton New York at Tipton after leaving Kokomo in 1905 and reuniting a year later following his wife’s divorce meeting in Sioux Falls.
The State Board of Agriculture asks nearly all Indiana celebrities from politics and letters to attend the dedication of the new 100000 dollar livestock pavilion at the State Fair Grounds on Monday morning September 9. Sid Conger, the board president, is ensuring no other commitments conflict with the event set to be a major attraction.
The Evansville School Board discharged Principal A. E. Cooper of the Twelfth Avenue School at a meeting. A former woman teacher filed charges accusing Cooper of criminal conduct. Cooper admitted the charges.
Frank Johnson, identified as a Black man, was found guilty by a Jeffersonville Circuit Court jury of murder in the first degree for killing Virgil Finley. The court sentenced him to life in the penitentiary after recommendation by the jury.
American Engineering Company officers project an interurban line from Linden to New Richmond Attica and Indiana Mineral Springs. The line aims to serve western Indiana farming communities as an auxiliary to educational roots and taps a rich farming region.
Kilgour, a Chicago actor, and Miss Angela J. Lynch, daughter of a wealthy Chicago merchant, eloped from Chicago to South Bend to marry. Their romance began in the last week of The Lion and the Mouse in Chicago when the bride, from a box party, was moved by Kilgour’s acting and sought acquaintance.
The Indiana State Board of Health will soon launch a campaign against tuberculosis using the opsonic index. The method aims to strengthen patients and allow inoculation with a serum from their own blood to confer immunity, with a rollout planned in the next three to four weeks.
A Goshen High School graduation play faced disruption as a young, well connected student objected to actors wearing tights. Several peers refused to participate in the production of the German drama Queen Elizabeth, reducing the student company and changing the performance.
The Maxwell Briscoe auto plant in Newcastle, biggest in the Americas, will churn 5000 cars yearly in the 2000 class and employ 2000 workers from nearby areas. The cornerstone ceremony on June 22 will host Vice President Fairbanks and numerous dignitaries. The facility spans eight acres with a 65 acre site including testing track and storage grounds, marking a major Indiana industrial milestone.
Representatives from eight Indiana commercial bodies met in Indianapolis to form the Indiana Commercial League. The non partisan group seeks to promote state business interests, influence legislation, enforce existing laws, and expand by linking with similar bodies in other states. They aim to grow to twenty five members and someday inform Congress and the U S Senate on legislative needs.
Judge Whallon fines Everett Walker twenty five dollars and sentences him to thirty days in the workhouse after he drove an automobile into a grocery wagon injuring four people.
Miss Mabel Osborne of Frankfort leaves for Nagasaki to marry Thomas S. Cooks, general manager of the American Tobacco Company in Japan.
A Washington Star exchange contrasts a patriotic claim that the country is safe with a skeptic’s note that while the nation may be secure, the surge of railways and automobiles raises concerns about everyday life for inhabitants.
In a Detroit Free Press item a batter stands at the plate with a calculating eye and predicts the hit will be a bird before sending a little fly into play.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood cleansing remedy curing pimples sores eczema and other skin ailments. It claims to purify impure blood and improve brain function and offers All-Healing Salve for open ulcers. It notes retail availability and ingredients on the bottle wrapper.
The article recounts Thomas A. Edison discussing devices to sharpen gas flame brightness and lower cost, noting mantels as base components. A hardware dealer anecdote follows about a young woman needing only a single piece, the shirt, to fix her gas light.
Gen H M Roberts told a Philadelphia audience that women cannot love a man without courage and that any slur on their courage hurts deeply. He then told a story of a city man who, after many misses, is challenged by two boys to shoot at one of them for two hours for a quarter, framed as sport.
A patient asks the doctor to present his bill. The doctor refuses to worry the dying man and says he will send the bill to the executor in due time. The exchange appears in the Catholic Standard-Times.
A humorous exchange in Sketchy Bits where a daughter asks her mother to stop asking about marriage and intimacy until after she is married. She jokes that as soon as she gets close to a young man questions arise about hereditary likeness to her mother.
An Oklahoma editor reports 2000 dollars worth of Grape-Nuts food improved his health. He gained 25 pounds, regained strength and brain power after long illness, praising its taste and nutritional value and urging others to try the product. He cites personal success and endorses the ad claim.
Workmen tear down a small stone cemetery watch house once used to deter body snatching. The superintendent notes it is one of the few remaining in America, explaining bodies were stolen by grave robbers before legal cadaver rules.
A suitor asks to marry the daughter but the father insists she will remain under parental roof. The suitor acknowledges the home as a favorable arrangement. The exchange appears in the Brooklyn Eagle.
A dry hacking cough spreads among youths as a mysterious illness. Doctors suspect outdoor athletic activity and dusty rink air as the cause, with a young physician proposing roller skating as the source due to dust in skating floors.
In Brussels a lawyer bored by hammering from a nearby iron foundry recorded a day of noise on a phonograph. He played the cylinder in court, producing an uproarious din that supported his complaint and led to a victory.
A reflective line noting that Thanksgiving becomes poor when it merely reinforces self conceit rather than genuine gratitude. The remark critiques self-centered celebration and urges a more humble acknowledgment of others.
An enamel box marketed as health insurance contains six Cascarets tablets. It claims to stimulate bowel muscles like exercise, avoid bile drivers, and prevent illness by daily use. The ad promotes the West Pocket box at 10 cents, stamped CCC cc and made by Sterling Remedy Company.
Moore Investment Co owners and California Bidg., Denver Col., offer 400 acre tract at 88th Ave with 384 lots for sale at $24,000. Sale by owner listed as Denver real estate opportunity.
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