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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
2
A Denver girl wed a Pueblo chief who cannot speak English in an arranged marriage. The ceremony drew attention as the bride may receive a native title among the tribe.
A New Jersey man was jailed described as a common scold in a local court. The quirky case highlights a historical punishment practice once used to curb disruptive behavior in public.
The London Times contemplates modernization and envisions Russia possibly waking to join in the march of progress after the reforms.
Thirteen women's clubs elected not to trim their hats with birds plumage, a move described as favorable for feathered songsters and linked to good luck in their fashion choices.
Reported claim says New York sits on a vast garnet bed yet many Wall Street jugglers view it as a bed of roses. The remark reflects speculative mood and local financial bravado in the era.
The gypsies of Granada Spain inhabit cave dwellings carved into a hillside near the city. These unique residents have long traditions tied to their hillside homes and surroundings.
A brief editorial note urges keeping the heart active and treated kindly as modern weariness rises. It contrasts this with Japan focusing on home life during a period of peace while citizens acquire automobiles by the cargo.
Argentine farmers are busy hauling a big wheat crop to market. Automobile drummers should pack their grips for South America.
A Texas woman lost two husbands within twelve hours, prompting remarks about her reaction if she were not already red headed.
An Ohio publication praised a respected citizen killing time with a misfired phrase about dying at a horse’s hands and faced a backlash for the inappropriate joke. The uproar highlighted misused rhetoric in editorial circles.
Question about a French inventor claiming photographs can be sent by wireless telegraphy prompts speculation on weather impact, humorously asking what a sudden wind storm would do to Governor Hughes' whiskers.
The text notes malaria is removed from disease lists and replaced by a mosquito fever named for its origin, asserting the disease is not caused by bad air. The statement emphasizes naming as the sole change, with no reference to new causes or prevention.
Speculation centers on what toy may replace the Teddy bear as the era’s favorite. Analysts say the outcome hinges on the upcoming presidential election and its cultural impact.
The University of Chicago has received an additional 2 million dollars from founder Rockefeller. The donation is expected to fuel further research and extend efforts into ongoing projects, signaling strengthened ties and enhanced capacity for scholars.
A French physician calls jealousy a disease and urges humanity to seek a method of prevention through vaccination or inoculation, hoping to curb its harmful effects rather than merely treating symptoms.
Citizens remark that the new gold coins cannot bear 1908 in Roman numerals due to space limits and express willingness to accept coins with any date.
The piece notes that three or four American heiresses who married titled men remain living with them, though they are described as exceptionally hardy.
A St Louis exchange recalls sewing machines priced at 1235 fifty years ago and hints that patience may bring hope for cheaper automobiles for those who can wait another fifty years.
A locomotive engineer with twenty years on the rails recounts narrow escapes and unexpected hazards from railroad life. The remark notes that small incidents can lead to serious danger, illustrating ongoing risk in the industry.
Government plans for a new cabinet post named the Department of Health struggle to gain support. Public interest is low and officials note little demand for banning deviled crabs and ice cream.
A general and twenty men attempted to seize Ecuadorian capital power but failed. The remark implies revolutionary efforts in South America now often rely on barroom backing, suggesting broad, informal support for upheaval.
A Chicago man contemplating marriage seeks a wife with cooking skill, ability to mend clothes, good disposition, loving nature, and fairly good education. He also must contemplate polygamy.
The piece muses that Mark Twain could have made money as an ad man for a food concern instead of serving as its president. It also notes the shah of Persia is glad to be sick, and that he was too weak to sign the constitution when ministers pressed for it.
George Redford serves as a permanent official of the lord chamberlain's office and has held the London theatrical censor post for six or seven years. His office earns about 4250 dollars annually, with a base salary of 1600 dollars and 2650 dollars in fees. He reviews between 500 and 600 plays each year.
The Mikado was anticipated to issue a peace message in his address to the diet. Observers doubted any declaration of war against a friendly power or threats against the United States navy.
A death chamber visit reveals Colonel Capel's mausoleum vault built within his home. A steel chest of immense wealth lies in the iron room while a planned midnight transfer and concealed walls threaten discovery. The scene ends with a murder-tinged warning as the night gives way to a new alarm.
Rivers writes with caustic wit about a political field while Brooks coins a new label. He calls the traveling crew forecasting financial disasters calamity presagents in a sharp snap of phrase.
A pithy reflection notes how a person’s conscience fails to awaken when driven by appetite, suggesting moral blindness is common even when inner warning bells should rouse awareness.
Long Beach California correspondent reports Captain Bakburg of San Pedro, a veteran diver, narrowly escaped death while inspecting caissons beneath a pier. Struggling with a entangled air hose and dark depleted depths, he was hoisted to the surface unconscious but revived after the helmet was removed.
Demetrio Maggiora proposes air cannon projectors to create air currents and disperse fogs over London within twenty minutes. Trials in Milan reportedly reduced fogs and clouds. six miles of projected cannons from Parliament would cost £600 to install and 7d per explosion.
A Rose Stahl profile portrays chorus girls as lively yet worn, roaming from country farms to towns to chase stage fame. She details their hard lives from travel, meals, and late-night sewing to securing lodging, while resisting predatory advances and supporting families back home.
A terse exchange features a man boasting he would marry a dying girl for her fortune and a reply affirming willingness to love such a person. The dialogue hints at motive and moral conflict within a social tabloid snippet.
Reports from Bloomington show the municipal water system has cleared more than $30,000 in the last eight years. Evansville wheat hits one dollar as Vanderburg farmers rush grain to market. James Overlees is held without bail for alleged murder of his employee Edward Westfall. Bedford’s Winton Hanner suffers a broken arm in an automobile crank incident.
A pet cat scratched its owner Herman Beisen in Hammond waking him as his house burned while he slept. The alarm enabled five inmates to escape in their night clothes.
Miss Jennie Johnson aged 15 daughter of B F Johnson of West Liberty Howard county took her own life after a troubled love affair. She retired to her bedroom and drank a large quantity of carbolic acid.
A group of Hungarians halted on an Indianapolis street and used a drinking fountain as a bath station. Locals with horses found the water unusable for watering, and police redirected the group to another location for their toilet needs.
The village of Wawaka in Noble county, with 800 residents, faces terror after a letter signed Anarchist is mailed from New York City to Constable Lyman Thompson demanding $750 be sent to a New York address or the town will be blown to atoms.
The progeny of Jonas Beard of Perry county totals 134 people across four generations. He fathered twenty three children, thirteen survive him, and he is survived by sixty two grandchildren, fifty one great grandchildren, and eight great great grandchildren.
At an Indianapolis hotel a banquet by Matthews Bros. and Hufford honored Ina a high price Poland China sow from Ellettsville. Breeders from Ohio Indiana Illinois and Iowa attended as Ina sold for five hundred dollars.
Rev. A. A. Turner of Elkhart, a Methodist minister, blends faith and business as he announces plans to manufacture cement building material as a side line. He is the inventor of a new veneer and has organized a $25,000 stock company to finance the venture.
The first pure-bred livestock report by the Indiana Bureau of Statistics, led by Miss Mary Stubbs, notes 4,768 pure-bred horses in Indiana with an estimated value of $2,065,000. It emphasizes high-class horses are highly valuable and profitable to breed in the state.
In Spencer County river townships near Rockport bundles of switches appeared on doorsteps of Elijah Spradlin and Isaac Miller two prominent farmers and tobacco growers. Notes warned them to flee or face death. Residents fear Kentucky night riders or white capers threaten invasion and the country remains on high alert.
The board of trustees released forty four paroles from ninety five eligible inmates. The unusually high number reflects efforts to reduce crowding at the reformatory and is described as the largest parole total in several years due to congestion.
A fire in the dryroom of the Newburg Tobacco Company factory at Newburg caused about 40,000 dollars in damage. The blaze destroyed high buildings and was fully insured.
Workmen cutting a large wild cherry at Ladoga cemetery uncovered a marble tombstone two feet high and about a foot wide, embedded in the tree. The inscription reads Alma Berard Born January 5 1774 Died May 15 1830 May she rest in peace.
Twenty seven marriage licenses were issued in Shelby County during February. The report notes young women seized leap year opportunities to wed.
John King and Perry Miller of Woodsfield Ohio, after five years of panning in Brown County streams, have closed a deal for a $10,000 farm claiming they realized $10,000 from gold found there. Numerous other prospectors continue searching the area.
The Newcastle directory shows a population of 9000, rising from 3046 in the 1900 census, indicating substantial growth for the town over the period.
Dr. Theodore Potter told the Indianapolis Council of Women that Indiana has between 25 000 and 30 000 tuberculosis cases and called the figure conservative.
George D. Chenoweth once confined at West Newton completed a feat of miniature penmanship by writing the Lord’s Prayer the line about I shall not want and his own name and address all on a slip of paper the size of a postage stamp.
Harry E. Johnson a Republican and Robert B. Lavery a Democrat to examine the books of Jacob P. Quigley a Democrat who retired January 1 as recorder of Starke county after eight years and found a total deficit of 4759.13 dollars with 2662.86 in the first term and 2096.27 in the second term.
Miss Emma Locke of Hagerstown reportedly cried out in sleep that she foresaw many children dying in a large building fire in Collinwood Ohio. The community questions whether her premonition reflected the deadly blaze. Miss Locke died on Tuesday.
The Jeffersonville supply depot, one of the wests largest, will be ended by a War Department order to Major Sco field the quartermaster in charge. It has supplied military posts across the country and in the Philippines, employing several hundred men.
A male student intrusion at an Indiana University sorority dance prompts possible expulsion for about forty students after forty men, described as peeping toms, breached sealed doors and vents and stole $75 worth of refreshments while balance of festivities remained guarded.
In Delaware county Indiana the oil field remains quiet as prices hover near 99 cents a barrel. Operators resist new drilling during the dull period though occasional gusher interest lingers, and a price rise toward a dollar could increase activity.
James Oliver, veteran millionaire plow manufacturer, died last week in South Bend after a lingering illness at age 84. A penniless youth who built one of the nation’s largest industries, his enterprise spurred hotels opera houses and fine homes, shaping South Bend as a thriving Western small city. He was a lifelong Republican.
The Indiana Anti-Saloon League cites counter posters posted in Gar rett Butler Waterloo Auburn North Vernon and Terre Haute. They claim the lithographs counter liquor interests by depicting breweries and distilleries as a valuable industry. Posters reused plates from the Alabama fight that led to that state going dry.
Roy Dawson, pastor, helped 22 year old Roy from Bryan Ohio confess he deserted the U S Army and planned to wed Mishawaka social figure Miss Hodges. He wrote Ft. Sheridan commandant and is in custody awaiting officer arrival. The couple married by Justice Long despite the man’s desertion.
State Superintendent Shumaker reports 130 saloons closed Friday under the remonstrance law, affecting 55,233 people. The move makes Wells Clinton and Fulton dry counties, leaving Vanderburgh with Evansville as the only wholly wet county in the state.
Congressman Charles B. Landis of Delphi was renominated at the Ninth District Republic convention for the seventh time. The event solidified Landis as the district GOP standard bearer.
Oranges grow in nearly every country. Couples with same surname cannot marry in China. The number 13 is taboo in Berlin and is omitted from hotel rooms and bath houses as an unlucky symbol.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw files for annulment of her marriage to Harry Kendall Thaw. He is served at Matteawan Asylum as the couple agree a settlement will be provided for the wife within a broader amicable arrangement. The case raises questions about legal settlements under New York and Pennsylvania laws and Thaw’s allegedly dangerous conduct.
Senator Beveridge of Indiana claims ten thousand children die and 250000 are damaged by mills and factories each year. He says a federal law to bar child produced goods from entering states will pass despite opposition after a talk with the President.
Moc Kung and Jung Jow were executed Tuesday in Philadelphia for the murder of a fellow countryman. Police guarded the prison to prevent disturbances as enemies of the condemned gathered nearby, but the executions passed off without incident.
In Christiana a group of laborers fired ten shots at the royal palace garden aiming at King Haakon. The royal family were away. The would be killers were captured and confessed to intending to kill the king.
In St. Petersburg the Czar commutes the death sentence on General Stoessel for Port Arthur surrender to ten years in fortress imprisonment. A full pardon is expected to follow shortly.
Ex Governor Myron T. Herrick of Ohio and J Pierpont Morgan are credited with winning over a large number of high financiers to Taft. The Taft bureau is seen as accurate in reporting Wall Street support for Taft.
Eugene E. Schmitz is freed in San Francisco after jail release and dismissal of extortion charges for which trial had not begun.
Colonial Secretary Dernburg told the Reichstag that the German East Africa campaign caused 75,000 native deaths from starvation due to seizure of supplies to feed troops or weaken the enemy. He cited fighting and disease as additional losses in the colonial budget debate.
A Sharon Pennsylvania baseball man announces a plan to start a company making rubber pop bottles for sale in baseball parks. Umpires will be pleased as fans may toss fewer bottles onto the field.
In Hawkinsville Georgia two black men Curry Robertson and John Henry were lynched near the town and their bodies burned. They were accused of killing Mr Warren Hart and Mrs Hart. One man confessed claiming robbery as motive.
Caldwell Idaho Special Harry Orchard waived his not guilty plea and pleaded guilty to first degree murder for the Dec 30 1905 dynamite bombing that killed ex Governor Steunenberg. Judge Fremont Wood will sentence Orchard March 18 after he confessed in February that he was hired by William Haywood Charles H Moyer and George A Pettibone. Haywood and Pettibone were tried in Boise and acquitted. Moyer’s case was dismissed.
Lexington report notes Caleb Powers, jailed since March 1900 on complicity charges in William Goebel's assassination. He has faced four trials, with life and death verdicts, and a fifth trial slated for July at Georgetown. Petition signatures exceeding 100000 circulate for gubernatorial clemency before July.
In Birmingham Mississippi County Kentucky two weeks after a warning to Black residents one hundred masked Night Riders rode into town and attacked six Black people leaving one seriously hurt. They burned cabins and ordered about twenty five Black residents to leave before fleeing.
London reports a possible breakup of the diamond monopoly if the Premier Diamond Mining Company’s contract with the diamond syndicate, covering output from Premier and De Beers, is not renewed this month. If not renewed, Premier pledges war on De Beers.
Special Democratic Senator-elect D S Kemp was shot and killed by C F Hyde after a dispute over the Democratic state primary. The men fought, Kemp slapped Hyde, and they agreed to a duel which occurred immediately. Hyde was not injured.
Mrs. Gertie Pierson, accused of poisoning her husband James L. Pierson to free herself for a 62 year old admirer, was arrested in Gibson City where she has lived since her husband’s sudden death. The 62 year old man is charged with buying the strychnine said to have been used in the coffee.
J E Cole of Mayfield Kentucky unearthed a small gold mine two miles south of town while digging on his farm. He found several nuggets described as a high grade gold ore.
Norfolk special reports Rabbi Edward Browne of New York asserted in a Jefferson Society lecture that the Apostle Peter betrayed Christ, not Judas, creating a sensation among attendees.
The first step to free Harry Thaw from Matteawan Insane Asylum will be on April 1. He will have completed sixty days of observation required for new entrants under the law.
Emanuel Cedrino drove a sixty horsepower Italian car for 300 miles at an average 77 mph to break the world record for average speed over the distance. Nazzari’s Grand Prix average was 70.8 mph.
In Carmi Illinois Prof BE Dillon arrested in Harrisburg on a charge of fleecing locals in a poker game claims intense humiliation and physical agony from being chained to a pole in public and files a $5000 damages suit against Mayor Byington.
The quote frames envy as a mental habit that sabotages personal joy. It suggests happiness is forfeited when desire fixates on another's life, urging self-contained contentment over comparative longing.
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