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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
6
A cable reports a mysterious light in England suggesting King Edward may wear a million-dollar diamond in his shirt front. An Eastern scientist links long fingers to nobility of soul while pickpockets cheer. Ocean ships may gain home comforts, but village feuds and steamship drag may fade.
A Newark man was fined $20 for laughing at a policeman. The article notes harsh enforcement and mocks the idea that law is pleased by such mirth suppression.
In Berlin a notable artist plans a marriage to a widow valued at five million dollars. The scene hints at social intrigue as heiresses might gift marriage and fortune to a budding poet challenging the era's artistic social dynamics.
A California architect predicts the advent of 100 story towers. If confirmed, citizens may need to construct tall stacks to prevent smoke buildup and keep the air clear.
Scientists repurpose the potato bug for useful tasks and public good amid nostalgia for the pest’s troublesome past. The note frames the bug as a clever tool in advancing human interests and solving problems.
The Atlanta Journal notes Montanans liquidate property amid end times hype. They prefer cash to real estate as doomsday fears circulate among locals.
The New York Journal recalls a time when urban gutters served as sewers and a major French city had no residents reaching age fifty five. The anecdote highlights harsh urban conditions and short lifespans in a prominent European metropolis.
Owen Wister argued there were no advanced scholarships in the country during a Harvard speech. The writer notes progress despite the claim and comments that people no longer call it "the later ippe."
The treasurer of a Canadian railroad admitted stealing from the company for 18 years, amounting to $180,000. The confession highlights long term, patient embezzlement and raises questions about securing corporate funds.
The Bridgeport Standard argues men tied to airships must answer for damage if the craft breaks away and drifts off with freight or people aboard. It notes airships are not easily frightened and can be kept safe by securing to sturdy posts.
Emperor William presented busts of Frederick the Great and Field Marshal Count Von Moltke to West Point. The two sculptures join existing busts of great American soldiers lining the academy buildings.
As motor cars emerged over a decade ago authors imagined criminals using them in heists. Recent events show fiction has anticipated reality with burglars increasingly using cars to reach targets and flee after breaking in.
Six years ago John D. Rockefeller founded the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research after his grandson died. Initial gifts totaling two hundred thousand dollars funded an institute to save other grandchildren. A subsequent million and now two million six hundred thousand dollars bolster its permanent American maintenance and future humanitarian impact.
Twenty five people sickened by canned dried beef in Noblesville as ptomaine poisoning, a fatal timber fall claims Wayne county resident Mansfield Jeffries, and farmer James Craig, famed as Newton county’s big man at 468 pounds, 46 years old with a prior youth weight of 247 pounds. Reverend E R Edwards of Kokomo condemns bridge as perdition and calls society gambling mad during a revival urging caution at card tables.
Two young women from Rochester and two from Fulton are contemplating entering the barber trade.
Joel Howell of Jasonville once gave his thirteen year old daughter two chicks to raise. Now she manages more than 100 chickens and has $72 in the bank.
A stock company is being organized to establish an independent Newcastle daily paper. Solicitors seek business men farmers and others to purchase stock and support the venture.
Mrs. Sarah Daitle and Theodore Ditzer both aged 73 married in Evansville after years as neighbors who pitied each other during loneliness. They had spent time looking through yard windows before tying the knot.
The Indianapolis Supreme Court dismissed a petition to drain Brandywine Creek in Hancock County, preserving the celebrated Old Swimmin Hole from Riley.
A. R. Miller of Evansville fell unconscious in a nearly 100 foot high tree after being stricken with paralysis. He lay in the branches for about an hour before aerial truck crew members rescued him.
Goshen Mayor Kohler purchases the historic Rowell mansion facing Court square to reside in it, as the city council in a prior night vote closes an option on the property for city hall use.
Isabelle Gray of Gary sues over ownership of sixty lots in a Gary new addition valued at 50000 dollars. The property had little value when Miss Gray acquired it.
The Harlequin Club of Purdue University will stage the new play Fair Coed written by George Ade. Casting after weeks of tryouts completes the cast for the production set to open next month.
John Watten aged 11 and his 10 year old brother confessed to Evansville police that a dozen recent burglaries were their work. They said the play Raffles they saw inspired them to take up burglary.
Gustav Mina, florist at the Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane near Logansport, after two years of labor has produced a deep yellow carnation that is very fragrant. He claims it is not a freak and plans to grow thousands next year.
The Bulletin of the State Board of Health for February reports the state’s health declined from February 1907 to February 1908. Deaths totaled 3 356 for February 1908, 8 278 for February 1907, with overall death rate 15.8, cities 16.6, and country 15.3.
County commissioners move to abolish the long held graft that paid 40 cents a day for prisoner boarding even if no meals were provided. Going forward meals will be paid only when actually served, ending the practice of charging for an entire day.
Henry Ogden near Elizabethtown reports his Buff Cochin hen is laying two eggs daily. He notes the hen produces one egg each morning and another after noon, and he remains convinced the bird is truly laying well.
A fourteen mile Buck Creek ditch costing 18000 dollars will begin soon in southern Henry county. The long needed project will relieve periodic flooding and unlock arable land for crops, benefiting nearby farms and property owners.
E. G. Hill of Richmond lists the Rhea Reid rose, a seedling of the American Beauty, as a potential strong rival in the commercial rose market. The variety is now offered for sale by one of the nation’s best known florists.
A new democratic newspaper will begin in Greensburg under a stock company controlling the plant. The venture is capitalized at 10000 dollars with all shares subscribed.
A bundle of switches was left at the door of Julian J. Behr editor in chief of the Daily Student at Indiana University Bloomington. A note warned him to resign due to his critical column about the recent college minstrel show.
Peter Coble of Celestine Indiana seeks the Democratic nomination for representative on a platform advocating free whisky. He argues whisky should be as available as water and recalls a time when liquor cost a dime a gallon. He claims past lower drinking levels without whisky revenue.
Jonathan S. White of Glenwood known as Stam per White, a wealthy Rush county farmer, allegedly fell victim to a confidence game. He is said to have been persuaded by two well-regarded neighbors, under guidance from a gang in Indianapolis, to withdraw $20,000 from a Rushville bank and purchase counterfeit money to circulate nationally.
Ducks fill the Kankakee marshes in vast numbers but hunters report the season as poor for several years due to high water. Large species stay on open water beyond firearm range, while hunters fear the good hunting window ends with April 1.
Following the northern and southern districts conference in Indianapolis, Mormon elders scatter to Evansville Jeffersonville Madison Seymour and Newcastle to begin spring work. Indianapolis and northern cities keep existing posts while new meetings and district gatherings unfold through summer and fall with recruits rising from thirty two to forty eight in April. Elders travel on foot through rural areas sharing literature and meeting farmers on weekends.
Five hundred uniformed marchers, led by a 100 member drum and bugle corps, will travel from Indianapolis to Chicago by special train next June to boost Vice President Fairbanks for the presidency. The group includes many prominent Indianapolis Republicans.
The Conrey-Birely Table Company of Shelbyville announced a government contract for 2,500 center tables. This sizable order highlights the firm’s growing output and role in public procurement.
In a terse exchange Younger claims the new typing girl is a success while Elders notes her spelling is as poor as the previous. He adds you cannot judge appearance from letters, appealing to Pia Philadelphia Press style remarks.
A society write-up mocks a rude young man and notes the fair maid’s complexion praised by the reporter. The piece playfully labels one man as soft in demeanor, calling him a powder puff in a light jab.
A prison visitor asks if the inmate wants to leave. The convict replies he is in for a double life because two wives are waiting outside, according to the Philadelphia Ledger.
Gompers quips that reversing the Supreme Court was just part of the day’s work while noting the court appears unaware of the change. The Philadelphia Ledger records the brief, wry exchange as an aside to the event.
A dialogue notes Mibbs failed as a retailer and needed to understand the business better. The speaker claims he now knows exactly where Mibbs went wrong and what he should have done to make it pay.
A diplomat is defined by an old man as someone who does not mean what he seems to convey. The exchange features a young John ny asking about diplomacy and the father offering a sly, paradoxical definition.
A 98 year old Red Bank New Jersey resident, Shepard Kollock of 44 Wallace St., recalls 40 years of kidney troubles. He reports back pain, nightly awakenings, and heavy sediment in urine. Since using Deans Kidney Pills, he claims complete relief and urges others to buy. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY markets the pills at 50 cents per box.
Harper's Weekly reports the Indian government allows women to be telegraph operators aged 18 to 30 who are unmarried or widows. Candidates train twelve months earning 6.65 dollars monthly, then enter a one year probation with salaries from 10 to 26.65 dollars and pensions, with compulsory resignation upon marriage.
A Dutch captain notes government price controls on medicines in Holland with apothecaries charging fixed sums while a friend pays 75 cents for powders costing 5 cents to make. He says Rotterdam would jail the druggist for such profits and laments pharmacists aligning with doctors against patent medicines.
An elderly reader extols Grape-Nuts as ideal for aging digestion, noting its wheat and barley base, diastase action, and brain boosting phosphates. A 74 year old farmer and a 92 year old customer credit Grape-Nuts and Postum with sustained wellness, regularity, and clearer thinking.
Edward Wovell of Fort Crock, Madagascar, describes fifteen years of crippling eczema on hands arms and legs. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for six days the itching ceased and sores disappeared.
A Baltimore American quote argues that modern articles imply existence in a feeble minded institution offers a simple life, sparking debate on lifestyle expectations and societal norms. The remark challenges complex modern living as overly burdensome.
A column discusses how every woman has a secret she keeps from neighbors. It notes housekeeping types may guard bread making or jelly tests, while vain women hide secret cosmetics or lotions. The piece cites the Atchison Globe on women keeping secrets.
The leading lady declares my face is my fortune while fondling an imported pug. The tall comedian notes her sister is lucky and jokes about two fortunes. He remarks she is two faced, prompting a reply about managers and green whiskers.
The article notes that clocks may halt during electric storms with no clear cause. The stoppage can last moments or years, after which clocks resume normal accuracy for an unknown period.
One hundred dollars reward offered for any incurable catarrh and a recommendation from Walding Kinnan Marvin endorses F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo. Claims Hall's Catarrh Cure treats blood and mucous surfaces. testimonials free. price seven cents per bottle. sold by all druggists. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Tomorrow is an uncertainty, and even today isn't a sure thing.
A historical passage asks how many American women in lonely homes long for a blessing of motherhood and the ability to utter those words, noting that an organic derangement denies happiness. It asserts preparation for healthy maternity is achieved by use of a specified remedy.
Mrs Maggie Gilmer and Mrs Josephine Hall credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and enabling pregnancy. The ad cites thirty years of use for female ills including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous prostration and invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Mass.
Norah learns Bargain Brown Brothers sells velvet ladies suits for tin dollars while Delia Ye can obtain a suit for a wife by sharing information about the Bargain Brown Brothers inventory.
A humorous reflection notes wives kissing husbands despite reluctance and moralizing men who never admit weariness. The Atchison Globe quotes a line about wives overcompensating with affection and men’s reluctance to confess tiredness in marriage.
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