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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
8
Local column reports a Madison Township wedding and family visits while noting Eliza Carpenter’s vault burial and Flossie Carter’s fragile return home. Mentioned are heart trouble for Mrs. A. B. Carter, heavy rains hurting farmers, rising snakes near Martinsville, and a house fire on Eli Beli farm stopped by Miller and Rains.
Monrovia reports include visits from Roy Millikan and Byron Hadley. illnesses of Rebecca York Enoch Scotten and Miss Alva Pratt. Obits for Pio Jones funeral at full. community events include Commercial Club meeting and Leitzman entertainment. Aunt Betsy Guyer’s 75th birthday and Sunny School convention at Antioch with Prass and Cordon Gregory elected.
New Market on North Indiana Street promotes fresh and clean meats butter lard and eggs. The store proclaims it buys hides for Frank Gray's tannery and emphasizes its updated stock and quality.
An after dinner speech recounts a Newton Heath workman’s ill luck after aiding a drunk policeman. The man explains he escorted the officer to the police station and was himself charged with drunkenness, receiving fourteen days after the magistrate’s ruling.
A curious arithmetic riddle shows how to derive deaths and family counts from living brothers and sisters. It explains doubling, adding three, multiplying, and finally subtracting to yield a three digit result with each digit representing a different family group.
An American traveler in a European frontier region refuses baggage checks by German officers, declaring he did not come to be controlled and that they are mere a spot. The incident ends with him asserting independence and circling away.
The W C T U gathered at Mrs Link’s on Thursday 30 due to the president’s absence Mrs Mary Jenkins being in Thorntown for a death. A new member Mrs Charles Bennett joined as vice president Mrs Alice Burk was absent. The Paragon institute drew strong attendance led by Mrs Elia Eross with a successful program. The report praises entertainment and literary work while arguing prohibition benefits farmers and reduces prison terms linked to liquor. Roosevelt’s emergency message cited.
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