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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
2
In Mooresville a satirical Indiana public notice by W. H. Sage mocks the phrase every widow who knows her business knows when a man means business. It hints at social norms and the sting of insincere praise in a small town context.
A lighthearted reflection on ordinary courage when peril seems absent, noting the contrast between bravado and actual risk and praising everyday steadiness.
A young man faces a harsher judgment for lacking effort than for an unwanted kiss. The quote suggests forgiveness favors intent to pursue interest over passive indifference.
The saying warns against spending beyond means to imitate neighbors. It cautions that material pressure leads to unnecessary debt and financial strain.
The piece notes Russia and Japan pressing China on various fronts, framing the Chinese response as a continuing, familiar awakening rather than a sudden surprise. It highlights the broader geopolitical tensions shaping East Asia and suggests a long arc of contested influence in the region.
The article attributes the remarkable feat of swimming the Niagara Whirlpool Rapids to Providence, stating the one-armed man deserved the credit entirely.
A strong stance condemns anyone who shoots at an aeronaut or balloon, urging a peculiarly severe capital punishment as a deterrent to such acts. The commentary frames the act as a grave offense against aviation progress and public safety.
A Vanderbilt family note asks if a child insured for 25000 may own a hatchet. The inquiry centers on whether insurance coverage allows possession of perilous tools for a minor.
It would be a major literary achievement for Mr. Rockefeller if his autobiography earns as much as 29,240,000 from sales once released in book form.
A Texas prophet proclaims the world will end in 1911. Followers and hopefuls pledged to 1912 are urged to keep hoping and push forward despite the rumor.
A suggestion to send 1,000 students to study Japanese people draws skepticism. Critics warn that Japanese may not welcome such exchanges and question the plan's practicality for Uncle Sam's agents.
A congressional investigation revealed a government agent employed by private interests to tail a spouse seeking evidence for a divorce. The action exposed blurred lines between public service and private gain, prompting scrutiny of oversight and legal implications.
The Indianapolis News comments on a Japanese proverb about women describing her as unmanageable yet suggests love as the true remedy. The saying compares flattery to elation and punishment to sorrow, ending with the warning of a haunted spirit.
Dr. S. A. Knopf of New York told the American Medical Association convention in Chicago that teaching children to avoid kissing swap gum and eat half baked foods and to be clean can prevent tuberculosis.
The Washington Herald reports an Iowa man filed a Treasury Department complaint arguing eggs should be classified as poultry. The Louisville Courier-Journal notes Ellis Parker Butler wrote a book arguing pigs are pigs, while a brief review suggests eggs may not be eggs in the present tense.
Paris reports nearly 50 thousand horses killed for food last year, about 5 thousand more than the year before. The London Lancet notes that the demand chiefly comes from the poor who cannot afford beef or mutton prices.
The New York Journal mocks male folly in romance and offers rules for letter writing. It suggests addressing women in formal style, signing full names, and argues truthfully that direct talk or a telephone call is best for men conveying messages to women.
The Hartford Courant argues children should be taught to swim in schools, noting that formal instruction reduces drownings and is as fundamental as learning to walk. It stresses swimming as cleansing and inherently learnable, and criticizes self taught efforts as less effective.
A brief humorous exchange is cited from a Herald and Presbyter item where a visitor asks a boy his future plans and the boy responds with the age of twenty one. The compact dialogue illustrates a light social moment in the publication.
Fragmentary excerpt describes a clash over battle roles with the young soldiers urged to lead while older guards face criticism of their conduct. No further context is provided.
The narrator recalls signing a forced document after a mysterious scene with Mrs. Jackson. She speaks of palmistry and warns against marriage as she nurses the narrator back to health after a sunstroke. She arranges a champagne recovery and travels to Dawlish where she stays at a hotel and reflects on life and a restless night filled with eerie dreams.
The narrator recalls a heavy sleep and a drowsy room. Upon waking they find a letter by the bedside and a tortoiseshell purse beside it, prompting curiosity about an unspecified new turn.
A narrator in Dawlish endures medical fear, moral peril, and a haunted dream sequence. She recalls forged notes, an implied confession, and a restless sea coast struggle with mental strain while seeking escape from scandal and confinement. The chapter closes with reflections on Dawlish life.
The quoted anecdote recalls Francois Coppee’s election and his wish to join the academy. Banville declined to canvass and mused that if a nomination appeared on a silver salver he would keep the salver rather than pursue the honor.
The text expounds monism the idea that mind and matter God creation are the same. It asserts there is no supernatural realm and all phenomena are parts of a single vast unity. various events are incidental to the great whole.
Reports from New York theaters recount police censors and audience debate over Salome performances. Hammerstein and Casino showings prompt arguments over tights and gauze costumes while Eva Tanfuay at the Colonial offers a more explicit display.
In St. Petersburg a vast Siberian migration unfolds with over 500000 Russians moving east in the last year. Figures from Prince Vassiltchikoff show rising annual totals, 60000 pre 1906, 180000 in 1906, 400000 in 1907, and 420000 in the first three months of the current year. Soldiers returnings’ reports of Siberia’s wealth spur hope among mujiks.
The International Harvester Company announces a worldwide pension fund for 30 000 employees. Company contributions range from 25 000 to 50 000 dollars yearly based on 75 percent or more participation, with criteria of 2 percent wage contribution and retirement at 65 after twenty years of service. A pension board will later distribute benefits.
Special Secretary Hester reports for the United States the 1907 08 cotton crop ending August 31 at 11,571,966 bales, down from 13,510,982 bales in 1906 07.
Cable report from Teheran via St. Petersburg says Satar Khan routed Shah’s forces at Tabriz, leaving 800 men killed or wounded as civil war resumes in Tabriz province.
Seven of ten summer visitors drowned when a thirty five foot sloop capsized in Penobscot Bay off Deer Island Maine on Tuesday. The tragedy involved a small party enjoying a trip, with rescue efforts ongoing for any survivors.
W B Evans postmaster and justice of the peace owns two highly valued collie dogs in Yeadon. The dogs guard the daily mails at Fernwood Station and accompany the bags to their master. Interfering with the dogs is reported as dangerous.
Harry K Thaw rejects unqualifiedly a report that he planned to sue for divorce from Evelyn Thaw claiming the report is false in every detail He says his wife remains faithful and notes his dispute with the report from a Poughkeepsie New York special.
Milwaukee report states Miss Helen Berger daughter of Alex Berger and a member of the Board of Trademan is engaged to Willi Jennings Bryan Jr son of the Democratic presidential candidate. Mr Berger recently returned from a business trip to Colorado and Nebraska. The couple may marry in about a year or longer and Miss Berger and her mother are visiting friends in Lincoln Nebraska.
In Calcutta a native who betrayed others by turning King's evidence was killed by two fellow prisoners in an Alipur jail cell. His testimony exposed a broad conspiracy tied to recent bomb outrages, including plans to assassinate the Viceroy Lord Minto and other officials.
Vermont voters elected the Republican statewide ticket led by Governor George H. Prouty and reelecting two congressmen, Foster and Plumley. The GOP held a sizable state House majority, while local contests were the day’s feature and the Green Mountains towns stayed loyal to the party.
In a Washington Special report Mrs Annie M Johnston seeks an annulment claiming she did not know her husband Albert R Johnston was a negro until after their marriage and the birth of twins. One child died at birth. the surviving child raised suspicions of mixed ancestry. She says she learned of his mixed heritage after investigation. The couple married in Maryland where interracial marriage was illegal.
Mrs. Walter T. Carpenter nears death while her husband awaits celebration of their diamond wedding anniversary. The couple has been married for more than 74 years in Richmond Indiana.
In Bristol Connecticut a special report notes potato bugs on the rails at Lazy Lane causing a delay to eight excursionists bound to Lake Compounce. The insects kept control of the tracks until car men could sand them clear.
New York notes that the Trust Company of America, once roiled by the 1907 financial crisis, has managed its affairs to retire the entire 25 million dollar loan it issued during those troubles.
In New Haven Connecticut Deputy Sheriff Henry Spiegel, overwhelmed by scarce summer business, died by self inflicted gunshot. The incident prompts questions about stress and public safety duties. Authorities say no foul play is involved.
In Youngstown Ohio a skunk disrupted a summer theater program at Idora Park one night this week causing tremors in the crowd during Flossie Dangerfield's song and dance act. An attempted $50 reward search for the animal failed as the audience fled and comedians fled the stage.
A historic incident at the Saratoga county fair saw Governor Hughes humiliated as horsemen refused to start their horses while the governor stood on the grounds. The scene drew thousands as the special event unfolded, highlighting tensions within the fair.
The line points to the author connected with The News of Kingdom Come, identifying the writer linked to the title. It references the publication context and the writer’s role without offering additional biographical details.
Farmers north of Elkhart say a light frost occurred last week with no damage. South Bend’s population is listed as about 55 000 in the 1908 directory. The Indiana village for epileptics near Newcastle nears completion. Goshen faces a tramp influx as freight trains bring them into town.
The ongoing drought across Madison County fuels concern among farmers and stockmen about water shortages hay scarcity and potential livestock stress. Local leaders warn of impacts on crops pasture and wildlife while urging conservation and support measures.
Mrs. Martha Osborne of Nortonburg died after a seven day period of unresponsiveness.
Women in Goshen live in constant fright as a peeping Tom evades police scrutiny and security patrols, widening concerns about public safety in the town.
A Pittsburg capitalist has leased six hundred acres of farmland near Richmond to search for oil. The arrangement aims to explore potential oil reserves and establish drilling priorities in the area.
Your Uncle Joe Cannon will open the Republican campaign in Marion County at Indianapolis on September 24.
Fifty thousand people visited the Indianapolis morgue to see the body of Coe, a Black man described as a criminal, who killed a policeman. The scene attracted widespread public attention and marked a grim end to the case.
Secretary W. L. Risk reports the New Castle Fair Association cleared close to 1500 this year, marking the event as the most successful in its history.
The Muncie Commercial Club passed a resolution opposing street car nivals and announced efforts to discourage any attempt to stage a carnival.
All factories in South Bend are operating at usual seasonal capacity and no workforce reduction is expected.
Miss Alice Powell eighteen appears before Judge J G Winfrey in Ev ansville for wearing a directoire gown on the street. She is fined five dollars plus costs.
The State Board of Health reports 207 deaths in Indiana during July with 159 men and 48 women. Of these 207, 10 were murders, 26 were personal crisis cases, and 171 were accidental deaths.
Miss Bessie Baker twenty years old fainted amid a granite ware bargain sale at a Logansport five and ten cent store. She was carried outside and upon revival asked where her dish pan was, repeating the plea to find her pan.
Tuberculosis has dominated disease in Indianapolis since January, with nearly 300 deaths attributed by the City Board of Health to lung tuberculosis. The outbreak began late last winter and remained rampant through the summer until the heat weakened its grip.
Indignation grows in Princeton after 100 feet of an iron and concrete bridge under construction collapsed into the Patoka River. Edward Corraham and his six year old son were in a wagon. the child was fatally injured and the father badly hurt. The bridge had not yet been accepted.
Mary Stubbs Moore, chief of the Indiana Bureau of Statistics, will complete a comprehensive survey of industrial conditions in Indiana towns and cities. The report will cover every line of industrial activity and include water supply and sewage disposal, a first for the bureau.
George Buchanan discovered four nearly perfect pearls weighing about eighty grains inside an ordinary shell in the Wabash River near Princeton. Clusters of such pearls are extremely rare.
H A Kramer of Rushville asserts he was the original Bryan and Kern man. He notes that in 1904 he placed a streamer on his store awning reading 1908 Bryan and Kern 1908.
Fishermen note more and larger catfish this season in the Kankakee River than in memory. Many fish weigh seven to thirteen pounds each, signaling a notable catch year.
Mrs. Sarah Margaret Meacham was shot and killed in La Porte by her son-in-law William Delph who fired while trying to shield her son William Edward Meacham. Delph, a farmer, had been drinking.
A Kansas City Journal excerpt recalls a New Yorker who, wearing a shawl, is described as seeming innocent to a stranger who held a unit case. The exchange questions trust and danger in urban encounters.
A Chicago Record-Herald piece proclaims the world ignores trouble as long as it covers ground with pleasure and glittering treasure, noting a craving to spread enough to go around. The brief commentary frames a glossy, satirical view of global indifference to hardship.
State Fair begins in Indianapolis next week with bigger crowds and improved offerings. Organizers promise enhancements across exhibits and attractions to boost attendance.
Receiver Carpenter of the Walsh roads begins retrenchment plans with some trains cut on the Indiana division while passenger service on the Chicago division is likely to remain undisturbed.
Roy Stodghill of Shelbyville forms the Gas Belt Amusement Association uniting Tipton Elwood Noblesville Alexandria Kokomo and Gas City to promote regional entertainment initiatives.
Baptists from across the nation gathered for the Winona Bible Conference move toward establishing a permanent association headquarters in Winona Lake. They plan to raise about $50,000 to construct a new building.
Earl Taber of Argos acquires a 400 acre timber tract near Pierceton in Kosciusko county, the largest of its kind in Indiana. He paid Fred Hitler of near Warsaw $55,000 for the property.
A Chicago syndicate buys the Wawasee Inn at Lake Wawasee Indiana for 75000. They plan to enlarge and improve the fashionable hotel and keep it open year round to develop Lake Wawasee as a Chicago society summer resort. The inn previously operated only four to five months annually.
Capt W P McClaskey of the Indiana Lower House wins farmer signatures to forbid hunting on about 3882 acres around Darlington for three years. He pledges government stocking with Hungarian partridges and reporting violations to enforce the preserve.
State Fair patrons will view a real steam roller used to reshape the Fair Grounds race course for the event opening September 7. The racing meets run through the fair with purses totaling 21900 dollars expected to attract top thoroughbreds and crowds seeking high speed contests.
During the September week, Indiana State Fair dedicates daily events to women with music races and large entertainments. The State Board showcases dairy and creamery attractions led by Oscar Hadley, with deputies handling state trust duties. Premiums for dairy total over $200, top awards totaling twenty dollars for butter.
Babe Richey a 14 year old Black resident of Petersburg seized the runaway horses by the bridle and was dragged nearly a mile. The two girls escaped unharmed though the driver sustained a fractured skull and is expected to die.
Henry Thomas aged 75 and four times married and Jane Lawrence aged 65 wed in Evansville. The bride has been married three times.
A verse contrasts humor in literature with humor heard after meals. It notes the former seems old in appearance while the latter feels fresh in perception, suggesting a difference in tone and immediacy between printed wit and spoken amusement.
In the New York Press a remark contrasts Gerald and Geraldine about long connections to the building trades, noting the speaker’s pride in being self-made.
The speaker urges decisive civic choice, declaring indifference to applause and insisting on knowing the public’s vote. The line emphasizes direct engagement and the primacy of constituent support over external approval.
A Mormon wife asks if she should be with her dying husband. The physician confirms the end is near and cautions that the best spots are already filling up, prompting a grim wit about seating during final moments.
The article outlines an initial move toward reform aimed at catching offenders in the act. It discusses enforcement measures and potential steps to curb wrongdoing, signaling a formal start to broader changes and accountability.
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