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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
8
County notes report Misses Maunee Polk and Ethel Hartley departed last Friday for Terre Haute to enroll in the state normal. A farewell sermon was given here last Sunday night and Rev. Ernest Perry of Chrisney will assume charge locally.
Wm Lloyd aged 24 died at his home two miles west of Hatfield last week due to pneumonia. A horse owned by John Parker was crippled after falling through a wire fence. Mrs Will Enger is very ill. The I O O F lodge here is prospering with new members and regalia purchases. Visitors from Richland City Yankeetown and Rockport attended the meeting Wednesday evening.
Schools closed here last Tuesday with the sickest listed as Mrs. Hattie Hibdon Daniel Wetzel and Irene Schierbaum. Miss Effie Barker traveled to Evansville and Cordelia Hoffmeier left for Degonia Springs last Tuesday. Dr. L B Laas Sr prepares to move to California. Laura Burkhart of Little Pigeon visits A B Burkhart. Rev OU S Hartly preached.
News notes report visits by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Van Winkle and others to relatives in Huffman and nearby towns. The Gentryville skating crowd gathered last Saturday night as Dr. S. L. Carson improves the town with new paint. A Logan county child desertion case ends with Lola McCoy arrested and bound for Lincoln, Illinois. Directors of the canning factory meet to arrange the crop contract with Joseph Haines named plant manager.
Richland City reports Mr and Mrs John T McKinney arriving from York Pennsylvania and likely settling in Rockport. H Jones visited Rockport Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Call Hamilton moved here from Rockport. A two year old daughter of Will Yager is very ill with membranous croup the first in years. Mrs Charles Bufkins with pneumonia is improving. Will Sinegar is ill with erysipelas. Dr McCoy involved.
Miss Edith Medcalf and Master Lloyd Medcalf of Washington Ind visited Dale last week. Leslie Scott of Evansville visited relatives here. Grant Johnson and Jacob Weller, Carter township republicans, toured Indianapolis. Judge H A Mattison spoke on Prison Life at the M E church. Oscar Wood and bride Belva Green returned from Winslow. Rev J W Johnson lectured in Golden Gate Ill. A county equity secret meeting occurred. Charles Spear of Posey county attended as state secretary. Henry Crisswell named night agent of Southern railway. A D Garlinghouse of Rockport visited town.
Gentryville misses Oma Oskins Ethel Hopkins and Ethel Totten as three skaters, with Dale Miss Tola Frakes visiting Dale Saturday and Sunday in Chrisney. Mrs Mary Cockriel traveled to Boonville for shopping. Saturday also saw Mr Login Boyd and Mrs. (name incomplete) at large.
Eigar Jonas is on the sick list. A large crowd of Lincoln City youths gathered at the skating rink Saturday night. Wilbern Camp departed Monday for Missouri. Allen Ray of Richland visits friends in Gentryville. Mr and Mrs H N Ray of Richland visited relatives here over the weekend.
Miss Ella Hunter spent the winter in Louisville and returned home Wednesday. The Lewis Martins were surprised by local youths Wednesday night in a pleasant gathering. Young people attended a song service at Clay City Sunday night. Saturday marked the last day of school with a large crowd enjoying a fine program.
Mariah Sill Miss Emma Spayd and Linus Jochim family visits Dale Adam Jochim and Willie Rosa Jochim. Kate Kemper ill. Anton Gogel in Ferdinand. Frank Alois Jellig trip to Fulda. Julia Hecken departure to Louisville. Frances Simon Blanche Collignon pass through en route to Central Normal College. loggers establish town HQs. George Hollander and Cornelius Hollander in Dale and Johnburg. dynamite found tied with willow switches at several businesses Sunday morning, six or seven cases detected.
A nostalgic reminiscence traces life seven decades past in a rural town. It recalls Midway childhood days with singing birds, cow bells, and turkeys, then contrasts past fashions and work habits with present times. Local figures Ss. W. Gwaltney and merchants J. G. Lloyd, Johnny Redman, Kingsly Weber, the Magne Brothers, and Dr. Sam Gwaltney are named amid recollections of daily life and a minor quarrel between John White and Jin Clark.
An old patent medicine notice claims The Texas Wonder cures kidney bladder and rheumatic troubles. Sold by all druggists or two months treatment by mail for 1 dollar. Dr E W Hall 2926 Olive Street St Louis MO. Send for testimonials from Kentucky.
Mrs Annie Williamson closed a school term. Rev Gabbert preached here. He returns the third Sunday in April. Rockport attendees at the funeral of George W Burkhart last Friday. Loring Williamson wed Mamie Walker at Barker home on Saturday April 24. Burkharts from Boonville Richland and Degonia attended the funeral.
The past week shows numerous real estate actions including mortgages, releases, and an assignment. Transactions involve Wm H Rice, Margaret Finch, Albert Jackson, Alice Reinhard, Joseph McCoy, Henry Eigenmann, Claude Lusk, Sarah Stewart, Ida Farnum, Rebecca Bays, Eliza Mackey, Anna Weigel, O B Hartley, Charles Lieb, Marcelia McKenney, George Schaaf, Wm Snyder, and others across Richland City Rockport Hatfield and related tracts with values up to 5700 dollars. Thirty-one mortgages and thirty-one releases plus an assignment are recorded.
State of Ohio Toledo city Lucas County Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney Co. firm to pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason signed December 6, 1888. Cure taken internally, acts on blood and mucous surfaces. testimonials free.
A jumble of testimonials from figures including Hon. George W. Honey and photographer Fred L. Hebard extols Peruna for catarrh and grippe relief. The ad notes Peruna in tablet form after years of work by Dr. Hartman and colleagues, appealing to those who object to liquids.
The Winchester Democrat dismisses reports that the tobacco trust has leased 50 000 acres in Indiana and hired farmers to grow Burley tobacco. It says no Indiana farmers were offered jobs and notes the trust faces legal and financial troubles, with no plan to grow Burley or dark tobacco.
Lyon & Healy announces a Clearing Sale of pianos with hundreds of instruments from Steinway Weber and other major makes. Uprights priced from 120 to 200 dollars and up, with returns accepted if unsatisfactory at their expense. Address 10 Adams Street Chicago. Freight charges low for distant buyers.
Odd Stocking will begin the 1908 season at my Eureka stable with performances on Mondays to Thursdays and at The Rockport Pair ground on Fridays and Saturdays. W. M. Boyd.
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