Cotton Tariff Cut In Two By House
Washington dispatch reports the House adopted a cotton schedule cutting tariffs on cotton goods, promising lower prices if the Senate and Taft approve. The measure targets footwear and apparel costs for the poor, contrasting Payne Aldrich rates. The Lloyd resolution seeks to restore petition rights for government employees. Dr. Harvey Wiley campaigns against benzoate use in food. Clark urges Philippine independence. The piece notes Roosevelt Harriman ties and ongoing Democratic scrutiny of Taft era policies.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Taftt
Payne-Aldrich
Congress
James T. Lloyd
Missouri
Taft
United States
Lloyd
Republican Party
Ballinger
Democratic Ways and Means Committee
Harvey W. Wiley
Wiley
Whiskey Trust
Champ Clark
Clark
Philippines
Cline
Indiana
Democratic House
Roosevelt-Harriman
Railroad King
Roosevelt
New York
Auction of Rockport Cessna addition lots fails to sell
The Wednesday sale of town lots in Rockport's Cessna addition drew about 300 spectators and an influx of circa 1000 youths but yielded no purchases. Despite initial interest, bidding collapsed and the 10 acre tract went unsold with a top bid around 1100 dollars. The Chrisney band played, possibly drawing attention away from the auction.
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Cessna
Rockport
Chrisney Band
Rockport Faces Owensboro in Rematch After Lopsided Loss
Rockport baseball team lost 66 to 2 to Owensboro last Sunday at Owensboro. A rematch is set for next Sunday at the Rockport fair grounds as both clubs seek a win in the early series. Mike Malter's alley league club, made up of bankers and clerks, visited Midway and was defeated by the Midway team. The alley league scorer refused to release run totals.
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Rockport
Owensboro
Rockport Fair Ground
Mike Malter
Midway
Midway Boys
Railroads win broad reforms in Indiana legislature 1911
The Democrat surveys the 1911 session noting railroads receive major reforms. Laws require better passenger depots with the railroad commission power, air brakes on all trains, hand brakes on steam lines, block signaling, overhead bridges, danger signals at crossings, and protections against street grade changes. Also weights and measures standards and regulation of building and loan firms, with rebates curbed. George J. Procaskey, 78, prominent Rockport resident, dies after long illness. former postmaster and St Bernard’s trustee remembered. Funeral in Rockport.
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State Railroad Commission
Mrs Matilda Weil and Miss Nell Weil Host Rece ption
Mrs Matilda Weil and Miss Nell Weil hosted a reception at their home last Monday afternoon in honor of Mrs Isaac Born of Lafayette Indiana and Mrs B H Weil of Thermopolis Wyoming. About one hundred guests attended from three to six with out of town members including Mrs Albert Adams Rockville Indiana Mrs Horace Green Hammond Louisiana Mrs Will Wright Denver Colorado Mrs Glick Nashville Tennessee and others. Garden flowers yellow and white decorated the house punch poured by Miss Therese Born and Miss Kath erine Pyeatt refreshments served. Local paving improvements in north Rockport were praised and urged to continue paving both sides of every street.
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Matilda Weil
Nell Weil
Isaac Born
Lafayette
Ind
B. H. Weil
Thermopolis
Wyo
Therese Born
Katherine Pyeatt
Aldah McCoy
Lake, Ind
Margaret Gold
Albert Adams
Rockville
Horace Green
Hammond
Will Wright
Denver
Colo
Glick
Nashville
Nashville, Tenn., Mrs. Clarence DeBruler of Shawnee, Okla., Miss Jamie Jones
St. Louis
Sidney Anderson
Chickasha
Okla
Rockport council approves sewer extension and trustee change
The Rockport city council accepted the resignation of T. C. Basye as school trustee and elected Henry Maas Jr. to replace him. It ordered sewer construction bids opened September 14 and outlined a $24,000 system funded by the city and abutting property owners. A riot incident in Huff township left Bettie Combs gravely injured. William Lindley is jailed awaiting trial on charges tied to the shooting.
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T. C. Basye
Rockport
Basye
Henry Maas, Jr
W. T. Chinn
Rock Main
Fifth
Washington
Eighth
E. P. Harrison
Board of Health
Wm. Smith
Seminary
Walnut
Main
Elm
Huff Township
Bettie Combs
William Lindley
Fleener Bauman
Squire Brown
George Combs
Lindley
Charles Talbott
Luce Township Names Teachers for Upcoming Term
The Luce township list names teachers for the new term including Clyde Jones Stella M. Smith F R Glenn Maunee Polk Emma Feltman Cora Ferguson Daisy Dean Lorene Kelley Zetta Wilson James Herrell Lottie Mattingley Susie Shook Ethel Hartley Katherine Boyd Maude Smith August Sarver Ben Johnson Joe Mattingley Thomas Fortune Amelia Link John H. Haynes and others. Rights reserved to adjust staff as needed for school good.
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Luce Township
Clyde Jones
Fill
Stella M. Smith
F. R. Glenn
Della Oldham
Maunee Polk
Emma Feltman
Cora Ferguson
Daisy Dean
Lorene Kelley
Zetta Wilson
James Herrell
Lottie Lee Mattingley
Susie Shook
Ethel Hartley
Katherine C. Boyd
Maude E. Smith
Sarver
Ben Johnson
Joe. Mattingley
Thomas Fortune
O. K.deeg
Amelia Link
Will Probated for Parene Tremper Estate Bequeathed
The will of Parene Tremper, executed February 28, 1905, was recorded this week. It is witnessed by Mattie J. Enlow and E. M. Swan and leaves the entire estate to the deceased’s three nieces and nephew, Mrs Parine Lamar.
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Parene Tremper
Mattie J. Enlow
E. M. Swan
Neites
Towit
Parine Lamar
Call for better train service on Rockport branch
Residents of Spencer county urge an extra Lincoln City to Rockport train due to inconvenient current times. They argue the present schedule harms both people and railroad profits and ask the state railroad commission to intervene.
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Spencer County
Rockport
Southern Railway
Lincoln City
Evansville
State Railroad Commission
Thomas Jones III Leaves for Pennsylvania Mountains
Special dispatch from Washington reports Thomas L. Jones of Rockport Indiana and Mrs. Jones taking an extended vacation in the Pennsylvania mountains. They will camp out to improve his health, a matter of concern to many friends. Jones works at the government printing office and is a vocalist and leading member of Indiana society of Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Evansville
Marriage Licenses for Owensboro Area Couples
Luther Taylor, 24, factory hand, Owensboro to Lena Jackson, 18, Owensboro, married August 2 by J. C. Brinkman. Marion Sublett, 25, farmer, Utica to Sallie E. Oskor, 23, Owensboro, married August 1 by I. Brown. Calder E. Jackson, 25, farmer, Spencer County to Pina B. Ward, 24, Spencer County, married in August by Rev. G. L. Conway.
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Luther 'S'Aylor
Owensboro
Lena Jackson
J. C. Brinkman
Marion H. Sublett
Farmer
Utica
Sallie E. Oskor
I. Brown
Calder E. Jackson
Spencer County
Pina B. Ward
G. L. Conway
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Bill
Democrat
George J. Procaskey
Elm Street
St. Bernard’s Church
Précaskey
Procaskey
Elizabeth Schafer
Albert G
Mike
John W
San Antonio
Texas
Louis
Seattle
Wash
Fred
Chicago
Ill
A. Wagner
Louisville
Clara
al Kissel
New York City
Ida
Princeton
St. Bernard’s Catholic Church
J. H. Hillebrand
St. Boniface Church
Wm. Jochum
St. Joseph’s Church
F. E. Schaub
North Rockport
Eighth Street
Missouri Bryant
Moravia, Ashby
Louis B. Wilkinson
Luce Township Teachers
Thomas Jones III
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