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Newspaper

Rockport Democrat

Location

Rockport, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1916

Page

7

Make This A Furniture Christmas Gift Ideas Highlight

A holiday ad extols worthy furniture as lasting gifts for every family member. It touts cribs and rockers for kids, dressing tables and desks for women, chairs and chests for men, and kitchen cabinets plus a Bissels vacuum sweeper. The store also promotes a new gift department with wagons, sleds, Tinker toys, Erector sets, trunks, and white furniture, plus a 5 and 10 department offering many remembrances.

Dad

How He Won Her In A Twisted Love Minute

A fragment hints at a courtship scene where the "psychological moment" shapes romance. Ferdinand asks for a hand in marriage while a dressmaker’s bill and other verbal exchanges mark the tense lead up to commitment.

Ferdinand Father

Road supervisors to be elected December 16 in Indiana townships

The article notes a December 16 election for road supervisors in Indiana townships with a law limiting supervisors to four per township, pay 25 cents an hour, and up to 50 or 120 days work yearly. Polls run 2 to 5 pm, with closing rules if all voters have voted or not cast any ballot. The township treasurer, trustees, and inspectors form the election board with unpaid inspectors and clerks, except the trustee who is paid for posting notices and filing reports.

Trntese Stwo Robinson Township Posey ‘County Pike County Peter R. Miller Wayne Bryan Bryan Farmer’s Co-operative Tobacco Association Green River Indiana

Wendell's Ambition Pills Sold For Fifty Cents

Wide appeal claimed for Wendell's Ambition Pills as a tonic for nervous fatigue and debility. The ad promises quick vigor with a refund option through T. C. Basye and notes national distribution by Wendell Pharmaceutical Co. Inc. Syracuse New York.

Wendell T. C. Basye’s Wendell Pharmaecal Co. Inc Syracuse N. Y

He Tried Again As Tess Rejects Early Proposal

Tess confirms she rejected his first proposal and later accepted after he tried again. The Philadelphia Press notes her confidence in his renewed effort and decision to marry.

Tess Jess Philadelphia Press

Visitor and Hostess Banter Over an Odd Name

A fleeting exchange unfolds as a tired hostess questions a visitor about a clock and a quirky label. The visitor teases the term visitor as a quaint name, prompting the hostess to defend the reason the label feels off.

Roads In France and Christmas Island Details

Roads in France are described as four classes with widths of fifty forty thirty three and twenty five feet. Christmas Island in the Pacific is noted for its name from Captain Oak landing there on Christmas Day 1777.

France Christmaa Island Christmas Sland Pacific Ocean Captain Oak Christmas Day

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