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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
8
Fourteen days before Christmas the store promotes early buying with comfortable shopping and no crowds. It highlights sturdy stock ready for delivery on Christmas morning and notes the gifts’ double value of usefulness and attractiveness. Fancy neckwear and belts priced from 25c to 1.50.
A catalog of gentleman apparel and accessories including neckwear handkerchiefs gloves umbrellas mufflers shirts suspenders cuff buttons hats caps collars hosiery and slippers priced from .25 cents to 1.00. The list presents a range of items likely offered by a clothing retailer.
A boy was born to Mr and Mrs Jim Kirk land last Sunday. R R Rhoades was in Rockport on business. Richard Hager and Lizzie Robinson of Henderson Ky were married Tuesday at Rev Jeff Bennetts home. Protracted meetings at Pleasant Valley church continue. Caroline Lautner visits Cloverport. Henry Schmidt goes to Louisville for work in a cigar factory. Prolonged illness for Mrs Wm Toole noted. Butchering season gains momentum for farmers.
Friday and Saturday were a grand success with top lecture features and creditable entertainment. Attendance at sessions was large as expected. A baby boy was born Monday December 7 to Mr and Mrs Lester Huffman. Evangelists Rev Crabb and Mrs Crabb from Brazil Indiana are drawing big crowds at the Christian church. Mrs Crabb sings. Knights of Pythias expect a big wild game supper on December 22 for members and families with wild game corn bread hominy pickles beans and pumpkin pie on the menu.
Born tao Mr and Mrs John Schaeffer a boy Saturday. John Haller visits Owensboro for weeks. Miss Emma Hartz of Tell City visits relatives nearby. Max and Clementine Rupprecht of St Meinrad pass through en route to New Boston to see Mr and Mrs John Friedel. John Rupprecht in Tell City on business. Jake Koenig of Dale visits his mother Mrs Clementine Collign. John and wife Hildenbrand of St Meinrad visit Simon and Mrs Lohrlein. Gust Boehm and Gust Haller attend Tell City. Alphonz Rupprecht travels to St Meinrad to stay with his brother.
John Romine recently returned from North Dakota visited his aunt Mrs. Mary Romine. Alden Hile and wife visited relatives in Warrick county. Preparations are underway for a Christmas entertainment by the U B Sunday school in town.
Maxville L C Lasher from Tell City visited A M Cassidy s Tuesday and Wednesday. John Riesse moved to Livermore Kentucky Wednesday. Arnold Rife of Tell City visited relatives here last week. John Bettag moved to his farm Hog killing time is now in our vicinity. We had a nice rain Sunday but a cool one. Mrs A M Cassidy is on the sick list this week. John Beard near Bristow Ind had six fine fattening hogs bitten by a mad dog recently. As the hogs went mad the same day except one and it went mad the night before. Wm Mastersons little son bitten by a mad dog is alright so far. He was not sent to Indianapolis as reported.
Two revival meetings unfold in Gentryville led by Rev. O Neal of Huntingburg and Rev. Dougherty of the Methodist church. Local residents attend as talk grows about spiritual conditions, with visiting clergy and townsfolk taking part. Ka Holtz buys Logan Boyd blacksmith shop. Logan moves to Montana. Mrs Louis Robinson dies suddenly at Heisman age ~35, leaving husband and nine children.
A newborn daughter to Mr and Mrs Tom Trisler is reported. Mrs Riley and Mrs Kish are seriously ill. Christmas entertainments are being planned by churches. The Baptist church invites Rev J A Carter of Texas. Jos Dawson suffers from heart trouble. The town board approved street lighting with twenty more electric lamps for improved safety. The library reports two new books from E C Wilbern and the Christian Science Publishing Co.
Cold weather sweeps St Meinrad this week with Santa rumors. Jos Vaal and Frank X Ruxer visited Rockport on business. A son was born to Mr and Mrs John B Schafer on Saturday December 5 along with a son to Mr and Mrs John Denning. Ed Hubera visited Fulda while Mrs Jos Wigger suffers pneumonia at a country home. George Bischof of Cumberland Telephone Company makes a flying trip.
Reinhold Sturm returned home last Friday from Minois where he worked for a telephone company. Max Rupprecht and wife visited relatives in New Boston last Saturday. George Denning heads to Louisville Ky for an extended stay. Fulda correspondent derides St Meinrad and praises Fulda’s election results while mocking local political writing and accuracy.
Mrs. Mary Purviance wife of Robert Purviance died at home Sunday morning after nine days of pneumonia at age sixty. She leaves a husband three sons three daughters and seven grandchildren. She was a member of Little Pigeon church and a good Christian woman. Local residents attended the funeral services and related family events in the community.
The United States Dispensatory details hydrastis canadensis golden seal and other Peruna components as remedies for chronic catarrh and related mucous membrane conditions. It notes corydalis formosa and cubebs as tonics, cedron seeds as a bitter tonic, and copaiba as a mild stimulant diuretic. Readers are invited to request a free testimonials book and Peruna almanac for 1969.
Funeral service Monday morning was conducted by the pastor Rev N F Gabbert.
There is more Catarrh in this section than all other diseases and for years was deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio is advertised as the only constitutional remedy. It is taken internally and claimed to affect blood and mucous surfaces. A $100 reward is offered for any failed case. Also Hall's Family Pill for constipation is advertised.
Citron orange peel and lemon peel raisins currents and all kinds of spices for fruit cakes are offered by Laird and Mohr. The notice highlights the range of ingredients available for bakers and fruit cake makers at the shop.
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