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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
3
Time card for Rockport trains lists No 41 departing 7 00 a m No 45 at 5 50 p m except Sunday No 47 at 7 01 p m Sunday only arriving No 40 at 11 50 a m No 42 at 9 40 p m No 41 connects at Lincoln City to Louisville and east Nos 45 47 connect east to Huntingburg All trains connect to St Louis and westbound trains
Evansville Railway Company timetable lists Rockport Evansville routes with morning and evening departures from 5:20 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. including connections to Richland Lake P. CO. and Hatfield. Freight departures from Rockport at 3:45 p.m. daily except Sunday. Contacts: Home 229, Home No. 79, W A Carson General Manager, FE. Storton Traffic Manager.
Advert says Dr Miles Heart Remedy cured a San Francisco woman who suffered heart trouble since girlhood. It asserts the remedy strengthens heart nerves and muscles and promises refund if the first bottle does not help. It notes eleven bottles used with claimed complete recovery.
The Westminster Gazette recounts Lord Lyveden’s anecdotes on peerage reform. One states a nineteenth century statesman visited his imprisoned son and was told he would be the greatest blackguard in the peerage after death. The other features a housekeeper named Anne Brown who declines an invitation from a lord.
During a New York performance of Twelfth Night Sir Henry Irving momentarily misquoted a line causing laughter. He spoke with unusual emphasis on the pronoun Do you know what you say The audience roared as he unwittingly parodied the Private Secretary line. He later learned it was forgetfulness aimed at another play.
A century old psychical mystery at Friars Castle home of the Duke of Roxburghe involves Archie the footman who knew every book as a shepherd knows his flock. At the duke's funeral the library bell rang, Archie answered with a deathbed pledge and then died, as Sir Walter Scott recounts in St. James Gazette notes.
The tuberculin test is outlined as the most delicate and accurate method to detect tuberculosis in cattle. It involves injecting tuberculin and monitoring temperature changes, with distinct fever patterns indicating infection. The article notes high accuracy after extensive testing and urges expert administration and careful timing before retesting.
Advertises a simple home treatment for rheumatism claiming it cures a kidney related illness with fluids like dandelion extract and compounds of sarsaparilla. Says mix and take teaspoonfuls after meals and at bedtime, promising quick relief for bladder, urinary issues and backache.
A girl recalls a summer trip to Kentucky where the horse sent by Cousin Hal led her to the corner saloon in town. The animal would not move until she dismounted and remounted, while family members deny ever riding the horse.
An attentive listener is a joy but an inattentive one is a trial to the soul. Listen with eyes, face, heart, and mind and you will achieve a triumph. Look directly at the speaker and avoid diverted gaze to other happenings to show genuine interest.
Maud Tolliver uses slang to deter her suitor Gordon, who loves her but must win her over. After a dramatic confrontation and a near disclosure, Gordon reveals the last chance to win her trust and change himself. Maud yields, drawn by his earnest appeal and restraint.
The Baltimore American quotes Nell defending a man whose flyaway manner is mocked by Belle. Nell says his business is making balloon ascensions, hinting at a light social aside within a larger chatty notice.
In a humorous exchange from the St. Paul Pioneer Press a Gunner boasts of a fancy cigarette named after him while another questions his puffed up attitude. The playful dialogue highlights pride and rivalry among service members.
The fragment ponders how ideas and conceit travel toward catastrophe. It hints at a timeless literary theme with echoes of Goethe. The terse line suggests a metaphysical view of progress and ruin.
Obituary notes Donald Grant Mitchell known as Ik Marvel died at Edgewood near New Haven at eighty six. The Yale graduate and author of Reverses of a Bachelor and Dream Life gained fame across two continents and counted Longfellow Holmes and Poe among friends. Born in Norwich Connecticut on April 12 1822 he studied law briefly then settled at a 290 acre farm near New Haven where he wrote most of his later works. He traveled on foot across Europe and England to sustain health and left a literary legacy shaping American letters.
Richmond Indiana man J O Thompson called an African expert told the president that African bugs are more dangerous than beasts. He said one insect can cause blood poisoning while tsetse fly bites may bring sleeping sickness. Thompson promised to write detailed information for Roosevelt on Africa.
A Victorian moral tale explains the stocking tradition. St Nicholas sought shelter during a storm, preached to nuns, and on a later Christmas eve he asked each nun to fill a stocking with sugar plums, which he then filled in return.
A seven ton lump of anthracite coal, the largest ever mined, was extracted from a Panther Creek valley mine in Pennsylvania. It will be exhibited in a museum in Philadelphia or Boston.
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