Local notices and church reports from Evansville area
See F. W. John about your eyes. Civic Improvement society meets with Mrs C W Halbrug at 2 30 next Friday. One and a quarter million ads of tobacco fed here this far this scam by I R Hardy Co Evansville. E H Bolder selected pastor BE church. vacancy after Rev J T O Neal’s death. E H Roberts returns to Evansville to run stock bond cotton grain and provisions commission business at 318 Upper First street. Haines Schumacher offer clothing bargains and children suits from 1 to 3 dollars. Priority Lutheran church Jan 5 1908 services 10 30 7 00 Sunday school 9 15. Readymade suits for men boys and coats and holiday goods cheap at Haines Schumacher Richland City. Trinity Lutheran Sunday school officers elected Philip Mohr Supt W r Ass’t Supt Miss Wary ing Secy Victor Mohr asst Sec L H Kreez treasurer Miss Florence Fell organist Miss Nellie Rimtidt asst organist U B church Rev D P Me Coy pastor Rockport charge B church half conference at Ebenezer Jan 4 5 business meeting 2 p m preaching 10 30 a m revival beginning Tuesday eve. All church people invited. Rockport Sunday preaching time listed.
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Trinity Lutheran
Philip Mohr
F. W. R. Ass
Waryings
Victor Mohr
Istant
L. H. Kreez
Florence
U. B
D. P. MeCoy
Rockport
Ibenezer
All Church
Rockhe
One Thousand Men One Thousand Dollars in NYT Remark
A restaurant owner laments revenue from male patrons versus female diners and a woman vows to reform her sex after overhearing the quip about men and meals. A male friend praises the cheap lunch and the restaurant’s lax watch on men. The scene ends with the woman scheming.
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Pye
New York Times
Toothblacks and their art across Sunda islands
A traveling man describes toothblacks in the Sunda islands who paint teeth black for a fee and gild two front teeth. He notes similar practices in Macassar and Japan among certain classes, calling the tooth black an institution and the painter a gossiping itinerant.
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Sunda Islands
Macassar
Japan
Neworleans Times-Democrat
Gilded poverty in Paris tea house scene
In a Parisian restaurant Miss Betham-Edwards recalls a tea time vignette from Time Life in France. A tall hat frock coat man buys toothpicks monthly, likely a government functionary or bonds owner, and his wife earns from home. They live on six to eight dollars weekly.
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Marcel
How a Flea Jumps
The piece explains that a flea can leap about 200 times its height and often lands on its feet. It notes six long legs aid balance during jumps and that smooth surfaces hinder grip. Flea wings are reduced to useless scales, serving only taxonomic value, while the insect gains no benefit from them.
Amusing slip in temperance lecture note
A renowned temperance lecturer and ardent anti liquor advocate spoke in a prohibition town praising its conditions. He claimed that during a two month stay he saw only one drunken man, a comment delivered with a whispered flourish amid his remarks.
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Buffalo Times
Reading Aloud Echoes Racial Slur Lesson
A mother warns a girl not to say a racial slur and she replies with a reading that substitutes the word with a similarly sounding derogatory term. The exchange highlights awkward racial language in a classroom setting.
Dodging His Friends Restaurant Ad Sparks Notice
James Saveaul announces he has started his own up to date restaurant business and hopes that his many friends will step away and give him a chance.
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James Saveaul
Cheap Jag Attracts No-Expense Affair In Pittsburg
A fragment from the Pittsburg Press notes a lightweight romantic encounter described as an intoxicated display of affection for a beau. The piece implies the affair cost nothing and was driven by ease rather than expense.
Farmer as Business Man at Dale Farmers Institute
Dr J R Dunn argues farmers are skilled agriculturists but weak in business, urging organized effort and information bureaus to market produce on business lines. He compares farming with manufacturing costs and pricing, urging patience, prudence, and concerted action to build stable value and prevent exploitation.
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Farmers Institute
Dale
J. R Dunn
Tam
South Africa
Orient
Teast
White Milling Corn Wanted and See Rockport Bids
Market notes show Rockport Milling Co seeking white corn and wheat bids. Classifieds include health pills, mules for sale near Boonville, and a work opportunity promising territory to the first applicant. Also listed are Nabob pancake flour and a Mammoth Grocery assortment with J H Walker.
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White
Rockport Milling Co
S. W. Hart
Boonville
W. Hart
New Orleans
Mammoth Grocery
J.H. Walker
Notice to creditors in Evans estate at Rockport Indiana
All persons having claims against the estate of Alfred Evans late of Spencer County Indiana deceased are notified to present their claims to E. L. Boyd attorney at law Rockport Indiana for settlement on or before May 15 1908. 3. T. McCollum.
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Alfred Evans
Spencer County
Indiana
E. L. Boyd
Rockport
T. McCollum
Free $20 Busy Bee machine with $25 purchase
Haines and Schumacher advertise a promotion giving a $20 Busy Bee talking machine free with $25 worth of goods bought for cash or trade. The offer promises a popular prize and invites customers to view goods and prices.
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Haines and
Schumacher
Burial Lots for Mt Zion Cemetery Auction Notice
Notice for trustees meeting at 10 A M Saturday January 1 1908 to select burial lots in Mt Zion cemetery new addition and old cemetery. Full lots 9 by 32 feet with corner stones $10 cash. half lots 9 by 16 feet $5. some half lots in old yard $2 50 cash. L F Bauman Allen Parker Trustees T H Axion.
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Mt. Zion
Old Cemetery
L. F. Bauman
Allen Parker
T. H. Axion
Local residents visiting relatives and traveling in the area
James Logan of Louisville visits his parents this week. Will S Richards is in town visiting his brother Robert. J M Hougland leaves for Chicago to attend school. Numerous residents including Wm Danning, W H Jones, Frank Rebel, Porter Atkinson, Mrs Virgie Maas, and others are listed as visiting relatives or conducting business in nearby towns this week.
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James Logan
Louisville
Will S. Richards
Robert
J. M. Hougland
Chicago
Wm. Danning
Luce Township
W. H. Jones
Rockport
Frank Rebel
Grass Township
Porter Atkinson
Rob't Atkinson
Virgie Maas
Phoenix
Ariz
Clarence Laird
Bertha Fay
Erma Martin
Boonville
Thomas Snyder
Purdue
Raymond Bosler
Indianapolis
S. F. Bosler
Margaret Carter
Owensboro
Lucy Proctor
Eugene
Fay
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I. Basye
Hades
F. W. John
The
Civic Improvement Society
C. W. Halbruge
I. R. Hardy & Co
Ev. E H. Bolder
Evansville
J. T. O'Neal
E. H. Roberts
Upper
First Street
Haines & Schumacher
Prioity Lutheran Church
Sun
L. W. Gross
Haines & Scuhmacher
Richland City
James G. Taylor
Fittsburg Press
DonWitt
T. C. Basye
Dominocards Co
Chouteau
St. Louis, Mo
R. E. Roberts
Mt. Vernon
Mary Romig
Vincinity
John M. Doyle
Hammond Township
Jessie Wallace
Asia Skeels
Hvansville
H. P. Boyd
Dyersburg
Tenn
I. B. Richardson
Grant Hamilton
South Ben
Ind
W. C. Mason
Cincinnati
Emma Braun
Carrie Krueger
Eric Knowlton
George Jones
Viola Martin
Tennyson
Hiram Wallace
Garrett Quirey
O. E. Hammer
C. Fuelster
Bijou Restaurant
New York
Ius
Zeidler
Upper Third St
William H. Field
First St
St. George Hotel
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