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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
5
An ad notes a 50 percent reduction on fancy feathers and wings by M. Weil. Nearby, Trinity Lutheran church plans morning and evening services next Sunday. A Rebekah meeting is listed with hours, inviting all members and attendees.
The fourth quarterly meeting of Rockport mission continues at the Salem Evangelical church with daily sessions at 7 p m. D D Speicher, presiding elder, will lead Sunday services and all are invited to attend the gathering at 17 to 19.
A surprise birthday party was held Tuesday evening for Mrs. Fred Rimstidk in honor of her 24th birthday. Attending were Mr and Mrs Grant Atkinson Perry Himmelheber Commodore Abney Harry Mix Misses Bessie Palmer Winnie Krueger Mrs Elizabeth Freshly Sam Freschley and Earnest Feltman. Basye's drug store offers a twenty five pound pail of Dr Hess stock food for one dollar sixty with Basye also selling International stock food and carrying S size rackazes.
Fred Pfeifer of Tell City mourns the death of his uncle James Snyder a Perry County resident. Snyder and Pfeifer’s father died within months of each other, both raised in Germany and emigrants who came in 1846 and 1848 respectively. Pfeifer attended the funeral in Tell City.
Dr Drake's German Group Remedy offered at thirty five cents. a Rock Port agent is Hasye. Haines & Schmacher Richland City advertise men's and boys suits ladies and children's cloaks with a large holiday stock at lower prices than city shops.
A dollar saved is two dollars made. You can make a good many dollars by getting your lumber and lath from W Q Collins. Call home phone 79-3 Richland board and get prices. A supply always on hand. W Q Collins Boonville Ind.
Frank Collins returns from visiting relatives in the east. Miss Mary Reading visits Mrs L Logsdon in Hvansville. Dixon Pennington of Lamar and James Swallow with Wm Lineger of Richland City in town. Many local residents attend court, business, or travel to Indianapolis for hardwood lumber congress. A St Louis paper criticizes inflation plans and discusses asset currency.
The note discusses two cats on a board fence unable to pass. One backtracked to a perpendicular fence and waited, allowing the other to pass, implying submission rather than reasoning. It cites John Burroughs on animal behavior and cites a Gordon setter avoiding a train as a simple response rather than thought.
Colquhoun describes how husbands held complete sovereignty over wives in ancient Rome with ownership of their person and property. Wives gained child rights and their husband’s name upon intestate succession, while fathers maintained perpetual control over offspring, with emancipation only at the father's death and even corporal punishment legally permissible in earlier times.
An interview excerpt quotes a distinguished Russian refugee describing a knouting experience in Siberia. The reporter notes the refugee’s confirmation with a terse reply indicating a summer in Siberia and a marked sense of ordeal.
Fragmentary remark from Cincinnati Enquirer quoting Mr Hoge and Mrs Hose about women forgetting how to rebel with sharp, provocative phrases reflecting 19th century attitudes. No clear event or names beyond speakers. Sighted in a brief, quoted exchange.
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