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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1915
Page
3
The Rockport Democrat quotes local figures arguing over keeping or moving the county seat. One man champions central Chrisney location to boost land values from 400 to 40 000 for a forty acre tract, while others defend Rockport. The piece questions selfish motives and town pride in the proposed shift.
The Spencer county seat dispute ends with a court order allowing the county to proceed with building a new courthouse after Chrisney loses its bid for the seat. The Democrat notes the outcome but urges better conduct from Chrisney and highlights community differences in center and power.
Witnesses testified about building values and improvements in a county election discussion, naming W. H. Cost T. Snyder and J. H. Walker among others as part of the continuing coverage. The article notes there will be no county seat election, with further detail on page 1.
The Tanlac preparation is described as derived from medicinal elements gathered worldwide including the Aps and Appennines to India and Peru. The Cooper Medicine Company under Herr Joseph Trimbrach crafts the formula in sterilized bottles for global shipment and local sale at T. C. Basye Drug Store in Rockport. Also noted is land appraisal showing half block value and a county seat election cost levy on petitioners.
Federal court in Indianapolis appointed appraisers to value eleven acres of land owned by Allen Gentry southwest of here and eighteen and a half acres near Madison for the two new dams and locks project. The Crozier and Hammel properties are affected and Joseph Daniels of Indianapolis is named as commissioner to convey the land. Work on the river navigation project to connect Cairo, Illinois and Pittsburgh begins next year.
A reader asks if diners would enjoy meals upon seeing bedbugs fleas roaches or spiders on foodstuffs and notes flies as the comparatively cleaner menace Swat the first fly you see.
Japanese cooks seldom use the fingers in cooking. Chop sticks spoons and wooden utensils perform the tasks, with many dishes requiring twenty four hours to prepare.
A dialect voice quotes Uncle Eben arguing that appreciating flowers and sunshine is learned from books as the proper thing to do, implying social conformity over genuine feeling. The piece uses regional speech to comment on tradition and impression.
An unusual plant forms on telegraph wires with air nourishment and roots, feeding from the air rather than earth. Its seed travels to wires via birds and insects and it resembles an orchid when mature. Also includes a Worth While Quotation from Henry Van Dyke on love.
A fragment notes that laughter holds importance citing the late Titus of imperial Rome and the idea that a day without laughter is lost. The writer underscores the enduring value of humor across time.
Mrs Jas K Balderson and granddaughter Elsie Balderson visited Fort Branch on Thursday. Mrs J T Jacobs of Evansville visited relatives in the city this week. Rev JM Daniels of Troy to preach at Baptist church next Sunday. Miss Jamie Billingsly of Grand View visited Miss Anna Lorene Mohr. Miss Irena Woolfolk of Grandview visited Miss Jeanette Hackleman. Mrs Anna M Hicks of Owesboro visiting her mother Mrs Mary L Laird. Mrs J O Kollenberg and two children of Louisville visited grandmother Mary Laird. Miss Vesta White of Grandview visited Miss Mary Guard Kellams. John J Brown elected to city school board replacing Henry Maas. Mrs Robert Balderson of Evansville visited relatives and attended Decoration Day services. Claud Hamilton and Miss Sallie Kellams united in marriage. Squire Robert R Snyder officiated.
An adjourned term of the Spencer Circuit Court will convene at the Rockport court house on Monday June 28 1915 and run daily until business is finished. Lewis Woolfolk Clerk. Jesse Etherton was arrested in Owensboro Kentucky and sent to Jeffersonville reformatory after parole violation connected to a prior petit larceny sentence.
The LY T. L. gatherings recount parties hosted by Sheldon Himmelhofer Mrs Hackleman and Marguerite Roberts with fruit candy ice cream and a new game Martha and George. Esther and Taylor Pyle and later Carl Whitehouse Milburn and Hubert Kopp added cheerful evenings while the group recalls their wartime aim for clear brains and a sound body.
The article notes that about 300 million feet of film are used annually to meet worldwide demand for moving pictures, equivalent to over 55 thousand miles of movie stock.
The piece argues that the so called Babes in the Wood were not innocent but outlaws who infested the hills of County Wicklow Ireland, a claim challenging common beliefs about the legend.
A Detroit to New York World report says Michigan auto manufacturers have shifted from seeking prosperity to chasing it. After the year began Detroit Lansing Flint and Jackson plants run at full speed with overtime two shifts and expanding work forces.
The Southern railway will run a poultry demonstration car from May 27 to July 2 to teach farmers and poultry men proper handling of poultry and eggs. Four government experts will lecture at each stop on refrigeration, dressing, packing, grading, and shipping eggs and poultry to distant markets. The car will visit New Albany Birdseye Huntingburg Dale Lincoln City Lamar Troy Tell City Cannelton Chrisney Rockport Gentryville Tennyson Boonville Evansville Jasper Vespin Winslow Oakland City Princeton and more.
A sheriff sale notice from Spencer county Indiana orders a public auction on June 26 1915 between 10 am and 4 pm at the Rockport courthouse for rents and profits of a described 2 acre 119 rod property in section 14 township 6 range 5 west and in the event of shortfall the fee simple of the real estate. The sale is conducted in the name of William Snyder with Daisy Snyder as plaintiff. The document also contains a biographical obituary fragment describing a woman known for quiet charity and a peaceful death in the arms of Jesus.
Parasede Young died May 25 1915 at her daughter Mrs Mary Nixp home aged 79 years 9 months 16 days born August 9 1835 married John Q Harvey in 1851 they had eleven children five predeceased her survivors include Mary Nix Dora Melntire Carrie Huser Rose Parrae and Benjamin Breat In April 1892 her his pi
Jesse Etherton, a white man, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Officers Pergram and Belle. He fled from the Indiana Reformatory at Jeffersonville after being sent from Rockport for house breaking sentences from one to eight years. He was nabbed on Walnut Street and jailed awaiting the arrival of an Indiana officer. A $25 reward was posted for Etherton’s arrest.
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