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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
3
Evansville timetable lists daily passenger and freight trains between Rockport Evansville and intermediate towns with hourly connections to Richland and Lake PO. Services include morning to evening departures from Rockport and Evansville and a Rockport freight run at 3 45 p m except Sunday. Information lines provide telephone and officials names.
The article traces early artificial eyes from ancient Egypt using gold silver copper and ivory to sixteenth century Europe where porcelain eyes appeared and makers stamped their address on the eye’s white.
Has on Sale First and Third Tuesdays of Each Month Homeseekers Tickets to the South South east West North west and South west. Trains leave Rockport daily No 41 7 30 am No 43 5 45 pm except Sunday No 45 6 10 pm Sundays only Arrive Daily No 40 1 30 pm No 42 9 35 pm No 41 connects for Louisville and French Lick Nos 48 and 45 connect for French Lick and Monon trains Nos 40 and 42 connect at Lincoln City with Louisville French Lick trains H Helmbeeck Local Ticket Agent.
A magazine excerpt discusses companionship as essential to happiness, asserting the human heart desires enduring fellowship that death cannot alter. The humorous aside features Mr Wayback tugging at a stubborn bureau drawer and joking about government abolishing bureaus from the navy department.
A Queensland government expert reports that seventy nine valuable woods have been discovered in Papua British New Guinea. The woods suit cabinet making ornament boats piles railway carriages girders and other uses. The best trees grow along major Papuan rivers. Port Moresby imposes a small rent charge on these woods instead of free leases.
The statesman was asked at a dinner in his honor how he varied his eating. He replied Madam I vary in eating in this respect sometimes I eat more but never less.
Dr. Charles W. Eliot reveals selections for the Harvard classics five foot library. He argues reading these works provides a liberal education in fifteen minutes daily. Included are Augustine, Dante, Chaucer, Milton, Plato, Shakespeare, Darwin, Burns, Keats and many more.
The aeroplane gown is described as a two-skirt, buttonless street and sports outfit. It opens only in the back left, uses hooks, with long trousers caught below the knee by rubber bands. Tights are worn underneath and the palatial 56 inch pantaloons cover the legs, expected to be popular at the seashore this summer.
Boston dispatch reports a Laconia lawyer Erastus Perry Jewel’s relics include John Paul Jones’ Ranger log. The log begins in Paul Jones’ hand showing pre France trips clearing the northern Atlantic of British privateers. Lieutenant Elijah Hall narrates Ranger details. Ex Senator Chandler seeks Navy archives custody.
David Cohen, recently moved to Winsted Connecticut to run a clothing business, plans to use carrier pigeons to stay in touch with his fiancée in New York. She has twelve pigeons, one of which won a prize at Madison Square Garden show. Rail distance to New York is 118 miles and four hours for fast trains. Cohen believes air routes can beat postal delivery by over an hour.
A German army experiment uses a new gun carriage fitted with ped-rail wheels. The blocks grip the road so the carriage can move steadily as it advances, potentially changing mobility for field artillery.
Eclipses noted in records across ages allow astronomers to determine when they occurred. Such eclipse data prove valuable to students of history for dating important events.
An enraged woman who tried to damage a doctor's residence by throwing stones was arrested for breaking the windows of a neighboring house. Police report shows motive linked to the medical professional.
Paresis is pa-re-sis with short a and first syllable. cocaine is ko kah in with stress on the first. The question asks why tremenj us is used instead of tremen dus.
The fragment notes Eratosthenes around 250 B C taught Earth’s rotundity and sphere ideas. Roman scholars discussed a globe with poles axis equator arctic and antarctic circles and solstices. The text hints at widespread ancient interest in a spherical Earth.
A western Kansas tale recalls a farmer describing a wind that blew steadily for days. The wind kept a sheaf of oats pressed against his barn door for three days, a favorite regional anecdote cited by the Atchison Globe.
In Century's Romantic Germany, Robert Haven Schauffler extols Meissen as a town of crooked streets and sudden climbs that yield new architectural vistas and landscapes. Landings reveal ancient walled steps leading to the burg on one side and the river on the other, offering continual discoveries.
A Washington Star quote notes Uncle Eben remarking that many people ignore speeches of the nation's brainiest, yet will read every word spoken by a former prizefighter. The line highlights public attention imbalance toward intellectuals versus a famous ex-champion.
An Express quotation notes Said Uncle Silas comparing a woman’s longer time to prepare for a shopping trip with a man packing for a six month vacation, highlighting gendered views on daily routines.
Editorial note from Charleston News and Courier condemns splitting an infinitive in a two column headline and argues the practice is not a mortal offense.
The text traces how broccoli and cauliflowers arrived from Cyprus in the seventeenth century while the potato, brought by Sir Walter Raleigh around 1584, only gained general use after 1663 when the royal society promoted its cultivation.
In seven years 98 executions occurred in Prussia with ten women among the condemned. Silesia led with 21 executions, followed by Brandenburg, Posen and Rhineland. No executions in Berlin. prisoners are taken to the Ploetzensee prison in Brandenburg for the standing guillotine.
A northern England gentleman notices a laborer named Mat in tatters and offers an old suit. Mat later explains he kept the suit at home to mend, so remains dressed as before and wears his best available clothing.
A vivid reminiscence from Will Irwin in Collier's recalls early baseball’s crude, merry form. pitchers limited by round throws and catchers facing heavy balls without protection, with rare feats like Smith’s five passed balls in a game highlighting the sport’s rough infancy. Dicky Pearce is praised as a standout in the fifties for his exceptional infield play.
In a London Tit-Bits fragment, a father confronts his daughter about missing flowers. The girl deflects with a story about a monkey, then admits she took the blooms, remarking she chose to change the subject as advised by her father.
Advice from the Philadelphia Inquirer urging careful personal property protection. Keep title deeds insured, store keys securely, and avoid leaving securities with brokers both to reduce risk and guard against possible defalcations. Emphasizes vigilance in financial matters and safeguarding one's property.
A Newcastle Journal correspondent notes how St Kilda fowls nest in cliffs defying bird catchers and sportsmen. The Conagher precipice, the British isles’ deepest, stands 1 220 feet above sea level, a sheer drop that could allow a fall into the sea without a scratch.
A tale from Success Magazine recounts Marlon confessing to her mother that she broke a brick in the fireplace. She explains the brick was struck with her father’s watch, prompting a penitential sob and a lesson in honesty.
A playful exchange in the Washington Herald pits a poetic enthusiast against a traditionalist. The youth boasts a Turkish den in his home while arguing poetry is best written in a garret, sparking a lighthearted quarrel over artistic spaces.
A Baltimore American quote describes a home incident where a husband finds his wife boiling with humor and a roast given to him, capturing a lighthearted domestic scene from the Bangs household.
A letter from Arctic explorer V Stefansson, sent from Barrow Alaska, hints at solving the Franklin expedition disappearance or Icelandic colonists’ fate. He notes harsh changes due to civilization and describes winter camps, Eskimo settlements, and plans to travel east toward Colville and Coppermine regions while observing health impacts from new housing.
Belleville New Jersey business leaders plan a yearly August observance called business men's day. The board of trade president John H Hastwood appointed a committee to plan the event and coordinate closures on legal holidays.
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