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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1910
Page
6
Dining Cars serve all meals. Stopovers allowed south of the Ohio River both ways. Routes include Chattanooga Atlanta Macon or Knoxville Asheville Columbia Savannah. One can travel in either direction with optional stopovers.
The rain tree Pithe tollobium Saman grows up to 60 feet in dry South American regions. Its leaves condense atmospheric moisture, showering continuously from the foliage and branches to flood soil into lush marshy forests. Deserts become verdant due to this natural irrigation.
Readers see prosperity in 1910 with bold predictions from leaders and thinkers. Willis Moore forecasts Antarctic reach within a year and air travel by 1915, while Mrs Belmont urges female empowerment and Wrights foresee aero progress, balloons, and racing machines amid a rising aerial age.
A man seeks a coat of arms and finds one. a bookseller sells 300 old sermons. A well dressed man buys boxes with a family shield and bookplate, claiming the name matches his own and plans to take books that fit his identity.
A British cavalry officer favors roans for temperament and quick learning while noting dark grays, blacks, and dark chestnuts as hardy. He warns light chestnuts and light bays are nervous. The piece also recounts Sir Robert Perks’ rule of rising before 5 AM and a water alarm device to enforce the habit, as told in Iron Life Story.
Passenger and freight timetables list outbound Rockport to Evansville via multiple intermediate points with departure times starting early morning and continuing throughout the day. Connections exist to Richland Lake P O and Hafield, with hourly Rockport and Evansville services and a daily 3:45 p m freight from Rockport. Information contacts include Jephone Foma and officials F C Storton and W A Carson.
The Spencer Circuit Court in Rockport Indiana will hear the final settlement of the Mary M. Jonuso estate on January 24. Creditors heirs and legatees must appear to show cause why accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. The Clerk J A Martins presiding with A D Payton attorney for the administrator.
A St. Joseph Gazette excerpt describes a downtown blacksmith famed for ice tongs and ice hooks. When asked to repair stove hinges, he deflects with a brusque insistence on his jewelers tempering, asserting broader ironwork skill while dismissing the caller as underestimating him.
The clerk of the Spencer circuit court appoints William G. Jones as administrator of the estate of Barbara Deeg, deceased, late of Spencer county Indiana. The estate is believed solvent. Smith & McCullough, Attorneys.
Charles Brookfield jokes with a fellow actor playing David Garrick at the Garrick club. Brookfield admires the portrait then quips that the actor grows more Garrick by day, only to have the performer reply that he grows less Garrick each night.
The Harrison family and the Adams family of Massachusetts trace a historic genealogical tree carrying a signer of the Declaration of Independence and two U.S. Presidents. The Adamses and Harrisons stand apart in a class by themselves, a distinction unlikely to be equaled again in the nation’s history.
The living skeleton president announces need to elect a treasurer for the Freaks Secret society. Members question who shall fill the post as the chorus derides a legless member.
A brief exchange between Jinks and Winks has them trading a dollar in quarters. Winks jokes his vest pocket is crowded yet promises to make room as the coins pass.
A Massillon saying asserts jealousy reveals hidden feelings of inadequacy in the jealous person.
Spencer Circuit Court in Indiana notifies listed landowners that a petition for a dredge drain in Ohio and Luce townships, including spur branches, has been filed by Robert W. Richards and others. The hearing is set for February 9, 1910, with lands affected and public rights of way to be benefited. Clerk Janes A. Hopking and Attorney E. L. Boyd are noted.
The piece contrasts investment, trading on margin, gambling, and speculation with a satirical take on financial behavior. It defines investment as buying and holding bonds, margin trading as buying on credit, gambling as determining a wife’s worth, and speculation as pursuing reform and outcomes, ending with a humorous view of a man who saves only to rely on his children later.
A visitor noted scant flags on czarina birthday then saw widespread bunting after a police agent warned fines up to 200 rubles. Residents said they raised multiple flags to comply and avoid penalties.
Independence Hall, purchased by Philadelphia from the state for a large sum, has undergone $200,000 in restoration work and now draws about one million visitors annually.
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