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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1909
Page
6
A passage cites Ruskin on cheerfulness as natural to healthy hearts. It argues philanthropy and kindness grow when society teaches children to express humor, reducing gloom linked to poor air diet or harsh labor.
The article notes Verkhovnensk in Siberia registering minus 90.4 degrees Fahrenheit in January 1888, the coldest observed worldwide. It states January averages run about 64 degrees below zero, with Verkhovnensk at 330 feet above sea level and winter weather described as calm and clear.
A playful aphorism about boundaries and consent notes that a woman who signals refusal often lacks chance to change her stance. The line implies social considerations around hearing no and respecting limits.
Seventy nine valuable woods were found in Papua by a Queensland government expert. They include timber for cabinet making ornament boat piles railway carriages and girders. The best stands lie along the Pa puan rivers. Port Moresby will charge rent for these woods instead of granting free access.
A London physician at a medical society meeting claimed tooth extraction is unnecessary in most cases of toothache. He described a remedy for diseased teeth using alum ground to a fine powder and nitrous spirits applied directly to the tooth, curing most desperate cases unless rheumatism is involved.
Baseball scores from St Louis at New York and Detroit at Philadelphia along with batter lines. Other games show Chicago at Boston with listed Batteries and pitching lines.
At Indianapolis the matchup saw R H E scores with 12 and 13 runs for both sides amid batteries Glaze Howley West and Abbott. St Paul hosted Kansas City with Leroy Carisch and Ritter. second game featured J Paul Yeager and Ritter as batters. Louisville hosted Columbus with Selby Hughes Good win Upp James. Minneapolis faced Milwaukee with Cates Block Mc Glynn Hostetter.
Detroit hosts the sixth annual Glidden tour, the American Automobile Association reliability test. Forty machines depart Campus Martius for a 2637 mile route via Chicago Minneapolis Omaha Denver to Kansas City, with fifteen days plus rests. Prizes include the Glidden for touring cars Howard for runabouts and roadsters Detroit for miniature tonneau.
In Indianapolis on July 12 Claude Bradford aged nineteen and William Feller aged eighteen were caught committing a burglary at the Best Plating company on Delaware and Market streets. They confessed with a stolen notebook listing six recent targets, dates and amounts seized.
Scottsburg Indiana July 12 Hubert Carlisle seventeen drowned while swimming in Ox Creek three miles west of Scottsburg. The incident occurred during a local recreation period and authorities investigated the drowning as a tragic accident.
London M. P. notes Covent Garden etiquette mirrors a great mansion hall. Prima donnas demand respect. bouquets are handled with care. Plaquers, hired by singers, shout for pay, while kissing rivals on stage is frowned upon. Plaquers earn 2 shillings plus seat payments.
A Newark News account recalls Dr. Caleb Munn in 1803 or 1804 at a road house. A young rider stole his horse and wagon behind, urged his mount forward, then admitted a wagon pursued. He claimed the wagon refused to pass and he believed it drove off the bridge as he rode away.
The Dundee Advertiser recalls Meal Monday, a Scottish university tradition born from sparing breakfasts and long winter journeys. Students stocked meal kists and traveled home on a Monday after a Saturday to enjoy a midterm respite, a practice echoed today with weekend travel.
Baker's Weekly notes the kasabi torta as the world’s largest regular cracker made from kasabi root. It is baked into bow shaped cakes about the size of a small parasol and used by Latin peasants as a temporary sunshade worn on the head.
A miner delayed settling a boots repair bill for weeks. When the shoemaker returned and demanded payment, the miner’s wife announced the request inside and the miner exclaimed that payment should come after the bootmaker is paid, reflecting a London Scraps stance on delayed payments.
A light verse from the Louisville Courier-Journal notes the contrast between a lover of spring birds and flowers and family duties at home. The speaker laments wife led tasks such as painting kitchen doors beating rugs wax floors and whitewashing the fence.
A noted Par actress invited her hairdresser to a tea gathering and instructed a quick start, promising to join in an hour. The exchange shows the casual backstage mood of the scene.
In a Town and Country snippet a daughter questions her father about lingering near the parlor while Mr. Sikes calls, fearing the visit could burden her life. The exchange frames a tense domestic dynamic and fear of social repercussions.
A quirky Chicago Tribune snippet riffs on a kitchen scene likening Nan to a play with a stirring plot and a fan remark about a thickening plot.
The undersigned trustee of Harrison township will be at his residence near St Meinrad each Saturday except the last in each month when he will be in St Meinrad He will also transact township business on any other day when not engaged on the road. Joseph Peters Trustee Harrison Tp.
The undersigned John Mulzer as Trustee of Huff township will be at his home each Wednesday for township business and will conduct business on other days when at home. Stringent notice of home-based transactions is given.
The undersigned trustee of Carter township will be in Dale on the third Saturday and at his home in Mariah Hill on other Saturdays for township business. He will attend to business on days not spent on the road.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned is appointed administrator of the estate with the will annexed of John Seger deceased late of Spencer county. William Seger
Doraam Harris Hilden Harris files a divorce complaint in Spencer circuit court. The defendant is nonresident of Indiana and must answer by September 6, 1909, or the case will proceed in Rockport court without his presence. James A. Hopkins, Clerk. E L Boyd, Attorney for Plaintiff.
John G. Haines sues William Bannon and unknown heirs in Spencer County Indiana to quiet title. Defendants alleged nonresidents must answer by September 6, 1909 or default. Clerk J A Hopkins signs at Rockport on July 6, 1909.
Spencer Circuit Court September Term 1900 notices. John Dane administrator presents final account and vouchers for examination on September 6 1909 at Rockport Indiana. Heirs creditors legatees and interested persons must appear and show cause why the account should not be approved. Witness signed July 7 1909. E L Boyd attorney for executor.
A dramatic note from Los Angeles Express notes that vice, while a monster in life, makes compelling stage or literary treatment. the piece argues many readers and theatergoers welcome such works.
The French army declares bald-headed men are unfit for service along with the ugly and the stutterers. The notice states that those deemed frightening in appearance are exempt from military duty, reflecting a harsh standard. The item also notes a Harper's Magazine observation about gendered mountaineering challenges for women.
A compact collection of quotes on restraint and tact in daily life. The passages compare stopping noise to harps, reveal philosophy on wishes, praise tact alongside talent, and note how women often seek measured, respectable pleasures.
A columnist warns that self effort matters for success and warns against copying others as a last resort. The piece also notes modern experiments claim eternal youth through extreme frugality and periods of starvation as part of beauty regimes.
John C. Breckenridge became the youngest vice president in U.S. history at age 36 when elected with James Buchanan. He had entered Congress at age 30. The Sunday Magazine notes his youthful rise amid a broader critique of legislatures not formed on democratic principles.
Fifty pounds of candies produce the same illumination as one thousand feet of gas, illustrating a curious energy equivalence.
A Redditch needle factory in Worcestershire England makes 70 million needles each week. The plant highlights high output and regional manufacturing capacity.
A brief quote from Julian Hawthorne on seeing rightly and valuing wisely contrasts with a Cleveland Leader humor line about refusing a $100 cashes and offering $10 instead. The exchange hinges on perceived value and practicality.
A Yonkers Statesman item reports a dentist telling a talkative patient in the chair that she must remain quiet to proceed with a tooth filling. The anecdote highlights the comic clash between professional focus and visit chatter.
The text argues genius and criminality share abnormal traits and no genius is completely sane. It cautions against assuming all geniuses belong in mental asylums.
An Englishman created a multicycle for the blind carrying 12 riders. A seeing lead rider steers, guiding the group along, enabling blind participants to share cycling experiences.
The Birmingham News calls for a city beautification push urging minimal work and expense from every householder to improve the city and share the benefits.
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