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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
7
Train timetable for Evansville lines dated June 8 1911 lists Rockport departures and connections to Grandview Hatfield Richland and Evansville. Freight and passenger timings shown with special Saturday Sunday adjustments. General Manager W. A. Carson and D C Powell sign as PF & P A.
A Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Co. notice urges farmers to place a telephone in every residence. It claims phones boost earnings, protect against sickness, burglary or fire, and provide entertainment. Readers are directed to contact the Nashville Tennessee office or the local manager for details.
One hundred picked men wearing light fedoras and carrying hickory canes will escort the Marshall for President Club to the convention city. The group travels on a special train, behind the Indianapolis Military Band, with stops at Shelbyville Greensburg and Lawrenceburg Junction for concerts and parades.
The seventeen-year locusts emerge across the southern half of town in June, filling woods with their song and promising to fade by year end to reappear in 1929. Entomologists note males sing via drum-like organs, while females damage young wood while laying eggs, especially oaks and hickories.
A mastodon tooth found by Carl and Leonard Inkoff in Pond Creek Harrison township Knox county during morning minnows collection, partly clay covered and resting in eighteen inch deep water. The tooth measures eighteen inch circumference at top eight inch length face 7x3 inches with eight cusps and weighs about 5 1 2 pounds. It is in good preservation and may enter a museum. Nearby residents have viewed it since Tuesday at the Democrat office. The animal lived in western North America and spanned from 51 to 5000 years ago according to local guesses.
The Rev W A Jochum pastor of St Josephs Princeton for five years received a surprise farewell banquet at the adjoining auditorium. 800 attendees heard toasts by Dr A L Ziliak and others as gifts including a gold watch and chain were presented. Jochum, moving to the Washington Indiana Diocese as dean, thanked patrons and reflected on five years of service.
A playful glossary style piece defines amusing mis-spellings and satirical definitions. Entries cover Alimonys Angles Angling Aristocracy Art Astronomy Author Authorship Auction Ambition Apparel and Absence with wry, mock-earnest lines.
A damaged OCR notice notes several subscriptions on the Democrats list are delinquent beyond the one year limit for renewals. It requests that names be withheld unless first given due notice and hints at consulting the division label for paper.
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