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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1921
Page
3
Railway timetable from Rockport dated February 20 1921 shows southbound trains No 42 at 9 50 am No 200 at 1 30 pm and No 44 at 9 15 pm and northbound trains No 43 at 7 20 am No 201 at 5 45 pm with arrivals and departures listed for Rockport stations.
Mr Henry Taylor left for his home after staying the winter in Rockport feeling fine. Miss Georgia McFarland left today to visit friends in New Albany. Mrs Jamie Noras and two children are visiting friends in Owensboro this week.
Village reports show Mrs. Beatrice Richardson and baby visiting Grandview while Henrietta Gordon travels to Owensboro for a friend’s death. Evansville visitors Hazel Jackson and Cordelia Bushrod stop by, Rev. Sims and Rev. Price preach in town, and a colored band tours Owensboro for the O. C. Minstrels.
The article notes that all appointees in Governor McCray's office received salary increases under a clause of the 1921 regular bill, creating a fund of 20000 dollars annually for the office.
The governor authorized raises totaling 624.52 for the month and 7494.24 for the year benefiting Adah Bush Harris Urbans Harrison Hubard Young Peters Rose and others. Grandview Chautauqua directs tent and admission rates stay. Huntingburg amphitheater destroyed in a storm with repairs planned for the Fourth of July.
In Soviet Russia music suffers as state control stifles publishing and performances. Scriabin remains printed. Glazounoff lacks paper. Medtner heads a village music school near Moscow. Engel mentors peasant children at Petrograd schools. Opera in Petrograd features Chaliapin and Neschadanova. Stravinsky and Ravel operas delayed. Hunger ends much artistic effort.
The piece recounts a legendary tale from Draco’s day where citizens showered him with cloaks causing his death, noted as “killed by kindness.” It mentions an alternative origin from a biology anecdote about mother apes smothering their young, from Cleveland Main Dealer.
A shuffled line from Louisville Couries Journal hints at a scientist discussing Gabby and TOR, mentioning sleep, lying down, waking, and repeated attempts. The text is garbled with unclear objects and timing, offering little coherent context or readable facts.
A quotation from the Boston Transcript notes that despite many unkind views, the telephone has a redeeming feature namely that you cannot lend money through it. The remark highlights limits of telephonic communication.
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