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Newspaper

Rockport Democrat

Location

Rockport, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1913

Page

3

Indiana Briefs Hansard Notes Public School Work

Notes from Greenfield Franklin Jeffersonville and other towns report on public school programs and staff. Enrollments total twenty seven teachers engaged. students receiving credits for examinations. Lighting rate cut from ten to nine cents per kilowatt with lower rates for high usage. Local legal cases include railroad damages suits in Clark county and miscellaneous misadventure reports from Whiteland and Lake Manitou area.

Indiana Greenfield Electre Marhia—Otis Crain Boone County Crain Indiana Normal School Purdie. University State Experiment Station Franklin—Widdle Henderson Eorge Uli Meniv Orse Canning Whiteland Ray-Henry Sadie Sanders Nhot Robert Wyatt Harry” Saunders Seymour James Hickison Lucy Ickison Cone Nutter Center Point Turner Rowchester Manitou Fulton County

New Mobility Tax Law Takes Effect in July

A new automobile tax law goes into effect in July to shift costs to auto owners and drivers. The change aims to rebalance public road costs, addressing concerns from those unable or unwilling to own cars. Also notes the death of Jan Elis Lamar of Tell City at an Evansville sanitarium after illness.

Pbven Elis Lamar Tell City Evansville Ellis Jake Zoercher Camelton

Lieb Pushes Ohio River Lock Site for Wabash Navigation

Congressman Charles Lieb promotes securing a site in Posey County Indiana for a new lock on the Ohio River as part of the Rivers and Harbors program. He aims to place a deed before his committee, seeking government land purchase at about two million dollars to improve the Wabash and open a vital waterway for his district. The piece blends political strategy with local color and unrelated anecdotes.

Charles Lieb Ohio River Lieb Posey County Mt Vernon Washington Mi Bosey Arkansas Jim Hope Mother's

Out of Place and Rude Clerks Stir City Air

The text describes a scene in which a woman complains to a grocer about rude service while a clerk’s whistling irritates her. A guard questions the sentry about his night duties as a passerby notices a portrait being imitated by an impressionist.

Gerk Indianapolis News

Careful Mr. Smith Meeting with Dr Filmecking

Fragmentary dialogue shows a former patient greeting a doctor named Filmecking and a query about costs. A Philadelphia Inquirer reference appears as the source context.

Mr. Smith Filmecking Philadelphia Biquirer

Too Big a Load at the Cafe

A fragmented London Opinion snippet shows garbled dialogue about a wet drink and a brewery visit. The overheard lines reference a wife, a brewery, and a doctor, with nonsensical references to numbers and sounds. The piece reflects noisy, incoherent chatter rather than a clear event.

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