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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1910
Page
4
A 1910 article notes many avowed Democratic candidates for state nominations while Republicans are largely unseen. It argues trust-driven costs are rising faster than wages and blames Republican policies. The piece hints voters may shift control in Washington if conditions persist.
Senator LaFollette rails at President Taft over Ballinger and Pinchot letters. He charges Ballinger in the Taft cabinet faced no rebuke as Pinchot was removed, calling the action an assault on a public figure of high character amid alleged improper coal land practices in Alaska. The remark frames a domestic party dispute as a political embarrassment.
White House actions reveal Taft will reject appointments urged by insurgents if they aid insurgent aims. A Washington dispatch reports Taft’s anger at off the reservation promises by Congress members. He will appoint only those faithful to him and his policies, affecting local job seekers in Indiana.
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a food medicine that strengthens the elderly against colds and pneumonia. It appears in a paper issue alongside a banking and sketchbook promotion, with printing from Penn and Bowne, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
The piece quotes Charles Hernly predicting Indiana will swing by about 40 000 votes against the Republicans and argues the party is dead as a united force. It describes a long history of factional fighting and a doomed, perfunctory state ticket process.
Ida M Schnuck transfers two lots to Theodore Tableman for 600 dollars and others exchange parcels with prices listed. Highteen mortgages, releases and one will recorded last week, noting activity around Lamar properties and local title changes.
The first district corn school is in session at Evansville this week. Registered students span towns including Chrisney Rockport Dale Grandview Lake and Tennyson with courses in stock corn poultry domestic science and related subjects.
A list of residents and their potential political ambitions includes Sam Brown likely seeking county assessor. The item notes numerous local names and hints at party dynamics affecting a county office race. A second short note reflects on horse rolling behavior, asking readers to explain why horses never roll on the second try or four times.
A Success Magazine writer lists fear diseases from ergophobia to phantophobia and other phobias. The Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette compiles fears such as fear of mice, dark, thunder, and even animals, noting many fears are common mental ailments and attributing cowardice to phantophobiae.
The spider shown beside the mouse is praised for a good character and for reducing pest numbers by feeding on freshly killed insects such as the housefly. It avoids humans, rarely bites, and its shy nature explains why it is seldom seen, with a nod to the tale The Spider and the Fly inviting sympathy for the fly.
Levi Hutchins recalls Daniel Webster as a boy who asked for bread and butter. He tells how Webster dropped his bread and wished for a piece buttered on both sides so that, when it fell, one side would always face up. The anecdote highlights the future statesman's playful wit.
The nineteenth century yielded 225 new comets versus 62 in the eighteenth. It showed more bright comets, with notable ones in 1811 1843 2558 1881 and 1882. By 1800 only Halley’s periodical cagnet was known, today many are observed, at least seventeen sighted more than once around perihelion.
The text traces Alabama's capital moves from St Stephens in Washington County when the territory was formed to Huntsville for the 1819 constitutional convention and first legislature, then to Cahaba in 1820, Tuscaloosa in 1825, and finally Montgomery in 1846.
A St Nicholas writer notes Japanese gardeners create charming dwarfed trees through patient skill. They dwarf conifers and evergreens, some flowering plants, citrus trifoliata and even oranges and plums, with cedars claimed over 500 years old. Overcare, not neglect, endangers these hardy yet delicate trees.
The text reviews Ireland’s ancient habitation by Iberian and pre Aryan tribes and lists five legendary races including Nemedans Firbolgs Tuatha de Dannans and Milesians. It notes Milesians tracing lineage to King Milesius of Spain and claims conquest of Ireland around 1300 B.C.
In Brookline a woman waiting for a car mistook a man with a cane for danger near tracks. She grabbed his arm to pull him away, only to realize he was a switch tender. The incident highlights her nearsightedness and the unusual mistaken danger.
An eastern maker produces gold buttons stamped Dont kiss me for babies guarded against germ contamination. The same buttons suit young women with similar fears and can be altered for special occasions by covering the first word with a finger.
A terse quotation from Terence contrasts wise persons and fools, noting the vast difference between human excellence and folly. The line emphasizes the gulf between wisdom and mere cleverness.
A series of aphorisms reflects on parenting generosity advice habits and truth. The piece juxtaposes personal conduct with public perception noting motherhood business restraint and the stubbornness of habit. It ends by contrasting truth with vanity and the social glare on women's names.
A Rockport Indiana offer guides readers to obtain a 25-cent bottle of D D D oil of wintergreen compound through T C Basye. The ad claims immediate itch relief and lasting cures, with purchase by call write or phone.
The Democrat introduces a three month daily Courier Journal plus one year of The Democrat for $1.75. Orders must be mailed in January through March. A National Monthly offer costs $1.40 for one year and includes Rockport Democrat access. Remittances go to the Rockport Democrat.
For sale a 150 acre farm with 10 acres hill land and 140 acres bottom land. Crops include 40-60 bu corn, 15-25 bu wheat, 1000-1500 lb tobacco and 1-2 tons hay per acre. Features dwelling, tenant house, barns, orchard, wells and ponds, on a public road near churches and schools. Price 40.00 per acre with one third cash, balance on terms. Contact B. M. Brooks Slaughterville Ky.
A reflective column notes women grooming self esteem through social display, while shoppers chase bargains to the point of never purchasing. It also observes men feeling owed by others paying the bills in social exchanges.
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