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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1910
Page
6
The Atchison Globe urges children to ask parents about their younger days revealing many things they once did but now forbid. The note emphasizes conversation to uncover past actions and wisdom.
A newspaper note reports a thirty day meat boycott organized by community groups amid rising prices. Local organizers urge residents to limit pork beef and poultry purchases to pressure suppliers and authorities.
Four hundred sixty superintendents and foremen from twenty one Cleveland factories pledged to abstain from meat for thirty days and to persuade about 7,000 workers under them to join. The plan, tied to a broader Ohio-wide meat boycott February 1 to March 27, aims to test supply and demand effects on prices as factory workers and citizens go vegetarian.
Professor A Lawrence Rotch and Professor W T Sedgewick warn aviators that blindness is a major danger from strong sun exposure at high altitudes. They note the upper air's thin atmosphere cannot shield eyes and compare glare above clouds to a snow field, urging eye protection.
Governor Herbert Hadley plans a balloon ascent as weather warms, guided by First Lieutenant H. E. Honeywell, balloon expert of the Missouri National Guard's signal corps. The excursion will probe atmospheric conditions over Missouri and neighboring states.
Evansville rail line lists daily train departures and connections to Rockport Hatfield Richland and Rich Freight Depot with hourly services from early morning to evening. Freight schedules show daily Rockport arrivals at 3 45 pm except Sundays and contact numbers for information.
In the age of gallantry Sir Charles Seéley and a friend played a prank by toasting a lady while burning the neckwear, prompting a retaliatory act using a dentist to pull a troublesome tooth, leaving the rest to mourn a molar.
An article surveys vast forests worldwide noting Canada’s claim of owning a forest larger than England Scotland and Wales combined. It cites Britain’s maximum measurements and compares them with Canada’s Eludson Bay Labrador forest, Alaska to Washington forests, the Amazon basin, Central Africa, and Siberian pine larch cedar belts in extensive kilometer-wide spans.
A London Scraps item recalls a schoolmaster quizzing a pupil on grammar. The master declares a noun and a propoun then asks what follows, prompting a humorous exchange about verbs and proverbs. The light exchange highlights playful mispronunciations from the pupil.
The piece recalls the jumble of early colonial finance with five stock calves and a joke about a red calf cheaper than a black one in Massachusetts Bay. It notes a two month start of operations in Wall Street and a two century old quip about calves attracting wolves.
Edith learns Mr Goldley lied about his age after marriage, admitting he was sixty not seventy five. Gladys confirms the distress caused the bride and family by the deception.
Browne says Spencer’s case was a faith cure as the doctor and the druggist both trusted him.
A quotation from the Baltimore American features a humorous exchange about a couple asking for an evening out, with the wife and husband joking about a night off while the cook restricts their freedom. The gossip tone hints at domestic life and social constraints of the era.
Thomas H Woolotk of Grandview Spencer County Indiana seeks a one year license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in a ground floor front room of a brick building on Main Street Grandview. The notice also requests permission to sell cigars tobacco and to serve lynch in connection with the business beginning January 18 1910 with approval by the Spencer County Board of Commissioners and auditor's office.
The article notes Michelangelo created The Last Judgment between ages 58 and 68 and completed the St Peter's dome at 87, claiming to have swung the Pantheon in the air. It adds Leonardo da Vinci produced his best work after age 60, illustrating late career excellence.
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