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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
7
An ad touts Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as cleansing impure blood and curing skin and glandular diseases. It promotes All Healing Salve for open sores and Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowel, with instructions to mail stamps for the salve.
A Peoria girl nears recovery from pneumonia blamed on shade from a Merry Widow hat. Crawford County Democrats critique Republicans for past blessings. Chamberlain's Salve praised for burns and wounds. Captain Josh Abshire regains health after months of illness. Jos F Kitten's Foundry builds a 50 HP boiler for Mariah Hill mill with skilled mechanics. Dubois county residents oppose stock law, urging repeal. county board to enforce. Kodol advertised as all‑digestion indigestion remedy sold by T C Basye.
Last Monday near her home a six year old girl, Olene Pierson, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Pierson, was precipitated into a well when the earth caved in beside a nearby spring. The item notes local school enrollment figures for surrounding towns and a Boonville uptick, followed by editorial prompts and light guidance for subscribers.
A woman sank up to her neck in a well flooded by late rains, grabbed a projection as screams drew her mother who rescued her. The incident is tied to a flooded curb and a perilous survival near Chrisney. The piece notes political quarrels, a wheat crop outlook, and a local dairy market, plus an advertisement for Mollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
The Dale school board met last evening to appoint teachers for 1908 09 including W. W. Winn as Superintendent of High School Jennie Clark as 1st Assistant Belle Walker as 2nd Assistant and Nellie Clarke for Primary grades Also O I Brooner and wife travel to Jeffersonville for a Republican editors meeting with afternoon entertainment at the reformatory followed by a moonlight boat trip to Cincinnati The district reports W O Winkler of Jeffersonville has been invited to address the Gentlemen's Literary club on the 22nd and may resign to pursue public speaking studies at a later date
A collection of notes reports a traction meeting in Tell City with both lines ready for review. E and E plan to extend to Grandview this summer and reach Corydon by Christmas, threatening Troy township voters with a back route. A local dysentery case is cured using Chamberlain’s remedy per pharmacist M J Leach of Walcott.
County treasurer Reister reports over $18,000 collected for city taxes placed in local banks under the new Depository Law but cannot be drawn to cover city expenses as county auditor Paul Maier refuses to issue warrants claiming no right to touch the funds. Also, Beulah Ploomer, toddler daughter of Mrs. Mary Ploomer, was bitten five to six times by a large rat at night in Barter How. the bite wounds alarmed her grandmother but caused no serious harm. Mr. John Riha Vining, Ta., endorses Dr Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills, saying they give strong satisfaction. local seller T. C. Busye distributes them.
The piece notes factories cutting to partial weeks with cotton mills four days, cannelton iron works three days, and the button factory idle. It cites Republican prosperity harming manufacturers yet not farmers, predicting empty dinner pails and a potential sewer pipe plant delay. Ohio River Button Works resumed after a brief shutdown, with only expert cutters employed. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are advertised by T. C. Basye.
The UVankers of the Third district plan a New Albany meeting next week to organize a district bankers association as a branch of the Indiana State Bankers Association. Andrew Smith of Indianapolis may address the gathering. A trolley ride and banquet will follow. The district will include banks in New Albany Jeffersonville Charlestown English Corydon Marengo Paoli Salem Jasper Huntingburg Milltown Birdseye Palmyra Borden Holland Ferdinand Cannelton Tell City and Troy. To be followed by rail safety warnings from the Indiana Railroad Commission.
Vance Thompson in Outing Magazine portrays the Freich Tramp as a Latin anarchist rebel against society. He robs farms, may kill, and burns hayricks and barns when unbound by law, hating workers while seeking a free wolf life on the hills.
An old Scottish minister planned to marry his housekeeper. He arranged for his herd boy to announce the marriage proclamation in church. The boy misread the task and shouted the wedding proclamation aloud, provoking laughter and a stunned congregation.
An old advertisement promotes Pinesalve Carbolized as a poultice for sores burns and chapped skin. Sold by T. C. Basye.
An advertisement offers Rural Route residents a combined subscription to the Democrat and the St. Louis Republic for 2.50. The note claims this is the most liberal clubbing offer yet and urges remittances to the Democrat in Rockport, Indiana.
The advertisement promotes Pineules at one dollar for a 30 day trial. It claims relief for back ache and rheumatic pains and markets benefits for kidneys and bladder. Sold by T. C. Basye with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.
The piece argues Roosevelt claims control over army and navy surpassing Congress, citing letters to senators over Brownsville and Stewart case. It notes Senate hostility, calls for reform, and hints at broader political fallout including reactions from Republicans and reporters. The article contrasts Roosevelt with Edward VII and cites internal White House tensions.
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