Local items from Rockport area distill community notices
Local notes cover farm and church activities with a saw mill on Jos Speckner’s land and preaching at multiple churches led by Rev L C Bower Rev Samuel Caldemyer and others. Also reports death of Mrs Clarence Merithew in Rockport funeral at Baptist church with survivor, plus sundry civic and business updates and an Osteopath move and magazine subscription job ad in Rockport.
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German Lutheran Church
5Th Street
Samuel Caldemyer
Clarence Merithew
Rockport
Baptist Church
Hand Painted China Display At Basye's Drug Store
Miss Owsley of Owensboro will showcase hand painted china novelties at Basye's drug store all day Friday November 6. The Spencer circuit court opened for the November term last Monday but adjourned at noon until Thursday with little business transacted.
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Owsley
Owensboro
Basye’s Drug Store
Spencer
Basye Drug Store
Local notices and sales at Basye and Laird & Mohr stores
Local ads list varied bargains and products at Basye drug store and Laird & Mohr, including five cent cigars Canton holdings. Mentions laborers and couples marrying, holiday cards, cosmetics, foods, heating stoves, and window displays with prices and stores guiding shoppers.
Markets Brace for Economic Tightrope in Rockport
The brief notes a wary outlook on the economy with markets in Rockport facing a potential squeeze as optimism battles with financial strain and a penniless future. The piece hints at caution amid cautious trading and uncertain prospects.
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Rockport
Wooded Prices and Goods Listing From Rural Market
A fragmentary price catalog shows commodities and values including butter ham bacon potatoes turkeys ducks wool hides root and medicinal items. It references Miller Bros Rockport Milling Co and lists wheat corn hay flour meal bran mixed feed and other staples with terse figures.
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Miller ‘Bros
Rockport Milling Co
Rockport Friends Meet as Trustees Visit on Business
Last Saturday many Rockport friends gathered as local figures visit. Trustees J. W. Cooper of Carter township and F. Jones of Jackson attended city business Wednesday.
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Albert Cooper
Lamar
Andy Lautner
New Boston
John Heidelbech
Dale
Ocity
Logan Zachritz
Evansville
James M. Bryant
Jackson Township
Lucy Procter
Louisville
Eli Haas
Grass Township
Gladys Graig
Grandview
W. F. Hafendoerfer
Tell City
Jos. W. Strassell
Cherryville
N. C
David Schaaf
Carter Township
Rockport
E. J. Wright
A. J. Rhodes
John Gentry
Lincoln City
George Kersteins
Terre Haute
Carl Schertzinger
Harrison Township
Wolfgang Nemer
John Haller
Fulda
J. W. Painter
Simon Phillipps
Thomas Schnieder
Maxville
Christ Hubschman
Evanston
A. D. Drum
East St. Louis
Drum
B. W
Martin Boehm
Robert Bettag
Santa Fe
John A. Bettag
Jos. F. Vaal
Joseph Reckelhoff
J. W. Cooper
F. Jones
Jackson
Bill Nye Letters Queen Victoria for Readings Aid
A Putnam's Magazine note recalls Bill Nye writing a cordial letter to Queen Victoria proposing American authors' readings to aid the international copyright movement. The letter, likely for publication, praised her work and witty remark about writing at night after a day on a hard throne.
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Bill Nye
Queen Victoria
America
United States
Putnam’s Magazine
The Hearty Laugh and a Sunny Disposition
A collection of quotes on laughter and optimism from Farm Life notes the value of a cheerful spirit for health and success. It argues that a sunny countenance aids friends and neighbors alike and urges maintaining cheerfulness despite life’s burdens.
Wealth and Heaven Dangle in Alleyway Conversation
A dialect tale from the Atlanta Constitution depicts a conversation between a Brother Dickey and a rich man. The poor man urges charity for treasure in heaven, recounting how the rich man once gave away nearly all and later encounters the now-decorated pauper who rebukes him with a walking stick in the road.
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Dickey
Atlanta Constitution
Cromotherapy Exercise Cures Weak Patients
A French physician adds Cromotherapy to the growing list of cures. It is a systematic running exercise starting slow and increasing with training. Tried on about 200 patients with great success, it is recommended for the weak and invalids without organic disease.
Little Emma Ponders Moonlight Talk During Engagement Visit
In a drawing room scene a young sister and her fiancé sit on a sofa as Emma watches with romantic curiosity. She asks if they will discuss the moonlight, revealing a child's imaginative anticipation of lovers conversations before marriage.
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Emma
Big
The Thieving Magpie A Gale Unveils Hidden Loot
A gale toppled a long standing tree in England uncovering a hollow with over 300 dollars worth of stolen goods from various houses. The highlight was a diamond ring valued at 200 dollars and a large silver backed hairbrush among the items.
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England
Deference in the Household A Vague Footnote of Gossip
A fragment from a English social scene regards a high ranking lady and her daughter. The governess, asked to examine the daughter's painful foot, speaks with deference and hints at propriety and status. The exchange reflects class expectations in a late period setting.
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Iorton
Milk Weed Cream Soap Price and Praise
Basye's drug store offers Milk Weed Cream Soap at ten cents per cake or three cakes for twenty five cents. The soap is praised as exceedingly good and providing fine satisfaction to wives and others.
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Basye’s
Basye
Basye’s Drug Store
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Tae Raecport
Democrat
KODAK
Jas. G
Taylor
Frank Metzger
Jos. Speckner
the Baptist Church
L. C. Bower
James Haines
United Brethren Church
W. C. Helt
Ebenezer
Trinity Lutheran Church
Elm Street
Luther W. Gross
B. F. Williamson
Drs. Coffman Goech & Coffman
T. J. Turley
Farmers Bank
Cumberland Telephone
Success Magazine
B. C. Peagook
New York
Circuit Court
Truman H. Mallory
Billa Bullington
Harry Newbauer
Mollie Mason
Sgt
Wm. Jones
Ballons
Laird & Molr’s
F. W. John
Havana
Jay
Fred Walker’s
Bill
J. A Sargent
Laird & Mohr’s
L. M. John
J. H. Walker
Mammoth
Artic Snow White
T. J. Turley Co
Thelma
T. (. Basye
Laird & Mohr
W.S. Bryant
David Beren
Chrisney
Court House
Stephen Puertzer
Huff Township
Charles Painter
Hammond Township
Fred
Wm. J. Racine
John A. Englebrecht
J. W. Knox
Lewisport
S. Wiener & Son
Best Clothing
Wright Health Underwear, Shirt and Drawers
Wright
Marion
Marlon
France
Men’s & Boys
Directeire
Sale
Jynes
the Fair Store
Cadick Milling
Yours
Cadick
Indiana
Drs. Coffman, Gooch & Coffman
Farmers’ Bank Bldg
4Th St
Geo. J. Gooch
Merchant Tailors
Rogkport
Rockport, Indiana
L. M John
Fred “Walker
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