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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
6
A financier boasting of escaping taxes recalls 17th century English birth and marriage taxes. He notes burials, servants, dogs, horses, carriages, fireplaces, windows, watches, powder and candy were taxed, claiming government wisdom has faded since.
The passage argues that close friends deserve gentleness and courtesy, and that honesty should come from necessity rather than from enemies. It suggests revealing truths to friends only when necessary, urging discretion in intimate exchanges. The author, Weadell Holmes, emphasizes tact in fraternal relations.
The article notes pygmies as expert climbers using vines or hands and legs to ascend trees. In a forest scene Maj Powell-Cotton’s gunbearer observes a semi circle of pygmies in finery eating in a central table laid with bananas, honey, and sweet potatoes. It cites their ceremonial feast invoking good luck for a new hunting grounds.
A student submitted a playful dictionary entry for bachelor describing a man who has no wife, desires no wife, and cannot obtain a wife. The humorous phrasing uses double negatives to lampoon rural or vernacular spelling.
Victorien Sardou, longtime French dramatist and French Academy member, died Sunday in Paris from pulmonary congestion after a long illness. The veteran playwright, whose early work faced rejection, later gained wide success.
The article chronicles Victorien Sardou’s life from his 1831 Paris birth to his status as a prolific playwright whose works shaped stage legends. It notes Sarah Bernhardt’s triumphs in roles he wrote for her, and mentions other adaptations and performances by English actors in Robespierre and related pieces, including Mme Sans Gene.
Trial resumed as Abe Raymer faces destruction of property charges after being acquitted of murder. Judge Creighton purged the petit jury list causing halt. A special session selected a new jury list with prominent business men expected for service.
The Charles W. Morse case, sentenced to fifteen years in the federal prison at Atlanta for misapplication of funds and falsification of the National Bank of North America's books, was raised today on a writ of ceremori asking the prosecution to show why Morse should not be admitted to bail pending appeal.
H Clay Pierce, chairman of Waters-Pierce Oil, expected in Austin from St Louis to surrender for trial on an indictment charging false swearing about Waters-Pierce's connections to a trust and its readmission to the state.
Forest fires raging between Evansville Indiana and Cairo Illinois for a week have caused more than 100000 in damage to farmers and lumbermen. The blazes spread through river bottoms above the city with fires still burning as farmers struggle to save homes from destruction.
Evansville Indiana November report says Joe Daugherty left guard for the Evansville Y M C A team was seriously injured in a game at Henderson Kentucky. He sustained a spine concussion and is paralyzed from the chest down with death expected momentarily.
Nat C. Goodwin and Edna Goodrich were wed at the actor’s mother's Boston home. The ceremony, by a justice of the peace, marks Goodwin's fourth marriage and Goodrich’s second.
John Cooper, a UNC varsity football player, died in Canton from a spinal cord injury suffered during September preliminary practice while traveling a dummy. The accident left him paralyzed and prompted the university to mourn his loss.
A weary farmer returns home from the county fair and asks his wife if chores are done. She confirms cows, horses, chickens, wood, and wagon repairs. He sighs relief and says he will have supper then rest as farming begins to tell on him.
The dealer compares two coral strings, a dull dark strand worth 50 cents and a pink translucent one worth 500 dollars. He notes coral popularity worldwide, from Indian funeral beads to African beads for natives, and coral hands used to ward off the evil eye in Italy.
A three year old named Marlow defies his mother by telling Willie Burr he will undergo spanking first and asks his friend to stay behind. The Delineator recounts a scene of parental warning and a child’s defiant response in simple dialogue.
The New York Press notes a method to trap rats using animal substance perfumed with oil of rhodium. The oil attracts rats from a distance and encourages them to enter traps. An ounce costs 50 cents and rhodium is derived from bindweed and used in perfumery.
In a timber yard two workmen carry a large batten when the manager strides up and tells Joe he has it on the wrong shoulder. Joe replies that he knows it should be on the manager's shoulder. London Scraps.
A Washington Star quip has a child noting the temperate zone while Colonel Stilwell warns that Prohibitionists will worsen matters. The exchange reflects political humor on temperance policy.
A reflective note on worry highlighting how minor trifles often trigger the most anxiety. The piece urges choosing not to be annoyed by small matters to preserve happiness.
A compact reflection on the virtue of silent giving and the honored role of the recipient. The saying underscores humility in generosity and gratitude in receipt, drawing on classical Latin wisdom to urge restraint and decorum.
Frank X. Ruxer of Spencer County Indiana seeks a one year liquor license for selling intoxicating drinks in a room on the northwest corner of lot eighty seven in St Meinrad. The request includes cigars tobacco and lunch service with the sale on premises and a December hearing before the Spencer County Board of Commissioners in Rockport.
Henry P. Bedenkopf petitions Spencer County Indiana for a one year liquor license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in a room of the Occidental hotel Rockport. The request includes on premises consumption and sale of cigars tobacco and lunch with detailed property description and location on Main Street. The filing is dated December 6 1908 for the December term of court.
The Spencer circuit court orders a commissioner to sell real estate in Rockport Indiana on December 11 1903 with two thirds of appraised value. Properties include Crowder add Lots 69 and 105 and Wright and Griffiths donation block in Rockport. A second sale takes place at Warwick Indiana the same day for part of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section nineteen in township four south range six west.
Testimonial from Jacob Hirgel of Covington Indiana praises Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for lasting relief from locomotor ataxia and chronic pain. Advert says many chronic disease sufferers find relief after years of use and that the first package will benefit or money back from the druggist.
Pleasant, sure, easy, safe little Pills are DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Sold by T. C. Basye.
A brief humorous scene shows a tiny boy named Vincent reacting to a child’s angel compliment. After a grandmother’s question about a Sunday School lesson, a sister suggests Vincent is an angel, prompting the boy to muster all his words and exclaim No bad boy.
The origin of the fleur de lis remains unsettled with theories ranging from Clovis I to Louis VII or twelfth century German kings and Romans. What is certain is its use as the French royal emblem since the twelfth century. Some traditions tie it to the lily gifted by an angel at Clovis baptism, others link it to Louis VII’s name.
An article promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a cure for sick headache caused by stomach disorder. It invites readers to obtain a free sample at T. C. Basye's drug store and try the remedy.
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