Rockport council approves street sidewalk improvements project
Rockport Indiana Common Council approves a plan to construct concrete sidewalks on Williamson and Elm streets. The detailed sections specify sidewalk widths, frontages, and property owners including Ettie Richards, Bailey W. Hamilton, Henry W. Smith, Edward P. Harrison, Delilah Hales, and David J. Hall. The ordinance sets grading, materials, and construction standards and outlines assessment of costs to benefitting properties with a November 23 1908 remonstrance date.
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Rockport
Spencer County
State of
Indiana
Williamson and
Elm Streets
City of
Williamson
Elm
Williamson Street
L. G. Smith
Lincoln
Ettie Richards
Baily W. Hamilton
Said County
Henry W. Smith
Elm Street
Edward P. Harrison
Delilah Hales
Said Smith
David J. Hall
United States
INC
Robert Atkinson
Common Council
Roachport
City Hall
Third Street
Nervine Relief Promises Health Through Nerves
Misery in head and nervous collapse leads to Dr Miles Nervine, with Viola Baker of Orange Texas testifying to rapid improvement. The ad claims nervous system weakness drains energy from all organs and promises improvement after the first bottle with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Miles
Nervine
Viola Baker
Orange
Texas
Evansville Railways and Time Card Notices
Evensville railway time card lists multiple daily departures from Rockport Evansville Hatfield and Richland with hourly service and connections. freight departures at 3 45 p m daily except Sunday. Southern Ry trains No 41 46 47 and arrivals No 40 42 handle connections. includes local ticket agent and freight information. Also includes a testimonial endorsing Chamberlains Cough Remedy for children with cold and croup prevention.
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Suh Streets
Rockport
Evansville
W. A. Carson
Southern RY
Lincoln City
Louisville
Huntingburg
St. Louis
H. Helmbeck
Condemnation of Brutality in Social Circles
A short critical note denounces brutality and rejects admitting a man who harms others to the writer’s circle of friends citing moral outrage over violent conduct and social exclusion.
Identified Teeth and Jewelry Tie Gunness Case to Fire Deaths
In Laporte Indiana Nov 16 the state shows Dr I P Norton identified Belle Gunness teeth found in the fire ruins and rings she wore plus corroborating evidence in the Ray Lamphere trial. Defense relies on Dr Walter S Haines who will testify arsenic and strychnine were in the stomachs of Mrs Gunness and two children. Prosecution ready to meet the poison theory. a large portion of the week is expected to cover the state's case.
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Laporte
Ind
Belle Gunness
I. P. Norton
Ray Lamphere
Gunness
Worden and
Weier
Walter S. Haines
Bloomington treasurer Harry Axtell arrested on multiple indictments
Bloomington Indiana city treasurer Harry Axtell, who resigned in June, faces five indictments for embezzlement and forgery. One count alleges he forged his mother in law’s name to a 10,000 dollar bond as secretary of a savings association that collapsed due to shortages. Bond set at 4500 dollars with Susan Axtell and Charles Axtell as sureties.
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Bloomington
Ind
Harry Axtell
Redrick Wylie
Realstate Building, Loan
Susan Axtell
Charles Axtell
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association to hold midwinter meet
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association executive committee met at the Denison Hotel Indianapolis on November 13 to set February 4 and 5 1909 dates for the midwinter meeting A banquet on February 4 will feature Governor elect Thomas R Marshall, Robert J Aley and Isaac R Strause as stellar attractions A United States senator elect will also join the program A February 5 business session will present several papers
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Democratic Editorial Association
Indianapolis
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
Denison
Thomas R. Marshall
Robert J. Aley
Bloomington
Isaac R. Strause
Rockville
United States
Fire destroys major facilities at Indiana reformatories
A Sunday blaze in Jeffersonville Indiana wiped out five buildings at the Indiana state Reformatory and nearly the entire Indiana Manufacturing company plant. Loss estimated at 250000 dollars. All 1300 inmates were kept in their cells as firemen battled the flames and onlookers watched from grated windows.
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Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Ind
Indiana State Reformatory
Indiana Manufacturing Company
Rich Haul in Stamps Post Office Robbed in South Bend
Burglars robbed the South Bend post office of 18,653 dollars in stamps and escaped. The loot included 25-cent books of one cent stamps 1,000 25-cent books of two-cent stamps 500 49-cent books and 500 97-cent books.
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South Bend
Ind
Widow of Chick Stahl Found Dead in Doorway
Boston dispatch reports the widow of baseball player Chick Stahl found dead in a doorway in Fort Wayne Indiana last night. Foul play is suspected. Stahl formerly played for the Boston Americans and died by his own hand at French Lick in March 1907.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Boston
Chick” Stahl
Stahl
French Lick
Woman Charged With Kidnapping In Indiana Case
Terre Haute Ind Nov 16 Mrs Clara Gordon 31 of Anderson is arrested on kidnapping charges of nine year old Ada Glasco. Police say Gordon denies knowledge of the girl and claims she has been in Anderson for years while the request originated from Anderson authorities.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Ada Glasco
Anderson
Clara Gordon
Garrett and
Bowsher
Gordon
Peru Adopts Greenwich Meridian For Global Map Uniformity
The article notes Peru will publish official surveys using the Greenwich meridian improving global map consistency. It cites demonstrations that the 75 degree west line near Camden New Jersey aligns with Peru and underscores the benefits of standardized longitudes for navigation and international charting. It also mentions varied measurement units and symbols across nations, hindering navigators.
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Peru
Greenwich
Camden
N. J
Philadelphia
New York Sun
Atlantic Coastal Plain
United States
Penns
United States Coast Survey
New York City
City Hall
New York
France
Paris
Spain
San Fernando
Portugal
Lisbon
International Geographical Congress
Great Britain
Find of Indian Idols in Costa Rica Reported
Emile Mosonyi a Austrian mining engineer told the Smithsonian in Washington that gold idols are buried near Indian graves in Costa Rica but not inside graves. He says graves remain unmarked and idols lie just beyond the burial site, and he hopes American scientists will explore Central American recesses with his exhibited samples.
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Costa Rica
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Emile Mosonyi
Mosonyi
Central America
Do Your Duty and Keep Your Mouth Shut Motto
A terse old variant of the phrase trust in God and keep your powder dry appears in a modern context urging steadfast conduct and secrecy. The saying blends military and personal duty themes with call to silence.
How Old Is The Barn Question In Courtroom Humor
A humorous courtroom exchange shows a witness dodging a precise barn age. The farmer, pressed about his own house, replies that it is about as old as the listener and notes the roof needs attention, provoking laughter and ending the line of questioning.
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London Globe
An Acceptable Clock and a Birthday Gift
A professor, famed for lateness, receives an alarm clock as a class prank. When it rings at noon, laughter erupts but he humorously reveals he had forgotten it was his birthday and that the clock was for his servant’s needs. He resumes the interrupted demonstration.
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London
Stop Jake the Alaska boarding house keeper
A New York Times joke recounts Stop Jake a Valdes dog boarding host. prospector teams rested there and gar bage fed guests. Illness prompted a puff dismissal noting a well known citizen 8. Jake confined with a severe cold.
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Alaska
Valdes
Jake
Citizen
New York Times
Pride Sets the Pace in a Town of Doers
A reflective column praises local pride and collective energy. It emphasizes a culture of accomplishing tasks, celebrated by community bands and shared by residents who stay driven and active until late. The piece links pride to daily effort and communal rhythm.
Lincolnshire plowing by paraffin traction study
Experiments in a Lincolnshire stubble field show six inch plowing can be done by paraffin-energ ing traction at an average cost of 60 cents an acre. New York Medical Societies count forty five groups in New York City.
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Lincolnshire
England
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Main Street
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Richland
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Perfection
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Japan
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
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