Turn of the Century
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Articles Concerning WomenHusband and Wife... 'Men's Advantage in Clothing'... Era of Crime... Conveniences... Misc... Source for below: The Recorder, Rising Sun "The wonders of the long distance telephone are almost beyond belief. Recently the force in the Advertiser office, Montgomery, Ala., was enabled to hear some songs from Indianapolis, 700 miles distant, as plain as if in a hall. "The Telephone Girl," "Georgia Camp Meeting," and good night, thanks, etc., from Mobile, Memphis, and other places." "One hundred years ago--December 14, 1799--George Washington died--bled to death for a cold!" Source for below: The Recorder, Rising Sun "The roads along the line of the new pikes are in a miserable condition. Piles of stone are heaped up in the middle of the road which makes it dangerous for travel. This state of affairs has driven trade away from Rising Sun that rightfully belongs here. Some restrictions should have been put on the contractor." Source: The Recorder, Rising Sun --Source for below: The Recorder, Rising Sun "Rain Thursday afternoon and night, and a promise of more today." "The Rising Sun public schools are closed this week for the holiday season. They will reopen on Monday next, December 31." --Source for below: The Recorder, Rising Sun "Wednesday, January 2, was the most noted day in the financial history of the United States, as about $175,000,000 was distributed on that day to the share and bondholders of the country. This was about $2.30 per capita, but the bast sum found its way to the pockets of only about 12,000,000 persons." "There are 4,047 men and women in this country estimated to be worth a million dollars or more." Source: The Recorder, Rising Sun |
River and Steamboat Items...
--Source for below: The Recorder, Rising Sun "After reaching a 25 foot stage the river began falling Wednesday." "Capt. Chas. Owens was on the State of Kansas when she burned." "Another big rise in the river is reported at the headwaters of the Ohio." "Mr. Fred Peyton, one of the most popular clerks on the river, is now head clerk on the Buckeye State." Source: The Recorder, Rising Sun Advertising... Source for below: The Recorder, Rising Sun "Cranberries, dried California peaches and apples; sweet potatoes, raisins, currants, and everyghing that goes to make up a nice Christmas dinner at Bradford's court house grocery." "Nuts, oranges, bananas, apples and other good things for Christmas at Bradford's court house grocery." Source for below: The Recorder, Rising Sun "While Mr. Foulk is with us, we will make a splendid offer for ten days only, beginning January 1st and ending January 10, 1900. We give you absolutely free one 10 by 20 Platinotype with each order of one dozen Cabinets. Kelso Photograph Gallery, two doors above Anderson's Confectionery." "D.K. Walton will until New Years day, 1900, make one Imperial Cabinet Photograph of any person of school age and over for the small price of 25 cents." Source: The Recorder, Rising Sun Source: The Recorder, Rising Sun Jobs... 'Guaranteed Salary $900 Yearly' "Wanted-Activeman of good character to deliver and collect in Indiana for old established manufacturing wholesale house. $900 a year, sure pay. Honesty more than experience required. Our reference, any bank in any city.-Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. Best Selling Books... Census... Source: The Recorder, Rising Sun Inauguration... Source: The Recorder, Rising Sun "The inauguration of Indiana's new Govenor on Monday next is to be a great event. The inauguration ball will be a grand affair at night. Invitations have been received here, and almost anybody can get an invitation who has a five dollar bill to invest in the affair. Or, for $1 you can get into the balcony and see it all, but cannot participate or get anything to eat." |
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Fri., Dec 1, 1899 edition 'Since Sixty Years Ago' (Selected by a Friend of The Recorder) How wonderous are the changes Since sixty years ago! When girls wore woolen dresses, And boys wore pants of tow; When shoes were made of cowhide, And socks of homespun wool. And children did a half day's work Before they went to school. The girls took music lessons Upon the spinning wheel, And practiced late and early On spindle swift and reel; The boys would go to mill on horseback A dozen miles or so, And hurry off before 'twas day Some sixty years ago. The people rode to meeting In sleds instead of sleighs, And wagons rode as easy As buggies nowadays: And oxen answered well for teams Though now they'd be too slow, For people lived not half so fast Some sixty years ago. Oh well do I remember That patent Wilson stove, That father bought and paid for Of cloth our girls had wove; And how the neighbors wondered When we got the thing to go; They said 'twould burst and kill us all Some sixty years ago. Yes, everything is different now From what it used to be. And men are tampering all the time With God's great natural laws! And what on earth we're coming to Does anybody know? For everything has changed so much Since sixty years ago. |
Fri., Jan. 4, 1901 edition 'Old Sayings' As blunt as a beetle, As sharp as a lance, As grave as a preacher, As gay as a dance, As late as the gloaming, As like as two peas, As crooked as a ram's horn, As round as a cheese. As flat as a flounder, As sticky as gum, As wide as a common, As tight as a drum, As white as a miller, As black as a crow, As lean as a greyhound, As bent as a bow. As frail as a bandbox, As stout as an oak, As queer as a quaker, As game as a cock, As cute as a lawyer, As square as a die, As keen as a razor, As warm as a pie. As drunk as a paper, As sober as a judge, As clean as a shaving, As filthy as smudge, As swift as an arrow, As slow as a snail, As blithe as a linnet, As right as the mail. |
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