Local Briefs From Albion and Surrounding Towns
Mrs. F N Tryon visits Michigan to see daughter Mrs E G Evans. The 5.25 Ward & Co Albion advertises goods and furniture. Rev Gaff of Hudson finds the Gaff family settled in a new home. Edward Stebing of Auburn weds Nora Freed of Orange Township at Albion Lutheran church. Beeson’s Beech and Bees Laxative cough syrup advertised for families and children. Union notes include Alonzo Brown and Lena Bower wedding. Chicken pie suppers planned by church groups. Local socials note guests visiting from Hazel Dell Cromwell Swan ton and Kendallville. The Bitter Root Valley home-seekers ad. Becket wall paper and Ocean Wave washers promoted. Almanac style notes on births and marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaff
Hudson
Albion
Aailroad Station
J. F. Calvert
Valentine
Indiana
Edward Fred Stebing
Auburn
Nora Belle Freed
Orange Township
Lutheran
A. E. Gaff
H. C. Kleckner
J. D. Berger
525 Ward & Co
Glen Boate
Child
Hazel Dell
Ill
W. J. Boate
Beck
Battle Ax
Carver
H.R. Seymoure
Green Township
Fish Hospital Tricks Save Suffering Sures
An article describes aquarium surgery and the care of sick fish at New York facilities. It notes water changes and heated aquaria aid healing, and recounts a bass airbladder puncture repair by needle, with a brief local mention of Donald Stoops visiting Albion relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Aquarium
For Sale Rhode Island Red Roosters by D S Taylor
Several Rose Comb Rhode Island Red roosters offered for sale by D S Taylor. The birds are described as good quality and suitable for exhibition or breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
D. S Taylor
Shadow Box Supper At Albion High Dec 12
The Junior class of Albion High invites the public to a shadow box supper at the Opera House on Saturday evening December 12. Music will be provided and a cordial invitation is extended to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aid Society
Albion High School
Opera House
Pigs For Sale Near Albion By Joseph Shapurc
Three head of pigs are for sale at the seller's residence located three miles southwest of Albion in the area near Josern Shapurc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion
Josern Shapurc
A Good Suggestion for Xmas Presents
A suggestion for a Christmas gift for father is a pair of easy shoes for the house. Emphasizes making the home attractive to men with a full range of shoes for the family from Grandma to children. Notes good quality and low price.
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Father
Union Revival Services Set for January Across City Churches
The city schedules Union Revival Services in January following a week of prayer starting January 3. Each week features a different church led by its pastor, with no pastor preaching in their own pulpit. A city-wide chorus will be formed from all churches, inviting all Christians to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Methodist Episcopal
Presbyterian
United Brethren
Pfaffman Starts Suit Over Damages and Stock Deal
Phillip Pfaffman a Kendallville stockholder sues J G Thomas and D Oblwine for about 3500 alleging misrepresentation in a stock for farm transaction involving Specialty Case Company stock once owned by Oblwine. Deahl Deahl of Goshen represents Pfaffman in Goshen News Times report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Pfaffman
Specialty Case Company
Kendallville
J. G. Thomas
D.¥. Ohlwine
Oblwine
Pfaffman
Deahl
Goshen
Dancing Lessons and Marriage Licenses Noted
The article notes dancing lessons offered to local youth by a speaker and lists marriage licenses issued since the last issue including Edward Fred Stebing and Nora Belle Freed Alonzo Arc Brown and Lena Arba Bower Carl Oliver Sparrow and Edith Laone Archer Mr and Mrs A E Cory with daughters Homer and Jennie at a reunion in Elkhart on Thanksgiving.
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Edward “Fred Stebing
Nora’ Belle” Freed
Alonzo Arca Brown
Lena Arba Bower
Carl Oliver Sparrow
Edith Laone Archer
A. E. Cory
Homer
Jennie
Frank Reese
Elkhart
Random Proverb Snippets From A Varied Open Plane
A collection of quips and observations about men women mothers and manners. The sayings cover respect money vacations references pride health spitting politeness and domestic habits. The tone resembles a reflective humor column with short pithy lines and aphorisms.
Wide World of Odds and Averages From Historic Fact List
A compilation of curious statistics spans hair aging, life span of landers, household ownership, and worry as a disease trigger. It notes beetle strength, orange tree yields, New York living costs, Alaska fish candies, Nuremburg housing from the sixteenth century, world Sunday schools, Persian handwriting, caterpillars eating vast weights, malaria's reach, ink legibility in 27 years, a South American palm, Canada’s carrier economy, railroad employment, Brandon flintmaking, and flint exports to Africa amid old muskets in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lander
Alwigs
New York
Alaska
The Kaiser and His Country Secrets
Germany hosts 30202 post offices and nearly half the world’s breweries. Colonies are five times Germany’s size. Kaiser's visiting cards measure six by four inches and he keeps early hours. Population growth outpaces Britain and France, seen as national strength. Some towns require three trash receptacles for ashes, kitchen refuse, and rag and paper. rubbish is reused by authorities.
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Germany
Britain
France
Becks Offers Wallpaper and Prices That Please
Wood wanted at The New Era office on subscription. Readers are invited to contact the office for details on pricing and delivery.
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Wood
New Era
Kodol Stomach Aid Ad Offers Money Back Guarantee
An advertisement touts Kodol as protecting brain function by promoting a healthy stomach. It claims undigested food harms the blood and heart, and promises a full refund plus a gift if the product fails after a dollar bottle trial. The large bottle is 244 times the fifty cent size, from H C DeWitt Co Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Public sale season opens as The New Era prints sale bills
The New Era job office offers first class sale bills on short notice. Call for prices and details.
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New Era
Farmer Mortgage the Farm for Arnica Salve Praise
W A Floyd of Rural Route 2 Em pire Ga says Bucklen's Arnica salve cured two bad sores on his hand and leg. He declares it worth more than its weight in gold and would mortgage the farm to obtain it. Available only at M C Beck's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire
W. A. Floyd
Bucklen
M. C. Beck
In the Shade of the Pyramids Cartoon Exchange
The passage parodies Mediterranean travel chatter with George Ade recounting a humorous Egypt tour exchange. A brown young Indiana farmer listens as Ade imitates travelers remarking on Cleopatra Moses and the Nile with quips about camels, soot, and mummies used as fuel on the railway.
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Mediterranean
Egypt
The
Nile
George Ade
Indiana
Cleopatra
Moses
Pharaoh
Maude
Sphinx
Unfamiliar Facts Mixed With Oddities Across Continents
A collection of disparate notes covers Bolivia's farms avoiding horses, Luther Burbank planning spine less cacti for Nevada, North China coal totals at 650 billion tons, Babylon's ancient million population, and an English syndicate seeking Greek oil on Zante. Also listed are London Parliament meals, a baldness toxin called trichotoxin, Lutheran salaries rising in 124 congregations, India coal use in 1907, English railways' share, and English railway poverty. A lost leather pocketbook tied with a red shoe string seeks return to the New Era office.
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Bolivia
Luther Burbank
Nevada
China
Babylon
Zante
Greece
House of Parliament
London
Delos 8. Parker
General Synod of the Lutheran Church
India
England
New Era
Where Bullets Flew
David Parker of Fayette New York veteran of the Civil War who lost a foot at Gettysburg swears Electric Bitters cured his stomach woes and kept him strong He saved money on doctors and now uses Electric Bitters as a tonic after trying many remedies at M C Beck s drug store.
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David Parker
Fayette, N. Y
Gettysburg
M. C. Beck
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John W. Earle
Thomas M. Ott
John W. Long
Hicks Charles M. Clapp
John M. Schermerhorn
Frederick Barnes
L. R. Ayres
J.N. Harvey
C. M. Clapp, Pres
Bd. R. Ayers
J. W. Earle
W. P
W. S. Cramer
F. N. Tryon
E. G. Evans
Michigan
Baughman’s Hard
Ward & Co
Albion, Lad
Ray Lamphere
Belle Guaness
Laporte
Michigan City
Becks
Ind
Baughman
Alonzo A. Brown
Lena A. Bower
Cromwell
C. J. Graves
Bitter Root
James J. Lash & Son
United States Marshal
Rankins
Indianapolis
M. E. Church
T. M. Reed
Brimfield
William Marks
Bert Kiotz
Swanton, Ohio
Velma Russell
Fort Wayne
Earl Bloom
Columbia City
Charles Brumbaugh
Ezra Metzger
Claypool
A. Emory
E. J. Bonham
Mattie Trumbo
Thomas Mullin
Bert
Charles
Della Stevens
van Wert
Ohio
Adam Huffman
Southwest Columbia
James Gallivan
W. H. Piper
Noble County
Woods
Pike County Democrat
Virginia
Democrat
Indianapolis News
Donald Stoops
Nappanee
French Dry Cleaning and Dyeing Co
Ft. Wayne
Incl
Albion Steam Laundry
Agt
Shadow Box
G. Schwab
Union Revival Services
Pfafeman
Heaven
Schloss
Schloss Bros
Science and Industry
Nuremburg
South America
Canada
Brandon
Africa
the Kaiser
Beck's
Kodalfa
Kodal
Alt
Court House
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