Editor slams Bingville roads chief over muddy Main Street
A Bingville Bugle editorial denounces Jake Parker the road supervisor for neglecting main street repairs. It describes mud filled stretches, stones dumped in the road, and local indecision as residents wade through. The piece threats a public exposure if improvements do not occur.
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Bingville
Jake Parker
Honer & Trust
Hank Dewberry
Bill Hepburns Blacksmith Shop
Ringville
Bugle
Strangers & Commerce & Manufack
Jake
Antioch Village News Jottings From a Hereabouts Correspondent
A local correspondent from Antioch Village sends light, humorous notes on village life. Sim Hodgkins and his father visited the treaty seat, Benj Simpson leaves Abe Giles’s residence late, Jake Saunders glues rubber soles to leather boots for springy steps, and Hiram Wilkins wagers a hand spring with Enos Dobbs. The final spelling bee of the season is set for Antioch schoolhouse next Friday evening.
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Sim Hodgkins
T .O
Sim
Benj. Simpson
Abe Giles
Whitch
Giles
Attenshion
Benj
Lottie
Zie
Jake Saunders
Hiram Wilkins
Enos Dobbs
Hiram
Antioch
Local Reader Submits Humble News Feeds
A reader named Mrs Jim Wiggins shares a quirky note about a hen laying double yolks last week and asks who can verify the odd occurrence. The message closes with a playful pressure to receive more items or face further contact.
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Jim Wiggins
Missing Husband Zack Whittleby Drives Out Bossy Wife
Zack Whittleby vanishes after a domestic confrontation in Bingville. In Dill Hepburns shop the men drink cider while debating his claim to be master of his own home, then Zack confronts Hester, is forcibly removed, and is last seen fleeing down the street after a violent scene.
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Zack Whittleby
Nobuddy
Zack
Hester
Allus
Meek & Hum
Bingville
Ennybuddy
Lem Quiely
Seth Dewberry
Dill Hepburns
Bill
Dewberry
Seth
Hill
Lem
Bill Sneakein
Jack Robbyson
Nuttin
Satan
Local notes of odd happenings and small misadventures
A condensed, quirky slice of life from a rural community. Amos Hillyer laments a legal tangle over a past dispute that fizzled into friendship with Sime Winslow and Peter Cooper, while Abe loses a lawyer’s fee in the rearranged affair. Ada Amelia Tucker pines for a letter from the county seat, Hod Slocomb burns his lip on a five cent cigar, and Mrs Cyrus Hoskins jokes about Cy’s sock habits. Lem Brown bakes mince pies, overeats, and vows never to see mince again.
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Ab Snyder
Amos Hillyer
P. Notary Publick
Cottery
Abe
Sime Winslow
Peter Cooper
Law
Ames
Amelia Tucker
P. M
Eph Higgins
Amelias
Slocomb
Weathersbys
Cyrus Hoskins
Lem Brown
Lem
Lokol Mentchion Preview and Notice
Local editor mentions space constraints in the Bineville Bugle and warns readers that this week’s edition has unusually limited local mentions. He promises more local items next week and asks readers to watch for updates.
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Bineville
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Brees
Cleo
Pehrs
WNL Annes
Vm Torn
Eddytoriul
Tack
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