Billy Whiskers and the Chautauqua Adventure
Two goats wander into the Dodge barn after a Ferris wheel escapade and nap with Nannie and Button. Billy Junior teases curiosity about a fairyland trip while Father William keeps promises. Ned, a Chautauqua Boy’s Club member, is chosen for a lake camping trip the next night.
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Dodge Barn
Nannie
Button
Chatauqua
Stubby
Ashe
Billy Junior
William
Chautaqua
Ned
Harriet
Chautaqua Boy's Club
Miserable Evening at Dinner with Mrs Underwood
Worn by humiliation and anger the narrator endures a tense dinner table scene with Alee and Mrs Underwood. The account depicts social pressure, rudeness felt by the narrator, and eventual withdrawal from conversation as the meal progresses.
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Doris
Alee
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets touted as liver helper
An advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable laxative alternative to calomel with no after effects. It claims they brighten skin, ease constipation, and stimulate bile. directions advise taking one or two nightly. The piece then shifts to a fiction excerpt detailing social tensions and a problematic marriage, ending with a teaser that the story continues.
Ohio high school notes and local society rumors
McArthur items report Everett Hoyd ill with quinsy at his Mohr Minton home. Cincinnati visitors, Dunkle family. Ohio Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention set for McArthur May 19. McArthur High beat Hamden 12 to 7 on Dundas diamond. Gaskell sells stake in Nelsonville firm. will keep McArthur operation. Foster McCormick jailed on liquor manufacture charge. Effie Nelson awarded a $10 monthly mothers pension. husband Allen Nelson at Athens State hospital. Lawrence Rieder to vote on town bond proposition June 10 to build a new high school. Arthur Frakes and Grace Fennell wed in Wellston. S. D. Fess to address McArthur graduating class June 1. Carl Shepard to be Ohio University trustee, to speak at commencement. Ray Cox moves to Wellston. Edna Hofshine returns to Mt. Carmel hospital. Nora Warner arrives from Gallipolis for surgery. Misc notes on Underwood, Wallace Pierce, and log of local officials. William Maple of Byer died in Columbus. funeral Saturday. Closing column lampoons Watch Dog protests and local council humor.
Testimony cites bribe offers to protect whiskey runners in Remus trial
Bert Morgan city enforcement director of Indiana testified in Cincinnati in the Remus conspiracy case that he was offered plenty of money and independence for life in return for protection to whiskey runners. The testimony came during the United States court trial in Cincinnati on May 15.
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Cincinnati
Bert Morgan
Indiana
George Remus
City dynamite stolen and used in alleged labor bombing
Chicago authorities disclosed a large quantity of dynamite stolen from the city was used by alleged labor terrorists. Chief Fitzmorris said hundreds of pounds were taken and could blow up half the city, with the dynamite allegedly furnished by the city itself. A separate remark notes a man with bad credit has trouble getting far into debt.
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Chicago
Charles G. Fitzmorris
Beasley's Best Make Better Bread
Seer Ur Ur Beasley's Best Make Better Bread campaign promotes improved baking methods and a new bread recipe. Cy supports community kitchen events and tastings highlighting Beasley brand loaves.
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