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Newspaper

Attica Ledger Press

Location

Attica, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1914

Page

5

Clothes For Hot Weather Bargains Listed

The ad promotes summer apparel with prices from 10c to 98c and items at 5c 10c and 15c, highlighting cheap clothing options for warm days.

Death of Clint D Royal noted in Richland township obituary

Clint D Royal a longtime Richland township retired farmer died Sunday at his Newtown home after a heart valve illness. Born August 31 1854 he was 59 years 9 months and 6 days. Funeral at Union church Tuesday burial nearby. He leaves a widow two sisters and three brothers plus two children Alma and Ralph and a grand note of community standing. Children day services planned at Presbyterian church Sunday 10 45 AM with a program by Sunday school children inviting public attendance.

Clint D. Royal Richland Township Newtown Union Church Mr. Royal Leonard Royal Mary J. Head Mary Ella Alma Clifford Quigle Ralph Belle Applegate Francis Marion Kate Logan Kell Jerico Springs Nellie Thomas Hoots West Plains William L James W Royal

Defends the Country Church at Hickman Heights

Gus Gephart writes about starting a Sunday school at Myers Corner in January 1913 with average attendance around 45, peaking at 87. A March 1 1914 charter class formed Hickman Heights Christian church with 21 charter members and a Young People’s Christian Endeavor. A new church is built, and funds are raised to repair Carbondale church for future services.

Epittor the Ledger-Press Myers’ Corner W. F. Hole Pine Village Hickman Heights Carbondale Gus Gephart

Telegraph Birth for Marlatt Daughter in Aberdeen

Ollie Marlatt received a telegram from his brother in Aberdeen Washington announcing the birth of a daughter weighing six pounds. The baby, Dorothy A., was born on the occasion of her parents sixth wedding anniversary.

Ollie Marlatt Amen I Aberdeen Wash Bord Dorothy A

Gossip From Washington and Neglected Barbers

A Washington barber irritates a Arizona senator with invasions of grooming. Francis Burton Harrison and Secretary Bryan appear as wit figures in anecdotes about reformers optimism and language. Senator Hughes and Gorman comment on communication and a Native American peace ritual.

Francis Burton Harrison Philippine Islands Harrison Fifth Avenue New York Longfellow

Local notices and movement around Attica and nearby towns

Joe Carswell of Peru survived a near heat incident after being found unconscious in Shirk's garage. Mrs. Barnhart and three children returned from Decatur while Edna Steele came back with them. Sheriff candidate Joe Rice denies stepping down while eyeing a canvass. Birthdays and visits fill a quiet week with many locals traveling to Lafayette Ottawa Chicago and Kingman. Real estate ads promote farm land near Attica in Fountain and Warren counties dated 1911 J Wesley Whicker.

Joe Carswell Peru Hugh Hayes Shirk C. E. Barnhart Decatur Miss Steele Barnhart Joe Rice Warren County Altho Henry Davis Grace Anna Shewey Davis Shewey Grace Anna C. W. Archer Lafayette Wabash Valley Sanitarium Ohio Attica Melvin Light Kingman Elvin Elizabeth Todd Gladys Jones Chicago University Fountain Warren J. Wesley Whicker

Origin of the Word Hammock in Indigenous Terms

A fragment discusses the word hammock as a North American Indian origin and cites Columbus era encounters with Indians bartering cotton and hamacas or neta. It presents a riddle about a bed formed long ago but used today, associated with money kept or lost by sleepers.

James Fox

Snakes and dates in ancient games and riddling lore

A mixed page of curiosities. It describes a Japanese street game where children form a snake with a head and tail and a catcher tries to seize the tail without breaking the line. It notes valuable date palm production in Arabia and Africa, and ends with a set of hidden writer clues with quoted lines and author guesses.

Witeh Arabia Africa Persia Sahara

Neighbors honored Amanda Points’ family after illness death

The Points family thanks neighbors and friends for kindness during wife and sister Amanda Points’s illness and death and for floral tributes. Signatories include Theodore Points and Mr and Mrs J Beverly and Anna Snyder. The Hoosier club met Thursday afternoon with Mrs Harry Wilber.

Amanda Theodore Points J. Beverly George Beverly Anna Snyder Hoosier Club Harry Wilber

Mrs Mort Runner Returns Home After Oxford Visit

Mrs Mort Runner came back Friday morning to her Oxford home following a visit with her parents M. L. Wilson and wife.

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