Reflections On a Hospital Cot at St Elizabeth Hospital
In a St Elizabeth Hospital note from Lafayette Indiana Mrs Benj Brown recalls suffering gastritis and a life saving recovery. She details two spoons of buttermilk turning to nourishing meals under care of Sisters and doctors, the quiet ward, and the grief of a nearby death she only learns about later. She praises the staff as gentle healing angels and looks forward to returning home grateful for the care received.
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St. Elizabeth Hospital
Lafayette
Ind
Angels of Mercy
Elijah
Benj, Brown
Bert van Reed
Carbondale
Wabash Fast Mail Wreck Near Antwerp Ohio
Wabash fast mail No. 5 derailed near Antwerp Ohio Friday evening. The entire train toppled into the ditch with car tops on the ground. Four seriously injured including a mail clerk. about twenty others hurt, many crushed by fallen chairs. No women seriously injured. panic followed the crash.
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Wabash
Attica
Antwerp
Ohio
Lebanon
Altho
Mrs Clark Keeps Cobbler Shop Open After Death
Mrs. Jo Clark, mother of George Clark the deaf and dumb cobbler on Main Street, has kept the shoe shop running after his death. She retained staff, secured repair contracts with J Frank McDermonds shoe department and Orb & Co Selz store, and attracted work from Williamsport, showing cheerful optimism and pluck.
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George Clark
Main Street
Jo Clark
George
J. Frank McDermond
Orb & Co
Selz
Williamsport
Ben Franklin Starts Street Cleaning Movement Century Ago
The story recounts Benjamin Franklin noting dirty streets and starting a municipal cleaning scheme. He arranged payment of sixpence monthly from households, printed circulars, and personally secured signatures. The piece credits Franklin with initiating street cleaning and the costs it introduced.
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Ben Franklin
Ben
Health Board Urges Sanitation in Attica Homes
Health board calls citizens to remove trash from lots streets and alleys provide covered garbage cans for waste remove all stable manure and waste promptly clean or sanitary privy vaults odorless M T Case secretary orders issued in Health Department directive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
M. T. Case
Schools to Get Largest Share of Reed Estate Taxes
A detailed breakdown shows the county receives 1641 from the 12000 back taxes paid by the Sampson Reed estate. Covington school corporation collects 4545, Covington city 8745, Troy township 909, and the state 1156 as shares for distribution.
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Sampson Reed
School Corporation of
Covington
Troy Township
Mrs Grant Starbuck Hosts J F M Club Event
Mrs Grant Starbuck entertained the J F M club Tuesday evening honoring her sister Mrs Floyd Mathers of Wheeling West Virginia with a social gathering and activities in a cordial hostelry setting.
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Grant Starbuck
J. F. M. Club
Floyd Mathers
Wheeling
W. Va
64 Acres Near Williamsport Promises 15 Bushels Per Acre
A report from Lon's farm on the Barrens below Williamsport notes 95 percent of nearby wheat plowed. 64 acres look good for harvest with an expected average of 15 bushels per acre. Local executors of Sampson Reed’s estate have paid 12 000 in taxes on unlisted property, prompting calls for tax investigations into William C. Smith's estate. Dressmakers Hazel and Alta Bever plan a new parlor on East Jackson Street May 6.
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A. P. Green
Doc Rupert
Lon
Williamsport
Mr. Green
Sampson Reed
Covington
Warren County
William C. Smith
Hazel
Alta Bever
East Jackson Street
Miss Spiller
Jim Woody Joins Paducah Kitty League Team
Jim Woody, recently visiting his family, has secured assignment to play with Paducah in the Kitty League. In a separate note, Miss Irene M. McLaughlin of Millcreek township married Covington pastor on April 24, with both bride and groom listed as teachers and the groom son of the county truant officer.
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Lewis Joseph
Joseph Joseph
Attica
Henry Loeb
New York City
Jim Woody
Jim
Paducah, Ky
Kingman
Clark H. Myers
Irene M. McLaughlin
Millcreek Township
Covington
Myers
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Rohlfing & Colvert
Undertakers
Attica, Ind
Yocom’s Bakery
New Emsing Bldg
Leiber and Myers
Challenge Company
River Street
Batavia
Ilinota
M. Meeker
Mrs. Clark
Selz Shoes
Selz Royal Blue
Indiana
Ida Kriegbaum
Hannibal
Swen Carlson
Amos Crow
Clarence Carlson
Chicago
John Carlson
O. C. Seemiller
Kriegbaum
Vanity Fair
Theaterium
A.A. Arms
Crouse
Dayton
Tippecanoe County
Elijah Earl
Zula Zeigler
Miss Loring
W. H. Robinson Fisher-Arbogast Co
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