Modena to Berne Route 2 Election Amid Muddy Roads
Correspon dence notes Dec 16 1021 on supervisor election day. Rain and mud hinder travel as farmers visit Wiltshire with bogs. Local exchanges report Livestock buys by Kerr and Sullivan while Rev Anderson starts a protracted meeting. Christmas plans include Pleasant Valley Sabbath school and Diet No 3 invites for Dec 22 entertainment.
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J. W. Anderson
Center Chapel
Ohlou
Amos Lindsey
Lee
J. T. Ault
Sam Harvey
Geneva
Pleasant Valley
Lightning Kills Few Claims Cure By Electro Bitters
A 1906 notice touts Electric Bitters as a cure for virulent liver trouble and jaundice. It cites Robert Madsen of West Burlington Indiana who, after doctors abandoned him, was reportedly cured by Electro Bitters. The ad touts Bitters as a blood purifier and remedy for stomach liver nerve and kidney issues, priced at 50 cents.
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Robert Madsen
West Burlington
Andrew Gottschalk
Local News Gleanings From South Monroe December 1911
Weather and travel notes report mud roads nearly impassable. Mrs. Isaac Emery improves slowly and can move about. Rev Persinger and wife return to Maple Grove for revival meetings. School house No. 7 votes elect supervisor Ben Nusbaumer with 37 to 34 over Frank Miller. Marion Scott dies December 16 near Berne after illness.
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Isaac Emery
Persinger
Maple Grove
Ben Nusbaumer
Frank Miller
A Terrible Blunder to Neglect Liver Trouble
An advertisement urges taking Dr King's New Life Pills at first signs of constipation or biliousness to prevent indigestion jaundice or gall stones. The pill claims to regulate liver stomach and bowels and improve health. Sold for 25 cents by Andrew Gottschalk.
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Dr. King
Andrew Gottschalk
Free enlargements with orders over eight thousand two hundred fifty
Frank Engle Studio at Geneva Indiana offers a free 16 by 20 enlargment with every order of 8250 or more and advertises holiday rates on all classes of work. The studio is located over Sam's store with Frank Engle as proprietor inviting trial.
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Sam
Frank Engle
Geneva
Ind
Why I Abstain From Strong Drink
An exhortation against alcohol use arguing it harms the body and mind. Citing medical opinions, deaths in Britain linked to drink, and personal anecdotes, it urges lifelong abstinence and recounts a Glasgow execution prompted by alcohol fueled crime.
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Britain
Solomon
Glasgow
Alexander Andrew
Forgive him seventy times and seven
Poem line fragment citing forgiveness and heaven with a note on blessed souls and reconciliation.
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Alfred Tennyson
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Modena
Berne
Wiltshire
Mrs. Goods
Tamile
Ohio
Chas. Farlow
W. ©. Gillespie
BR. B. Kerr
Chas. Sullivan
Mr. Kerr
Rey Duff
Jefferson Township
South
Monroe
Marion Scott
Ladies and
Ewes
Eaees
D. Bixler
Auditor of State
the People’s State Bank
Ada
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