News of the County Last Week
Mrs Tad Combs is very low with fever George Brandon went to Bloomfield Miss Cain of Heaton visit Ida Meredith Pete Hardisty made a flying trip to Ridgeport Dick Goad of Clifty called on his best girl Wednesday Mrs Low Stillem of Illinois visiting her mother Alfred Westmortan did a business trip to Cincinnati John Crow of Fugard passed through Tanner rabbit hunting Pete Sexson and Neil Slinkard attended the box supper at Combs school Nell Slinkard won the Album for best looking girl at the Combs school house Box and Pie suppers are common Proceeds to buy Reading Circle books Henry Jackson had a serious accident while loading a double barrel shotgun one barrel discharged through the hand. hand amputated by Dr Reese
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tad Combs
George Brandon
Bloomfield
Misses Cain
Heaton
Ida Meredith
Pete Hardisty
Ridgeport
Dick Goad
Clifty
Low Stillem
Illinois
Alfred Westmortan
Cincinnati
John Crow
Fugard
Pete Sexson
Neil Slinkard
Combs School House
Nell Slinkard
Combs School
Cross Road
Dresden
Henry Jackson
Reese
Shiloh Community Notes From Last Week
Eliza Steel stays with Sam Benham as Andrew Workman welcomes a new daughter. Isenogle travels to Scotland on business while Maggie Benham makes a quick trip to Newberry. Mrs Aden Benham visits Lyons with Mrs Aydelotte. Singing draws a good crowd Wednesday night. Neidgh of Lyons visits Mrs N E Neidgh. Andrew Crook from Newberry attends church. Rainbolt family returns from Hobbieville. Beasie Wales and Lottie Pate visit Miss Opha Isenogle and Ethel Isenogle in Lyons. Isenogle family attends Mr David Summerville funeral. William Moore passes through to visit Pa. Marion Moore and Maggie Benham visit Anna Benham. P M Hooner and Amor go to Odon for a few days with his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Workman
Win Isenogle
Scotland
Maggie Benham
Newberry
Aden Benham
Aydelotte
Lyons
Beasie Wales
Lottie Pate
Miss Opha
Ethel Isenogle
Mr. Isenogle
David Summerville
William Moore
Marion Moore
Maggie Bentham
Anna Benham
P. M. Hooner
Amor
Odon
Robinson Community News Notes and Sickness
Frank Horo remains confined with a sprained ankle while Glen Ashcraft misses school due to whooping cough. Edna Edington visits from Lyons to see her brother M G Edington. Local visits include Minnie and Sally Page, Sampson Horn and family, and Cenith Brown with Bessie Ashcraft. Typhoid fever sickens Charles Mullis. Nannie Bergess returns from Bedford. A sunrise meeting at Ashcraft Chapel draws few attendees amid illness. protracted meeting ends with one new member. Box supper at Cross Road School benefits Reading Circle books. Gabe Mansfield and Ap Cornin host friends with war stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Horo
Glen Ashcraft
Edna Edington
Lyons
M. G. Edington
Minnie
Sally Page
de Scribe
Sampson Horn
Frank
Rhoda Hall
Chas White
Charles Mullis
Nannie Bergess
Bedford
Sam Spinz
Owensburg
Cenith Brown
Bessie Ashcraft
Ashcraft Chapel
Local Notes of Thanksgiving Visits and Movements
Many residents and visitors are listed with holiday activities. Elmer Spinx of Owensburg was here Saturday. Farnk and John Horn were in Hobbieville Thursday. Mr and Mrs Sam Wright went to Owensburg Saturday. James Hord left for Illinois to locate. Nelson Reed reported a horse with lung fever last week. Anne Ashcraft of Bedford visited here and Dresden. J W Carr and daughter of Anderson visited Thanksgiving with parents on Black Ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Spinx
Owensburg
Farnk
John Horn
Hobbieville
Sam Wright
James Hord
IlInois
Nelson Reed
Joe Porter
Mr. Mullis
Tucker Hollow
Anne Ashcraft
Bedford
Dresden
J. W. Carr
Anderson
Cox
Bloomfield
Mrs. C's
Kidney Cure Note From Wills Creek Coal Official
A. H. Thurness of Wills Creek Coal Co. Buffalo C writes of years long kidney and bladder trouble. After Foley's Kidney Cure several doses eased pain and cleared brick dust. He reports no kidney pain and values the product highly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Thurness
Wills Creek Coal Co
Buffalo
Foley
J. B. Staleup
Hoover Family Social Notes Across the Week
Mr and Mrs Hoover visit their daughter Thursday while P M Hoover runs a broom shop. Maggie Benham calls on Mrs N E Neidgh. several young people dine with Maggie Schantz. Anna Benham visits cousin Ray Benham. Schantz and Hoover families share Sunday meals. Carrie Schantz and Katie Benham shop in Lyons. Grandma Neidgh returns from Freads. Maggie Bentham’s fifteenth birthday celebrated with friends including Schantz Moore Isenogie Skemp and Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Schantz
Anna Benham
Ray Benham
Carrie Schantz
Katie Benham
Lyons
Grandma Neidgh
Fread
Maggie Bentham
Tulip Local Social Notes Report Illnesses Improve
The weekly item lists numerous residents visiting relatives and attending church events. Names include Bush Bucher Fount Edwards Sam Sparks Tona Osburn Mrs Charlie Reed Mary Strickland Violet Shertzer Stella Shep hard Mathew Sims David Sharp Mrs James Cowan Mrs George Buckner Otis Greene Harley Workman Emma Sims Bertha Sims Homer Flory and Charlie Sims. Attendees visit Maxville Worthington Union Valley and Bloomfield during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fount Edwards
Sam Sparks
Illinois
Tona Osburn
Campground
Charlie Reed
Mary Strickland
Osburn
Violet Shertzer
Stella Shephard
Mathew Sims
Maxville
David Sharp
James Cowan
Worthington
George Buckner
Sims
Otis Greene
Harley Workman
Bloomfield
This Place
Emma
Bertha Sims
Homer Flory
Charlie Sims
Union Valley
Willis Makes Up Mind To Leave Farm
Willis in a bare attic room declares his plan to go as he weighs pay and work on the farm. He notes his father returning with milk and reflects that pay is not everything when respect is lacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Andrews
Willis
Family ties test a son against a stoic father
Willis Andrews plans to leave home saying he must seek a different life and love. His father Abraham recoils from expressing affection, admitting a lifelong inability to show warmth. The story follows a final farewell, the orchard, cattle, and the strained bond tested by imminent departure.
A Housemother's Morning Duty Recital
A witness details a woman's routine between 8 and 9 am on Wednesday. She lists washing two children, sewing buttons, mending, tidying, watering plants, dusting, lighting, cleaning lamp chimneys, combing hair, brushing clothes, sweeping, packing Sunday clothes, writing a note to a teacher, feeding a canary, and resting before 9 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Watchman
Johnny
Nellie
Voice Restored By Foley's Honey and Tar Cure
Benj Ingerson of Mutton Indiana says he had not spoken aloud for months until Foley's Honey and Tar restored his voice. The remedy is widely used by speakers and singers with no substitute. J B Stalcup D
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Bishop
Agnew, Mich
Foley
J. B. Stalcup
Benj. Ingerson
Mutton
Ind
Candidate cites flogging of children in speech
A political speech before the election includes a reference to flogging children. The speaker defends corporal punishment with sayings about sparing the rod and claims he was flogged as a boy for telling the truth, while an audience member quips it cured him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Country editor who profits by losing a subscriber
A retired Indiana country editor recalls an old farmer who canceled the paper because a testimonial ad was missing. The editor explained the ad contract had expired, renewed it, and the subscriber kept paying to keep the feature in the publication. The anecdote cites a paradoxical profit from a subscriber loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pop
New York Sun
SPECIAL FARES ON DELENT WESTWARD TRIPS PROMOTED
Pennsylvania Lines offers one way and round trip second class tickets to Denver and western points and to Montana Utah Oregon Washington British Columbia with weekly Tuesday sale days. Inquiries to local agents or W W Richardson Indianapolis. Also ad for King’s New Life Pills and Monon Bargain Rates for December with agent J W Branpon.
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Pennsylvania
Denver
Colorado
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
W. W. Richardson
Indianapolis
Indiana
Elnora
Lidiana
Evansville
H. H. Roseman
Doctor Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Ad in 19th Century Health Leaflet
An advertisement extols life and health insurance as benefits of a sound stomach. It claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery heals stomach disorders, strengthens health, and includes a testimonial from Mrs. A Somes of Walterboro South Carolina who recovered after six bottles. It invites readers to consult Dr. Pierce by letter with private correspondence from Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Pierce
Western Rates Reduced See Milwaukee Agent for Details
Greatly reduced one way and round trip second class rates apply from Chicago via Wisconsin Central Railway to Minnesota North Dakota Montana Idaho Oregon Washington and British Columbia each Tuesday in October and November. Inquiries to nearest ticket agent or Jur C Pono Geo Pres Agent Milwaukee Wis.
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Chicago
Wisconsin Central Railway
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
C. Pono
Milwaukee
Wis
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Claim Cold Cure In One Day
Advertising blurb touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as curing a cold in one day with a No Cure No Pay offer. Priced at 25 cents, the claim emphasizes a quick remedy and risk-free payment.
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Shiloh
Eliza Steel
Sam Benham’s
Reading Circle Books
Gabe Mansfield
Ap.‘Cornin
Robinson
Mr. and
Mrs. Hoover
P. M. Hoover
N. E. Neidgh
Mrs. Schantz
Annie Benham
Carrie McHenry
Richville
Abraham Andrews
Lucy King
Mr. Andrews
Mrs. Andrews
Ray Canwell
Willie
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
Father
Ayer
F. MaRion Miller
Camden
J.C, Ayer
Mass
Scastoria
Cnltlay
Dr. King
New Life
Monon
J. W. Branpon
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Sheriffs’ Sale
Greene Circuit Court
Southern Indiana Mutual Building Saving and Loan Association
Jefferson Caldwell
Mary
Caldwell
Fletcher C Medaris
Medaris
William J. Throop
Ada Throop
Costa
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Aleonzo F. Lson
George H. Ledgerwood
Joseph W, Yakby
Jesse LaRue
Dee
Joseph W. Yakey
Jennie Labue
Abner Pickard
Green Circuit Court
James D. Neill
Prenton G. Sandera
Toen
Lucy G. Smith
Saunders
Beirs
Richard T. Abreil
Greene Circuit
Tree
Witneess
W. H. Rector
Abraham Shanklin
William B. Shanklin
George W. Stone
U Circuit Court
State of Indiana
Rachel Page
Greeene County
Eatate
Jesse A, Page
Chas, L. Peptis & CO
New York
Southern Indiana Railway
Terre Haute Linton
Beehunter
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PLM
Indian Springs
Eral
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Seymour
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Atween Worthington
Washiogto
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Madison
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Physicians and Surgeons
North Side Public Square
H. V. Norvell
New Cushman Block
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Harry Rrisenhower
Cavins Block
Bloomfield, Ind
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Lose Telegraph College
Lexington
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Frank J. Reed
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Talis Mar
Louisville
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Tooth & South
Louisville Nashville Railroad
Great Central Southern Trunkline
Florida
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C. L. Sten
Louisville, Ky
Addrean
J. Wemysso
General Immigration and Industrial Agt
Kentucky
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Alabama
Mississippi
Pennsylvania Lines
Swiss City Station
W.W. Uulmer
Ticket Agt
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T. J. Osburn
Lyr
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Geo. Davidson
Jackson Township
Tyne
Malachi Porter
Rose Hill
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Taylor Township
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