Honduras Heotings Ballads and Local Happenings
Local notices recount homecomings and gossip from SNAKEYE. John Beery returns from Illinois Tuesday while Christmas stories feature Henry Easterday visiting Stephen Kistler. Miss Mary Haucker wins a spelling match at Haucker schoolhouse and a ball game is planned at C Bell’s.
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John Beery
Illinois
Henry Easterday
Stephen Kistler
John
L. Souites
Jesse Parish
Haucker
Mary Haucker
Adam Richey
S. C. Mills
Oliver Mills
John Ritchey
Deihl School
Sing'rgs
Heal
A. Zerkel
F. Liby
Singing School
C. Bell
Smith C. Dethl
Cotton‘wood
Reiffsburg Notices and Local Happenings
Residents report grip complaints and strong Sunday school turnout the prior Sunday. Farmers utilized favorable weather all week. Fredrick alias from Ohio and family visit friends here. Shoemaker returning from schooling for short vacation shares lessons tips. Martha Householder visits friends. Charles Dyson boasted pranks with tin pan music. J W Shoemaker runs a thriving local business. Charles faces consequence for farm move. Wilson Shouch hurries home from Pragrie and misplaces over shoes. William Ochsenrider injures eye Christmas ball game incident. Jacob Leist hosts Christmas turkey roast for friends and relatives. Protracted meeting discussed but postponed until Rev Lopeter assists. CIF TINGS
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S. A. Shoemaker
Thim
Martha Householder
Chas. Dyson
Ely
J. W. Shoemaker
Charles
Wilson Shouch
William Ochsenrider
Jacob Leist
Rev. Hellopeter
Cif
Community Notes Include New Blacksmith Shop and Donations
Rath notes lagrippe afflicts many. George Stepp adds a new blacksmith shop. Jacob Foreman hosts a Christmas donation dinner. Id Turner adds a corn crib and granary. Harvey Rush's family recovers from illness. Nora Nutter was sick last week. Mrs. John Waters and baby visit Bluffton relatives Cyrus and Mrs Burgess. Jacob Kimmel remains ill.
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Lagrippe
George Stepp
Jacob Foreman
Id Turner
Harvey Rush
Nora Nutter
John Waters
Bluffton
Cyrus Burgess
Jacob Kimmel
Dissolution of Clouser & Miller Firm in Indiana
Notice announces the dissolution of Clouser & Miller of Craigville Indiana by mutual consent on December 30 1893. All parties indebted are asked to settle accounts with William Miller.
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Clouser & Miller
Craigville
Ind
Wm. Miller
Thought His Wife Couldn't Fool Him Surprise Birthday Party
Michael Sheets of Liberty township learned his wife could fool him when forty nine neighbors gathered with bundles and baskets to celebrate his forty sixth birthday. The surprise, peaceful and festive, transformed the home into a shared meal and a warm community moment.
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Michael Sheets
Liberty Township
Mr. Sheets
District 12 Harrison township school report 1893 end Dec
Report from District No 12 Harrison township for the month ending Dec 29 1893 lists students not absent or tardy including Josie Bennett Rena Ulmer Mary Myers Neppie Keyser Mary Bennett Viola Stout May Linn Maggie Bennett Samuel Thornburg James Thornburg Homer Nutter and Homer Miller. Enrollment 25 and average attendance 22. From R A Ulmer, teacher.
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Harrison Township
Josie Bennett
Rena Ulmer
Mary Myers
Neppie Keyser
Mary Bennett
Viola Stout
May Linn
Maggie Bennett
Samuel Thornburg
James Thornburg
Homer Nutter
Homer Miller
Frora B. Ulmer
Craigville Year of 1994 Promises Local Good Deeds
Craigville residents pledge to do good in the new year after a season of holiday visits and community events. Christmas programs at the Oakland church drew crowds, with derailed dialogues and strong school attendance. Local figures Mr. Gilliland Mr. Reed and Miss Drum appear among neighbors hosting and visiting friends in Craigville and nearby towns.
Oakland Sabbath school presents superintendent Rhodes a Christmas book
The Oakland Sabbath school teachers gave Superintendent Rhodes a beautiful book as a Christmas present. Miss Minerva Cochran has returned from Chicago to her Craigville home. Protracted meeting will start at the Oakland church Monday evening. Weather prophet Hicks, Foxy, predicts patience as winter nears. Various local residents and candidates for office, including Cummins of Bluffton and McFadden, were noted visiting Craigville or in town last week.
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Grandpa Miller
Wilshire
Ohio
William
John
Davenport
Anna Beach
Bluffton
Craigville
Willis Watson
Markle
H. M. Gilliland
Cary France
Warren
Philip Brineman
Winnie Reed
Bob
Jennie Ruby
Tocsin
William Diehl
Laura Church
Della Fry
Enos Steman
Elida
William Pierce
Santa Claus
Walter Reed
Curryville
Eva Drum
Oakland
Rhodes
Minerva Cochran
Chicago
Phil Brineman
Phil
Crum
Cummins
McFadden
Old Man White and the Great Hay Load Yarn
A Maine village tale recalls Old Man White famed for tall yarns. He recounts coaxing a hay load tied to steer drawn toward a barn, the collapse of the rack, and his wife riding the load as it toppled, leaving the barn wrecked and the scene stunned.
Load hauled through floor sparks old tale at barn debate
In a tense scene Gilbert Patter relates how a load was pulled through a floor under a barn while an old woman leaped into action. Old Man White defends the feat as proof his wife survived, and a quiet crowd asks no further questions.
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Jacky
Gilbert Patter
Virginia's Agriculture and Mines Stated in Exchange Item
The Virginia article notes 5,000,000 bushels of pea nuts, 34,000.10 dollars in fruits and vegetables, 200,000 tons of iron, and over 2,000,000 dollars in gold sent to the United States mint. It claims the state hosts the largest lead mines in the South and the greatest mangarese mines in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
United States
Exchange
Obesity cures and a giant New London drawbridge
A fragment discusses burned bread with lemon juice as a purported cure for obesity and digestion, plus salt water baths and exercise. It also retells a London Tit-Bits joke about pineapple eating. The piece then notes New London Connecticut hosting the largest swinging span drawbridge built in 1889 on the Shore Line railway, part of the Pequot river bridge project.
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New London
Connecticut
Shore Line
Great Pequot River
St. Louis Republic
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