Spelling Challenge Between Local Schools Sparks Pequod Rivalry
Charles Hesler and Arlie Frye host a sleigh ride for Toll Gate and Buttermilk Cut pupils. Bob sleds wheel through the township as students mock teachers. Chester township elder John Gilbert, 65 years on the same farm, reflects on Democracy. Toll Gate pupils challenge Buttermilk Cut to a spelling match, inviting wider city competition.
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Arlie Frye
Toll Gate
Charles Pierce
Buttermilk Cut
John Gilbert
Chester Township
Gilbert
Toll Gate School
Butter Milk Cut Academy
Revival and local notices enliven Hartford City scene
John W. Crum welcomes a daughter as a revival gains momentum at Craigville with growing church interest. Reports cover local health ads, drilling plans for Phoenix Oil, Sunday School in multiple languages, Lincoln’s birthday plans, and a string of community notices across Hartford City and Ossian with updates on residents, marriages, illnesses, and local governance.
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Craigville
Toa Decatur
Henry Lankenau
Zion Lutheran Church
Bluffton
Fort Wayne Gas Company
Elsdon
Nottingham Township
Hartford City News
Nervous Headache Remedy Praised in Bluffton Ad
Mrs. Joel Pugsley of 228 Ohio street Bluffton Indiana reports relief from nervous headaches caused by overwork with Dr A W Chases Nerve Pills. She says the pills broke up attacks and restored vigor and strength. Davenport Ehle's drug store stocked the remedy.
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Joel Pugsley
Ohio Street
Bluffton, Ind
A. W. Chase
Davenport & Ehle’s
W. Parkison
Silver St
Bluffton
Ind
Davenport & Ehle
Asa General Tonic
Rural routes start February second patrons gather boxes
Local notes cover postal basement box pickup for new rural routes T and 8 from February second. The column reports various town matters including real estate changes, a planned relocation of D C Reynolds to the Benedict farm near Ossian, and a postponed dramatic production due to travel issues. It also mentions charitable support for a missionary in India, a court custody suit filed by Charles Rybolt, and a Toledo traveler named 8 M Hart recounting a robbery loss of vest and watch while collecting coins.
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M. Hart
Toledo
Mr. Hart
Jacob Coodyaar
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Rom Tocsin
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Richmond
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Oden
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Converse
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