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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1915
Page
18
A breezy editorial laments heavy snow in Bingville with 3 to 4 feet on level streets and 8 to 9 feet in drifts. It accuses road supervisors of inaction while plows sit idle and promises further columns to awaken officials to their responsibilities.
Waycrossville reports several residents on illness or injury. Sam Wilkins and Jake Ammerman are sick, Hester Quinn suffers from rheumatic pains, Bill Woods has typhoid fever, Joshua Wilkins has boils, Samantha Brown is laid up with general ill health, and Jack Welch broke a leg while lumbering for Peter Henkel. Authors promise more updates next week.
Enos Crabtree plans to paint his barn next summer if talking would help. Gabe Miller has killed three hogs and sells fresh pork locally. A sausage batch pleased the correspondent. Teenie Woods lost a spelling bee to Miss Matilda Hawkins and cried home. Illness lingers with bad colds and hopping cough. Abner Slocomb offers a cheap horse after a prior kick incident.
The column covers domestic anecdotes from Mrs Loke Wilson sewing mishap to Ben Wilson defamation talk. It notes Mrs Hume Miller visiting Mrs Cy Hoskins as sisters, hunter Wes Woodruff displaying 21 polecat pelts, Abe Witherow hearing from Sam after 23 years, Gid Smalley injured lifting a log at Sandy Creek saw mill, and Pheebe Hildebrand reporting slow dressmaking business in December.
A column of lighthearted incidents from Bingville. Gid Smalley slips on his icy sidewalk and sprains his ankle while keeping paths safe, Nero the horse balks at winter stability, and Cy Hoskins bakes and complains of doughnuts. Amzi Witherow swears by a porous plaster, Sime Henderson’s kin visits, and Brad Hinsley shares hard cider. Jerushia Perkins endures a wash-line mishap, Amelia Tucker endures facial neuralgia, and Jed Peters invites parents to observe his pupils’ progress.
Old Dad Henderson visits Lem Brown on business and waits inside the Brown home. His muddy boots leave a mess on the clean floor, prompting Mrs. Brown to sweep him outside. The tale ends with a vow that he will clean his boots next time.
A fragment from a local page reports Doctor Livermore misplacing a quart bottle of mystery medicine and planning trials on horses and humans to identify its use. It also notes rumors that Simon Whittleby has won a mate at a county seat event, though the source doubts the claim.
Bill Hepburn, a noted blacksmith, suffered a severe toothache and sought Dr Livermore at 1 a m. The dentist pulled the wrong tooth first, then the correct one, ending with an accidental fall as the forceps slipped. Hepburn left in deep disgust, mouth still sore.
A plea urges readers to clear debts to the Bugle, offering to settle accounts between ten and fifteen dollars. The notice stresses paying now will help the town paper survive and urges patrons to support their local newspaper.
Cy Hoskins and Ame Hillyer swapped watches in Hen Weathersby’s store last night. Ame claims he won the trade as Cy’s watch sometimes runs an hour, while Ame’s watch stops unless shaken, and then only briefly. Neither timepiece is reliable.
Homer Perkins kept a hot soapstone in bed to warm his feet on a freezing Tuesday night. He wrapped a towel, slept, dreamt of a hot climate, and woke to find his feet burned. One heel blistered. he wears a poultice now.
We regret not reporting any births in Bingville this issue. We hoped to list a new arrival with weight and sex but delays prevent details this week. We ask readers to wait until next week or the following issue for a definite update on new births.
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