Local Items and Social Plans Across the Community
Local notes report holiday events and visits including Mrs. M L Plummer of Meridian visiting relatives, the Congregational church Ladies Aid sociable planned for Friday afternoon December 12 1902, and the M E Sunday school Christmas Eve program with Santa Claus. Also noted: J L Robertson leaves county role for a school supply house sales job, Carroll of Castleton visits after selling his brother John Carroll, and a humorous local tale about a doctor who did not live far away and settled a tree bill with a sister-in-law’s death.
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Ladies Aid Society
The
Congregational Church
H.C. Tucker
Carroll
Castleton
John Carroll
Lacon
Christmas Goods Crowds Beckon at Brimfield Stores
Local ads tout Sterling value shelves full of goods for Christmas purchases. Notices mention church meetings at White's Grove led by Rev. J. O. Slyter. Townsfolk discuss gravel pits, coal shipments, and a pending Peoria county circuit question amid legal delays and a prisoner release.
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Pepeen
Savage
J. O. Slyter
White's Grove
Polrendge
Murdock Bros
Amasara
William and
Charles Wallis Berlgf
White
Grove
Oklahoma
W. L. Haywamp
W. W. Martin
Expressman
Peck
Farmore
Brow Band
Crupper
Providence
Joe Gatton
Brimfield
Jubilee
Joe
Peoria
James Gratten
Gratten
Messie
Appel
Rosseau
E. Ebersole
Puterbaugh
Pedria Journal
Grades and Names from Local High School Classes
A fragment listing student names and grades across grades 5 6 7 8 and their teachers or school staff. Includes numerous personal names such as Harold Cady Emily Chichester Bennie Fuchs Edna Johnson Stella Martin Della Geeley Mildred Foster Cobb Lizzie Fuchs Edna Weeks Susie Yerby Hugh Bowman Carrie Church Teresa Fusener Brank Carron-Pearl Hamilton Herbert Davis Jessie Mercer Chalmer Forney Frances Moore Cobb John Fuchs Harry Hayes David Slyter Burt Hayward Clara McFarran Frank Mercer Alice Cady Cliff Goudy Hazel Hayward May Weeks Faye Forney Fern Streicher Zelma Slater Marion Lillefield Rey Goudy Nellie Rook Helen Wright Myrtle Hamilton James Murphy Nellie Culbertson Land Pasay Everette Rook Zelda Kler Leland Plummer Maud Marvin Allie Sherman Minnie Winn Talbert Yerby Buela Catton Mable Lucas Leland Pacey Alma Dungan Norman Savage Violet Sherman Ruth Ha Virginia Murdock Margie Raymond Plummer.
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Picante
Pearl ‘Hamilton
Herbert Davis
Jessie
Mercer
Chalmer’ Forney
Frances’ Moore Sevh'Cobb
John Fuchs
Harry
Hayes
David Slyter
Burt Hayward
Clara:McFarran
Frank Mercer
Alice Cady
Cliff Goudy
Hazel Hayward
May Weeks
Faye Forney
Fern Streicher
Zelma Slater
Marion Lillefield
Rey Goudy
Nellie Rook
Helen Wright
Myrtle Hamilton
James Murphy
Nellie Culbertson
Everette
Rook
Boy Saved From Membranous Croup By Remedy
Winchester Indiana citizen W. Lynch reports his son suffered membranous croup and found relief after Foley's Honey and Tar. He credits the single dose with saving his boy's life. Sold by Wm. Robinson. Blacksmiths enjoy a horse shoeing harvest this week.
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Do. W. Lynch
Winchester
Ind
Foley
Wm. Robinson
A Thousand Dollars Worth of Good by Foley's Kidney Care
A. H. Thornes of Buffalo Ohio, a coal operator, reports kidney and bladder trouble with gravel stones. After using Foley's Kidney Care he experiences relief, noting bricks dust like stones passed and no kidney pain. He says the remedy has done him $1000 worth of good. sold by Wm. Robinson & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Thornes
Buffalo, C
Foley
Carey
Wm. Robinson &Co
Nebraska Promise and Cheap Excursions Sell a Better Life
An advertisement extols Nebraska as a land of plenty where grain fruit cattle and hogs thrive with little labor. It urges readers to consider moving and buy homes on easy terms, offering illustrated periodicals The Corn Belt and The West Nebraska Grazing Country. It promotes cheap rail excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays to visit Nebraska and learn more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ni- Braska
Nebraska
West
Old English Church Law Sparks Fines for Attendance
A fragment describes a 17th century English statute imposing fines on all persons over nine who failed to attend church each year. Church wardens faced penalties for neglect, with rewards offered to informers.
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England
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Santa
Ng Am
Freeman
Xmas
Tee
Hindle’s
Opeares
Bleighbella
Stree
Haywards
M. L. Plummer
Meridian
Mississippi
Susie Moore
M. E
Santa Claus
J. L. Robertson
Mr. Robertson
Ezra Tucker
Fred-Chichester
C. M. McTaggart
Ells, Hall
Etta McDonnell
Mina Miller
Mable Foster
Sraith
Rayimon
Kingdon iCharlis
Mark Baylor
Mil ‘Hamilton
Job Nals
Lulu Hamvti
Mary ‘Marvin Arvin
Mildred ‘Wrig Shi
Eva Streicher
Andre Caldwel
Elke
Elva
Hindle
Grace Hamilton
Endia ‘Murphy
Verné
Arber
Willie
Murdo
A - Sa
John T. Patrick
Pinébluff, N
Ape Ee
Gars
Theemaker
Illinois
wiLlow Bark Company
Danvers
E’peenty
P. S. Ensfia
C. B
G. RP
Ghicago
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