Local notes from Madisonville and surrounding area
A browse of community life includes Holligan family return to West Holligan School House area, new Edge residents A B Carroll family moving in, visits by Rev I J Taylor and many relatives in Bethel Nachogodoches and Cot tonwood Prairie. A school concert December 22 and candy breaking at Steep Hollow mark social happenings.
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Bethel
KE. M. Risinger
Noah Thompson
Sam Benson
Houston
Ellen Thompson
Nachogodoches
A.B. Carroll
Edge
B. H. Lakey
West
Holligan
Texas
I. J. Taylor
Madisonville
Bill Jolly
Steep Hollow
Sly Jim
If I Had a Chance to Marry for Money
A shy suitor plans to ask a woman to marry for money but hesitates as she nervously handles a handkerchief. He finally proposes the idea, prompting her sharp retort that only a man with at least fifty thousand dollars could deserve such a question.
Japan Plans Arctic Expedition to Rival Europe
Japan announces a polar voyage to catch up with European maritime power. The motive is to foster adventure in the Japanese and reach the poles, promising new national prowess on the sea. In a separate note, Jefferson Jones of Allegheny, Pa, had his cremated ashes scattered over a bridge to the Ohio River following his will, with religious services held at his home.
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Japan
Pole
England
Jones
Jefferson Jones
Alleghany
Ohio River
Mining Expert Batterman Testifies in Nevada Case
Batterman, a renowned mining man in the Rocky Mountain States, testified as an expert in a Nevada mining case. During cross examination by a young attorney the form of ore known as kidney lumps was discussed as the proponent claimed the lumps were elongated like the attorney's head but not as thick, provoking smiles from the attorney and judge.
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Batterman
Rocky Mountain States
Nevada
Mr. Batterman
Dislike the Doctor in New Zealand Working Class
A New Zealand writer notes a strange aversion to doctors among workers who delay seeking medical help. They withhold symptoms and expect doctors to diagnose by appearance, after all other remedies fail. The piece clarifies this is not the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison.
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New Zealand
William Lloyd Garrison
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China
Tyler Haswell
Torrax
Bryan, Texas
J. J. Holligan
J. W. Shaw
Zulrich
Little Cedar
Lucy Burnett
Cottonwood Prairie
L. M
Kurten J
John M. Caldwell
Burt Norwood
The
DRY Coods
Enother
Ated
Ipry
Kandy Kitchen
Berwick Bay
Lowney
Gunther
John Wittman
Fl. McKenzie
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