Local Notes Roundup From Jefferson Township
We report dec 26 sale plans of Wesley Gray near Winterset and travel to South Dakota. Mrs Perry Adams ill with quinsy. Mr and Mrs Preston Cline attend wedding of Alice Cline near Quaker City. J P Armstrong of Clio hosts a dinner for 25. Harshman couple visit after wedding to Cambridge and Penn. Tim Skadden hosts Christmas turkey roast. Bertha Leeper to resume McCleary school Jan 2. Jefferson township trustees meet. district No 2 vacancy filled by J P McKahan. Russell Stiles leaves Mercy Hospital and will work for Barnes Bros Pleasant Valley. Adair family from Parkersburg visiting. James Leeper hosts New Year neighbors dinner. Obituary notice for James Sheppard noted with sympathy. Poem reflects holiday humor about turkeys and cash scarcity.
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Perry Adams
Preston Cline
Alice Cline
Quaker City
J P. Armstrong
Clio
Clarence Harshman
Washingon
Harshman
Daisy (McKee) Harshman
Cambridge
Guernsey County
Pennsylvania
Tim Skadden
Bertha Leeper
McCleary School
James Leeper
Anna
Bertha
Jeffersonian
James Sheppard
Barnesville
Whch
Fragmented Prose on Habits and Manners
A rambling passage notes how some people resist change and how effort shapes tomorrow. It critiques sloth and wasted effort, then wryly observes that some workers underperform while comparing a joke’s value to human kindness.
Tea Acreage and Costs Hit Calcutta Market
A Indian tea company cultivates 1 450 acres while another grows 1 503 acres. Production and market placement costs range from 7 to 9 cents per pound in Calcutta.
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India
Calcutta
Bricks from Coal Dust Pave Local Streets
Gricks Mece notes Rusela streets use bricks made of coal dust mixed with resin and treacle. The combination is said to produce a very fine pavement.
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Rusela
Man Walks from Maine to Chicago
A man traversed from Maine toward Chicago seeking to beat a telegram to its destination. The account notes his long journey and the aim of arriving before the telegram, framing it as a personal challenge or stunt.
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Maine
Chicago
Tramp Complains of No Fork to Eat It With
A tramp thanks a kind lady at her back door and repeats gratitude while explaining he cannot eat the food he was given because he lacks a fork. The exchange ends with the woman asking what is the matter and the tramp reiterating his need.
Nature Fakir's Springtime Satire
A playful exchange notes tie as happy as a bird in spring and char acteristics of sap. the speakers compare mood to a tree in bloom using light humor.
Song Fragments About Turkey Prices On Tables
Fragmented verse about turkey prices and satire on wealthy tables. The lines reference twenty cents a pound and substitutions for an ancient hen with quirky phrasing and incomplete dialogue.
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Turkey
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. Price
Court House
Ubrellas
Tale Price
FURS
Heatherbloom
Petti
S. W. Price
Roy
Wesley Gray
Winterset
Goice
South Dakota
Uttire
J A. Gillespie
Spencer Station
Jefferson Township
Board of Education
J. P. McKahan
Russell Stiles
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburg
Wil
J. W. Barnes
Barnes Bros
Pleasant Valley
Roscoe Adair
Parkersburg W. Va
Hr. M Adair
Mrs
Mary Masters
Umor
Irs
Buncan M. Smith
Sunbury
Ohio
Kilmer
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Ohio Farmer
Pittsburg Stockman
World
Enquirer
J. M. Amos & Sons
Cambridge, O
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