Local notes from Knightstown and nearby towns
A crowded list of social visits and political stops in Knightstown, Greenfield, Rushville, Carthage, and surrounding areas. Residents such as E J Dean, Earl Finney, J T Watkins, Mrs. Sattler, Mrs. Henley, and many others are recorded at home votes, visits, church events, and community activities across Indiana towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. S. Marsh
Indiana
Clis Sundz
A. N. Casey
Mihey Ue
J.T. Watkins
Richmond
Charles Cox
Greenfield
W. F. Bills
Fortville
Sunca
N. M. Gear
Manner
J. J. Fox
Greenfeld
Joseph Sattler
Elwood
Cassady
Brady
Kushville
Ratelie
Indianapolis
Bertha Hill
McCorkle
Maccabee Lodge No. 170
John Cilloway
Knightstown
Aéa Pore
Bert Herley
Prudetial Insurance Co
Oime
J. W. Ball
T. W. Hill
Corner Market
W. C. Dennis
Dublin
Aaron Coffin
M. M. Linford
Edward
Pattie Gilbert
M. E. Church
W. L. Walker
F. W. Cregor
Carthage
Morristown
Wir. Dean Henley
Carthige
N.C. Binford
Tast Street
How to Train a Horse to Yes No Shake Hands and Lie Down
A historical training article outlines guiding a horse with hand signals and light pin pricks to cue Yes and No. It explains steps for teaching head movements, shaking a foot, and lying down using straps, surcingle, and gentle rewards, emphasizing calm, careful handling.
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Ize
Susar
Eeroon
Universal egg boost bonds travel tale in China
An English traveler, claiming eggs are universal, notes trouble finding any in western China. Locals misread his drawings as eyes until he acted out a bird, flapping and cock-o-Coot dooing, which made the nation grasp his need and supply many eggs.
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China
Possibilities of the Feet and Natural Development
A Pall Mall Gazette reflection on free natural foot development versus constraining footwear. It notes some people born without arms adapt to daily tasks using feet, including handling cutlery, writing instruments, and brushes, suggesting broader functional use beyond locomotion and weight support.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Four figure wedding gift shocks Chicago Tribune
In a bizarre exchange attributed to Ula Word and Blushinz DGride, a wedding present described as a four figure check provokes mortified reactions. The Chicago Tribune reports the claim of a gift totaling $115 is deemed insufficiently large.
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Chicago Tribune
Portable 12-horse Boiler and Engine Seeks Buyer
For Sais. One good portable 12-horse Boiler and Engine, complete with fitting, ready to run. Call on or address, H. E. STAGER, Carthage, Ind.
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H. E. Stager
Carthage
Ind
Bustelmann String Quartette Tickets On Sale Friday
Tickets for the Bustelmann String Quartette are on sale at Hill and Gears for Friday November 7. Local arts patrons may reserve seats now as the concert program features a selection of classical works by renowned composers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bustelmann String
Hill & Gears
Typhus tale of pickled cabbage juice cure
In Oseanyan’s The Sultan and His People a Turkish doctor treats a typhus case thought hopeless. The convalescent drinks pickle cabbage juice and survives while another patient dies after a similar remedy. The physician notes only upholsterers should heed the cabbage cure.
Honest billing and polite insults in a painter's tale
An artist recalls insults couched as kindness and a tradesman who underbilled him twice. A note about honesty earns a sharp, ironic reply, illustrating how praise for virtue can feel like an insult. The tale ends with a wry line about gratitude and moral praise.
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Péter
Billy
Mworna
Aunt Rebecca Advises Peach Trees in Michigan Patch
In southern Michigan a city wife tells her Aunt Rebecca the soil is poor for peaches. The aunt notes a better idea after seeing her niece plant peach stones saved from canned fruit, only to learn none sprouted.
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Rebecca
Michigan
Mryrile
Robert
White Robes and a Royal Curse in a Gloved Crown
The St James Gazette notes that purple is the country color while white robes marked royal coronations. Charles I chose white despite warnings, while two exceptions Richard II and Henry VI wore white satin at coronations and met violent ends. Twenty three years later Charles I died amid a snowstorm, prompting superstitious talk of a “white king” fate.
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Charles I
Richard JI
Henry VI
Pontefract
St. James
An Optimistic View in the Window Laughter
A Chicago Post excerpt describes a character, the Optimistic View, watching a hearse pass and smiling. He mutters about the ride being worth dying for, mentioning a tepid tribute and a man with a bag, in a tone recalling a St. Patrick Day parade.
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Chicago Post
The Sensible Thing
A schoolroom quip exchanges a math question about fractions and a boy’s cheeky answer about sharing a pastry, illustrating classroom humor and child wit. The dialogue contrasts a precise math problem with a playful, self serving twist.
Mystery House Neighbors In New York Herald Notice
Fragmentary line from the New York Herald notes a missing day event as Mrs Von Blumer questions the neighbors about who moved into the house across the way and the speaker was away on move-in day. The piece hints at social intrigue surrounding new residents.
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von Blumer
New York Herald
Why a Man Shootsn't in the Los Angeles Herald
A clipped quip from the Los Angeles Herald notes two reasons a man should not worry. If no reason exists, worrying is useless. if a reason exists, there is cause for concern. The short piece reflects a humorous, aphoristic tone typical of the era.
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Los Angeles Herald
Navajo Woman and Social Role Tied to Blanket Fame
A 19th century account describes the Navajo woman as central to tribe status through the celebrated Navajo blanket. It notes matrilineal descent, female property rights, and the woman’s control of wealth and children, along with customs around homes and death.
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Fler
Ieres
Kreslie
Single Beds For Real Next
A short essay argues that more single beds would improve wellbeing by enabling solitude for rest and health. It notes that even within families, sharing a bed can spread illness and discomfort, while individuals often endure loneliness from birth to death. The piece cites the Family Doctor and discusses independence, rest, and personal space.
The Oder of Death Foretold by London Physician
A London physician with a highly sensitive sense of smell claims he can predict death within forty eight hours. He says a peculiar earthy odor exits the body when a patient nears death, appearing up to three days before for slow progressing diseases and shorter for sudden ones. He links the smell to mortification beginning inside the body. Hounds are said to sense this fate scents before their masters die.
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London
Jack Cade Monument at Treathfield England
A farm at Treathfield in England preserves remnants of a stone house once linked to the rebel Jack Cade. A nearby road monument records Cade was slain there by Alexander Iden, Sheriff of Kent in 1450, his body sent to London and his head set on London Bridge.
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Treathfield
England
Jack Cade
Cade
Alexander Iden
Kent
London
Lonuden Bridge
Its Sympathies Too Strong
A humorous quote attributed to Meandering Mike from the Washington Star depicts his belief in the power of sympathy for workers. He jokes that his principle prevents him from taking employment and that he joins sympathetic strikes whenever a labor action occurs.
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Mike
Washington Star
A Quiet Piece From An Old Parish Sermon Tale
A country preacher visits a remote English parish on a Sunday and encounters a curious scene revealing peculiar local quirks. The tale notes queer corners in England and ends with a vivid image of a duck perched in the pulpit.
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England
Dita and Grofat Exchange Witty Banter in Tribune
A brief Chicago Tribune cartoon-style dialogue shows Dita asking why she smokes with a sore head and Grofat replying he knows she is but not why. The exchange captures light humor between the two characters.
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Dita
Leffan
Chicago Tribune
Spilled Fink De Cow Kicks Milk Over
A garbled line from the Atlanta Constitution recounts a rural scene with a cow spilling milk and a puzzled observer. The fragment hints at dialect and rural life, though specifics are unclear.
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Atlanta Constitutions
Wing muscles outpace arm strength by wide margin
A comparison notes that the muscles in a bird's wing are about twenty times stronger, proportionally speaking, than those in a human arm. The finding highlights the efficiency and power of avian flight mechanics in relative terms.
Rhinoceros Hunting Remains Collected in Open Grassland
Ewart Gregan recounts a pursuit where a rhino lies hidden by mud and earth tones until Zo wanji spots it. The pair fire as the animal charges then subsides after a deadly volley. The hunter reflects on the pachyderm as a relic from ancient times and the somber mood after the kill.
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Zowanji
Ewart Gregan
The headsman’s perquisites and feudal rights
Agnes Repllier cites the grim privileges enjoyed by the headsman. He collected poultry, fodder, fish, game, loaves and wine from monasteries, cakes on Epiphany, and taxes from lepers. He seized corn in the market and could save a condemned woman if he married her, claiming all touched by his sword at execution.
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Abbeye de Saint-Germain
Abbaye de
Agnes Repplier
Exarper’s Magazine
Pine Tree Bal Lad and Maine Penguin Tales
A fragment from Holman F Day recounts Maine lore about Barney McGouldrie the loyal landlord and a joke with a new dealer. The second piece, credited to Leslie, describes penguins on ice floes and their sense of locality, mate finding, and swift movement both on land and in water.
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Holman F. Day
Maine
Barney McGzouldrie
Barney
Hinskell
The
Leslie’s
An Infallible Result from a Dinner Table Exchange
In a Boston Transcript item a man recounts a remarkable cure his wife received after six months of voice loss. While sharing a neighbor's cards game they ate and decided to play a hand. Within five minutes she spoke clearly asking, What’s trumps.
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Prigzs
Unconventional preacher uses sparrow drop tale on eternity
Detroit Free Press notes a preacher's vivid method to illustrate eternity. He suggests a sparrow dipping into oceans and making endless trips to dry Atlantic waters, a parable aimed at provoking contemplation rather than clarity. The piece also mentions an engagement, advising practical economy and leading to an imitation diamond gift.
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Atlantic
Detroit Free Press
Russians Avoid Pigeons Over Sacred Dove Belief
The Portland Oregonian notes that religious Russians abstain from eating pigeons due to the sacred status of the dove in Scripture. It also mentions that Gab is nine points in an argument.
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Portland Oregonian
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. R. Wooten
Zhorsby
Ala
E. J. Dean
Rushville
Nathan [Il
Earl Finney
Marion
Mont Porter
Leo
D. W. Kirkwood
New Castle
Thamble Club
J. C. Henley
Z. T. Smell
J. B. Bentley
Col. Taylor
Rhea Barber
Deisy Beale
John Durcan
Setton
Market Street
W. BH
Shere
Mr. Ellison
Purdue University
Joe Clark
Lezel Coffin
Jason Henley
Portland
John Coffin
Cra Niles
Charlotesville
Beck
W.A. Waler
Gilagow
C. G. Clark
Evae
Rela Chak
Clara Fox
Nille Cassacy
Winifrid Sea
Silas Shi
Mt. Washington
Cincinnati
Prycell
Nellie Lane
Miss Weeds
Nelle Stenger
Charlottesvile
J. Wy
Deleixe Drele
Jennie Luther
Becks Ari Studio
Rey Steele
Knightstown Journal
Lady Friend
Messrs. Lee
Will Phelps
Forrest
Parish
Fish Lacy
S. Henley
Brandet
Ira McCarty
A. C. Jones
Ira
Lydia A. Hunt
Martinsville
W. D. Hunt
Gis City
Ann Hent
Florence
Wille
Binine Gray
Widnat Vilse
Harriet Green
Losdin
R.C Hill
Joint Conference of Ministers and Workers of
Spicelind
Walnut Ridge
W. IL. Sharer
Chas. Porter of
Porter Bros., Grocers
Frank Porter
Carthare Cornet
Messrs. Craiz Cofin
Clirionette
Otto Riesby
Cornesus
Friends Church
Rev. Keats
New York
Tobias Beckner
Washington State
Carthege
Newsom Brick Corner
Beckner
Harlan Henley
San Francisco
Caroline Walker
Guy
Plymouth
Kansas
Micajah Henley
D. of R
Llallowe
Gran Lienley
Barclay O. White
Camden
Carroll County
Eli White
Greenfield Globe
Sarah A.” Johnson
Exttie Gilbert
J. J. Cox
High Point
Mary E. Cartland
Greensboro
Lindsey Clark
Washington, D. C
Mabelle Johnson
Stel
T. P. Weaver
Thurney Buckner
James Tutle
Lizzie Duenson
Pirl Daniels
Salatha Wadkins
Tobias Tutle
John Tuetle
David Tatle
Fowl Newsom
Will Tatle
Eddie Mabra
Della Archey
Elizabeth Hill
Sais
Ayer
Baellaghan
the Royal Coeler
Jack Cade’s
Nile
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