Wheat yields improve in Taylor Township local note
Miss Carrie Brown visits Louisville. Lawrence Reeves from Jeffersonville in town Sunday. Dr Crutcher of West Point and E A Sample of Louisville seen locally. Hallie McRae leaves sick list. Ken Willard and Robert Miller visit. J A McRae stays at old home with sister Belle Noe. Mrs Joe McCauley and son Zola visit Louisville with Julia Abbott. Edith Bess hospital care noted. Presbyterian SS youth plan ice cream supper at Willow Spring school yard next Saturday night.
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Carrie Brown
Louisville
Lawrence Reeves
Jeffersonville
Crutcher
West Point
E. A. Sample
Hallie McRae
Ken. Willard
Robert Miller
J. A. McRae
Belle Noe
Joe McCauley
Zola
Julia Abbott
Jesse Young
Edith Bess
University Hospital of Louisville
Presbyterian S. S
Willow Spring
Pea Ridge Community Notes Mention Illnesses and Activities
Farmers are busy cutting wheat. Mrs Cort McCoy and Sarritt children are improving. Bessie McCoy is very ill with scarlet fever. Sunday school attendance declines due to fever. Commencement exercises attracted many from the vicinity to Thanesville. PLC UU will meet at Vernette A Thossas next Wednesday to practice singing. B C U at Zoar progresses with Home Missions topic. Park Miller plans a feud and a good program. all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mac. Sarritt
Bessie McCoy
Thanesville
PLC. UU
Vernette A. Thossas
B.C. U
Zoar
Sunday Gatherings Across Oak Grove Community
Ralph and Inlis Pierson visited Noam Betser. Waste Hisey and Jesse Jiord visited Willian Saylor. Annis and Mdne Black stayed with Oile and Virgie Hisey. Wesley and Cats Blair called on Goldmnen Bletz family. Miss Istella Heiy departed for Mizuri to teach. Sand School holds next Sunday at 9 30, preaching at 10 30, prayer meeting at 7 PM.
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Ralph
Inlis Pierson
H Noam Betser
Waste
Hisey
Jesse Jiord
Willian Saylor
S. Annis
Mdne Black
Oile
Virgie Hisey
Wesley
Cats Blair
Goldmnen Bletz
Miss
Istella Hiey
Mizuri
Piano Organ Language Debate Traces Early Musical Terms
A London Chronicle note explores the origin of the term piano organ noting misnomers in early music language. It explains piano and organ as combined pipes and bellows instruments and discusses the coin of forte derives from keyboarded instruments.
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Orgad
Roems
Noor
Cambins
Bismarck Jokes Over Kaiser's Title In Dining Quip
A late 19th century anecdote recalls Bismarck joking during a court debate on the Kaiser's title. Members propose options like German emperor or emperor of Germany. He wittily asks for the Latin for sausage and says farcimentum or farcimen are the same to him. Nearby, shop notices mention new monarchic shirts at the Hub.
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Germany
Bismarck
The Elements A Game for Children
Children play a semicircle game with a thread ball. The leader names elements earth air water fire or the elements, and players must quickly name an animal that inhabits the named element. Incorrect answers incur forfeits. repeating an animal is forbidden in the variant.
Old Blind Jack Drawing Game for Kids Night Fun
Children enjoy a party game with a pumpkin cut from yellow muslin and features from darker fabric. Players are blindfolded and guided to place an eye on the pumpkin, earning a gilded Wishbone for the closest attempt and a turkey feather for the poorest effort to wear for the evening.
Party game with peanuts on rugs and fringe edge rule
The hostess assigns two leaders who pick sides and form teams on two rugs. Two bowls of peanuts sit center, each rug edge shows a fringe pattern. Teams race to plant all peanuts one inch apart on rug edges, half on rug, half on floor, with a prize for the victors.
Monotony of Life Sparks Self-Reflection and Grumbles
An exchange in the Providence Journal features a robust citizen lamenting life’s routine from dawn to night. He argues the monotony is a universal grind, and peers’ reactions reveal shared frustration with predictable days and limited fulfillment.
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Providence Journal
Stevenson Prayers in Samoan Life and Faith
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson writes that prayer was a daily necessity for their life in Samoa. She notes how family routines grew around devotions including reteners, and recounts a moment when a prayer was suddenly shortened after the betrayal she learned of, prompting a tense pause in the service. The Western horses have been come with hot cakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
Pusitala
Stevenson
Jeff
Iutin
Puzzle of Phrases and Distant References
A fragmented text presents questions about wordplay and misheard phrases. It includes lines about stairs, infants, and odd spellings, plus a prompt to identify tree names Beech through cedar from a list. The garbled style mirrors an old newspaper page with scattered clues and quotation fragments.
Spelling Challenge and Fractions Quip Prompts Lively Talk
A Chicago News paragraph toys with spelling tests using a sentence full of tricky words. It also features a self deprecating exchange about age, quoting a caller and a seven and five twelfths year old girl named Mabel with a noted fondness for fractions.
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Mabel
Chicago News
In Candy Land the candy buttons on cloaks and shoes
A playful, rhythmic verse notes candy buttons on clothing and items in Candy Land. It questions what happens when the buttons break and children calmly eat the pieces, while referencing a whimsical cat and a St. Nicholas figure in the scene.
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Candy Land
Finny
Ana de Thei
Cinder In the Eye Advice for Eye Irrigation
Instructions describe removing a cinder from the eye using gauze and a camel hair brush, then applying cold compresses and boracic acid solution to reduce inflammation and fever. It advises gentle cleansing and interval eye bathing to aid recovery.
Handy Flour Chest From One Inch Boards
A simple woodworking note describes making a flour chest using one inch boards. It outlines constructing the lid and bread board components and suggests the project as a compact, practical storage item.
Old-Time Kitchen Chest with Braced Lid and Compartments
Describes a wooden chest with braces and wires that hold the lid folded when closed. Includes drawers for salt soda baking powder sugar and a possible partition to separate flour and meal inside.
Furniture Polish Recipe Tips for Home Use
A simple homemade furniture polish uses white beeswax dissolved in one pint of spirits of turpentine. Heat the mixture to speed dissolution and apply with a soft cloth in swift circular motions for a nice shine. The polish is not highly durable but can be renewed easily.
Cleaning Broadcloth Stain Removal Formula
To remove stains from broadcloth mix one ounce of finely ground pipe clay with twelve drops of alcohol and twelve drops of turpentine. Apply the blend to spots, let dry, then rub with a woolen cloth. Repeat for stubborn stains.
Treatient For Sprains Ready Guidance From Old Text
Treatient for sprains advises rest, cold or hot water soaks, and splinting with a sling. It emphasizes salve care, padding, and keeping the limb supported while healing.
Cheese Stravwa Puff Pastry Roll Delicacy
A recipe describes taking puff paste spread with grated cheese and a pinch of pepper. The paste is folded and rolled thin, cut into strips with a wheel cutter, then baked at a moderate rate. Wheat is celeting wheel.
The Hope of the Nation Lies With the Farmer
An editorial praises the Patrons of Husbandry and the farmer class as the nation’s real hope. It notes farm product values and farm wealth growth, argues farmers deserve respect, and urges support for fair dealing against railroads and middlemen. It calls for Grange backing of legislative reforms including repeal of knowledge requirement in the 1886 oleomargarine law and asks subordinate Granges to lobby Congress.
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Wilson
Patrons of Husbandry
Philadelphia North Americas
Ields
Mattionizh
Preskiort
Congress
Cambon
National Grange
Bpesmgylvania
W. FL Tum
Pennsylvania
Grange Life Insurance Plan Rejected as Incompatible
National Grange committee reports that state insurance laws vary greatly and a universal plan cannot meet all laws. It urges each state to develop its own Grange life insurance in harmony with its statutes.
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Grange Life Insurance
The
National Grange
Grange
Washington Grange celebrates 38th anniversary
On December 4 1867 the Grange was organized in Washington and its 38th anniversary was marked with suitable commemorations. The event highlights the Grange's role in agricultural and national history and its ongoing historic impact.
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Grange
Washington
Ty Maepy
Athletic price limits and eligibility rules set by big nine
The Big Nine conference met in Chicago and adopted a resolution urging seats not exceed 50 cents. They aim to curb athletics dominance and require students to have sufficient credits and a certificate of study to participate, blocking professional school candidates. Boone, the Chicago University halfback, questioned whether Innsdale is a college.
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Big Nine
Chicago
TH. F. Barton
Iinois
Barton
Boone
Chicas University
Ninsdale
College of Literature and Arts
Ex California Governor Defies Auto License Law
Henry T. Goajze, former California governor, living in Los Angeles, drives a car without a rear license plate. He argues the law is unconstitutional and vows to fight arrest for disobedience, though he has not yet been detained.
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Henry T. Goajze
California
Los Angeles
Ile
Gud Stum
Low rates for Atos boost Florida auto tourney shipments
W. J. Morgan, promoter of the southern circuit, secured from the Florida East Coast railway a half rate of $1.93 per hundred pounds from New York or Boston to Ormond, Daytona or any point on the line. The reduced rate runs through winter and Applies beyond the twenty dates of the tour season.
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W. J. Morgan
Southern Circuit
Florida East Coast Railway
New York
Boston
Ormond
Daytona
Call for a dedicated proving ground for auto testing
The article argues that cars are too fast for existing tracks and unsafe roads, creating a general demand for a proving ground. It notes that high speed testing reveals defects and requires a ten to fifteen mile course to properly assess new models before public release.
Higher Prices at Bennings Track Spark Protests
The Washington Jockey Club raised general admission at Bennings from 1.50 to 2 dollars. Women will pay one dollar instead of 50 cents. The move triggered strong protests from racing enthusiasts.
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Washington
Jabez White Postpones America Trip for English Fights
English lightweight Jabez White delays travel to America to fight in England. He will meet Tred Buckland in London soon, and his second bout is planned in Birmingham against Bob Russell.
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Jabez White
America
England
Hea
Tred Buckland
London
Birmingham
Bob Russell
Mexico Refuses Lightweight Title Bout Permit
The Mexican government blocked a proposed fight for the lightweight championship between Colin and Esheron, ruling the match could not proceed to a finish. The decision cancels the bout and ends the planned championship contest.
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Mexico
Colin
Esheron
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Viddeu Wood
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Will Owen
Cinder
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Broad Street
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