Town News Briefs and Local Notices
O M Gardner visits Mellott while Alex Hetfield transacts business in Hillsboro. Danville and Indianapolis visitors. Emily Jones in Danville. Nellie Holder in Indianapolis. Mrs Frankin and Mrs Shaneyberger visiting Terre Haute. Camping parties return from Shades. Merryman Bros advertises lard at 10 lbs for 1.10. Sheriff Hardesty ill but improving. Mrs J M Martin and Ada visiting William sport. John Cade visits from the city. Adda Clifton visits Genvieve Kulmer Attica. New hats at J Loeb’s Stores. Ruth Marlatt returns to Indianapolis. Auditor Gray in Indianapolis on county business. Eli Davis to Iowa for months with relatives. For sale half Jersey cow. Usual crowd visits town Saturday. Coyington praised as best Saturday town. W T Conner and grandchildren back from Terre Haute. W T meets them at Danville. Frank Dice and daughter visit Sailors in Cheneyville Ill. J C Hopkins of Indianapolis ill with typhoid fever. Get 10 lbs lard for 1.10 at air. Robert Henson recovering after Big Four train incident at Veedersburg crossing.
Local residents and visitors noted around town
John Leonard spends a few days in Chicago. S. T. Randolph returns to South Bend Monday. Bill Boyd of Indianapolis visits with family. Mrs. Charles Hull and son visit Mellott. Nellie Lemon visits Indianapolis friends. Dr Effie Current of Danville visits local families. Lilian Reaves visits Newtown relatives after the fair. J Shanon Nave and others from Attica on Shawnee grade issue. John Zufall calls on Saturday. John Zufall still works his coal mine in lower Warren. John F Judy ad appears. Judge Schoonover and wife return from West Coast trip. Tom McGeorge and family and Guy Spinning and families at Portland Arch. Mrs. G A Law returns from Colorado trip. Charley Finkbinder and sister visiting aunt Mrs. Fred Ferguson. Mrs. J W Price travels to Chicago for fall millinery stock.
Woman Divorced by Alhambra Soldier Foils Altar Time
Emily Pierson stormed a church sanctuary to halt her wedding to Edward Pierson after years of wandering, desertion, and royal drama. The couple entered St Luke's Church on a July afternoon as a priest prepared for a ceremony. Police records note the sensational scene and a custody dispute over Cecilia Pierson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Pierson
Pierson
Emily
Edward
Philippines
Harlem
Babes Goodby
St. Luke's Catholic Church
Cypress Avenue
Father Slattery
Sileet
Melancholy Hours to Sun shine in Covington items
Short paragraphs list comings and goings in Covington and nearby areas. Notes on school supplies at Rainier's, Crawfordsville fair attendance, Attica brick factory to start next week, new skirts and shirt waists at J Loeb's Stores, neuralgia relapse for Mrs. T A Clifton, WCTA meeting with Miss Tamson Shanklin, warm blankets, local bank statement pointer, visits between Covington and Champaign LiL, Perrysville visitors, 86th Ind reunion at Osborn's Prairie invited, Misses Nina Ray and Ura Hughes visiting Hoopeston, and more local notes.
Local Notices and Social Quick Look
Mrs Henry Voorhees died at her son's home near Veedersburg from paralysis. Mrs J M Dunlap returned from Irvington after a visit with daughter Mrs Clem. Good thread for sale at J Loeb's Stores. Leonard Longhurst of Chicago visited here. Anse Madden Capt Gray and others from Covington in auto. Coal supply advertised for thinking purposes. P J McMahon and Russel Allen with Henry Bender touring west. Lucian Wheatley of Charlestown injured in a runaway. he is husband of Lydia Mayer Wheatley. Early fall dress goods arrivals at J Loeb. J W W Graham and eight to ten land buyers to Charlestown SD next. Mrs Margaret Wright and son Allen Wright and wife of Akron, Ohio, guests of Mrs Scheid. Hard coal orders urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucian Wheatley
Charleston, I
Mr. Wheatly
Lydia Mayer Wheatly
Margaret Wright
Allen Wright
Akron
Ohio
Scheid
Wright
Berry Shuler Trip To Crawfordsville For Fair
Berry Shuler, his wife and their son Earl traveled Wednesday to Crawfordsville to stay with friends for the week and attend the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry Shuler
Earl
Crawfordsville
Harden Family Visits Chicago This Weekend
Fred Harden spent Sunday in Chicago as a guest of relatives. His children, who had been visiting there for several weeks, returned home with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Harden
Chicago
Perrysville Resident Dr. Davidson Visits Friends
Dr. N. R. Davidson of Perrysville spent the past week as a guest of local friends and relatives. A pleasure trip accompanies N. G. Harlow to Pierre and other prints in South Dakota on Sept. 3. call his office for maps estimates and other information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. R. Davidson
Perrysville
N. G. Harlow
Pierre
South Dakota
Mrs Hindes Visits Reeves Family Then Returns Home
Mrs. Robert Hindes of Frankfort visited Mr. and Mrs. Will Reeves for a week and returned home Monday. Hindes is Reeves’s niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hindes
Frankfort
Will Reeves
Hindes
Reeves
Wanderers visit Schenectady and local updates
John Bisland and family travel to Schenectady New York for an extended visit with Frank. Ross Stoup and son from Paols visit Wabash area friends. For sale a nine room modern two story residence on Washington street offered by Stephen L Randolph due to relocation. Gardner administratrix sale of Lincoln Garner estate set for Sept 21 at deceased’s residence. attorney Lutas Nebeker represents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Stephen L. Randolph
Lincoln Gardner
Mary E. Gardner
Lutas Nebeker
Adminietratrix
Curious Insect Lifespan Five Hours Amid French Rivers
A naturalist notes a remarkable insect that hatches from a waterborn worm, lives primarily as an ephemerous butterfly for five to six hours, lays eggs, and dies. The lifecycle spans three years as a worm, then rapid metamorphosis and brief flight before death. Observations cover the Marne Seine and the river Rime region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marne
Seine
Shamimer Dam
Aristotle
A Study in Eyes Through History and Notables
The passage describes a sequence of historical figures and artists by eye color and appearance. Michael Angelo, Mohammed, Milton, Beethoven, Dante, Isaac Newton, Cowper, Harvey, Carlyle, Bismarck, and Dr Johnstin are noted for hazel, coal black, gray blue, brown, black, blue, blue, blue, Prien blue, gray, and watery blue eyes respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Angelo
Mohammed
Milton
Beethoven
Dante
Boccaccio
Isaac Newton
Cowper
Harvey
Carlyle
Prien
Bismarck
Dr. Johnstin
Richelieu and the Newsroom Revisions in France
Louis XVI as Peauce’s first reporter. Carey six articles on military operations were polished in the Gazette de France. A secretary Lucas edited and copied drafts to Richelieu who added corrections. At Corbie siege the king’s praise for the cardinal was crossed out and restored in print.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XVI
Carey
Gazette de France
Louis Neu
Lucas
Richelieu
Corbie
Revue de Par
The Man Who Minds the Cows in Basque Country
Strand Magazine notes Basque children begin farm work early tending oxen for agricultural use. A four year old rises at dawn guiding cattle, guiding wayward beasts with a stick and Basque blessings as they reach yards and pastures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strand Magazine
Huns in Early History and Rise to Europe
The first mention places the Huns in China before 210 B C. They conquered that region, were driven out by the Celestials, then moved across Asia to reach the area of present day Hungary in 876 A D. They menaced much of Europe until defeat in central France and retreat to the Danube.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Asia
Hungary
France
Danube
Deaf and dumb man on front steps stuns onlookers
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet notes a man on his front steps being struck and silent after an apparent mishap. The report emphasizes his deafness and inability to speak about the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scott
Judy Seaeras
Nemgab AL Wark
Bert
Hare A
Indiana
John J Judy
Judyville
Ind
O. M. Gardner
Mellott
Alex Hetfield
Hilsboro
P. H. Lawrance
Danville
Lawrence Froyd
Indianapolis
Emily Jones
J. Loeb’s
Match Factory
Nellie Holder
Jack Franklin
Terre Haute
Ed. Shaneyberger
Terre Hate
Shades
Merryman Bros
Sheriff Hardesty
J. M. Martin
Ada
Williamsport
John Cade
Adda Cifton
Genvieve Kulmer
Attica
Ruth Marlatt
Gray
Eli Davis
Iowa
Coyington
W. T. Conner
W. T
Frank Dice
Cheneyville, Ill
Mrs. Sailors
Mr. Dice
Mrsailor
J.C. Hopkins
Robert Henson
Veedersburg
John Leonard
S. T. Randolph
South Bend
Bill Boyd
Charles Hull and Son
Nellie Lemon
Effie Current
Danville, Ill
Hirshbeek
Coffeen
Lilian Reaves
Newtown
J. Shanon Nave
J. W. Whickar
Tom Leif
John Zufall
John
Lower Warren
John F. Judy
Judge Schoonover
West Coast
Tom McGeorge
Guy Spinning
Portland Arch
G. A. Law
Colorado
Charley Finkbinder
Fred Ferguson
J. W. Price
Emily Pierson
West One Hundred and Twentieth Street
New York City
Justice Amend
Suwe
Cecilia
Catherine Pierson
West Tenth Street
Piers
Papa
HEEB
Bryant & Stratton
Indianapolis Business University
N. Pennst
E. J. Heeb
Covington
Rainier’s
T. A. Clifton
Tamson Shanklin
Spence, Smith & Spence
Covington Bank
John A. Duncan
Jessie Hill
Champaign
Lil
C. M. Donaldson
Joseph Ruble
86Th
Osborn’s Prairie
Nina Ray
Ura Hughes
Hoopeston
Ura
Henry Voorhees
Curt
J. M. Dunlap
Mrs. Clem
Irvington
Leonard Longhurst
William Walker
Anse Madden
Cardiff
Mr. DeHaven
Cosal
P J.mcmahon
Russel Allen
Henry Bender
J. Loeb
J. W. W. Graham
Charleston
P. J McMahon
John Bisland
Lota
Frank Bilsland
Schanectada
N. Y
Frank
Ross Stoup and Son
Paols
Wabash Township
Orange County
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