Newsy Notelets from Danville and Surrounding Areas
A bustling roundup of local visits and business in Danville and nearby towns. Citizens like Fox Morris, Zera Stearns, Henry Rateliff, Gale Cole, and Grace Beckwith appear in city scenes. Mrs. J. W. Plaster and family return home. various shops advertise fabrics and leather goods. legal and political notes include Kingman incorporation talks and Attica fair-ground plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zera Stearns
Attica
Henry Rateliff
Kingman
Hon Jim Clevers Delivers View on George of Hatchet Fame
Hon Jim Clevers speaks on the figure known as George of Hatchet Fame, outlining views and context in a public statement. The remarks center on legacy, public reception, and related historical debates.
Hatchet Tales and Eccentric Lincoln Anecdotes
A serialized humor piece parodies George Washington and Abe Lincoln with jokes about Mother Nation, Carrie Nation, and Jim Clever. It blends tall tales with political caricature, noting Nation’s hatchet and Washington’s fame in a satirical tone. The text also promotes Electric Bitters and Burpee seed catalogs with testimonial blurbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mister Eparer
Birthington
Republican
Abe Lincoln
Abe
George Washington
H E
Bryen
George
Jeff Davis
Jim Allen
Wash Boyd
Carry Nation
Kansas
Dickster
Ministers to face seven day limit for marriage returns
Indiana ministers must return marriage records within seven days under the 189% law, or risk warnings or reports to authorities. The note from Madison County health officials stresses prompt reporting to aid health officer duties and county clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Madison County
Grim Death Spreads Desolation in Many Homes
A grim death toll spreads desolation across communities as families confront loss, with long shadows over neighborhoods, workplaces, and schools. Local officials urge calm, mourning periods observed, and support services opened to help residents cope with the widespread tragedy.
Deaths and town notes in Fountain and neighboring counties
Obituaries recount deaths in Attica Cayuga Danville Covington and Kingman with details on ages kinship and funeral arrangements. Community mourns Peter Schma a longtime Covington resident and local farmer as plans for new housing and growth loom in Covington and surrounding towns.
Prizefighter Harry Gates Seeks Parole From Clinton Pen
Harry Gates once fought Snyder and earned local fame is now in the pen and seeking parole. He wrote to friends at Clinton asking intercession. A skilled harness maker when sober he worked in Danville, then stole a harness return, went on a spree, spent the money, and fled. He was arrested and sent away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Anna Rooney
Creorge
Dom Paul
Aguinaldo
George Washington
Cap. Allen
Congress
Harry Gates
Snyder
Clinton
Gates
Danville
Medical Patents and Guaranteed Cures Advertised
Veteran writes of Dr King's New Life Pills curing his wife after long illness. Le Roy Allen guarantees refunds on Greene's Tar Syrup and a 25 cent bottle of a cough remedy. Mrs J Linsey from Montrose Minn cites relief from grip using Dr Miles Nervine and Pain Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Gust. Egan
Jackson, Mich
Nervine
E. C. Bowlby
Waterloo
Ind
M. M. Austin
Winchester
Dr. King
LeRoy Allen
Greene
le- Roy Allen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fox Morris
Gale Cole
Shawnee Township
Mira Lemp
M. E
Thomas Fishero
Veedersburg
City
George McDonald
Samuel L. Baltwin
Swawnee Township
J.L. Allen Jr
John Hornaday
West Lebanon
Harry Wertz
Covington
J. W. Plaster
Frank Allen
George Stilwell
Crawfordsville
Grace Beckwith
Loeb’s
Judge Hammond
Lafayette
James Ratcliff
John Hamar
Samuel Steel
Harveysburg
Will Collins
Collins
H. Z. Waterman
Vermilion County
Maggie Kreusch
Lambertville, N. J
Snag Ggoods
Andrew Marshall
Attica Press
Julia Crane
Yeddo
Mra. Thos. McCoy
Shiles Ratcliff
Dr. Stout
Wes Elwell
Big Four
Mr. Caster
Ed Hughes
C. Arrosmith
The
Montezuma News
the Leader
J. R. Dunlap
J. H. Sailor
Pine Village
Thos. J. Ratcliff
Grip
de Witt
J. P. Buckner
Theodore Bennet
Warren County
T. A. Clifton
John McDonald
Alvan IL
W. R. Foster
Fred Ritz
Mr.Foster
Dave Stevenson
Williamsport
Mr. Stevenson
John E. Prather
Monroe Publishing Co
Chicago
Prioto
J. W. Villars
Foster
Colfax
Clinton County
Mr. Villars
James
Chas. K. Bright
J. Loeb
al Francis
Hillaboro
Fred Wyand
Dave Warren
Romney
Wingate
Royalty & Schuetz
F. Coyle
Canton
Jim
George of
Hatchet Fame
Carrie
Nanion
Pertherly
Home Guards
Yorktown
Jim Clever
Jim Clevers
Lincoln
Abean
Phebe Cherley
Peterson
LeRoy Allen's
Burpee
Burbank
Philadelphia
New York
Massau Street
C. A Snow & Co
Washington, D.C
E. Brady
Peru
G.W. Crozier
Muncie
R. DePuy
Warsaw
G. G. Fuchs
Evansville
J. J. Hendler
Fort Wayne
KE. R. Hodges
Indianapolis
G. Gy» Howe
J. R. Kirkpatrick
Kendalville
N. W. Marshall
C. P. Mingst
J. J. Wood
C. A. Snow & Co
Washington D. C
Mary J. Porter
Attlea
Ment
Randolph Harris
Richland Township
Newtown
David Murray
Prescott Grove
Elizabeth Fortner
Cayuga
Roberts
Joseph Roberts
Texas
New Mexico
G. W. Switzer
Andrew Messmuere
Mill Creek
Township
Mellett
Messmore
Christian Church
Mellott
R. H., Watt
W. Ht. Gessie
California
Gessie
Verryaville
Tommy Toombs
St. Vincent Hospital
Peter Schma
Catholic Church
Mann
Mr. Schma
Schma
Germany
Emeline Stern
Wm. Kerr
Henry Schulenberg
Joe Plaster
Danyie
Will
Joe Schma
Catholic Knights of America
Father Tiennel
Figating
Horace Wayton
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