A Daughter of the Law Margaret Voltz Returns Home
Miss Margaret Voltz resigns from Hillsboro bank to join the County Superintendent’s office. She attended a Hillsboro bank banquet Tuesday with about thirty four in attendance and reports an enjoyable time. Also mentions Leaders Clearance Sale starting Saturday January 7 and Mrs Belle Bilshind hosting the Inter Nos Club on Fourth Street for an afternoon of needle work and socializing.
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Margaret Volts
Hillsboro Bank
Miss Voltz
Hillsboro
Belle Bilshind
Inter Nos
Fourth Street
Won't Die and Leave Work in Silk Regions
The Japan Advertiser notes deaths during silk rearing peak are low due to workers’ will to finish duties and avoid upsetting family and funeral plans. After silkworms move to cocoons and the strain ends, deaths rise, especially in temperate periods, as spirit and rest influence mortality.
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Uber
Japan
Egg Delivery Fable From New Hampshire Farm Legend
An old New Hampshire woman, bound to a New York firm for daily egg deliveries, replaces a broken egg by using a hired hen. The story, told with humor, travels from rural areas to New York City as a beloved tale of clever improvisation.
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New Hampshire
Samdly
New York
Fatima the Perfect Woman of a Distant Era
A satirical portrait describes Fatima as a 7th century figure imagined as modern, married to a nobleman in Egypt, with three sons named Ali. The piece recalls her beauty, curiosity, and scandalous escapades, noting her 26 years of life and ties to theatrical and legendary figures.
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Fatima
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Egypt
Ali
Wid
Mecca
Fathna
Mohammed
Bluey
Bluebeard
First Illustrate Book Created A Sensation In 70 B.C.
Varro an early Roman writer conceived a volume with biographies of ten fellow citizens and included portraits. The portraits were crude and it is unknown if they were accurate likenesses, but the illustrations sparked a tradition of embellishing historical works with drawings in ancient times.
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Varro
Robert J White to Sing at Wilkinson Evangelistic Meetings
Robert J White will sing at every service during the Wilkinson Evangelistic Meetings now in progress at the Presbyterian church. The public is invited to hear this talented singer and bring friends to attend the services.
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Robert J. White
Wilkinson
Presbyterian Church
Heard in Every Home Snippet
A humorous exchange recounted with sharp comments about dirt on feet money for bills and groceries. The speaker chides a lazy neighbor for wasting money and courting the hired girl while threatening to return home. Francisco Chrunicte is quoted as the source of the fragment.
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Francisco Chrunicte
Echoes in canyons and caverns reveal repeating sounds
In still air near a high wall a spoken word returns as if by an invisible voice. Parallel walls near each other, like a canyon, create a long undying series of echoes. Irregular reflecting surfaces yield stumble and reverberations in caverns.
Foreign language diplomacy and filibuster humor
Senator Sorghum jokes about learning French for diplomacy. He says a man speaking a foreign tongue commands forbearance and more chances to correct himself, but he has enough filibustering practice to stay within English.
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Senator Sorghum
Jenny Lind in Blair County 1854 Visit Recalled by 19th Century Writer
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton describes Jenny Lind’s 1854 stop at the Mountain House near Hollidaysburg. Locals recalled a carriage ride to a mountain outlook where Lind sang Home Sweet Home, delighting birds and the coachman with the Mozartean moment.
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Jenny Lind
Anne Hollingsworth Whiurton
Pennsylvania
Boullidaysburg
Jennny Lind
Blair County
Mr. Snyder
Mountain House
Hollidaysburg
Erie Canal Souvenir and De Witt Clinton’s Role
Nearly a century ago the Erie canal opened with De Witt Clinton pouring Lake Erie water into New York Bay during opening ceremonies. The keg used was kept as a museum artifact by the New York Historical Society. Clinton is hailed as the canal’s father for pushing its project amid strong opposition and later political fallout.
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Erie Canal
de Witt Clinton
Lake Erie
New York Bay
Museum of the
New York Historical Society
Clinton
Canal Commission
Conductor Advises Observation Car After Accident Warning
A conductor tells a nervous gentleman to sit in the observation car as it bears the brunt of an accident while the passenger questions the need to bring it along. The exchange comes from a Stockholms Kasper scene.
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Stockholm
Kasper
Real estate transfers recorded in Fountain County
For the first fifteen days of December John Quincey Adams records transfers in Fountain County Indiana. Transfers include 160 acres in Shawnee township to Andrew McCandles for 200 dollars and other deeds in Covington Hillsboro Stone Bluff and Rob Roy areas with prices ranging up to 24 000 dollars and properties including farms and city lots.
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Fountain County
U.S. A
John Quincey Adams
Shawnee Township
Andrew McCandles
Fountain
Stephen J. Foster
Edna Foster
Earl L. Pogue
Carl Quiggle
Guy W. Kerr
Rob Roy
Francis McLean
William B. McLean
Mary McLean
van Buren Township
Josephine Timmons
Stone Bluff
Constipation Advice Pushes Chamberlains Tablets
An advertisement urges regular bowel movements with Chamberlains Tablets to keep waste flowing, likening bowel health to keeping home sewage pipes clear. The copy promotes daily action and health through a laxative product.
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Chamberlain
Marriage Licenses Granted in Different Indiana Towns
A list of marriage licenses issued to couples from Attica Fountain Veedersburg Danville Westville Clinton Perrysville Silverwood and other communities. Names include James M Hayden Hassie O Akern Harold W Clawson Georgia I Clark William H Current Edna J Lyler Harvey B Beam Elizabeth Moore Cecil Wiles Ruby Salec Kenneth Roughton Helen M Taylor Otis Armstrong Unice Whitaker Frank Walls Emma Holycross Chester Shaw Winfred Lewis William W Moore Muriel M Winters Frederick L Lawson Viola M Kelley Clyde E Shuppert Dorotha D Dodge John Hawn Martha C Helden.
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Frederick L. Lawson
Viola M. Kelley
Attica
Clyde E. Shuppert
Dorotha D. Dodge
Veedersburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Christ
Avings
Covington, Indiana
W. E. Livengood
Rosa V. Tinder
Daniel W. Keller
Wilbur M. Drollinger
Nathan N. Craig
Myrtle B. Holycross
Guy Lightle
Ada Lightle
Mary F. Nixon
E. Scott Booe
Caintwnship
Henry V. Bever
Oscar R. Livengood
Zora Livengood
Montgomery County
Jackson Township
William N. White
Wallace
Wiliam N. White
Emly C. White
W. D. Kerr
Covington
Zora I. Livengood
Elmore Arter
Deisy A. Arter
Coleman
E. B. Ehring
Lara D. Randolph
Stephen T. Randolph
Allen C. Schermerhorn
Richland Township
Charles R. Schermerhorn
Newtown
John H. Simon
Carrie Simpson
Tee Platt
Sam Cherin
Effie Hays Taylor
Thomas L. Taylor
Sam J. Newlin
Stella B. Newmen
Lena P. Frazier
Mary A. Rowland
George Rowland
William E. Osborn
Minnie L. Osborn
Syd Williams
Sixth and Liberty Streets
Joseph T. Redman
Nina
Gregory O. Timmons
Parke County
James M. Hayden and
Hassie O. Akern
Harold W. Clawson
Georgia I. Clark
William H. Current
Edna J. Lyler
Harvey B. Beam and
Elizabeth Moore
Cecil Wiles and
Ruby Salec
Kenneth Roughton and
Helen M. Taylor
Otis Armstrong
Unice Whittaker
Frank Walls
Marshfield
Emma Holycross
Danville
Chester Shaw and
Winfred Lewis
Westville
William W. Moore
Clinton and
Muriel M. Winters
Perrysville
John Hawn
Martha C. Helden
Silverwood
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