Real estate transfers flood Fountain county April deeds
Fountain county records show active real estate transfers in late April. Listed are numerous lot and acreage conveyances among residents and trusts, with values ranging from 100 to 9 000 dollars and mortgages affecting several parcels near Attica Veedersburg Covington and Williamsport. Major parties include Hiram Jones Etta Jones Oliver Willett Faye Willett Jesse Hester Samuel Coffing and Elsie Yater among others. The transactions cover farms additions and unplatted tracts in Attica Veedersburg Covington and nearby townships.
Coal Creek Community Meetings and Local Notices
Coal Creek hosts two weeks of meetings ending Monday night with a Sunday School Convention on May 7 and a Young People session on Wednesday afternoon. Family visits include Tola and Helen Davis at Kingman commencement and Janette Davis among graduates.
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Tola Davis
Helen
Kingman
Janette Davis
Mrs Graves Promotes RAT SNAP for Poultry Pest Control
Mrs Mary Graves recounts poultry raising experience using RAT SNAP after rats stole chicks. She reports losses, then finds dead rats and says the product is the only sure rat killer. Ad promotes three sizes 35c 65c and 1.25 sold guaranteed by Mayer Hardware Co Covington Indiana.
Best of Humor Quote About Spending
Brief, witty exchange notes a judge in Russia on spending less and a Bolshevik song joke about blowing roubles. The item reads as a Wayside Tales humor snippet.
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Russia
A Woman's Reason. Why reveal party plans to a chum
A humorous court exchange shows a woman asking why she told a friend she is hosting a party. The judge quips that she did so because the friend was not invited. The cartoon-like dialogue highlights social etiquette and gossip dynamics.
Pie Burns On Oven For Ten Minutes More
Mrs Youngbride Mercy-exclaims the pie is burning and cannot be removed from the oven for ten minutes, prompting urgent kitchen caution and culinary frustration.
Enthusiasme Exit Star to Marry Lord Blank
The dialogue plays on a famous actor and a judge clipping in with sharp exchanges. The actress mocks press hype while the judge quips about the vanity of fame. She declares love will end her acting career. He notes a harsh truth that stings more than flattery.
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Lord Blank
Dialogue snippet on social norms and sanity in a kitchen
A short exchange features Ethel asserting she has never been kissed while Clara questions the reason. Mabel balks at dressing plainly, arguing people would think she is sane or insane, revealing humor and social tension in their banter.
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Ethel
Clara
Wider Field Necessary To Succeed In Competition
A terse exchange notes that broader effort is needed as protagonists debate feasibility and possible improvements. The dialogue implies local limits hinder progress and suggests looking beyond current bounds for better results.
Joke Exchange on Wives and Poker Blues
A light quip set contrasts a man with three wives to a millionaire. Another playful line suggests poker as a cure for the blues, reflecting a casual media wit seen in the Boston Transcript.
Mrs Howard's Home Life Questioned by Judge
A court remark questions Mrs Howard and her housekeeping, noting she is not a good housekeeper. The judge's exchange highlights domestic household expectations during the case.
Hat tip to waiter hints at costly gratuity joke
A brief line jokes that tipping a waiter is expensive noting a hat tip as the cheaper gesture. The quip hinges on the humor that monetary tips exceed the figurative gesture.
Judge Quips Over Wardrobe Clash in Timeworn Cars
In a terse remark the judge questions the choice of attire and the mismatch with an aging vehicle as a lighthearted exchange emerges from the courtroom. The dialogue hints at a broader discussion about appearances and appropriateness in legal settings.
The New Flower and Moonshine Joke
A Wayside Tales snippet asks a wife about her husband s favorite flower and humorously hints he has moonshine, capturing a playful rural exchange in a single lines.
Miss Hemleigh Takes Up the Violin
A brief note confirms Miss Hemleigh has taken up the violin and is certain she owns at least one bow for the instrument.
In His Family
A Detroit Free Press brief questions a child about a taster finding a family link revealing a clue to a parent’s past through a humorous exchange. The exchange highlights family memory and the child’s curiosity about secrets and lineage.
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Detroit Free Press
Evils of Constipation Urge Regular Bowels
A short ad note warns constipation can cause appendicitis and urges regular bowels. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as excellent easy to take gentle in effect and suitable for maintaining regularity.
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Chamberlain
Ady
Prohibition Party Nightlife: Man Tries Booth Entry
A man who had attended a rare prohibition party makes two failed attempts to enter a telephone booth before finally making the call. He mutters about lines being busy and excuses his attempt with a drunken mumble, saying he tried every way to reach her.
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Hilo
Thassa
Lin
American Legion Weekly
Opening of Portland Arch Dance Draws Large Crowd
The spring opening at Portland Arch Sunday night drew a large crowd in ideal weather. A new lighting system was installed and the grounds are well kept by Superintendent Longstreth who bans drunken or unruly individuals. The Novelty Syncopaters of Danville supplied music and attendees came from nearby towns.
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Portland Arch
Danville
Longstreth
Antipathy Explained by Local Elder Over Health Beliefs
The presiding elder in a rural Arkansas town cites the old apple a day adage. Gap Johnson from Rumpus Ridge adds a rural take claiming his children would rather use rocks, fearing more babies and worries about doctors.
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Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Ark
Kansasity Star
Movies Come as a Relief in City Romance
A brief New York Sun excerpt shows a light exchange between The Woman and Jim as they arrange a cinema evening. The dialogue highlights the popularity of movies as a social relief and suggests a bustling urban evening.
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Central
Posie
Jim
New York Sun
Street Encounter Over Suits Ends With Cautionary Joke
In a Southern city two Black youths discuss suit prices, one claiming a $40 coat is a steal, the other insisting his $10 suit was swindled. The exchange ends with a stretch test of sleeves and a warning line about staying dressed in a changing world.
Auction Tale Involving Lord Lascelles At London Sale
Lord Lascelles, husband of Princess Mary, visited auction rooms where a fine old cabinet drew bids from a lone dealer. The dealer bid against himself, explaining he has commissions from two parties to buy the cabinet at any cost and does not yet know which will win.
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Lord Lascelles
Mary
London
Harold Lloyd and a Study of Extras on Hal Roach Sets
A fragment mentions Harold Lloyd learning a term from conversations on Hal Roach sets about extras. The dialogue humorously touches on cooking and relationships, referencing the phrase got unsbedy cookin and the idea that a wife can be inexpensive, with dates and context implied but not clear.
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Harold Lloyd
Hal FE
Ave
What Happened to the Living Made Last Week
A four year old asks his father to take him downtown. The father says he must go to work to make a living. A week later the boy asks again and repeats the reason. The child then asks what happened to the living the father earned previously.
Herbert Campbell Seen in Covington on Interest Matters
Herbert Campbell of Newtown, a retired merchant, visited Covington on Wednesday to look after local interests and affairs.
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Herbert Campbell
Newtown
Covington
Ono
Irish Gardener Compliment Prompts Witty Exchange
A Boston Transcript quip recounts a gardener from Ireland admiring a photograph in a lady’s house. The exchange turns playful as he says the picture would need to flatter her greatly to match her eyes, delivering a lighthearted compliment.
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Iried Blarney
Patrick
Boston Transcript
A Shifty Simoteon
Two friends trade a cyclical flow of small loans and repayments using a named dollar, illustrating a recurring exchange pattern. The banter centers on borrowing and returning a single dollar plus its personified identity.
Public Opinion Cited In Political Banter
A Birmingham Age Herald quote mocks how politicians shift stance to suit public opinion. Mr Godspur and Mr Twobble debate how a candidate adapts positions over time, noting the long history of courting voters' wishes by the Hon. eine Jabwind and the Hon. Jerd intah.
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Twobble
Eine Jabwind
Jerdintah
Birmingham Age Herald
Asking Too Much. Lover-No, Priscilla not even for your sake
A fragment from Stray Stories shows a distressed dialogue where Priscilla faces a drastic ultimatum from her father. The lover resists and dismisses the condition placed on their marriage, highlighting tension and dark humor in the brief card.
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Priscilla
Giris Names for Automobiles the New Ink Tad in Paris
A fragmented OCR reads like a note about new car ink in Paris with unclear names. The readable bits suggest a discussion of names or brands but lack full details or clear actions.
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Giris
Paris
Now She Doesn’t Need To
A Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reader reflects on social change recalling past norms when women surveyed men before entering old-time carriages. The quote contrasts past caution with present independence and social shifts.
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Gays Uncle Eben. De mere of de Seorkd.
The fragmentary line mentions Uncle Eben and a phrase in dialect. No clear event, names, or actions emerge to form a full news item.
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Eben
de Mere
de Seorkd
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