Foster Social Roundup and Travel Notes
Foster items recount visits and social gatherings across Covington Danville and State Line. Notable mentions include Geo A Beckett at the Masonic Grand Lodge in Indianapolis and speedway races, Col C W Beckett on a business trip to St Louis, and multiple dinners and Sunday gatherings among local families and relatives. Rides, farm work, a big storm before Decoration, and railroad detours also appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. A. Beckett
Masonic Grand Lodge
Indianapolis
Speedway
Man Flags Train to Avert Wreck and Others Claim Bitters Help
An Ohio man flags a train to avert disaster while H. T. Alston of Raleigh New York credits Electric Bitters for restoring health after severe stomach head and liver issues. Four bottles reportedly cured him. Trial promised for stomach liver and kidney troubles. Price 50 cents at Irvin and Willard's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
H. T. Alston
Raleigh
N.Y
Irvin & Willard’s
Law printing delivers quick, correct, and cheap results
A brief note touts LAW PRINTING services claiming fast turnaround, accurate results, and low costs for legal and law-related printing needs.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Reward Notice
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio sponsors a trust statement from Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists confirming honesty and solvency. Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as internal medicine with testimonials, price 75 cents per bottle, available from druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
F. J Cheney & Co
Dramatic wedding interrupted at St. Pauls church
In Philadelphia at St. Pauls church Eleanor Rogan challenged the marriage of James R. Sencenich and Ruth Myers as the rector spoke. Rogan, with detective support, disclosed Sencenich’s deceit and the ceremony was halted with the license withdrawn and Sencenich taken into custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Fifteenth
Porter Streets
Eleanor Rogan
Wallace Street
James R. Sencenick
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Ruth Myers
Rosewood Street
Edwin F. Carson
Miss Rogan
Detective Bureau
Haley
Navy Yard
Sencenich
16Th
Porter
Miss Myers
Carson
Geom
Aathy
Marines Laselh
Federal
Jurisa
Man Records His Robberies
Marie Rohn 14 returns home on East 156th Street to find a break in. A man dashed by and fled as she called police. The thief, George Burke, was captured after jewelry from the Robns was identified. Burke left a memorandum book listing other robbed homes and pawnbrokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marie Rohn
156Th Street
Elton Avenue
150Th Street
Frasier
Morrisiana
George Burke
Robns
Marie
Rohn
Burke
Mule Chews Piano Keys Shocks New Orleans Buyer
A river steamboat mule on a Mississippi bound freight instrument chewed through six octaves of keys and damaged the piano, including mahogany panels and dampers. Steamboat Bill joked the animal pressed the soft pedal as it munched and the mule stared toward grass levees across the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Death lure in cheap watch shocks Rhode Island town
Police believe 12 year old William Mathers Jr was enticed into a woods and killed by a 17 year old alien for a dollar watch. His body was found with a crushed skull near Marrieville after he vanished February 29. A rubber and sweater were later recovered and a bloodstained stone was found nearby. The suspect was last seen with the boy and had envy over the watch his father gave him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
William Mathers, Jr
Mathers
Marrieville
Telephone sets burglar alarm in Dr Yeagy home
In York Pennsylvania a telephone in the home of Dr W A Yeagy of Dillsburg alerted to a burglar. Robert Baily nearby phoned the physician when he saw a man crawling through a window. The burglar fled. only a few dollars were missing from a sideboard drawer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
W. A. Yeagy
Dillsburg
Robert Baily
Deaf Girl Hidden Seeds Removed From Ears
In Williamsport Pennsylvania Dr G D Nutt treated a thirteen year old Carolina Garrison for deafness. He found two watermelon seeds in her right ear and one in the left. They had likely been there since childhood and self inserted, unnoticed by parents. Her bearing is normal now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Carolina Garrison
G. D. Nutt
Monkey Language Talks Spark Pittsburgh Curiosity
Dominico Lapiano, assistant keeper at the Highland zoo, asserts he can converse with John a three year old chimpanzee using a form of monkey language highlighting cross species communication and human animal bond in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Dominico Lapiano
The
Highland Soo
John
Chimpanses
Danville Dry Cleaners Offer Winter Dyeing at Low Prices
The Public is directed to Herman Miller's Dry Cleaning and Dyeing Works at 105 N Walnut Street Danville Illinois. The shop specializes in ladies and mens garments with prompt express service and dyed cleaned and pressed before fall rush. It claims 28 years in business and notes the Dye House as the address for all packages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Miller’s
Walnut Street
Danville
111
Express
Walnut St
A Woman's Way
A humorous vignette features a bacteriologist distracted by his wife asking about coal as he counts germs in milk. He rails at the interruption then resumes the counting from scratch in a staged domestic moment.
Notice to Absentees in Fountain County Court Case
Notice from Fountain Circuit Court Andrew N Foley plaintiff files complaint against John W King absentee residing in Fountain County Indiana seeking administration of estate. Hearing set for June 1912 at Covington Court House with Clerk Leroy Sanders. Attorneys Thomas & Foley and A T Livengood listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. King
Fountain County
Indiana
Covington
Leroy Sanders
Fountain Circuit
Epworth League Leases 27 Acres Near Roswell Farm
In Roswell Miner County Epworth League members lease twenty seven acres of farmland near Roswell for cultivation this season to benefit the league and its activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
8. D
Roswell
Miner County
Superintendent Hears Lemonade Aid From Pupils
On a warm August Sunday a city Sunday school superintendent served lemonade after service. He announced slips of paper for pupils to suggest improvements for summer meetings. A youngster replied suggestively, Put more sugar in the lemonade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Home Journal
Vinol advertised as cure for chronic bronchitis in Bluevale notice
A 1910 testimonial from Bluevale Ontario describes recovery from two years of bronchitis after using Vinol. The letter credits cedar liver elements and tonic iron for full cure, promising money-back if unsatisfied. Sold by Manford Doras, Druggist Covington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluevale
Ont
Manford Doras
Covington
Jericho Leaves Claim Cure For Constipation
Advert says Jericho Leaves from Holy Land cure constipation without drugs. It promises gentle cleansing and soothing of intestinal tissues, sold by Jericho Leaves Importing Co in Buffalo for 25 cents, with money refund if unsatisfactory. Obtainable by mail, mention this paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Land
Jericho
River Jordan
U.S
Jericho Leaves Importing Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S.A
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Foster
Col. C. W. Beckett
St. Louis
Mack Taylor
Covington and
Mrs. Berry Dixon
Charley
Fred Obl
Perl Printy
Peter Clem
Mrs
Ed. Spencer
Hugh Ritchey
Hannah
Roy Jones
L. F. Bailey
Hiram Ricketts
A. L. Ricketts
Marie Gaskin
Robert Pearcey
Tom Gaskin
Sunday
Jacob Ricketts Jr
John Mallow
John L Fields
Dora Hughes
Robert B- Mou4y, Sr
Dailer
Albert Hacker
Mr. Waltz
John R
James Brasker
O. M. Berry
Lawrence Gouty
Jacob Lape
Jake
Robert Goben
Russell Dennis
Parerte
Gus Clem
Billy Fox
W. F. Hunter
Calchin
Dock Carter
Will Menefee
New Kees
State Line
Grace Lucile Printy
Greencastle
Albert Burnside
Wilmer Reiff
Claud Moody
Big Four
Roy ©Ouse
Wesley
Gertrude Bullah
Wallace Phillips
Amos Brooks
Weat
Lebanon
Wabash
Veedersburg
Attica
Robert Dixon
RF. D
Albert
LAW Printing
Fletcher
Castoria
Autlubo
Mule
Yeggman
Sultan
America
Prince Salim Abdul Menjid
Aulam
Abdul Hamid
Sultan Mohammed Rechid
Cuse
Boss
Boss Washing Machine CO
Dept. O
Cincinnati
Herman Miller
State of India
Treee
Fountain Circuit Court
Andrew N. Foley
Thomas & Foley
A. T. Livengood
Attorseys
Samuel Ward
Hugh Fraser
Broaghitis
Travelers Railway
Dearborn ST
Chicas
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