Risk Takes Bold Stand in Jackson Club Political Split
Lafayette November 11 A city election dispute centers on James K. Risk a longtime Jackson Club member and district chair. he opposed Mayor George R. Durgan and backed Henry B. Overesch the Republican candidate. The club met to oust Risk over his endorsement of Overesch and his moral grounds critique of Durgan.
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Lafayette
George R. Durgan
Henry B. Overesch
Jackson Club
James K. Risk
Risk
Durgsn
Tenth
Durgan
Overesch
Rick
Open Quail Season Under Way Across State
Hunters statewide pursue quail as open season begins. Law requires a resident license to hunt quail and prohibits hunting imported birds and hunting on game preserves. Officials will intensify checks with extra deputies, arresting violators.
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Fish and Game Coummissioner
Pereone
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure and Reward
An 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh, claiming constitutional action through the bloodstream and offering a $100 reward for any unhealed case. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and lists Toledo as the address.
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Hall
Addreen F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
All Druggiste
Local Notes From Danville and Nearby Figures
Miss Bessie Shielda returns home to Danville Illinois after visiting the area. Mrs E N Brown and Mrs J W Zufall called on Mrs Smith Cloyd. Walter Allison goes back to Oklahoma. Will Thompson and family from Danville Indiana visited Mrs Smith Cloyd. Thomas M Coxon left for Grape Creek Saturday. The Zufails and John W Zufail family visited O M Zufail and wife at Marchfield and reported a good time. Mrs Nora Hayes spent Saturday and Sunday in Danville.
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Bessie Shielda
Danville II
Will [Thompson
Danville
Smith Cloyd
Thomas M Coxon
Grape Creek
John W. Zufail
Harry Zufail
Mark Zufail
John Jr
O. M. Zufail
Marchfield
Nora Hayes
Wheat and Chaff and the Moral Strings of Life
A reflective piece urges preparedness for winter and notes on virtue and fate. It discusses talents as gifts for others, warns against denying punishment, and argues the hope of heaven promotes good. The narrator, beginning and ending mid thought, frames moral instruction for readers.
Kilmore’s Poems Offered at Half Price in Christmas Sale
Secretary Wilson speaks at the Chicago International Live Stock Exposition noting its educational value for producers amid rising costs. The piece promotes Dr Shoop's Cough Remedy as safer relief for coughs with claims of non narcotic ingredients and broad availability.
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James Wilson
International
Real Estate Transfers in Fountain County
Transactions in Fountain County real estate over the past week list several filings from title deeds. O B Douglass abstracts and agents note transfers from Mary F Nixon to Lucinda Dickman for 20 acres at Van Buren for $1 and Dickman to Jane Hoover for 20 acres at Van Buren for $1000. O B Douglass comp to GM Soodgrass and wife two acres in Richland for $1000. Lafayette Atkinson and wife transfer 63 acres in Fulton township to Chae M Guinn for $253.33.
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Fountain County
Douglass
Mary F Nixon
Husb
Lucinda Dickman
van Buren
Jane Hoovver
VanBuren
S. Douglast
GM Soodgrass
Richland
LaFayette Atk Neon
Chae M Guinn
Fulton
Foster and Covington Folks Gather for Socials and News
Several Foster residents visited relatives in Covington and Danville, with long lists of family visits, church attendance, and local travels. Notes mention David Ricketts’s death in Haxtum, a Grandma Fulton illness, and Warren Yeagy’s letter from Eaton Colp inviting Fountain and Warren county neighbors. Community events include corn gathering delays due to rain and cheerful reports from Kelly Perry era.
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Warren Yeagy
Eaton Colp
Eaton Mercantile Co
Warren
Warren County
Eaton
Dr Snoop's Health Ffee Flavor Claim
An advertisement announces Dr Snoop's Health Ffee made from parched grains and malt with no real puffing. It touts a minute preparation time and avoids long boiling, offering samples free and noting All Grocers as the seller.
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Dr.Snoop’s
Ffee
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