Foster area notes and social round in Benson district
Local column records visits and dinners among Perrysville residents and neighbors including Foster, Ricketts, Beckett, and Shafer. A Big Four Wabash elevator project near Danville prompts attention to new facilities and farm commerce, with farming families, road work, and community events detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Ricketts
Hank Smith
Big Four
Danville
Rileysburg
State Line
Foster
Park's New County Officers
Unofficial results list Maxwell as representative Fultz as prosecutor White as representative Laney as clerk Spencer as treasurer Finney as sheriff Phillips as surveyor Overpeck as coroner May as commissioner Lindley as commissioner. Trustees elected include Seward McHargue Delph Humphries Trueman Goshorn Livengood Lindey Allbright Montgomery Myers Mitchell Newlin. DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills advertised as antiseptic remedies for back and bladder issues.
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Maxwell
Fultz
White
Laney
Spencer
Finney
Phillips
Suveyor
Overpeck
May
Lindley
Republican Union
William R Seward
Jackson
James A. McHargue
Sugar Creek
Joel Delph
Adams
Lorenz B. Humphries
Washington
Thomas Trueman Wabash
Jacob M. Goshorn Greene
Charles A. Livengood
Liberty
Stephen G. Lindey
Florida
Henery Allbright
Hugh Montgomery
Howard
Ozcar L. Myers
Racoon
Frederick A. Mitchell
Prohi- Penn
Ira Newlin
Strangest Case I Ever Had Aids by Eloquence Not Law
A Detroit Free Press tale recounts an attorney claiming a northern fishing hunting trip led to his most curious case. An old guide jailed for stealing a keg of whisky finds unexpected acquittal when the jailed man asks the jury a pointed question about sobriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Kim
Detroit Free Press
Honest Man George Washington and the Cherry Tree Tale
The American hails George Washington as the most honest man for admitting a cherry tree misdeed. The Englishman questions whether telling his father proves honesty, asking if Washington also pried the driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
George
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Dinner Guests Brighten Figtree Dinner Humor
Mrs. Figtree chides Thrace to brighten up as a company arrives. Mr. Figtree, trying to be witty, asks his wife if she has all of her hair on this evening, prompting a puzzled reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Printy
Tuscon
Arizona
Great American
Thrace
Too Late in the Parlor as Guests Gather
Dialogue excerpt shows Mr. Van Neere chiding William for shelving cobwebs on a bottle while William retorts he saw the act and refused to take liberties. Rick interjects with a line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. van Neere
William
rick-Me
Weather and fashion quips mix in early 20th century chatter
A collection of humorous clippings contrasts sleet battered weather with car woes, and social sniping about suffragettes. The notes mention a fur coated man, a shabby beggar, and light banter on aviation safety and parachutes amid period newspaper wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Blarney Stone tale links charm to flattery myths
The article traces the origin of the Blarney Stone from Blarney in County Cork Ireland. It explains the tradition of kissing the stone to gain honeyed speech and recounts legends about its history, origin legends and the phrase blarney entering language as flattery and smooth talking.
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Blarney
County Cork
Ireland
Blairne
Blair
Cork
Blirney
Emerald Isle
Cormack McCarthy
Rilarney Castle
Crofton Croker
Cormack McDermod McCarthy
Queen Elizabeth
Caroline Fox
Mme de Stuel
Lord Castlereagh
Samuel Lover
James Buchanan
Washington Irving
the Traveler
James Russell Lowell
Europe
Groge
Jamieson
Halwerne
Shannon
York ‘Tribune
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Livineoos
Ome
Tm SeComes
Brcck
N. B. Cor. Pabliosas
Livingood
Attorney AT Law
Covington, Indiana
Covington Banking Company
Grzomet
Emres Street
Yyeet
F. F. Stilwell
Loney
Agency
Best Insurances
East Side
John & Martin Attorney AT Law
Covington
P. Lewis
Will Éo
Newtown, Indiana
Indiana
Omoephone
E. A. Gilson
Ind
Er Bewell
Homer Sewell
Col
C. W. Cowan
Covington 'S Rural Route
Wilkey & Bonebrake
Exchange
East Side Square
Jre
K. of Puilding
Curnton D. Surre
Troy Township
Chicago
D. Daller
Toor
Perrysville
Benson
W. Phillips
C. W. Beckett
Jacob Ricketts
Jake
Dave Ricketts
Robert
Gahan
Alva Strawser
Walter
Jack Gouty
Phil and
Jack Keller
John Shafer
John Gayhan
Robert Moody
Henry Burghart
Torr
Will
Jim Zanes
Coyngton
W.W Crane Construction Company
Benson Road
Will Foster and Daughter
Cincinnati
Phillipe & Reiff
Kent Township
Clark Dennis
Wife
C.V. Cunningham
Williamsport
Jim Cunningham
Billy Patton
Stephens & Young
Dave Hyatt
Zack Clem
F. Cox
Kentucky
Takig
Ike Patton
John Stevens
Verney Beckett
Dora Hughes
John Mallett
Charlie McLaughlin
James Smith
Hopewell
Jacob Marble
Tom Gaskinwee
Robert Pearcey
Ed Spencer
Grandpa White
Gary
Patty B.ckett
Moudy Ie
Misa
Minnie Moudy
Eojourning
Oklahoma
Lucy Howard
Ezra
Ora Hunter
Father Zanes
Will Hunter
Indianapolis
Hank
Garnett Fowler
Veedersburg
Mary Remat R
Kate Briles
Joe Sebra
Jake Ricketts
B. F. Cox
Hy Smith
of Paxton
Harry Switzer
Detroit
Charley Lyers
Frank
Dan Johnson
Joe Jones
Rossville
Max Kent
Tom Lucas
Amos Brooks
Kent Hannah
George Meade
Dixon Boys
Jack Kaufman
Southern Pacfic Railway
Winslow
Wabash Valley
the Saelling
Arthur Berry
Dubois
Link Ricketts
C. V. Clem
Nealy
Covington and Foater
Warnie Thaney
Misa Nettie Spencer
Marshfield
Mr. Thaney
Misa Nettie
Edward Spencer
Jimmy Zanes
Mr. Lowe
Damon
Pythias
Jonathan
David
Lowe
Zanes
The
Hedges Drag Co
Zemo
Park
DeWitt
Hedges Drag Vo
Parker
Nell
Belle
Baltimore
Aviating
Cleveland Plain. Dealer
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