Family Reunion Records Longstanding Board Kin Near Stone Bluff
The Board family reunion at F E McLean's home near Stone Bluff on Sept 25 1918 drew about 150 relatives and friends. Three elders Prudence Minick Simon Minick and Hulda McLean preserved notes meanwhile plans formed to publish a family record in book form. Letters from Rev Thomas Board Bellwood PA Mont KE Biggs New Rockford ND and Rev J A Boord West Newton PA shared early German settler history. several Boord families attended from multiple states. Four marriages four births and no deaths were recorded for the year.
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Board
F .E. McLean
Stone Bluff
Prudence Minick
Simon Minick
Oliver
Hulda Mclain
Women Who Get Dizzy and Fainting Relief Ad
An advertisement promotes Electric Bitters for women with dizzy spells backache headache weakness debility constipation or kidney troubles. A testimonial from Mrs. Laura Gainas of Avoca Louisiana claims four doctors gave up on her before Electric Bitters cured her. Sold 50 cents and 1 by Irvin's drug store.
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Laura Gainas
Avoca
Irvin
Dr George Rowland Ends Long Pension Board Service
Twenty eight years after his appointment by Grover Cleveland Dr George Rowland of Fountain County leaves the pension board. He served as an examiner for veterans seeking pensions or increases and is praised as one of the best officers in the post. Dr Sullivan of Attica succeeds him after a Morrison recommended new board is formed.
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George Rowland
Pension Board
Fountain County
Grover Clevland
Congressman Morrison
Sullivan
Attica
Rowland
Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment Claims Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment as penetrating and healing for eczema rashes ringworm tetter and other eruptions. It claims instant relief from itching and a guaranteed fast recovery. Sold at druggists or by mail for 50 cents from Pfeiffer Chemical Co Philadelphia and St Louis.
Revive Cayuga Brick Plant Plans Revealed
Cayuga businessmen, attorney A T Livengood Covington and F W Wood Indianapolis discuss reviving the Cayuga Brick and Silo Co. with capital of 50000 dollars. Subscriptions urged for running the plant with Cayuga residents asked to take about one third of the stock. Lead donors include Livengood Wood Wimerman and McKee each at 5000 dollars.
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Cayuga
Danville
A. T. Livengood
Covington
F. W. Wood
Indianapolis
National Bank
Indiana
Deafness Cure Claim Promoted By Hall's Catarrh Cure
An advertisement asserts deafness from inflammation of the Eustachian tube can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It offers one hundred dollars for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and invites readers to send for circulars, listing Toledo Ohio makers F J Cheney Co and a druggist sales claim.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Marriages Licenses Listed for Several Couples
Luke Elmer Booe and Viletta Witsman. Albert S. Falkner and Cora Perdue. Marvin Ocheltree and Mabie Bowles. Herbert O. Trucek and Clara McCleskey obtain marriage licenses as listed in the local notices setting.
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Luke Elmer Booe and
Viletta Witsman
Groom Sentenced In Anderson Court For False Pretenses
W G Groom was tried in the Anderson circuit court last Friday and sentenced to one to eight years for obtaining money under false pretenses. He was among many fakirs who pledged six months subscriptions and a silverware set for 50 cents, taking 13 orders in under three hours with no publishers or silverware house arrangements. The graft spread across the city and state, with many small losses keeping complaints rare but profitable due to the high number of orders.
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W. G. Groom
Anderson
Groom
Dr Kings New Discovery praised as home cough remedy
S.A. Stid of Mason Michigan credits Dr Kings New Discovery with curing pneumonia after two bottles. The ad claims thousands of families benefit from the cough and cold medicine with throat and lung relief. Available in 50 cent and one dollar sizes at Irvin’s drug store.
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Dr. King
S.A. Stid
Mason, Mich
Solitary Dice Player Chooses His Drink at Liberty Street Café
A prosperous man who frequents a Liberty Street cafe for two years plays solitaire with dice at the bar before sitting for lunch. He shakes the dice himself to decide if he will take a drink, never throwing with another person.
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Liberty Street
New York
Editor Wins Big Price for Small Ad in Michigan
Tody Hamilton, then Barnum and Bailey press rep, tried to buy space in a Michigan weekly. The editor demanded 63 dollars, revealing he needed a note for that amount. Hamilton paid, recognizing the ad's value despite the high rate.
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Tody Hamilton
Michigan
General Press
Owosso
Mich
Hamilton
Scott
Roaredamilton
Haiston
New York Sun
Wedding superstitions from old England and folklore
The London Telegraph outlines wedding day superstitions in Yorkshire and Midlands. Practices include the rosemary bundle given to the groom, the bride leaving by the opposite church door, a sour peal of bells at banns, and brides dreaming of fairies the night before.
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Yorkshire
Midland
England
London Telegraph
How Joaquin Miller Adopted His Pen Name
The San Francisco Monitor's Charles Phillips recounts how Cincinnatus Heine Miller renamed himself Joaquin Miller. Miss Ina Coolbrith urged California identification after his Oregon arrival. He agreed to use the first book title Joaquin et al as his signature from that moment.
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Joaquin Miller
Joaquin
Charles Phillips
San Francisco Monitor
Iaa Coolbrith
California
Sapphe
West
Oregon
Joaquin Et
Plagiarism and Originality in Literary Practice
The excerpt argues that imitation of great minds fuels originality. It cites Beethoven Wagner Mozart Mendelssohn and Shakespeare as models to study, while warning against aversion to all influence. It claims modern writers gain style by reading masters and rewriting them.
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Beethoven
Wegner
Mozart
Mendelssohn
Bushnell
Robertson
Brooks
Addison
Shaw
Brete Harte
S Hammerton
Shelley
Tennyson
Frank Crane
Waeman
Prehistoric Man In Belgium Population Estimates
Belgian geologist M. Putot estimates population sizes across periods in Belgium. Lower Aurignacian caves housed about 50 to 60 people, Magdalenean about 60, post ice retreat lakeside settlers reach 150 to 160, Cervides forests may have grown to 1,000, rising to 4,000 or 5,000 at the start of the polished stone age.
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Belgium
M. Putot
New York Press
Rehearsal Fracas Between Thomas and Burridge at Auditorium
The late Theodore Thomas rehearsed the Chicago orchestra on the Auditorium stage. Al bert Burridge the scene printer was whistling from the loft and the librarian brought a note from Thomas asking Burridge to stop. Burridge replied that if he cannot whistle with the orchestra he will whistle not at all.
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Theodore Thomas
Chicago
Auditorium Theater
Albert Burridge
Whist Origins Then and Now
The article traces whist from trumps with English lineage. It notes no records of its full origin or evolution into ruff and honors. It cites a Latimer sermon around 1529 as an early reference and suggests the name derives from historic "silence" during play.
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Latimer
Rocking Chair Signs Observant Atchison Woman Says
An Atchison woman observes porch rocking motions to judge a house's condition. Relaxed swaying with even foot taps means clean neat conditions, while nervous jerks and irregular taps signal unmade beds, unwashed dishes, and dusty floors behind the walls.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
They All Wear Twos and a Queer Sign
Comic exchange in a shoe store where the manager complains women avoid the shop and the salesman jokes that the sign reads She Big Shoe Store provoking a heated reply.
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Lippincott's
Glasgow paving custom prompts city department checks
In Glasgow an established practice requires all potentially affected city departments to be notified before paving or repaving a street. This allows them to inspect pipes and perform repairs or renewals prior to the paving work.
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Glasgow
Chicago News
Sandwich Man Concept Precedes Modern Street Advertising
A 1346 Florence procession featured men dressed as straw covered wine bottles to represent merchants. The event served as an early form of walking advertisement used by wine sellers in the streets.
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Florence
Italy
Married life and hope endure in old Boston romance
The excerpt features Mrs Matehem aged forty and Mr Singleton who remain unmarried. They discuss hope and longevity with Singleton expressing belief he will remain safe for another forty years. The tone is conversational and lightly ironic.
Temporary Handicap Cited in Quip about French Nobleman
A courtroom joke features Mr. Doughleigh describing Count de Brie as temporarily handicapped by rheumatism. The judge notes the nobleman’s condition as a punchline about his conversational brilliance.
All Sorts. First Diner Goaded With Lamb
Two diners debate a menu choice with one insisting on lamb while the other balks, recalling a preference against mutton at the venue and prompting a witty exchange. The page captures a casual restaurant dialogue in a Boston Transcript excerpt.
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Boston Transcript
Placing the Blame in a Chifgago News item
Dialog shows a couple blaming age for a failed marriage with humorous misquotation. Inage insists youth justified marriage while Knage counters with age making marriage unsuitable. The brief exchange plays on age as a fault line in a domestic dispute.
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Inage
Knage
Chicago News
The Happy Time Amid Quiet Eventful Experiences
A reflective line notes that true happiness arrives in moments of experiencing events that disrupt ordinary life, revealing growth only after trials and excitement. The saying contrasts quiet times with the value found in transformative moments.
Easter Island Giants Baffle Researchers With Ancient Moai Mystery
A distant Pacific isle shows 600 carved stone figures called moai scattered across 45 square miles. Weighing ten to twelve tons on average, some reach forty tons, many on unused platforms. Quarries reveal unfinished statues, crowns carved from distinct rock, and a volcanic crater origin remains puzzling.
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Pacifc
Poe
Rider Haggard
Easter Islund
Easter Island
South America
Pitcenirn Island
Aster Island
Churchman
Northern Lights Hear Nonsense Says Norwegian Observer
German and Norwegian scientists discuss reports from northern Norway of sounds linked to the aurora borealis. Olav Aabakken at Finmarken’s Llalde observatory argues such sounds are unlikely and attributes listener misperception to flame-like aurora movements.
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Norway
Olav Aabakken
Llalde Observatory
Finmarken
Agabakken
Aabakken
New York Press
Vision Beyond Sight: A Blind Man's Acoustic Navigation
The article recounts a man who has lost both eyes and trains his hearing to judge his position by footstep tones on different surfaces. He can identify town areas by sound, avoids collisions, and challenges a skeptic by revealing his glass eye with a knife blade.
Freaks of Nature at Monument Park near Colorado Springs
A Colorado Springs area feature describes towering light gray sandstone pillars capped by darker ironstone, forming eerie mushroom-like shapes. The tall, scraggly monuments resemble giant humans or animals, especially at dusk, according to the Argonaut.
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Monument Park
Colorado Springs
Colo
Flying machine salesman argues for life saving device
A timid man resists a salesman offering a flying machine. The salesman claims it could save his life, noting he might be in the air when an earthquake occurs. Washington Star report.
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Imi
Washington Star
All His Fault Feline Quip From Pittsburgh Post
A Pittsburgh Post teaser features two cats trading quips about domestic blame. The first warns of spill consequences while the second deflects, noting a wife who blames her husband for every mishap.
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Pittsburgh Post
Hard to Live in the Past Declared by Retired Merchant
A melancholy retiree from business laments living in the past while noting it is harder to live down the past. The Buffalo Express quotes his reflective remark on memory and consequence.
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Buffalo Express
Jesters Taste Their Broth Latin Proverb Origin
A Latin proverb about jesters and their fate hints at contentment with bitter tasks. Its terse wisdom reflects court irony and the limits of power.
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Covington, Ind
M.e.church
DR. M. C. Faust
McGeorge
J. T. Redman
W.M.D. Covington
Ind
Schma’s Livery
W. R. Massey,& Son
Fulton Township
Cates
Jos. Starkey
Lyman Brown
Murray St
N.Y
McCall’s
the Fashion Authority
McCall
McCcall
McCall's
Meccall's
McCalls
TL Mecall Company
West 37Th St
Travelers Railway
Dearborn ST
Caldwell
Delaware
Baltimore
Uruguay
Wiers Oe
Ed. McKain
Sam Boord
Omaha
Neb
H. J. Boord
Wm. Watkins
J. D. Fulton
Nancy Shipman
Frank Simmermano
McWhinney
James McDonald
Alf Boord
Fithian
KE. J. Boord
Hoopeston
Ill
Wm. Oakwood
Dick Seymour
Newton Longalreth
Oakwood
Ills
Alice Trenary
Mecca
Frank Clark
Marshfield
O' Crane
Wingate
Lorain Redding
Kingman
Cayuga Brick Plant
Albert S. Falkner and
Cora Perdue
Marvin Ocheltree and
Mabie Bowles
Herbert O. Trucek and
Clara McCleskey
Miller
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