Local notes from Peru and nearby towns in Indiana
O A Phillips trips to Kent. Luncheon and shopping mentions at Millikan Drug Store. News of Mrs Dukes and Orma Dukes in Logan sport. Peru Trust Co Annual Statement promoted. Dinners and funerals for Elizabeth Flora and Kokomo visitors noted. Pianos tuned in Denver. Harness shop ads promise parts and savings. Candidate Buggies for milch cows. Bunch of social and commercial updates from Peru and surrounding areas.
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Stewart
Teddy comes to stay in Woolleytown letter with moral alarm
A humorous Woolleytown letter from Denver Indiana comments on Teddy's arrival as a lasting presence, with verses about Obediah and Jim Crow and a playful tone. The piece blurs into local notices about workers, chores, and farm chores while lampooning social issues and rights debates.
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Teddy
Billy
Obediah
East Pike Street
Wooleytown
Ind
Death of Gail Shireman Hager Brings Grief to Local Family
Mrs. C. C. Pyle on sick list this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Millican and family mourn the death of their granddaughter Gail Shireman Hager of Tyvon Kansas who died at home last Friday from pneumonia. She was daughter of Harrigan and Gail Shireman, formerly of this place. The family lived here for years and are highly esteemed. They leave a husband and young daughter among many relatives.
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C. C. Pyle
J. F. Millican
Gail Shireman Hager
Tyvon
Kansas
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Kent
L. C. Dukes & Co
Wall Paper
Millikan Drug Store
Nell Dukes
Orma
Logansport
The
Peru Trust Co
Noah Arnest
Charles Lambet
Kokomo
Ira Eikenberry
Elizabeth Flora
L. P. Rhinehardt
Denver
Omer Murphy
Walter Murphy
L. A. Haines
W. F. Newbold
J. B. Cook
Warsaw
Henry Deibert
Peru
Frank Matthias and
Sisters
A. J. Long
Lee
J. W. Newell
Bessie Pyle
McCaffrey & Co
Charles Alderfer
Fred Fite
James Brewer
Gilead
Aaron B. Zook
Rochester
Zook
Ager’s Harness Store
Cuba
Tribune
Indiana
Woolleytown
Jim Crow
Jkef Murphy
William Cunningham
Lonzo Dawalt
West Pike Street
Aaron Zook
West Side
Fairview
Ephrim Kerschner
Mr. Runkle
Eel River
Ephrim
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