Old-Fashioned Roses by James Whitcomb Riley
A nostalgic verse recounts old fashioned roses valued for memory and homey charm. The speaker prefers simple blooms despite their plain look, linking them to his mother’s memory and a modest, comforting beauty over flashy wealth.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Letter From Virginia Describes Scenic Train Journey
Eva Fisner writes from Wirrg Virginia about a trip starting August 20 from Logansport to Columbus Ohio, then to East Radford and Roanoke. She notes Cumberland mountains, a flood wreckage area, coke ovens, and twenty miles along New River with tunnels, describing darkness in unlit tunnels and the journey’s fatigue and enjoyment.
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Eprrox
Virginia
Uncle
Logansport
Panhandle
Columbus
Ohio
Norfolk & Western Railroad
East Radford
Cumberland Mountains
West Va
Old Virginia
New River
Roanoke City
Wirtz
Eva Fisner
Vanishing Birds Warn of Extinction and Trade
An editorial argues that the hummingbird, pink curlew, egret, and other birds are vanishing rapidly due to hunting and profit. It urges varied measures from penalties and seasonal bans to breeding programs and paying native hunters to protect wildlife rather than shoot it.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promises Quick Skin Cure
Mrs. Nannie Galleger of La Grange Georgia used Bucklen’s Arnica Salve on severe head and facial sores to save her child from disfigurement. The product treats sores bruises skin eruptions cuts burns scalds and piles and is sold with a 25 cent price and a guarantee by W L Piper druggist.
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Nannie Galleger
la Grange
Bucklen
W. L. Piper
Excursion to Michigan City on Lake Erie & Western Rail
On Sunday September 1 1901 the Lake Erie and Western Railroad will run a popular cheap excursion to Lake Manitou Rochester and Michigan City. A special train will leave Denver at 9 25 am. Rates are 45 cents and one dollar.
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Lake Erie & Western Railroad Co
Lake Manitou
Rochester
Michigan City
Denver
Denver Flour on Sale and Local Notes From Roann Area
Local news items report Denver flour at all groceries and a price of one dollar eighty cents per hundred at the Roann Exchange. Notices of visits, church events, social calls, and upcoming sales populate the page, including dental and medical cures, theater style sales, and railroad excursion options. The report highlights community updates from nearby towns, including Macy, Peru, Warsaw, and Rochester, with frequent mentions of households, trips, and charitable activities.
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Wirrg, Va
Timothy Hay
The
Roan Exchange
Dr. Newell’s
Ida Beaver
Burket
J. L. McCoy
Weasaw Mills
M. M. Dukes
John Dukes
Mexico
Gros & Co
Inds
J, D. Arnést
German Baptist Church
Wabash
S. H. Allport
Johnstown
Piper
J. J. Millican
Morcombe
Clayton Medsker
Lagro
Sammy
W. D. Piper
Bessie
Terre Haute
J. K. Milliran
Winanne
Rensselaer
Wabash Railroad
Chili
Buffalo
Detroit
Valparaiso College
Valparaiso
Indiana
Roann Exchange
Perry Fishburn
Roann
Alrs. M. M. Dukes
Macy
Onis Case
Alexander
Peru
Heeter
Toledo
Brashear
Wade Fishburn
Samuel Fishburn
Argos
T. Murden’s
Alta Savage
Baby
Ida Robbins
Virgil Sellers
Warsaw
Wre TT McCoy
Carrie Hoff
Lillie Fouts
A. G. Zook
Josie Lewis
Edgar
J. M. Hallock
N.Y
Toronto
Canada
Almeda Medsker
Almedia J. Misoskir
Lion
Grand Army
Cleveland
Lake Erie
T. Murden
Mary Statesman
J. I. McCoy
Baptist Church
W. I. Sarry
Triune Exchance Agency
Elbert
Omer
Floyd Zook
Niagara Falls
Augustus Maus
Josiah Maus
Ira Eikenberry
Mr. Gilbert
Winona
Brethren Church
Mr. Eikenberry
P. PF. Thomas
Sumterville
Ala
Piper’s Drug Store
Kern Lidgard
Royal Center
Mt. Zion Church
W. F. Smith
Mae Knee
A. B. Vere
Indianap.his
Cicero
Harriet Fisher
O. T. Haskett
Ladies of the Baptist Mission
W. F P. Smith
Josue Lewis
Sect
Emma Martindale