Pleasant December Weather and Christmas Plans in Twelve Mile
December Twenty brings mild days with no snow as Twelve Mile anticipates holiday entertainments at many homes. The Flu is named as a likely guest this season. The writer enjoyed a five day visit at Maxinkuckee Lake with daughter Ida Woolley and grandchildren. Albert Skinner of Mexico is building a hen house for his brother Fred Skinner at Sugar Grove Farm. Uncle Tom was hosted at dinner by daughter Ella Black of Twelve Mile. The writer also rode with Manuel Loman of Chicago, a former Twelve Mile native now living in Chicago.
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Maxinkuckee Lake
Ida Woolley
Albert Skinner
Mexico
Fred Skinner
Sugar Grove Farm
Uncle Tom
Ella Black
Twelve Mile
Manuel Loman
Chicago
Loman
Peru
Adams Township Notes Include Ills And Family Tales
Readings recall a past tragedy at Uncle Billie Lefell's butchering. Adams Township schools reopen for the fourth time this winter. Mrs. Ella Black visits from Twelve Mile. Fred Skinner sold $400 worth of timber on Sugar Grove Farm. Dick Woolley of Plymouth broke his right arm. Flu illness affects Skinner family. warm rain today. Uncle Tommy marks his 82nd Christmas near the old 1836 cabin.
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Tribune
Mr. Loman
Billie Lefell
Adams Township
Fred Skinner
Sugar Grove
Dick Woolley
Plymouth
Rural Route 2 Residents Wintry Travels and Fire
Mrs. Mary Sullivan and son Elvin traveled to Peru and Chili with Deedsville on Monday. Mrs. Henry Lee and children visited Mrs. Clara Leedy last Wednesday. Gus Cornell spent Sunday with S. D. Berger. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Runkle burned early Saturday morning. some belongings were saved. Mary Sullivan and Elvin called on S. D. Berger and wife Monday evening. W. W. Ream and wife traveled to Peru on Monday. Mrs. Cora Fisher is slowly improving. Purina Chicken Chowder advertised by Harry L. Hagee in Peru Indiana for hens.
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Mary Sullivan
Elvin
Peru
Chili
Deedsville
Henry Lee
Clara Leedy
Will Runkle
S. D. Berger
Purina
Harry L
Hagee
Indiana
Letter From Lloyd Berger From France Near Front After War Ends
In a November 14 1918 letter from France Pvt Lloyd H Berger writes to his mother about the war ending and plans to return home, mentions Guy Fred and Spanish influenza, describes billeting in a sheep shed, cold nights, and asks about Thanksgiving turkey. He signs as a member of G Co 22 Engineers Amer E F France.
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France
Guy
Fred
Pvt
Lloyd H. Berger
Notice of Administration in Jerry S. Burkholder Estate
The Miami Circuit of Indiana appointed Calvin C. Stump on December 21 1918 as Administrator of the estate of Jerry S. Burkholder late of Miami County, deceased. The estate is believed solvent. Aaron S. Berger, Clerk, attests.
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Miami
Indiana
Jerry S. Burkholder
Miami County
Calvin C. Stump
Aaron S. Berger
Catarrhal Deafness Ad Claims Cure by Constitutional Remedy
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood based cure for catarrhal deafness. It asserts ear infection and Eustachian tube inflammation cause deafness and promises $100 for any untreatable case. Circulars are available from Druggists and F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
TED
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hunters Barred From Farms on Notice
Notice from C B Stockdale and Son warns hunters to stay off all farms without permission and threatens prosecution of trespassers.
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C. B. Stockdale & Son
Rookie’s Bold Entrance Tests Army Drill
In a Rehoboth Sunday Herald anecdote a raw recruit seeks work at a marquee. The officer scolds him for proper introductions and orders him to report himself. The rookie sits, then asks for orders. The officer exits, salutes, and the recruit replies with a laconic no work today and to hoof it.
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Rehoboth
Rules for a Fire Warden and Life Saver at Home
A compact set of safety pledges for households. It commits to secure matches in metal boxes, restrict child use of matches, avoid lamp filling at night, store coal oil in metal cans, remove oily rags, cover gas brackets, inspect heating before bed, dispose of litter, keep ashes in metal receptacles, store gasoline only in airtight metal receptacles, avoid flammable Christmas decorations, enforce neatness, report and assist in extinguishing fires, fix defects within 24 hours, and have stove or furnace flues inspected in November for winter readiness.
L. H. Dice & Co Insurance Offers Immediate Policy Service
L. H. Dice & Co advertises immediate policy writing to provide protection. Policies are written through the best and strongest companies to ensure reliability and security for clients.
Bear Thief Bear Steals Camp Ham in Elm Stream
Raymond Dyer of Bangor reports at a Great Northern Paper camp nine miles from Seeboomook Falls a young bear stole smoked hams from a barrel. The bear was trapped after thrashing noises at three in the morning and killed with an ax. The camp crew kept the skin and the meat, and Dyer collected an $8 skin price plus a $5 state bounty.
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Great Northern Paper Company
Elm Stream
Seeboomook, Falls
Raymond Dyer
Bangor
New York World
Dyer
Horses Rebel as Cavalry Is Reorganized Into Machine Guns
A Brooklyn Eagle report describes about one hundred remount horses turned over by the First New York cavalry reacting to a reorganization into machine gun companies. The herd broke through the remount station barricades and raced to the old cavalry picket area. Many horses stood before officers and longtime riders tents, causing alarm and requiring the cavalry to corral their former mounts.
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First New York Cavalry
Brooklyn Eagle
First
J Cavalry
Asocrates
Mount
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GEO. C. Miller& Sons
the Tribune
Denver
Dice & Dice, Editors and Publishers
Santa Claus
Cando Skinner
Hugh Skinner
Peter Johnson
Lizzie Skinner
Everett
Uncle Ezra
Uncle Tommy
Little Tommy
Dad
Gus Cornell
W. W. Ream
Cora Fisher
Everetts
Romeos
Lloyd Berger
L. H. Dice & CO
Bear
Brain
Pest
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