Opinion on failure and community action in 1915
The piece argues true failure is loss of self faith and character not money, urging readers to maintain confidence and moral principals. It then criticizes dirty streets and dust, calls for neighborhood oiling of streets, and mocks Sears Roebuck mail order coffins with dark humor about cheap goods and premiums.
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Rural Route 23 Residents Attend Weekend Visits
Jacob Matthias continues about the same. Miss Cratie Hagen of Peru visited her aunt Mrs. Joe Dillman and family Sunday. P. S. Sullivan and wife with Clarence Ream and Elmer Ream were in Peru Saturday. Mrs. Louisa Lantz and daughter Elba spent Sunday with P. S. Sullivan’s family. S. D. Berger with wife and daughters Hazel and Ethel visited Jacob Stanton’s family in Denver Sunday. Frank Farner bought a new piano last week. Grover Lee and family visited William Guise’s family at Ebenezer Sunday. Daniel Raber with wife and son Beniah and several Denver residents visited Frank Matthias’s group Sunday afternoon.
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Jacob Matthias
Cratie Hagen
Peru
Joe Dillman
P. S. Sullivan
Clarence Ream
Elmer
Louisa Lantz
Elba
S. D. Berger
Hazel
Ethel
Jacob Stanton
Denver
Frank Farner
Grover Lee
William Guise
Ebenezer
Daniel Raber
Beniah
Stover
Lizzie Tharp
Ida Phillips
Frank Matthias
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