Woolleytown Briefs Highlight Local Happenings and Gossip
Our town records a quiet spell with Grandma Derek moving to live with another daughter near Chili. A wild animal is rumored in J T Speck's woods while the new telephone fills with neighbors swapping news. Harrison Bolingbaugh visits from Danville and Jud Long marks his 43rd birthday with friends. Claude Murphy returns from St Louis and Elmer and Charley Thompson visit Perrysburg. Mrs A B Andrews and Dr Andrews attend family matters as a Peru doctor checks on an ailing mother.
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Derek
Harrison Bolingbaugh
Danville
Ill
Elmer
Charley Thompson
Perrysburg
Geo. Thompson
A. B. Andrews
Dr. Andrews
Peru
Harvey Smith Visits Jud Long and Family
Harvey Smith of Fort Wayne visited Jud Long and family on Monday.
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Harvey Smith
Fort Wayne
Jud Long
Family
Local Neighbor Notes From Rochester and Peru Region
Albert Bitters of the Rochester Republican visits with Peter Armantrout last Sunday. A Denver girl writes to a Peru position holder and praises a long-legged rascal of a puppy. Ed Saline lies ill with typhoid at Wm. Grimes home. Dr. Helm of Peru to consult. A plea to readers urges more help for weekly news coverage.
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Albert Bitters
The
Rochester Republican
Peter Armantrout
Fern Bell
Grace Lae Due
Chloe Cunningham
Lower
Baptist
Denver
Peru
Tam
Ed Saline
Wm. Grimes
Old papers for sale at this office by Lucy Gault
Miss Della Scott spent Sunday night with Lulu Gustin and went to Indianapolis Monday morning as delegate from Myrtle Lodge of Twelve Mile to the Rebekah Assembly in session there this week. Mrs. Mattie Winegardner arrived Monday from Twelve Mile with her accompanying.
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Della Scott
Lulu Gustin
Indianapolis
Myrtle Lodge
Twelve Mile
Rebekah Assembly
Mattie Winegardner
The Office Towel Ends Its Quiet Reign
A worn office towel once hung by the printing house door becomes a symbol of labor and grime. It endured years of use by workers from make-up to foreman and editor, growing tougher and inkier until a windy morning finally snapped it in two.
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Woolleytown
Lucy
Gault
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