Rural Dispatch Sketches From a Busy Indiana Day
The writer recalls a visit on the 14th with old friends like Jim Buterlaugh and Waele Jack Conner, noting harvest toil and social calls. He meets local figures including Ora Chivton and Dine Baird, mentions a political shift toward McKinley, and lists neighbors, gatherings, and Sunday church notes across Carroll and Deedsville areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rinama
Jim Butterlaigh
Laskud
Teshelvers
Jack Conner
Squires
Holt
Wilson
Henry Clay
McKinley
Ora Chivton
Twelve Mile Letter on Rain and Farm Move
A brief hometown update notes a pleasant rain Saturday and the relocation of John Erbatgh to the Allen Obenchain farm on Monday. The fragment hints at a community news item with personal names and local setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Erbatgh
Allen
Local Town Notes Highlight Oddities and Prosperity Signs
A garbled rural column reports on Deedsville and Woolleytown correspondence, local trades, and farm outputs. Mentions AL Andrews moving bolts and logs, Merrit Murphy as grain champion with 30 bushels per acre, and various residents amid weathered anecdotes and misprints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolleytown
AL Andrews
Merrit Murphy
Wal
Joseph Herkheiser
Poster Longe
Oscar
Les Lou
Merry Murphy
Jed Longe
Mod
Barnes
Andress
Bemis Brower
Denver
Bennie
Dr Ti
Peru
Julius Pall
Levi Dewald
Rainy harvest wishes and local life in Deedsville
A cluttered Deedsville column notes rain petting wheat crops, potluck weather, and busy locals. Mrs N. of Hirtnington visits relatives in midyear. Richardson buys wheat. creamery reports milk receipts near 5000 lbs and butter output about 200 lbs daily. Counts of excursions, calls on merchants, and church meetings fill the town notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiurtington
Perrysburg
Richardson
Old Settlers
Chili
Michigan City
M. XII
Deeds
R. A. Robins
Rs. Lee Leedy
RE Hi ‘Hey
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Dine Baird
Downs
Roann
Baker
Bing
Grover
Ed Caltay
Suis le
Amos Gipe
Rami
Walter Skinner
Carroll County
Logansport
Lee Skinner
Lordon
Prove
McChin
Braden
Lailors’ Aid Society
Dirty Lansferd
Laura Martin
Misa Florence Bogkeser
Kinisha
Florence Rockever
Jobe
Cres
Ravers Petecsoof Min
KoEne
Leucetta Green
Lew Riddle
Green Oak
Olive
Charles Staunton
Cpland
Taylor, University
Douglas Kindig
Be AL Brewer
Oren Cook
Ube Baptist Chirch
Jacob Oaear Meliwee
John C. Marley
Kokoends
Apf
Kreider
Mitey
Burg
O. C. Fepienient
Twelve Mile
G.D. Losher
Ora
Deedsville
Mrv
Sirs
William Warner
J. W. Warner
Jo M. Uaker
M. W
Ebenezer
Levi Karn
Rachel Brown
Ter Mary
Relat
Chester
Charles Shutzbaugh
Temuin
Woooolleytown
Manchester
Kessler
Howard Berkheiser
Gilead
Capt
Books
Tusa
Elwood
Monichy
Duedseille
Kessler Brostin-shop
Joseph Murden
Mesicd
Mra
Mes
Wester Andrew
Whistler & ‘Sons
Uecujpiy
Maan
BarShart
Henry Baralyurt
Rochester Sentinel
Mexico
Mamchester
G. H. Shireman
Indianapolis
Loewenthal the Mothiers
J. M. Baker
D. Sha
Warsaw
Kneser
Ebenieger
Lewellen
ATL
Chip
Haver
Laker
Charles Eiliott
H. Woolpert
Green Springs
Ohi
Kesslers’ Tin Shop
Cummins
Paul Sampsel
Macy
W.C. Millicam
Rensselaer
Merlie Senday
Af Roann
Byron Modsker
Lagane Sport List Pridiy
Gertrude
Aylay
Marnchesters
C.K. Coon
James McCain
Dayton
Ohio
P. R. Caod
J. R. Seceras
Felton County
B. A. Woolley
Fred Kraiman
Chicago
Walter Kisyman
Columbia
G. Keaning
Rey. H. H. Smith
Laporte
Rev. H. Woolpert
Hosea
Indiana
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