John M. Moore A Texas cattle-raiser and planter
John M. Moore was born November 18, 1862, in Richmond Texas now residing there. His parents moved from Greensboro Alabama to Texas in 1865. He was educated in Richmond and Bryan. He has worked in mercantile banking stock-raising farming and is now a cattle-raiser and planter. He married Lot te Dyer in 1882 and served in the State Legislature in 1896 and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Kansas City in 1900.
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John M. Moore
Richmond
Tex
Greensboro
Ala
Texas
Bryan
Lotte Dyer
Kansas City
Local Social Notes From North Ridgeville and Elyria
North Ridgeville and nearby areas report visits and greetings among residents. Mr and Mrs Culver visited Cleveland on Friday and Monday, while Mrs Robson of Broad Street Elyria received a birthday pitcher after a Lady Maccabees social. Mrs Fortune returned home from Fields, and Mr and Mrs Cannon went to Cleveland. A Fields party surprised Gip Terrell with fried chicken supper, and the Pedro Club sleighed to Dover for games and oysters. A Valentine party is planned at Mr and Mrs Stiversons, with J H Lafrinier in Cleveland and Mrs Root visited by the Lady Maccabees.
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Culver
Mrs. Chamberlain
Cleveland
Ridgeville
Maccabees
Will Robson
Broad Street
Elyria
Robson
Mary Fortune
Fields
Ada Terrell
Henry Cannon
Gip Terrell
F. W. Crowe
Lorain
Pedro Club
Dover
Will Robinson
Brighton and Wellington Visitors Report Week Activities
Brighton residents and visitors from Penfield and Wellington stayed in Cleveland and Wellington last week. Local gatherings included lectures by Charles R. Taggart and gatherings with teachers, friends, and family. A Toledo notary and a catarrh cure advertisement appear amid community notices and a want column plug.
Social Notes From Clarke and Ridgeville Gatherings
Delno and Dot Heffner spent Sunday at RR Fenner s Avon. Mrs Chas Cox entertained her niece Miss Hazel Barndollar of Alleghany Pa. Mrs H R 3B Ford went to Berea to remain the rest of winter. Bertha EB Burrell and Wilson Jameson attended a surprise party at Lenard Mitchell s Beach Park home last Saturday night. Dorcas Society social to be held at Miss Mabel Williams home next Friday. Miss Deacon of Ridgeville caring for Ruth Clifton for a week. Alvin Walker and daughter of Ridgeville visited Jos DeRussy s. Frank Dann and Leverett Cahoon spent Sunday at the Ashton Dodd home. H W Gough of Grand Rapids Mich spent last Wednesday at F C Gough s. Rev Collister still lame after dog bite two weeks ago. Preaching expected at the Baptist church next.
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Metcalf
Pensley
Ella Hardy
Cleveland
Bertha Allyn
Penfield
Arthur Hawk
Treva
Wellington
C. M. Gillett
Ben Fenner
Geo. Hines
Rachel Burge
Claude Kingsbury
New London
Geo. Myers
Kipton
R. R. Fenner
Joe Yocum
Massillon
Charles R. Taggart
Howard Wright
Wilber Starr
C. H. Fox
Rochester
H. R
Ford
Berea
Bertha EB. Burrell
Wilson Jameson
Lenard Mitchel
Beach Park
Dorcas Society
Mabel Williams
Miss Deacon
Ridgeville
Ruth Clifton
Alvin Walker
Jos. DeRussy
S. Frank Dann
Leverett Cahoon
Local Notes From Henrietta and District
The Methodist church held a tafty party at Mr John Ungers last Tuesday evening a sleighride party went to Mr William Wassums last Monday evening Carl Keighley is improving from typhoid fever Jacob Whitteback is getting better A death notice reports Henry Hales died Saturday in Chicago after an operation and nine years illness he was about 22. burial at Birmingham cemetery The ad promotes Kennedy Laxative Honey and Tar cough syrup for children and cough relief.
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Methodist Church
John Unger
Wm. Wassum
Henry Hales
Chicago
Birmingham
North Amherst
John Hiedrich
Carl Keighley
Jacob Whitteback
Candidate for sheriff of Lorain county seeks Republican Convention decision
Political advertisements note R C Ward announces candidacy for Lorain county sheriff subject to the outcome of the upcoming Republican County Convention. Also appears: a medicinal plug for Kodol Digestive Aid, claiming it relieves indigestion symptoms and aids digestion, sold by druggists.
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Lorain County
R. C. Ward
Dickens Characters Traced to Real Life by Biographer
A biographer links Charles Dickens characters to real people including Paul Dombey his supposed nephew Harry Barnett Dora Copperfield Miss Beadwell and Micawber to Richard Chicken of York. It notes Squeers as William Shaw and Skewton to Mrs Campbell and mentions Captain Cuttle appearing in Papy's Diary with a sea captain met at the Royal Exchange.
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Charles Dickens
Paul Dombey
Dickens
Harry Barnett
Dora Copperfield
Misa Beadwell
Micawber
Richard Chicken
York
Alfred Dickens
Novellat
William Shaw
Skewton
Campbell
Leamington
Ostrich Feather Plucking and Russian Church Treasures
A London Tit-Bits item describes the delicate ostrich feather plucking process including pen confinement and three men with shears. It also surveys Russian church treasures with figures for St Isaac's Cathedral, Moscow churches, and Napoleon's looting, noting the Holy Saviour Cathedral’s gilded domes.
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St. Isaac's
St. Petersburg
Kazan
Moscow
Napoleon
Long Views and a Nose Missing at Dinner
A reflective piece on long viewing aids and far sighted travelers for better vision. It notes an anecdote from Harper's Weekly about a guest missing a nose and a dinner table miscue, illustrating sensitivity to remarks and the humor of perception.
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Mr. Robinson
Carrie
Harper's Weekly
Population Growth Trends Across States in the Nineteenth Century
The article compares population gains for New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania over the last three decades. New Jersey shows higher growth than New York and Pennsylvania in 1830 and 1880 with gains of 24.8 and 27.7 percent respectively.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Banquet of Self Culture Glub A Happy Affair
The annual Self Culture Club banquet was held at the President Mrs H J Lewis home on Best Fifth street with about five dozen guests. Music and a program followed a welcome by Mrs Lewis and remarks by Dr Hogs, plus a curious prize table and entertainment. advertisements for Pancake flour and health tonics followed.
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Self Culture Club
H. J. Lewis
Best Fifth Street
Shorley, Wise Orchestra
Lewie
Hogs
Sudiy
Starr
Wilder
Prizy. Jr
Lewis
Investment Magazine Promises Big Returns for Small Sums
An advertisement touts a free six month trial of Investing For Profit from Royal Baking Powder Co. It claims readers can grow small sums into fortunes via smart investments, and explains profits bankers make. Also promotes Tonsiline as a throat remedy with claims of curing smokers' sore throat.
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Gregory
Jackson Bldg
Chicago
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John Matthew Moore
Wea Tee
North Ridgeville
Elyria Bazaar
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H. A. Dykeman
Brighton
State of Ohio
Qleason
Hall
I. J. Cheney &O
Toledo
al Wruggists
Delno and
Dot Heffner
Clarkefield
Rr, Fenner’s
AVON
Leghany, Pa
Henrietta
Kennedy
Robert Smuthwaite
W. E. Horatt
South Mills
N. C
Tate
Royal Baking Powder CO
Canton
Ohio
Harry H. Smith & Coo
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