County life notes and small town updates in Carroll County
Residents recall spending about twenty five thousand dollars at the world fair an amount comparable to half a president’s yearly salary. The county shows change with more saloons and banks since twelve years ago. Births outpace deaths with three hundred forty three births and several twin sets. Local moves include Gillie Heft preparing to farm near Cutler and telephone service improvements on Center Street. Education and social pursuits appear in Miss Jessie Lagdis’s return to Franklin studies and the Star Mandolin Club rehearsal. Health ads tout Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea as a cure, while obituaries and legal notes mix with community sightings and travel stories.
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Coun
Quick
County Board of Health
Delphi
Heek
Pent
Mn Anderson
Beck
Densver Arlando
Marion Musselman
Syke-too
North Dakota
Carroll County
Jessie Lagdis
Franklin
Edison phonograph for home amusement
The Edison phonograph is praised as an ideal home musical device that provides music for those without other means and lets owners record voices, including children. It promises entertainment at home gatherings by laughing, talking, singing, whistling, and reproducing music from bands or orchestras.
Ade's Supprese Nobes and a Microbe Romance
A humorous composite piece spreads in Crawfordeville Journal showcasing George Ade’s original poem A Bacteriological Love Story and a light satire about love and science. The piece includes the prose sketch What Happened Saturday Night and a joking exchange about leap year proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homortat
George Ade
Crawfordeville
Ade
Peggy
Paris
Savage
Henry Vioton
Lafayette
I. Coe
Nicholson
Weather winds and hats and boards in Rossville
Rossville Journal reports a Tuesday wind incident as Dana Smith loses his hat outdoors at Alf Bowens then finds it after a two hour search to the railroad. The tale includes jokes about a billboard and a classroom sentence about the bitter end. A fire destroys Joe Erbs saw mill in Madison township with an estimated loss of 1700 dollars and no insurance. Railroads shift terminology as brakemen become guards with air brakes on all cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossville
Dana Smith
Alf Bowen
Dana
Miss Cole
Mab
Smith
Joe Erb
Madison Township
Erb
When Did Terms Commence in New County Offices
Fragmented notes on press influence and the value of advertising mix with quirky anecdotes about cats eaten for rabbits and a Kansas church choir joke. It discusses media pay for space, man named Tom, and the press’s power, ending with how New Year occupancy dates shift when holidays fall on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zionsville
Sedalia News: Local Illnesses and Social Notes
George Etter is on the sick list. Miss Carrie Wayts is badly sick. Mrs Maud Snider visits her sister Mrs Elliott. Maggie Jones and Nina Marie Bessie Shaffer’s daughters mentioned. A large crowd attended a Mason dinner last Friday. Ward Hiener and wife welcome an eight pound baby girl. Surprise for Jim Shephard last Sunday. Attendees from here to Geetingsville church Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Wayts
Maud Snider
B. Elliott
Maggie Jones
The
Masons
Ward Hiener
Wife
Jim Shepherd
Ihurch
Geetingsville
Local Notes From Rockfield and Surrounding Areas
Rockfield news reports Mrs Mabel Wilson of Bunker Hill visiting the Ray home then returning Tuesday. Mrs Elizabeth Van Gundy ill for three weeks shows little improvement. Earl Randolph, Wabash station helper, returned Monday after a week with his parents in Deet Ohio. Max Mellinger and wife of Jeffersonville and Guy Mellinger and wife of Danville Indiana visited the mother Mrs Adam Mellinger. The Christian Redeayor held an oyster supper in the hall Saturday night, clearing about vise dollars. Mr and Mrs Harley Smith of Miami county visited Frank Miller’s family over Sunday. Harry Ray and Lena Ray of Chicago returned home Saturday after visits with W B Ray and wife. Will May Chas Montgomery and Hert Miller were in Delphi Wednesday. Levi Flora and son Emroy were in Flora Saturday. Isaac Huntsinger of Minneapolis Kansas, visiting Rockfield area, left Wednesday for Brookston to spend time with his nephew A D Williamson and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Wilson
Bunker ]Hill
W. B. Ray
Elizabeth van Gundy
Harry Ray
Lena
Chicago
Will May
Chas. Montgomery
Hert Miller
Delphi
Levi Flora
Emroy
Flora
Isaac Huntsinger
Minneapolis
Kansas
Rockfield
Brookston
A. D. Williamson
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Joan J. Mummert
Cass County
Kate J. Stodebaker
Jacob Heft
Gillie
Weir Farm
Cutler
Central Union Telephone Company
Manover Stutebaker
Eople
Seventog
Gio
May McCain
Indianapolis
Star Mandolin Club
G. E. Voorhees
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Chase
Chilkoot Pass
Chas
BE. Nobes
George Mertz
Hiram Smith
Laura
Burnetteville
California
Car! Gray
Los Angeles
Shelby G. Gray
Hotz
State of Indiana
Jack Koverts
Ed. Keef
Ccircuit
C. R. Pollard
Hanna & Hall
Ce Boys
Aroanda Ball
Flora Friends
Clarence Carney
Postvill
AB. Nouse
Batche
Darwin
Riley Montgomery
Brieghurst
L. Lesh
Bowbells, N. D
Lesh 'Ta
Harriet Howard
84Th St
New York
Vucklen
Blocat
Dr. King
C. B. Nobel Drug Store
Edison
Pert
Nobes
Theo
Bill
Hill
Camden
the Press
Tom
Devil
Topeka
A, B. Nbher
Prop
Sedalia
George Etter
Shaffer
Nina
Marie
Bessie
Frankfort
Gard Wayts of
Beard
B. W. Wayt
Miller Lulu Kemmer
Mrs. B. Elliott
Earl Randolph
Wabash Station
Deet
Ohio
Max Mellinger
Jeffersonville
Guy Mellinger
Danville, Inl
Adam Mellinger
Christian Eedeayor
Harley Smith
Miami County
Frank Miller
Smith Bros. General Hardware
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