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Newspaper
Flora Enterprise Sentinel
Location
Flora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1904
Page
5
A young woman paid 12 pounds price of flesh at 3 to 8 cents a pound for Scott's Emulsion. She was thin, bought a bottle for one dollar, and with regular doses gained twelve pounds by the bottle's end. The ad claims value of the emulsion and offers a free sample. Scott & Bowne advertise this medicine from 409 Pearl Street, New York, and note it costs a dollar at all druggists.
Benjamin Wingard of Barrow and James Cree auctioneer announce a public sale of stock at the Philip Brobeck farm location 31-2 miles west of Barrows and 21-2 miles north of Rockfield on Wednesday October 12 1904. Items include 1 driving mare 18 cattle with milch cows calves and young stock plus 4 shoater hogs and sugar buckets household goods and other articles. Terms: 12 months on sums over 5.00 with note and approved security. under 5.00 cash. 6 percent discount for cash when credit is entitled. removal only after terms are met.
A Thursday sale offers forty four Poland China hogs at a farm seven and one half miles west of Flora and six miles southwest of Delphi. Eligible to register and guaranteed. Terms include six months credit on larger sums, six percent cash discount, or cash under 15 dollars. Catalogues available. Auctioneers Gillam Bros Pruitt Eikenberry and J BE Clapper.
At the residence of J C Steen in Fiora on Tuesday October 4 1904 a public sale offers one head of horses 15 in total including heavy and light stock. Catalog lists multiple sires dams and offspring with times and names such as Robert R Hiland G Balfour Lula Onward Jim Monroe and Connor plus numerous horse names and lineages. The auction includes a variety of mares fillies and colts with detailed breeding notes and values.
Mrs Will Jones visited her sister Mrs Parks Robinson and family on Tuesday. A number of people gathered at the home of Mr O B K Elliott last Saturday to remind him of his forty sixth birthday. A large crowd attended church here Sunday evening.
Arthur McCain at Flora Mon reports Frank Kennedy of Camden sold property to Solomon Kinna man with plans to farm near Burrows. Miss Jennie Dill and Miss Ethel Rinehart were thrown from a buggy last Wednesday, suffering painful injuries as a horse spooked by a piece of paper on the road. John Emerick and Mary R Lines married near Delphi, reside on a farm south of Delphi, and receive warm well wishes from friends.
The ad notes Gillam Bros. Big Stock Sale. Republicans in Madison township plan a convention tomorrow. The Delphi band gave its final free concert of the season in Delphi last night, praised by Prof. Lathrope for leading the best band yet. James S. Dodge of Elkhart will speak at a Republican meeting in Delphi’s courthouse Tuesday night. Ross Dellman, now with Bates drug store in Kokomo, visited Flora yesterday and plans a week at the World’s Fair before returning to Kokomo. Camden saw a lively late night fight with no deaths but many frightened, sparked by a crowd from Burrows and influenced by the town pump.
Dr W Leroy Myer son of Mr and Mrs L B Myer of this city wed Miss Myrtle Bell at the bride’s parents home in Frankfort Rev Stark of the Presbyterian church officiated in a ceremony attended by friends and relatives The couple left Frankfort at ten for a trip to the St Louis exposition and will spend time in Fiora and Frankfort before returning to Rensselaer where Dr Myer runs a dental office The Enterprise Sentinel extends best wishes for their happiness
Real estate transfers compiled by Harry Arnold list conveyances in Flora Monroe and Clay townships. Entries include Amanda A. Allen to Lillie B. Wilkinson 640 Lot in Harter’s Addition Flora. Michael A. Ryan et ux to Georgia Road 130 acres Clay township. John Nevie Commissioner to Albert L. Hiner et ux 9 1/2 acres Clay. and multiple transfers in Monroe, Rock Creek, and Burlington townships with prices from 225 to 9360 dollars.
A man on a steamship pier in New York is watched by three strikingly plain men who turn out to be detectives. The wary stranger tests them, guessing they may be from a private agency or the secret service, and the exchange confirms that the service remains secret in more ways than one.
The article surveys beliefs about red hair among ancient and modern peoples. It cites Plato and Aristotle on hair color and character, notes Irish slang linking redheads to boldness, and contrasts Italian and Spanish depictions with legends of Danish incursions and Gothic influence on Iberian hair color.
The satirist Walpole imagines future balloon travel transforming seaports into dockyards for aerial vessels. A mock ship news item describes the Balloon Dae dalus sailing to China, the Bird of Paradise sinking, the Bubble burned, and the Phenix reduced to a second rate, with aerial fights using wind guns and bows and arrows.
The coldest inhabited spot is Verkhoyansk in Siberia with January lows of 90 degrees below zero and July highs near 86 above zero. The Sahara interior in Africa records about 122 degrees in heat. Greytown Nicaragua has about 200 inches of annual rainfall, while Port Nolloth in South Africa sees under an inch at times.
A Maine island native recalls a grandmother famed for ambition. At the end of life she requested green apples, pared two panfuls, and died content to ensure her funeral guests had ample apple sauce for once. The tale emphasizes stubborn drive and flair.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune excerpt portrays a tense exchange about a relationship ending. The male speaker warns of consequences after stating the woman will dismiss him, while another confirms the breakup and accuses him of being a dead man.
A Baltimore American quotation shows a self confessed black sheep boasting that his family is famed for descent from notable ancestors while claiming he has descended faster than the others.
In the Augusta Herald a witty exchange notes worry as a plague of genius not yet afflicting the author. A listener adds perhaps the quest has tired while seeking inspiration.
A brief note extols cheerfulness as a constant light in every home. It emphasizes that joy requires no meter or payment and can be shared by all without limit.
A sailor tells of washing ashore on a derelict vessel amid a long ocean ordeal. He survives on food from the wreck, discovers eight thousand dollars in two boxes plus jewelry, then is swept from the wreck when a whale attack capsizes the craft and his treasure vanishes with the ship.
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