Bingville Fire Dept Prank Triggers Mock Fire Drill
The Bingville Fire Dept staged a pretend alarm on a scorching Thursday. Hank Dewberry Wes Woodruff and Bill Hepburn arranged misdirection to wake townsfolk and test the department's response, prompting wary joking and later tension among firemen and residents.
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Bingville
Breth
Hank Dewberry
Hen Weathersby
Hank
Wes Woodruff
Wes
Fire Dept
Bill Hepburn
Bill
Jase Tucker
Jase
F. D
Main St
Dept
Hull
Ennybuddy
Dramatic Dog and Rope Mishap Endangers Local Man
Clem Perkins recounts a bizarre morning incident in which his mare Sary dragged him by a rope, after he looped it around his legs while napping. A fox terrier chased the horse, Clem was dragged about 300 yards, fell into a culvert, and sustained injuries. The episode ends with varnish and molasses jokes, weather notes, and local gossip about residents.
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Clem Perkins
Clem
Sary
Ab Snyder
Son Peters
Lon
Mary Ann
Jim Wilson
Jim
Sary Ann
Speshial Notis
Ames
Local Scribbles Report Unclear Town News
Fragmentary note describes unnamed locals in Bingville noting no henroost robberies for nearly a month and a vague claim of evil dooves. Eb Simpson varnished his buggy weeks ago and believes the finish won’t dry, though reasons remain unclear.
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Seth Dewberry
Bingville
Eben Simpson
Calamities and Woes in Slab City Notes
Country Correspondence from Slab City reports a calf injured by barbed wire last week, Jasp Tarbell’s ongoing misfortune with bunyans and fellows, and Arioch Perkins narrowly escaping a pitchfork during hay handling. Local gossip covers Hester Jones’s marriage woes, Jabe Homans’s blackfly bites, Jake Haines’s Bingville trip and a man named Pug Wilson in a neighborly fire incident. The piece notes Slab City’s population growth with a new family move and a newborn. VOX POPULL.
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Jabe Homans
Jabe
Jake
Ennythink
Jake Haines
Bingville
Bizness & Pleashure
Wilson
Slab City
VOX Popull
Personal Breefs From Our Town
Local notes recount Dave Smiley’s tumble after dozing on his porch chair and dog Tige’s snap at his leg. Jabe Crum beds for a broken colt drill, Lafe Whittacre fights mink thefts by hens with higher roosts, and Mrs Lige Green buys dress goods and hat in Boningville while Hen Weathersby jokes on the purchase.
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Dave Smiley
Tige
Dave
Jabe Crum
Lafe
Lige Green
Ca. Se
Bingsville
Hen Weathersby
Enny
Notice About Wife and Debts Public Appeal
A man declares he will not pay any debts owed by his wife and warns others not to trust her. He says he left their home, stays at Ham Petersby’s, earns ten dollars a month, and rejects responsibility for his wife’s homestead obligations.
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Jaspar Tarbell
Jasp
Ham Petersby
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