Trustees Notices Madison Township Mill Creek Jackson Floyd Marion
Trustees announce weekly office hours in various townships. Will Stroube Ern est Krivett Lenjamin Walls Oliver Stringer D E B Etcheson Fred Todd Rector list locations and days to transact the business of their offices. Residents may visit residences or townships on specified weekdays to conduct official trustee duties.
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Madison Township
Try Te
Will Stroube
Mill Creek Township
Ernest Krivett
Jackson Township
Lenjamin Walls
Oliver Stringer
Monroe Township
Bainbridge
D. EB. Etcheson
Floyd Township
Floyd
Fred Todd
Marion Township
Marion
Fillmore
Readers Warned on Appendicitis Remedy Adler-i-ka
An old clipping touts Adler-i-ka as a German cure for appendicitis and stomach ills. It claims one dose cleanses the body and relieves sour stomach gas and constipation, citing Stevens Drug Store.
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Adler-i-ka
Hes Stevens Drug Store
Lucinda Seeks Salted Suit Delivery. Hallway Mystery Unfolds
Lucinda explains her new suit was promised for Thursday but not delivered by Friday. On Saturday morning the delivery manager and wagon boy confronted the elevator boy about who had the package. After a tense pause the package was found next door and brought back, relieving everyone with a smile as the manager left with the wagon boy.
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Lucinda
Wagon Boy
Open air Sunday services tested by Ben digo minister
A Congregational minister in Ben digo considers continuing Sunday evening services outdoors through warm weather citing church crowd health and comfort conditions. The idea resembles an Australian paper's note on adapting worship to circumstances. Dr Sven Hedin lauds Japan as a progressive, patriotic nation in the London Times.
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Bendigo
Westminister Gazette
Japan
London Times
Sven Hedin
Asia
Bachelor lawyer wins big contract with Sawyers
Frank Sheldon returns to Fairfield after meeting John and Edith Sawyer. He negotiates a fee of twenty thousand and a share in the contingent fund to represent the Hunter Sawyer Company in a landmark case. Edith approves, and the firm’s victory launches Sheldon’s bright career.
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Frank Sheldon
Law
Fairfield
Sheldon
Edith Sawyer
John Sawyer
Law Journal
Joan Sawyer
Sawyer
Frank
Mr. Sawyer
Sawyers
Shelton
Mr. Hunter
Hunter-Sawyer Company
Edith
MR8
Alice J
Leshner
Wanted Company on a Bitter Winter Morning
A physician rushes to a four mile call after a bitter cold night. The patient fears death and asks for his lawyer Higgingbotham and pastor Rev Kellogg M. Brown as the doctor reveals there is nothing wrong but teases him about making a fool of himself on a freezing morning.
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Higgingbotham
Kellogg M. Brown
Trolley Etiquette By Public Transport Gentleman
On a return trip a weary businessman faced three middle aged women blocking seats. After overhearing criticisms of gallantry he bowingly offered his seat to the oldest, prompting the group to focus on window adverts while he reclaimed his seat.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Grateophone and Buzzograph Clash Over Trust
A dialogue snippet shows Grateophone questioning Howlograph's trustworthiness while Buzzograph cites repeated listening as the reason for doubt. The exchange centers on reliability and imitation in communication.
The Inventor of Interest
A street debate on the greatest inventor ends with a pawnbroker remark that the man who invented interest was no slouch. The Philadelphia Ledger notes the quip as a humorous take on invention.
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Edison
Watt
Morse
Philadelphia Ledger
Atlanta clubman’s dinner faces thirteen guest fear
A social Atlanta club host planned a private dinner for thirteen at his table including Mr Perkins a Northerner awaiting entry. A whispered remark claimed thirteen at table would bring calamity, prompting the host to note Perkins did not belong in New Jersey and was not counted among the guests.
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Atlanta
Perkins
Bishop recalls Southern trip and a hymn over eggs
A bishop visiting a small Southern town notes scarcity of good servants and awakens to soprano singing. He reflects on Nearer My God to Thee, and at breakfast the singer explains she braises eggs to three verses for soft and five for hard, sharing a humorous quip.
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Judge's Library
The Red Lamp Mystery of Miss Maria and Roger Penhallow
A village tale centers on Miss Maria Penhallow whose red lamp draws attention. A bearded man arrives claiming to be Roger Penhallow, revealing a shared childhood memory with the miniature portrait. He seeks work and a place to stay, tying a ghostly reputation to a living reunion.
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Miss Maria
Miss Penhallow
Maria
Marta
Roger Penhallow
Ida Warren Gould
Death by self harm cited in Japanese statistics
The Dundee Advertiser reports that Japanese suicide rates, drawn from a French economic journal, show rising deaths by own action from 1890 to 1908 with 60 percent male victims and 40 percent female. The piece compares international rates and notes ages 50 plus and common causes.
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Denmark
France
Switzerland
Prussia
Japan
Austria
Belgium
Sweden
Bavaria
England
Norway
Holland
Scotland
Italy
Ireland
Dundee Advertiser
Pessimistic view on higher education from Dr J L Elliott
Dr J L Elliott of the Ethical Culture Society says education is displayed by elite graduates and that money spent on college may not benefit most individuals. He notes doctors and lawyers are exceptions, while many see little value for the average man or woman.
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J. L. Elliott
Ethical Culture Society
Yale
Harvard
Vassar
Bryn Mawr
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