Trustees Notices From Madison to Willmere Township
Trustees announce weekly office hours to transact official business. Ernest Kivett Benjamin Walls Oliver Stringer D E Chesos or D E Chesos see Monroe Township Bainbridge Floyd Township Fred Todd Willmore Rector outline residence or office days each week for trustee duties across multiple townships.
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Madison Township
Will Stroube
Mill Creek Township
Ernest Kivett
Wees
Jackson Township
Benjamin Walls
Oliver Stringer
Monroe Township
Bainbridge
Floyd
Fred Todd
Marion Township
Marion
Willmore
Adler-i-ka Remedy Adverts By Jones Stevens Druggists
An old advertisement touts Adler-i-ka as a powerful remedy for stomach gas and constipation using buckthorn bark and gly cerine. It claims fast relief from stomach trouble with a single nine dose and credits Jones Stevens druggists for promotion.
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Jones-Stevens
Weather by Animals and Ocean Peddlers: A Curious Essay
The piece notes animals warn of weather with cat naps and dog drowsiness while squirrels bay for storms. It then shifts to ocean peddlers, describing smugglers off Hamburg and San Francisco selling contraband arms, clothes, and trinkets as warships lurk nearby.
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Ocean Peddier
Hamburg
San Francisco
Vlow
Africa
South America
Hhs
Pacific
Interisland
Paris Cab Fight Charm and a Humble Pillow
A humorous Paris taxi tale describes cabbie brawls and muffled insults as riders ride to jams. The piece then shifts to a cautionary anecdote about an official misreading Colquhoun’s credentials and a lighthearted meeting with Admiral Evans over a lace handkerchief. Washington’s original pillow in the museum is noted as priceless.
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Paris
Alius
Bob” Evans
Washington
Evans
Historical Museum
The Silver Lining dialogue ends in a comic quip
A brief panel presents a character announcing a permanent departure and a companion asking to borrow thirty cents before the punchline. The exchange captures a light, humorous tone typical of a stage or comic strip vignette.
Miss Fish and the Wise Young Suitor Tale
A playful dialogue features a young man proposing, a pun laden exchange about baiting breath with onions and cloves, and two doctors debating a patient’s finances in a mysterious scene. The humor centers on misread signals and social quirks.
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Miss Fish
Mr. Smallchange
Stefferson Widow Plans New Marriage Amid Family Resistance
The tale follows Mrs. Stefferson, widow of Stefferson whose brutal temper and drunkenness doomed their marriage. Now comfortably settled and drawing a new suitor, she faces a friend's warning that Mr. Crawley is dangerous, while she insists happiness justifies her choice. The piece ends noting it as an extraordinary case in Chicago News.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Grefferson
Stefferson
Siu
Thors
Bessie
Mrs. Stefferson
Mr. Crawley
Chicago News
Helena Woman Returns Ransom From River Rescue Tale
Mary Jones, wife of ferryboat laborer Jones, handed $125 from a waterlogged pocketbook to rescuer WII Smith after he saved Jones from drowning in the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad ferry DeKoven incident. Smith saved both life and purse, receiving compensation for the double rescue.
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Jones
Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
S. Vine Street
W, A. Craver
the Home Loan CO
Southard Bldg
Greencastle, Ind
Riley's
South Main Street
Brazil
Indiana
West Virginia
Pocahontas
Daniel Kelley
Stevens
Zuflltde
W. M. McGaughey
Bloomington
Seminary Streets
Imenhenes
Souackson Street
Peddlers of
Department of Commerce and Labor
A. R. Colquhoun
Mr. Colquhoun
Institute of Civil Engineers
Miss Or
Locust Street
Oriing
Steferson
Man
E. A. Browning
G. W
Hinton
Isaac Bratt
Alin
Piersorn’s Bakery
The
Brazil Loan Company
Wire and
Washington Sts
Herald Office
Greencastle
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