Birth and death notice of Rosamond Williams Davis in Indiana
Rosamond Williams daughter of Garrett and Charity Williams was born June 7 1838 in Carrol county Virginia. She married Jefferson Clark Davis January 14 1858 and died after a long devoted life in Monroe township Indiana. She leaves four children nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren with a husband surviving fifty years of marriage and many relatives including a sister in Hindsville Oklahoma.
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Rosamond Williams
Garrett and
Charity Williams
Carrol County
Virginia
Hinds
Jefferson Clark Davis
Indiana
Manda McKee
Lena Pritchard
Wiley Davis
Bama Hall
Mel Grace Davis
Isaac
Oklahoma
Sympathy for a young neighbor and mother in bereavement
The obituary recalls a kind girl who became a trusted friend in times of need. She joined the Baptist Church as a girl and attended Pisgah, suffered paralysis from Aug 21 1918 until her death Sept 1 1918 at age 7 years 2 months 26 days. Funeral Sept 3 at Brick Chapel. Clark Davis and children express gratitude for help and flowers.
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Baptist Church
Old Pisgah
C. L. Airhart
Brick Chapel
Clark Davis
Right People Respond to New Demands Says Exchange
An Exchange note praises the "right people" meeting new needs and cites Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as effective in ordinary diarrhoea cases. A customer testimony from Oriole, Pa. claims rapid cure after one dose, with the product sold by all dealers.
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Yorks
Chamberlain
M. B. Gebhart
Oriole
Man to Man Confession Shocks Captain
A private soldier seeks leave by claiming a sick wife. The captain cites a wife’s letter accusing him of drunken abuse. The soldier pleads to speak as men to men and admits he is not married, calling them both liars in a quiet revelation.
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Sor
Hanson Hart Webster
Quip and Courtship Snippets From Evening Social
A string of polite exchanges and light banter at a social gathering includes remarks about punctuality shoes shaving time with Mrs Simpson Miss Rocksey Mrs Higgsworthy Miss Owler and Old Boy offering to pay later. The tone reflects genteel manners and social ritual.
Boy Holds Bass as Mock Donor in River Fishing Tale
A game warden checks a boy’s catch and finds only catfish perch and suckers. A short distance downstream lies a large black bass weighted with a stone. The boy explains the bass used his bait all morning and was fed until the fishing ended.
Agreed Statement and Offhand Remark
The speaker concedes agreement but notes feeling ill and jokes about a “Gee day.” Another person replies that the speaker has looked unwell for some time, signaling concern about health. The exchange reads as informal banter with implied worry.
Look Here and the Finger Bowl at Palace Train Diner
In a diner aboard the palace train, Farmer Rye challenges a waiter who presents a finger bowl with rose leaves. The waiter explains it is the latest style and Rye protests thinking it was lemon slices misinterpreted as lemonade, asserting he is not a comic-page farmer.
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Rye
Local Drug Store Clerk Refuses to Fill for Local Resident
A new clerk returns a prescription to a longtime customer and says he will not fill it for residents who live nearby. The clerk explains he could fill it for strangers but not for locals, delaying until the boss returns.
The Pity of It A Split Dinner Quandary
In a breezy salon, a fashionable physician asks a patient what ails him and the patient asks what is new. The gag centers on married life the wife’s dull dinners and the husband’s silent discontent. A stray quip about a dog’s odd appetite closes the vignette.
Meaning in Oriental Rugs and a Leopard Escape Tale
A discussion on rug symbolism shows colors marking royal status virtue and sorrow across cultures, citing the Eclectic Church Magazine. Then a London tale recalls a circus leopard escape, with a telegram asking where to shoot and the response to do so on the spot.
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Orient
Eclectic Church Magazine
Bill
Midlands
London
Mystery Apples In The Morse House Hold
Bridget the cook muses over missing red apples after Mrs Morse laments the loss in the storeroom. Bridget hints the four apples may be near her hot gingerbread loaf, joking about feeding the man's hungry boy and the household's frugal pantry.
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Bridget
Morse
Centerville Sees Few City Entertainments This Winter
A dry goods salesman notes Centerville has had little entertainment this season. Cyrus Craig says only Salome Howe's pupils held two concerts and the academy principal lectured twice on topics including Our National Forests and Stones as I know them.
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Saleman
Cyrus Craig
Centerville
Mr. Craig
Salome Howe
Academy
Father’s Joy and Frugal Comfort Notice
A Life article notes a writer’s remark on how a man can prosper despite tight finances when his family’s needs are met. Perkins appears content as Brown recalls his wife and children getting winter garments and enough money remains for a new collar for his overcoat.
Father asks boy about Adam and Eve and knowledge
A minister father probes his son about how God knew Adam and Eve ate the apple. The boy answers that maybe it was by finding the peelings. Also notes fire hose as a leather belt substitute, split into two belts with reported satisfaction.
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Bobby
Papa
Uncle Pennywise Says a Cook Marries for Resources
A Courier-Journal note quotes a proverb essay remark that a good cook tends to marry the man who can provide the raw materials, reflecting social advice about marriage and provisioning.
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Pennywise
Courier-Journal
Public nuisances and profit in Chicago rhetoric
A quotation from the Chicago Record-Herald argues that public nuisances persist because they lift profits for influential people. A second, unrelated line has Martha lamenting threading a needle as it seems to blink away.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Expensive Vintage and Cheap Spirits Debate
Dialogue features The Climbers and Brooke Dally Lyon arguing about the value of 1776 era spirits. Brooke jokes about the expense while Lyon counters with room at the top and cheap options for others.
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Dilly
Brooke
Lyon
Overcapitalized Education Quote Sparks Debate
The line by George Horace Lorimer suggests concerns about excessive funding in schooling. It frames a contrast between a mysterious "thousand-dollar boy" and a "ten thousand-dollar education" to critique inflated costs in education.
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George Horace Lorimer
Teddy and Castor Ofl the Cure-All Prompts
A fragment describes Teddy asking for a hair pathway from his mother and mentions Castor Ofl the Cure-All noted as a king cure-all during a hot spell.
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Teddy
Castor
Castor of
Cider in a Cistern Sparks Rural Innovation
A Washington apple region farmer uses a cement lined dry well as a cider cistern to store cider through winter. The system includes a pump and a chemical to control hardness, reflecting Arkansas practice and practical convenience. Sir Benjamin West is noted for his birth and works in a separate historical paragraph.
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Big Bend
Washington
John Wardinsky
Douglas County
Wardinsky
Arkansas
Coot Or Owl Sparks House Dispute In New Haven
The New Haven legislature heatedly debated the difference between a coot and an owl after Representative Norman White offered a stuffed coot as exhibit. Representative Tom Pattison argued it was an owl, but the chamber overruled him and affirmed that a coot is a coot, even stuffed.
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Norman White
Tom” Pattison
Barnstable
White
Mr. Pattison
New Haven Register
Ants Take Center Stage in Hidden Bookshop Tale
A man seeks a natural history gift for his zoologist brother. The clerk selects a volume labeled Anthology, claiming it is by a top author. The twist reveals the book’s focus on ants, prompting reflection on misleading titles and hidden contents.
Stocking feet arrest sparks town talk in Puxico tale
A Puxico tavern landlord recalls constable Throgmorton arresting a man for walking in Main Street in stocking feet. A washing machine agent questions the offense and defends personal liberty in a small town setting. A dairy boy's stool mishap on the plantation ends with a bruised, empty pail as the owner’s modernization meets rural reality.
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Puxico
Throgmorton
Main Street
Scott
Puck
Third eye traces found in all vertebrates
The article notes rudimentary traces of a third eye exist in all vertebrates including humans. It suggests the pineal gland, a pea sized body near the brain center, forms this third eye element and may explain the phrase the mind's eye.
Character as Basis of Success in Life
Excerpt from the Chicago Tribune argues that personal character is the dominant predictor of success, outweighing intellect or fortune, and emphasizes enduring moral qualities as the true driver of achievement.
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Chicago Tribune
Monon Route Offers Chattanooga Excursion at $11.60
An opportunity to attend a G A R encampment near Greencastle offers excursion tickets to Chattanooga for $11.60 with return through Sept. 28 and extension to Oct. 17. Special cars depart Greencastle Sept 14 at 3 25 PM attached to Department Special at Louisville. Reservations through W W Gilgis Monon Route agent Bedford Indianapolis Sept 10.
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Monon
Chattanooga
Greencastle
Department Special
Louisville
W. W. Gilgis
Bedford
Indianapolis
Herald to Raise Weekly Price to Ten Cents
The Daily Herald will charge ten cents per week starting the week of October 1 due to higher printing and operating costs after previously costing six cents weekly. City subscribers will see the price increase.
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Daily Herald
Jones-Schived Drug Co Praised for Adler-iika Discovery
Greencastle residents praise Jones-Stevens Drug Co for introducing Adler-i ka a simple buckthorn bark and glycerine mixture. The German remedy claims to relieve sour stomach gas and constipation with a single dose and instant action.
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Jones-Stevens Drug Co
Greencastle
Safe druggists tout E Ru Sa pile cure in Greencastle
An advertisement claims E Ru Sa pile cure contains no opiates or lead and warns that other pile medicines include poisons. It offers a $50 forfeit if RU SA fails and lists Jones Stevens Co. as the reliable Greencastle chemists selling M Ru Sa.
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Greencastle
Jones Stevens
Sole
First-Class Vault Work At Reasonable Prices
CHAS WYATT offers vault work at affordable rates and reliable service. Contact 2 on 718 for prompt estimates and skilled metalwork handling for safes and secure storage needs.
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Phone
Chas, Wyatt
Going West Going Fast timetable fragment
Timetable fragment shows listed times for routes with outputs such as 12:33 p m 2:20 a m and 5:50 p m. Names like D Ellis appear as part of the fragment. The text includes daily and Sunday references and various transfer marks. The readable portion indicates scheduling data rather than a complete report.
Tucker Physician and Surgeon Office Listing
An advertising notice for a physician and surgeon located on Vine Street between Washington and Walnut in Greencastle Indiana.
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Vine Street
Washington
Walnut St
Greencastle
Ind
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