Mill Creek Church Sketch from Jefferson Township Records
A brief history of Mill Creek Church, founded April 1880 by Elders Jones and Broadstreet with 11 charter members from Deer Creek Church. Notable clergy include Beaman, Verlinon, Baldwin, Hurst, Parks, and Leatherman. The current 35 members meet monthly for business and worship in a 64 by 48 frame building erected in 1871 by Foxworthy.
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Eperor
Banner
Jefferson Township
Mil Creek
Mill Creek Church
John Jones
Thomas Broadstreet
Isaac Alspaugh
Deer Creek Church
Absolom Hurst
Caleb Buis
John C. Sherrill
Jane Reader
Wim. Parker
Martha Branham
Elizabeth Cotton
Polly Nosler
John C.sherrill
Isaac Hurst
Eli Baldwin
Joel Vermilion
Eli Beaman
Benjamin Parks
Samuel Wright
John Leatherman
Elder Beaman
Thos. Foxworthy
Save the Rags Ahead of Boom in Paper Prices
Economic notes discuss rags and old papers rising in value and the impact on newsprint costs. A Philadelphia report shares anecdotal animal stories from Dayton and Rashkill including a dog duel and a hermit’s bear attack, then ends with an advertisement for Dr Bull's Baby Syrup.
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Rashkill
Philadelphia Press
Austin Sheldon
Lehman
Sheldon
Brain
Shelton
Pasts Rich Tapestry of Inventions and Odd Notes
A collage of historical milestones and quirky anecdotes from via Gutenberg to steamboats and telephones. Includes dates for printing, newspapers, and railways, plus local county crimes, trials, and odd ads about butter making and Hop Bitters.
Madison Township Stave Industry and Local Notices
Snow this week. John Wright sick. Harvey Wright Lemuel Johns run a boarding house as stave business begins. L B Smith aims to finish the stave business on Harvey Wrights place this week. Lemuel Johns injures knee while chewing staves. Bill Kost Addison Cohen boss stave rivers two thousand eight hundred dollars daily. Good Templars lecture at Christian Chapel last Thursday night. Chapel crowd. John Wright contract for sawing fifty stave trees for Alfred Hirt. Boss social at Mr McCamey Ballews residence. Harvey Wright sold three oak trees to Mr Benley for fifty. No exodusters in township. Plan to help white boys. Fruit agents visited. Star booms locally.
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Snow
John Wright
Harvey Wright
Lemuel Johns
L. B. Smith
Bill Kost
Addison Cohen
Stave Rivers
Good Templars
Christian Chapel
Templars
Alfred Hirt
McCamey Ballews
Recksville District No 3 Month Report Contains Student Scores
Report from Washington township District No 3 for February 13 lists student tallies with names such as Harrison Farney John Spaulding Willie Fox Carrie Farney Sarah Gibson Matthew Farney Linnie Parney Charlie McCray Annie Gibson and others. It notes several pupils never absent and credits teacher Jessetta A Wanna with a brief Indianapolis Sentinel mention of freight business and Tuscola shipments of shelled corn.
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Washington Township
Harrison Farney
John Spaulding
Willie Fox
Carrie Farney
Sarah Gibson
Matthew Farney
Linnie Parney
Charlie McCray
Annie Gibson
Timothy Bond
Jennie McCray
Addie Calthrop
Matthew Furney
Carrie Purney
Newton Stokes
Flora Fox
Linnie Furney
Charley McCray
Josie Fox
Jessetta A. Wanna
Feel of Doctors as Medical Fees Spark Debate
A historic notice argues doctor visit fees at two dollars per visit would burden bedridden patients for a year, suggesting timely Hop Bitters could prevent costs of sickness and save wealth. The fragment hints at a public concern over medical charges and remedies.
Kidney-Wort Medicine Promises Liver and Kidney Relief
A dry vegetable compound labeled Kidney-Wort is advertised as a cheap cure for liver and kidney diseases. Each package yields six quarts of medicine made with pure water and no poisonous liquors, marketed as a safe option for sick people to save money.
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Benson
Abrry & Jonson
New York
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