Community notes and social updates fill local page
Clifty events and people are listed with social calls in a mix of names towns and occupations. Mentions include Rankin Willey Unel John Tanay and others at various local sites plus visits by Phoebe Phillips and Mrs Lucinda Critzer who touts a prized squirrel dog. A Halloween carnival election day meals church appointments and visits are noted along with farm tasks and a sick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ama
Doles
Horace
John Pope
Phoebe Phillips
St. Paul
Charles Embry
Clell Barnes
Elbert Blades
John Young
Lucinda Critzer
Critzer
Harrison Brown
Dr. Sandere
Grammar
The Shifting Sheet Editor’s Guiding Convictions
The piece argues that a fearless editor who sticks to honest convictions may lose subscribers and advertisers yet gain long term support and a stronger following. It contrasts steady, principled journalism with pandering to every trend, warning against aimless drift.
Cookery rules and local social notes blend in column
Cooking advice lists avoidable mistakes and proper prep while a social blurb mentions Madames Whit and Charlie Boy returning from Chicago with Mrs. Cumley and local residents visiting, moving, or hosting relatives across town. The item notes several names and addresses, including Miss Jessie Strazelton and Mrs. Elizabeth Kutchback, with visits and moves around Forsythe street and East Washington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whit
Charlie Boy
Chicago
Whit Boys
Charles Boys
May Cumley
Cora Grist
Augusta White
Indianapolis
Elizabeth Kutchback
Overt Loyd
Forsythe Street
Loyd
Francis
East Washington St
Thomas Osborne
Newpoint
Jessie Strazelton
Harpers
Sherman Brown
Andrew Short
Joho
Wives Keep Men From Entering Politics, Says Mrs Stix
St Louis on October 23 Charles A Stix a merchant prince and Republican City Council nominee offers new reply to why good men avoid politics. Mrs Stix blames wives and press for discouraging public servants who do good work. She urges praise for those doing their duty as a motivating factor.
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St.Louis
Charles A. Stix
Merchant Prince
Republican City Council
Haes
Courage of Arabian Horses in Battle
Narrative notes the breed's courage as wounded horses shelter their riders and seek aid. The piece then shifts to social items with Mrs Snider of Denver visiting Mis Albert Tischier and visits in Cincinnati, Miss Jennie Biddinger, and Mrs Hudson of Letts with Friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Snider
Denver
Mis
Albert Tischier
Cincinnati
Jennie Biddinger
Clarkebure
Clara Kerchival
Westport
Hudson
Letts
J. 8. Richey
Mulroy
Mise Cozy Kitchen
Kingston
Vote Straight Tickets to End Socialist Threat, Warn Editor
The article urges workers to vote straight Republican or Democratic tickets to prevent Debs and Socialists from gaining power. It warns that a Debs victory would require broad support across many offices, and stresses the need for principled voting aligned with labor interests.
Socialist ticket urged to power in city and nation
The piece argues public service corporations control machinery, fool workers with municipal ownership promises, and warns labor to back a Socialist ballot as a unified force. It claims organized labor can compel elected officials to serve their demands, urging a straight Socialist vote over Bryan or Taft options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debs
Hanford
Socialiam
Socialist Industrial Republic
Hin m
Socialist Party
Chicago
Bryan
Taft
Balfour Never Reads Papers Says Gossip
It is rumored that Arthur Balfour the British premier never reads newspapers, often going to the house of commons unaware of morning reports. In contrast, Miss Alice Balfour, his sister who keeps house, is described as a diligent reader who cuts out stories for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Balfour
Balfour
House of Commons
Alice Balfour
Advice to a Bridegroom in Eldorado Kans
An Eldorado Kansas Republican column shares divergent marital counsel. A fifty year veteran urges telling a wife everything while a three wives veteran counsels telling nothing, arguing truth breeds suspicion and lies invite discovery. Ed Tarplee of Clarkeburg visited Eldorado Monday for business and social reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldorado
Kan
Ed Tarplee
Clarkeburg
Simple Elder Flower Lotion From Queen Elizabeth Era
A tonic for the skin recommends elder flower water with two drams of tincture of benzoin and six drops of glycerine added drop by drop to prevent curdling. The lotion, used two to three times daily, is described as cooling and refreshing for sensitive skins.
Onions on Toast Recipe Steps
Onions on Toast instructs to mince onions, cover with cold water, boil ten minutes, drain, then season with salt pepper and a butter flour mixture plus milk. Serve on buttered toast rounds with a spoonful of onion in each center.
Dreams Ahead Portraits of Hope and Newborns
The column blends verses on dreams and perseverance with local notices. It reports the christening of four‑day‑old Helen Katherine Huber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Huber of Central avenue and Kant street. Also mentions visits by Mrs. Chas Zoller and daughter Minnie Rose, and Ed Grim of Rushville visiting Miss Letha Woods in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Katherine Huber
John C. Huber
Central Avenue
Kant Street
Chas. Zoller
Mins Rose
Indianapolis
Ed Grim
Rushville
Letha Woods
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Eorgeet
Howse
The
Huber Clothing Co
Silberberg
Greensburg Ndiana
Clifty
Rankin Willey
Unel
John Tanay
Win
Katouse
Sherman Kenery
Berg Spet
Allie Keen
Ira Wood
Shelby County
M. E. Church
Rev. Davies
Christian Church
J. E. Woodside
Elwood
Elmer Swift
Cliff Byard
Boggston
Charles Jolliff of
Burney
Grace McQuistan
Misa Lcie Gilchris
Aick
A. L. Everhart
Columbus
Alice Haas
Ludlow
Benton Harbor
Charles White
J. L. Herrington
St. Louis
Kuoge
Capital
Millsone
Honet Sons of Toil
Capitanst
Rea
Pittsburg Presse
United States
Eugene V. Debs
Geo. W. Magee
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