Local notices and boundless small town adverts
A long list of village happenings includes Miss Lottie White at St Paul and Roy Kenady with friends near Sardinia. Tillson’s shop offers watch clock and jeweler repair. Donnell & Son run a big shoe clearance sale. Mrs Sarah Roberts visits Elaier Shelhorn’s family. Tilson the jeweler and optician promotes glasses. Mercury trading ads mention marsh west, Carter Co fitting a tailoring room, and Joe Drake’s jewelry. News notes record a Hartsville area death, public sale ads, church activities, and local travel and commerce updates. A storm damages a barn near Smyrna with crop losses, and Prof Ridpath’s funeral is noted. The paper reports on railroad and telegraph pole work, local politics, and social events across Rushville and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillson
Donnell & Son's
Sarah Roberts
Elaier Shelhorn
Sam Littell
Mary Howard
Mary Littell
Camp Acton
L. P. SmyLey
Forest Hill
Henry Meyers
Smyrna
Rev W B Plummer Visits Trinity Church
The popular young Methodist preacher of Kent, Rev William R Plummer, filled Trinity church Sunday morning in Dr Dashiell's absence at Acton. He preached on the Three-fold character of Man, showing deep thought and notable oratorical skill. Plummer, five years in the pulpit, is praised as equal to many seniors and is foretold a bright future. formerly preached at Milford and Adams, with many warm friends in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Plummer
Kent
Trinity Church
Dashiell
Acton
Plummer
Madison Courter
Milford
Adams
Novel Reward Method at Kansas School Sparks Controversy
In Nemaha county, Kansas, Miss Millie Daniels, praised for looks, uses a weekly kissing reward for well behaved students. Approved by trustees, she will kiss each student who attends a full week without tardiness or absence, or allow a tardy or absent student to kiss her. The policy, applied every Friday, has drawn attention from the Wilson district school where sixty five pupils from Illinois study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nemaha County
Kansas
Millie Daniels
Board of Trustees
Miss Daniels
Wilson
Illinois
Bapelese
Also Mentioned on This Page
S.P. Minear
New York
Geo. W. Magee
McCall Patterns
Nha
Omee
E.G. Schultz & CO
West Main Street
Roy Kenady
Sardinia
Tilson
East Main Street
Optician
Marsh & West
Carter & Co
Joe Drake
Wilson H. Fulwider
Hartsville
Coy & Harvey
The
Presbyterian Church
Carson Mission Hall
Wessie Riley
Nathan Brunton
Della Gallagher
Chicago
Alice Scott
Topeka
Lakes
Will Cumback
Greencastle
John Clark Ridpath
Ridpath
Mr. Cumback
Prof
Indiana
W.A. Doles
Robbins
Robert B. Patrick
Kansas City
Maine
Ida M. Wray
Springfield
Ohio
Scott Murphy
Indianapolis
Kokomo
G. W. Laird
W. H. Wooden
D. BR. VanBuskirk
Greensburg
Bentonyille
Rushville
Herschel Pavy
Herschel
Denver
Colorado
Charles Pleak
Macedonia
Iowa
Strauther
Walter
Charley
Decatur County
Hoosier State
Robert Perkins
Doles
Henry Doles
Scott Doles
Perkins
J. W. Parker
G. D. Parker
Logansport
Princeton
F. Swinford
Watseka
Iil
John H. Braden
Swinford
Decatur
George Lugenbell
Westport
Frank McCullough
Fred Erdmann
Connersville
Jane Abercrombie
Cassie Dille
Ora Root
Bertha Hill
Barney Robison
Harry Mount
Roy Hamilton
Coles’ Pond
Schilling
E. A. Allen
Lizzie Shelhorn
Downeyville
Kingston
Bro. Allen
John L. Davis
St. Clair
Michigan
Sol
J. W. Maxwell
J. W. Duncan
George Ensminger
Wood Barlow
Duncan
Ensminger
Barlow
Shelby Republican
Amos Butler
State Board of Charities
County Board of Charities
Butler
Eph McWilliams
Jacob Haas
R. Todd
Franklin
Barney Zapfe
Millhousen
Nettie Hamsher
Misa
Lizzie Lathrop
Montana
Washington
Pope
Z. M. Kenady
Covington
Privett
Phil Nichola
Tipton
Mr. Nichols
Mary J. Hart
East Washington Street
Grand Opera House
Frederick Landis
Bryan
A. B. Hunt
Thomas E. Davidson
Rough Rider Club
H. C. Skillman
Jefferson
Ocean
W. B. Plummer
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