Milroy Notes Include Lecture, Dinners, and New Study Circle
Milroy community covers a large update with a well attended lecture by Hon. Luther Manship Lieut. Governor of Mississippi. A special Greensburg train is planned for dedication day. The Monday Study Circle forms with seventeen members and officers Dessa Innis Catherine Barton and Ethel Lampton to meet monthly. Families visit relatives in Michigan as well.
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Luther Manship
Mississippi
Milroy
Greensburg
The
New Literary Society
H. T. Innis
J. R. Humes
W. P. Lampton
C. S. Hoagland
Rush Tompkins
D. F. Jackman
C. H.stewart
Bert Richey
W. E. Jones
A. M. Taylor
F. C. Green
Kate Thomas
Catherine
Lillian Barton
Dessa Innis
Catherine Barton
Ethel Lampton
Westport Community Notes Include Moves and Visits
Westport residents report family moves to Anderson and Indianapolis, visits from Rushville to Zenas, and travels to Omaha for a corn exhibit. Local figures attend dinners, hospital recoveries, and a paint accident injures Mrs Heavern. Odd Fellows elect officers as Rev Burdick resigns from the Baptist Church.
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Lyle Conweil
Indianapolis
Zenas
Bert Holcomb
Rose Spear
Gilbert Borden
Dora C. Stott
Madison
R. T. Stott
Julia Heavern
Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Charles Porter
N. G
Charles Jackson
W. G
J. W. Holcomb
George Hollenslee
Charles Owens
Ed Burke
E. E. Burdick
The
Baptist Church
Goddard and Carter Stand for Ninth Judicial District Posts
Authorized notice says John F. Goddard seeks the Ninth Judicial District judgeship and Carl Carter seeks the district prosecutor post, both candidates listed under the Republican party designation.
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John F. Goddard
Ninth Judicial District
Carl [. Carter
Prices in Crooks & West Ad Retail Catalog
Reads like a compact price list: sorghum and New crop Orleans at 60 cents per gallon, white Norway mackerel 15 cents each, large white fish 12 for. algae 2 cents, buckwheat flour 5 cents per pound, rolled oats 2 pounds for a small price, oats package 14 to 1 pounds gross, coffee 20 or 25 cents, Hoyt's toasted corn flakes 25 cents, seeded raisins 10 cents per pound, currants 12 1/2 cents, citron orange peel and lemon peel, oysters solid per quart. Advertisement by CROOKS & WEST.
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Orleans
Hoyt
Crooks & West
For a Lame Back Liniment Remedy Advice
The notice advises using Chamberlain's Liniment for back pain twice daily with five minutes of palm massaging. Apply a dampened flannel over the painful area and bind it in place to hasten relief. sold by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Hogs Up High In Hawcreek Purchase
Ardell Burney bought three hogs from Ben Reed weighing 1560 pounds total at 119.34 dollars. The Hope Journal notes the price seems high for Hawcreek.
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Ardell Burney
Ben Reed
Hawcreek
Hope Journal
Kirby's Ad Promises Price Consideration Before Buying
You can not afford to buy that cabinet davenport morris chair stand table book case pedestal or picture without first having considered our prices. Kirby's.
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Morris
Kirby
Why He Quavered Revealed In Dining Room Scene
A shy, long haired young musician sits unrecognized in a crowded dining room while a hostess urges him to prove his talent. He boasts of musical prowess and a past bronze medal, then is pressed to accompany his daughter’s singing, revealing his eagerness and awkwardness in social performance.
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Society For the
London
Come Back New Editor Scolds Old Poet In Autograph Book Copy
A humorous exchange shows a new editor rejecting a poem as useless while noting it is a copy of verses from the old schooldays. The wry dialogue highlights literary pride and overstocked poetry.
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iIt
London
The Wisdom of Silence Ham Thief Confession
A judge had several hams stolen from his smokehouse and kept quiet about it. A neighbor revealed knowledge of the theft, and the judge confessed privately that only they two knew of the incident. The tale hinges on secrecy and shared silence.
Insomnia Cure Suggestion Turns Comedy Of Errors
A sufferer asks what helps his insomnia and claims no sleep for five nights. A friend jokes that boxing will help, noting the first time he tried it his eyes were closed for a week. The exchange plays on sleep and activity in a humorous punchline.
How the starfish feeds on a oyster in its shell
A St. Nicholas article explains the starfish hunts oysters by clasping the shell and waiting. The starfish may inject a paralyzing liquid or smother the oyster before its stomach is extended into the shell to digest the soft animal, leaving an empty shell behind.
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St. Nicholas
The Ice of the Arctic and Its Ice Types
Sailors faced thirst on shipwrecks until Arctic ice could be melted. Sea water freezes with salt expelled and a lower freezing point. Early ice forms as sludge then brush, pancake ice forms rounded masses, May ice first thin cover, floes have visible edges, pack ice stretches vast areas.
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Arctic
Indianapolis News
Cat's home for the mischief maker
Mr. D. visits the club and returns to find his wife and a notorious scandal monger. He breathes a sigh about an old cat, only to be gently corrected as the wife says she sent the troublesome feline to the cats' home in a basket this morning.
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Mr. D
Great Wall of China Built by Chi Huang Ti
The wall was built around 200 B C to protect against northern tribes. It stood 25 to 30 feet high and 20 feet thick at the base, tapering to 15 feet at the top. Towers rose 35 to 40 feet high every 200 yards. Construction reportedly took ten years and cost tens of thousands of worker lives. Today it lies largely in ruin.
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China
Chi Huang Ti
Oilcloth Fire on Greenland Ice Cap Adventure
A London Family Herald tale recalls Nansen era hardships with water, fuel, and oilcloth. In a Greenland crossing the crew used oilcloth as a cooking fire inside a tent causing black smoke and leaking tins, then shifted outside for better results and melted snow to drink. Soot covered faces. washing was impractical due to scarce water and sun glare.
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Ice Cap
Greenland
Nansen
London Family Herald
The Academy of Silence Adds A Member
An ancient tale describes the Academy of Silence with a closed hundred member list. A seeker arrives, is shown an urn full of water, and after a silent test drops a petal to cause the bowl to overflow, thus becoming the 101st member.
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Academy of Silence
Atlantic
Digestive disorders linked to vertigo and elderly risk
A medical scientist writes in Family Doctor about vertigo causes from digestive disorders. Disturbance after heavy meals is common, with elderly and overworked individuals being most affected. When giddiness accompanies brain congestion, the face reddens and temple arteries swell, signaling danger and urging prompt medical consultation.
Why is an eagle like a man
A humorous exchange over a riddle about bald heads. Freddy’s joke hinges on the line that an eagle is baldheaded just as some men are. The banter reflects a playful, old fashioned newspaper tone with a pun.
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Freddy
Fred
Advertised Letters and Cards Pending Dead Letter Office
List of names including Billy G Gayles Charles McDonald Ephron Taylor and others with letters to be sent to the Dead Letter Office on December 21 if unclaimed. Notice signed by L. D. Braden postmaster.
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Billy G. Gayles
Charles McDonald
Ephron Taylor
C. C. Churchill
John Kendle
Nancy Taylor
Mabel Calhoun
Opal Seaver
F. M. Lowell
John Moore
Hazel Robinson
Louise Williams
L. D. Braden
P. M
Kirbys Store Christmas Dilemma Twenty-Tour Debate
A shopper frets after discovering another buyer has Christmas gifts ready, risking the very article she eyed. The moment focuses on whether emotions sway a decision when a rival may claim the item.
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A. H. Rogers
Robert Whaley
Mrs
James McKay
H. W. Roles
Morristown
J. E. Bools
Michigan
Mr. Davis
Butterville
George Nicholson
Nicholson
Westport
Smith Kelly
Anderson
Jane Hamilton
Mulberry Street
Albert
Illinois
Leander Meredith
Omaha, Nebraska
Levi Burns
Rushville
George Ferdinand
J. C. Nicholson
Zetterberg
Harris City
Will Zetterberg
Leva Holman
Peter Knell
Ephriam Arbuckle
Here
Carrie Bergstead
North Dakota
the Academy of Silence
Kirby's
J. & C. Traction Co
Shelbyville
Indiana
Sigdgstions
Haines Bros. Pianos
Emerson Pianos
the Kingsberry Inner Player Pianos
Victor Talking Machine
D. W. Owens Music House
South Side Square
Greensburg. Ind
Greensburg, Ind
Baltimore
Linegar Bros
East Side Grocers
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