Local notices and community updates from Decatur area
Local items report W L White taking over Parsons Undertaking, families traveling to Cincinnati and Indianapolis, repairs and services at Independent Barber Shop, and various visits. Obituary notes Mrs Katherine Moorman dies in Indianapolis. funeral at St Maurice. Community events include plays At the Old Cross Roads and evangelist Ireland lecture, plus local sales, farm notices, and social visits.
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Katherine Moorman
St. Maurice
Joe Stich
Indianapolis
Cara Applegate
Will Hudler
Smyrna
Minot
North Dakota
Cara
Ohio
Will White
Danville
W.K. Stewart
Kingstor
Baldwin House
W. H. Smith
Cincinnati
Charles St. John
Evangelist Small
Ireland
Christian Church
Leon Champion
Daisy Landrum
Cure for Misery Promises Relief from Malaria Poison
R M James of Louellen South Carolina touts Electric Bitters as a cure for malaria misery chills bilious attacks and jaundice. The tonic claims to aid stomach liver and kidney troubles and lame back and is sold under guarantee at F M Henry & Co. drug store.
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R. M James
Louellen
S. C
F. M. Henry & Co
The Lowest Chicago Price on a Piano
Lyon and Healy offers fixed low prices for a vast stock of instruments over 1 000 pianos displayed in Chicago. They ship to distant buyers at Chicago prices and tailor selections for customers afar, featuring Steinway Weber Lyon & Healy Washburn and other top makes.
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Chicago
Lyon & Uealy
Lyon & Healy
Chicago Music House
Steinways
Webers
Lyon & Healys
Washburns
Adams Street
The Lowly Onion in London Apartments and Perceived Nuisance
A London real estate agent cites onion smells as a major annoyance for most flat dwellers. The piece juxtaposes on onion odors in George Gissing novels with memories of Parisian and American dining scenes, noting how a single onionized flat can affect an entire building.
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London
George Gissing
Rastignac
Vautrin
Onion Folklore and Myths Across Cultures
A historical digest traces onions through diet and medicine from ancient belief to folk practice. It notes perceived health benefits for hair growth paralysis and vision, coupled with cautions about dreams and winter, drawing on sources from Paulus Reginæ and Dioscorides.
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Paulus Regineta
Burton
Dioscorides
North End
Lincoln hunter misreads wildcat for threat in cabin tale
A backwoodsman famed for vigilance charges his rifle at an oak near his cabin after mistaking a wildcat for danger. His wife calms him and reveals the threat was only a bug on his eyebrow, not a real foe. The anecdote highlights frontier boldness and misperception.
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Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
Larry
Joshua
At the Church Bazaar
A London Pick-Me-Up caption notes a flirtatious exchange at a church bazaar where a woman offers a chance, and a man declines citing three prior marriages as the reason. The item plays on humor and social banter in a brief punchline.
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London
Kidney Cure Patient Declares Severe Illness Reversed
Evansville Indiana resident B Spiegel describes five years of kidney and bladder trouble, loss of weight, and near death. After three doctors failed, Foley's Kidney Cure provided relief with the first bottle and complete cure after the second.
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B. Spiegel
Virginia Street
Evansville
Ind
Foley
J. H. Fatterton
Peruna Editorial Declares Catarrh Remedy Claims Backed
An editorial argues that Peruna is a highly effective catarrh remedy backed by medical authorities. It cites ingredients such as Hydrastis Canadensis golden seal and Copaiba, with authorities like Bartholow Scudder and Millspaugh cited to support Peruna’s claimed efficacy.
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Hartman
United States
Bartholow
Scudder
Millspaugh
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Carolina
Doctor and Patient Banter Sparks Sleep Aid Debate
A humorous exchange in the Pittsburg Post features a bibulous patient asking for sleep help and a quip about counting sheep. The dialogue highlights the doctor patient dynamic and a playful misunderstanding about sheep.
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Pittsburg
Optimistic preacher’s ages as waiting improves the poor
A Washington Star quote suggests the poor will be better off after waiting through ages. The preacher’s hopeful stance contrasts with the dealer’s return of a fake artwork, where the story told mattered more than the piece itself.
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Washington Star
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W. L. White
Parsons’ Undertaking House
Charles Yauger
Yauger
I. Myers
Napoleon
Anderson and
Main Streets
Sheen
Wilson Shern
Westport
Standard
J. H. Batterton
Jacob Thackery
Newpoint
Mr. Thackery
Indiana
Rossburg
June Abbott
Batesville
Ed Dille
Arthur McCormack
Conners
Walter Dille
Margaret Bentley
Charles Beeson
Shelbyvile
A Govert
Sunday
Hunter & Crews
Hollis Hunt
Sidney
Decatur Privett
Hazel McCoy
Mary Fee
Greencastle
Will McConnell
New Castle
Ethel Musser
North Vernon
Daisy
Hazel Lawson
Lewis Newhouse
James Wirt
Moores Hill
Grace Jameson
R. C. Shoffner
Elmer Hamilton
H. S. Hopkins
C. E. Alison
Hope
Mr. Allison
Hope Journal
K. of P. Opera House
C. H. Ewing
W. G. Johnson
James Maikey
W.H. Book
S. S. Offutt
Columbus
Bro. Johnston
Old Cross Roads
Arthur C. Alston
South
Charles Wood
Gaynorsville
Sardinia
John Rosenbury
Memorial
John
Illinois
Reed
Ed Schultz
Corpus Christi
Texas
H. H. Flint
R. A. 11
George Littell
Vine Street
Lee M. Becraft
Becraft
Dioky Burton
George Burton
Decatur
Scott
Israel
Egypt
Boston Herald
Wildcat
Peruna Editorial NO. 2
Offic
White Block
North Side Square
Greensburg, Ind
Robert J. Russell
W. Q. Elder
East Side
Greensburg
B. F. Bennett
T. E. Davidson
Bennett & Davidson
Attorneys At Law
Sweinblock
Greensbure
Hugh Wickens
John E. Osborn Wickens & Osborn
Dowden Block
Hotel DeArmond
J. K. Ewing
Frank Hamilton
Ewing & Hamilton
Freeman Block
R. P Hamilton
Cyclone Insance
J. F. Goddard
Jd. W. Cra
Goddard & Craig
Little Block
Square
Citizens National Bank
James B. Tathrop
S. P. Minear
Charles W Woodward
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Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction CO
Shelbyville
Mail and Express
St. Louis Express
Chicago Mail
Knickerbocker
White City
St. Louis Mail
Pate
Sam
Cc. W.& M. Branch
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C.c
Nati Chad Bankensburg
Boanrt
Charles Zoller
Morgan L. Miers
Walter W. Bonner
Louis Zoller
Louis Willey
J. E. Robbins
Frank R. Robbins
W. W. Bonner
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