Local notes from Rushville and surrounding areas
A compilation of brief items lists residents visiting, traveling, or engaging in business in Rushville and nearby towns. It mentions Bert Morgan and William Maudlin on weekend trips, various locals visiting relatives, barber shop and undertaker notices, and small community events including church, school, and civic happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Maudlin
Adams
W. L. White
Parsons’ Undertaking House
William Hamilton
Indianapolis
Edgar
Ira Hutchinson
Madison Road
Andy Dickerson
West Northstret
Knightstown
Percy Lahr
Musical dog joke fools Barnstaple crowds
A Devonshire showman in Barnstaple ran a practical joke by displaying a notice promising a musical dog for two pence. Spectators paid and entered, finding only a dog with a brass band on its collar. The ruse ended when the showman revealed the trick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnstaple
Peace on Earth quote from Ruskin on peacemaking
The speaker reflects on the meaning of peace and questions why people seek peace only in heaven. He argues peace must be built on earth through constructive acts rather than armed conflict, urging individuals to pursue inner and societal harmony amid troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erdmann
Charles E. Erdmann
Christian Church
W. G. Johnston
Halcyons
John Ruskin
Teething Babies and Grasshoppers Mix Up Editor
A magazine correspondence column mislinked asks about teething babies and grasshoppers. The editor’s replies were swapped: one suggests covering grass to burn pests, the other advises a warm bath and boneset for teething infants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. C
Piano Practice Pauses Teach Johnny Perseverance
Mrs Fizzletop urges Johnny to play the piano. He insists he is practicing, noting pauses in the march as he repeats them until perfect, illustrating a child’s stubborn, earnest effort to learn.
Peruna Promoted As Remedy For Coughs And Consumption
Personal testimonials from Mary Meyer and others praise Peruna for curing coughs catarrh and lung trouble. They report relief from sleepless nights improved appetite stronger health and partial to total recovery. The piece frames Peruna as effective against consumption and as a preventive prophylactic against the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Meyer
Thomson Avenue
Shell Road
Winfield
L.1
N. Y
Hettie Green
Iuka, Lll
William Hohmann
N. Paulina St
Chicago
Ill
Origin of the Jury System Through English Law
The piece traces the jury’s origins from Ethelred II binding sheriffs and twelve thanes to swear to fair trials, through 12th century flaws, Edward I’s inclusion of factual witnesses, and the gradual split between jurors and witnesses as judges of testimony, per the New York American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethelred II
Edward I
New York American
The Cannon Ball Tree of Guinea
The cannon ball tree in Guinea rises about sixty feet with crimson blossoms that emit a rich fragrance. Its fruit is large and round like cannon balls, and the name may reflect either the fruit’s size or the bursting noise. Shells yield domestic utensils and contents provide acids sugar gum and medicinal drinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guinea
Not Found Its Brake: A Rider Seeks a Braking Habit
A young cyclist named Smith, staying with a sporting uncle, tries hunting on a borrowed horse. The horse bolts after a rabbit, throwing Smith onto the neck. The uncle jokes about his rider’s grip as Smith laments not finding the brake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Liverpool Mercury
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Lock van
Ohio
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Main Streets
Skeen
Charles Logan
Liberty
Blackwell
Oklahoma
Samuel Clark
Slabtown
Elmer Hamilton
H. S. Hopkins
Rowe & Boicourt
Rowe & Sefton
West Side Square
McCormack
S & Richie
Robert Pierce
East Central Avenue
Jacob Black
Letts
Black
Presbyterian Church
Rankin
Foley
J. H. Batterton
Willard H. Glidewell
Brazil Democrat
Brookville
Democratic Editorial Association
Brookville Democrat
George Fowler
Milford
W. B. Ansted
William
Connersville
Grandpa Zoller
Hunter & Crews
Grace McQuiston
Dalmbert & Co.’s
James Wirt
George Wirt
Moores Hill
C. H. Reed
Corpus Christi
Texas
Luna Glidewell
Kenneth
Brazil
W. K. Stewart
Kingston
Baldwin House
Clara Eberhart
Alma Godfrey
Lawrenceburg
Bertha Eberhart
Ralph Throp
Purdue
Lafayette
Joan Braden
Watseka
Illinois
John
Thomas McMann
St. Patrick
Edgar Golay
K. of P
Eugene Golay
Albert Adams
Albert
Fugit
Jackson
Sandcreek
St. Paul
Clarksburg
Sardinia
Nestport
E. G. Schultz
East Main Street
Batterton’s
Clint Powner
Kansas
John S. Lewis
Jessie
Everett Plue
Henry Kammerting
Pittsburg
Ralph Wagner
J.C. Privett
Clinton
Richard Hamilton
Ira B
Richard Ray
Ira Hollenslee
Earl Shelley
Tri Kappa Sorority
Miss Bright Emmett
Frank Hawilton
Indiana
U. S
W.K. Deem
James E. Watson
Knightstown Banner
Jim
William J. Bryan
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
Roece Conkling
James G. Blaine
Robert G. Ingersoll
Stephen A. Douglass
Walter
Scott
Devonshire
Peace On
Earth
Beulah B. Broome
Josie Schaetzel
Appleton
Wisconsin
Medica
Hartman
Offic
North Side Square
Greensburg, Ind
Robert J. Russell
W. Q. Elder
East Side
Greensburg
Ind
B. F. Bennett
T. E. Davidson
Bennett & Davidson
Attorneys At Law
Sweinblock
Hugh Wickens
Wickens
John E. Osborn Osborn
Cowder Block
Hotel DeArmond
Greensburo
J. K. Ewing Ewing
Frank Hamilton
Hamilton
Freeman
India
R. P Hamilton
J. F. Goddard
J. W. Cra
Little Block
Ewner of
Mailand Express
Mailand
St. Louis Express
Chicago Mail
Knickerbocker
Oing West
White City
St. Louis Mail
Columbus
Cc. W.& M Branch
National Bar
Charles Zoller
Morgan L. Miers
Walter W. Bonner
Cashie
Louis Zoller
J. E. Robbins
Fran W. W. Bonner
Louis Wille K R. Robbing
Citizens National Bank
James B. Lathrop
S. P. Minear
Charles W Woodward
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