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Local News Briefs From Putnam County and Nearby
Various notes on local life include a job ad for housework, farm visits by Charles McEntee and family, Veiled Prophet trip to St Louis, a child’s broken leg from a horse fall, and opinions on newspapers. Seneca Hunter considers relocation. Booker T Washington cites openings for Black business and farming ventures. A plowing feat and a contest offer $5 for a correct answer from Palestine township youths. News of the Volturno disaster and rescue efforts, an earthquake canal zone note, and local travels of Clare Brown and William Duke. Funeral rites at St Joseph’s, Everett brothers’ return to Henry, and last call urging votes for Judge Puterbaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dewey
Charles McEntee
Peoria
Amasa Joyce
St. Louis
Charles Reid
Milo
Seneca Hunter
Edgar
Neb
Edn Hunter
Putnam
Seneca
Nebraska
York
Booker T Washington
Washington
John Breese
C. N. Patterson
Palestine Township
el Paso
Thomas Cribben
el Paso Journal
Panaima Canal
el Haze
Jnithati
Clare Brown
Chicago
Mr. Brown
Mirs. S. Co. Brown
William Duke
Emil G. Isch
Columbian Dye Works
Main St
St. Joseph’s Church
St. Bede's College
Peru
Brennan
Henry
Everett Brothers
William
Charlies
E H Hutchins
Everett
Burt
Burts