Kent Area Gossip And Travel Notices In Jackson County
Local correspondents report visits and departures among Kent Grove City and Jacksonville residents. An August funeral for Walter Robinsons child is noted along with a Labor Day rope-walking accident injuring 17-year-old H. H. Yocum near North Spangler. Also mentioned are trips to Niagara Falls Toronto and Indiana fair attendance and several moves and community events across nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Caroline Laughlin
Grove City
Mary
Jacksonville
Coporal Milkesell
Company B
Fifth Regiment
N. B. Kelly
Elderaridge
WN. H. Robinson
Glen Campbell
Clark
Walter Robinson
Messrs
McCrea and Miller
Calvin McKee
Johnstown
Wiliam McKee
Martha Davis
Reynoldshle
Dr. Shmids
A. C. White
Alex. Miller
Pittsburg
C. Jewell
Sarah Stewart
Robinson
James
Blairsville
Barnesboro
J.C. Gonner
Niagera Falls
Toronto
W. H. Wineharg
Mellie
Deckers Point
Prigate Wm. G. Dibble
Company K
Sternberg Hospital
Chickamauga
Lilly
Cambria County
George Dibble
Tioga County
Wm. Dibble
H. H. Yocum
North Spangler
Weida
Mariposa Park
Berwindale
Robert Phillips
Samuel Farman
Warren
John Fisher
Nickles Mills
Harry McMillen
Strongstown and surrounding towns forms local society notes
Misa Belle Mervine on the sick list. Local guests visit from Blair Davis to Penn Run and Spruce. Timber firm Dimeling Hoover buys Crandle Co mill and John Danecan timber for 37000, planning immediate cut of 2,000,000 feet. Various residents attend church, visit relatives, and report illnesses and recoveries across Strongstown Dexonville Marion Center Sheloc ta Pine Flats and Tannery communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strongstown
Misa Belle Mervine
Lowry Grove
Samuel Duncan
Thomas Graham
Gertie Engle
Martin Orner
William Orner
Willian Bennett
William Bracken
James B. Graham
Grow
Altemua
Blair Davis
Nancy Davis
Grisemore
James D. Gibson
Penn Run
Thomas Gibson
Nannie Fyock
Spruce
John Gibson
Bits
William Rhodes
Pine Township
Wic
Buchanan
Rev
Kanarr
Twolick Baptist Church
Georgeville
Local visitors greet Wood and neighbors in village notes
In a crowded village column, James Wood the naval cadet and veteran of the late war visited relatives including Louis Reed. Other arrivals include Mrs. Larminie and sister, with travel to Indiana and Chicago, plus school news, repairs by J M Glassford, and new mill activity. A Dickens anecdote recalls his extravagant dress and the crowd calling him a petit maitre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wood
Louis Reed
Party
Wilkinsburg
Camp
H. A. Larminie
David
Ober
Daugherty
John Henry, Jr
Garmantown
W. W. Huston
B. F. Henry
White Township
J. Wilk Huston
Indiana
sNckens
Brenfar Drees
Charles Ditkers
Boston
Dickens
Astes
Tiny Tim
Sam Weller
Pulpit Portraits and Market Notions from 19th Century Papers
John Ross Dix recounts Dr. Lyran Beecher’s endurance at age 75 amid Maine travel with Indian guide Etienne and trout fishing while the Indian praise shifts from doubt to admiration. A Pittsburgh Dispatch note recalls a devious photo hat moment and a Crimea era critique contrasts with a London Standard assessment of British military inefficiency. An ad from Sharrotts promotes women’s winter shoes from $1.25 to $1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ross Dix
Lyran Beecher
Maine
Calais
Etienne
Sharrotts
Deadly gas used to purge grain pests raises danger
The article describes bisulphide of carbon as a key, cheap pest killer for mills elevators and granaries. It explains the gas forms quickly from a liquid and sinks through grain deadly to weevils and eggs. Workers above the application must stay in air, and animals left inside perish when opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inter-Ovcean
Door to door Cattle Milk Delivery in Cuba
Edward Page Gaston notes Cuban housewives relying on milking cows at their doors to ensure fresh pure milk. He warns that some milking practices may disguise water as milk with hidden rubber bags and tubes, a trick also seen in Italy and India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
India
Edward Page Gaston
Women’s Homeo Companion
Magnitude of power figures by Renie detailed
A recent Power issue presents J A Renie's calculation on lifting Earth a foot, noting 70 billion years required by a 10 000 horsepower engine with 18 pounds of water per horsepower per hour. It claims 10 quintillion gallons of water and 4 quadrillion tons of coal would be needed, with coal cars forming a 380 foot long chain looping the Earth 45 million times, at 25 miles per hour would take 25 million years to retrace itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Renie
Publication critics spark jokes about jokes and journalism
The Roslyn Michigan Sentinel notes readers attack every newspaper choice from jokes and original articles to reprints and word choices. It lampoons the endless, contradictory standards applied to reporters, editors, and even attire and social behavior.
Speak Easy Prank Turns Out To Be Deaf Church
A Philadelphia officer received a letter claiming a speak easy near Franklin and Spring Garden streets was active. He investigated but found it a practical joke, the venue instead being an Episcopal church for the deaf in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Franklin and
Spring Garden Streets
Episcopal Church
New York Tribune
Marshal Ney’s calm defiance before execution
The account notes Marshal Ney appearing before battle in meticulous grooming and a poised calm at execution, urging low aiming guns to spare his visage. It also mocks the Syantians of a distant mountain range as exceedingly lazy, claiming 2,500 years with four holidays weekly plus saint days as extras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Ney
Bargains in New Fall and Winter Clothing Storre Store
The firm announces a large enlarged and remodeled room with a new stock of Fall and Winter clothing. The space is described as among the largest and best lit in the county and filled with bargains of all kinds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gome
Bargain Men Women and Kids Suits and Shoes Sale
The advertisement touts children's suits from 98 cents, youths at 2.25, men's at 2.98, with a full range up to 16 dollars for dress suits. It promotes men's work pants 65 cents to 1 dollar, various overcoats, and a wide selection of shoes including 95 cents Brogans and box calf models at 1.75 to 2.58. It urges shoppers to buy here and save money.
Concentrated expertise drives steady work in planing mill trade
A business claims 33 years in the planing mill field gives superior understanding of the subject and enables steady catering to customer needs. The ad argues that specialists prosper while others are idle, comparing it to doctors, preachers, and mechanics who fill their roles when work exists nationwide.
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Lecal
Gulsdale
James Ake
George McKeage
James Henry
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Spicher
Smith
K. Rank
Mahaffey
Annie Goss
DunBois
Oliver Rowley
Joseph Arble
Near Town
Arble
E. B. McCormick
Cherrytree
John Munshower
Jane
Pine Flats
Merton Churchill
Jess Mahaffey
Chas. Wright
John Stall
Burdetta Raleigh
Wallace Irwin
HUFF
William Lanimer
Clara Matthews
Jerry St Clair
Marchand
Mr. Martin
DuBois
Tadiana
Ada Kinter
Mary Thompson
Kellysboro
Edna McGara
Emma Speedy
Chambersville
R. FE. McHenry
Sloan Martin
Mary Park
Mary Bee
Bair
Apollo
Newt Millen
George King’s
Elder Peeler
John Campbell
Less Ray
Parkwood
Elder Montgomery
Kittanning
Vandergrift
William Elwood
Westmoreland County
Archie Earhart
Greenville
John P. Brannon
Plumville
G. M. Edwards
Ira Johnston
Peeler
Smicesburg
Sire
Rose
John
E. F. Stear
Town
Chas. Lowe
J. K. Lowe
Frank Elkin
Clara
Sadie Robinson
Greensburg
D. A. Lukehart
Cyrus Remaley
Way
Blanche
Margaret Robinson
Bard
Crete
Ben and Chat Hill
Charlie Greer
Waterloo
Crimea
Russia
Crimean
Battle of
Inkerman
Black Sea
Europe
London Standard
Roslyn
Mich
Sentinei
Dipper
Ayer
Tom Wheeler
Philadelphia St
Stomef & Som
J.B. Stumpy & Son
Wallace Dry Goods
Jamestown
Wallace Dry Goods Company
J.C. Wallace , Son
Indiana, Pa
Philadelphia Street
Hastings
John S. Hastings
Thompson
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