Public Sale at Gilds Hutts Farm Near Wallace Kingman
Auction notice for Albert McElwee and A. Madden selling horses cattle hogs and sheep plus farming gear and household items at Gilds Hutts farm two miles west of Wallace five miles east and one mile north of Kingman on Tuesday January 9 1912 starting 10 am. Includes 12 month credit notes 8 percent interest cash discounts five percent for cash on notes and cash for amounts five and under. Dinner by Wallace church ladies. Local notices and travel mentions follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert McElwee
Gilds Hutts Farm
Wallace
Kingman
Advertiser J Frank McDermond Sends New Year Linen Gifts
J Frank McDermond of Attica, noted as Fountain county's largest department store owner, mailed linen handkerchiefs to each newspaper where his ads appear as a New Year courtesy to media friends. He is known as a prominent local advertiser.
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J. Frank McDermond
Attica
Mr. McDermond
Fountain County
Soapsuds Fly Trap Invented By South Side Doctor
A South Side physician describes a home fly trap using a half filled glass of soapsuds with molasses on bread placed at a window. Flies crawl through the bread hole to reach molasses and are over come by soapy fumes, filling the glass in hours. He touts it as safer and cheaper than formaldehyde methods cited in a Star report.
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Kansas City Star
Radiu m piece goes missing in Birmingham amid curious circumstances
Birmingham’s sole piece of radium owned by Southall Bros. & Barclay vanished from its box after a skin specialist used it on a patient. The patient, unaware of its value and danger, took it home and attempted self treatment, risking injury to his nose. police found the item at his residence.
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Birmingham
Messrs. Southall Bros. & Barclay
Midlands
London
First Typewriter and Its Early History Described
A discussion of the typewriter's origins notes it is an ancient instrument with roots in England about 200 years ago. It mentions a January 17 1914 patent granted to Mr Mills, an engineer with the New River company, for an artificial machine to press or transcribe letters with print-like neatness.
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England
Mills
New River Company
Rector's error wheat in churchyard provokes clerical remark
A former archdeacon visits a parish while the rector is away and, upon seeing a patch of wheat in the churchyard, expresses disapproval. The clerk explains the wheat was planted, joking that it should have been tubers, not grain.
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Winkley
Parson
Devoted Constituent Joke About Trust in Washington
A farmer recalls fifteen years of voting for a congressman, joking that past horse trades made him feel safer with the representative in Washington. The exchange highlights political loyalties rooted in long acquaintance and perceived protection.
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Congress
Farmer Countessel
Washington
Proposal Confusion Sparks Family Debate
A humorous exchange features a young man asking for a daughter's hand in marriage and the father misinterpreting the proposal as a demand for support. The cartoonish dialogue highlights generational views on marriage and duties with a light touch.
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Claude B. Philpott
Covington
Indiana
O. S. Douglas
Lawygr
Ind
J. T. Redman
C. M. Spencer
A. L. Ratcliff
Kingman Bank Building
DR. F
Cuthbert
Calla
Kingman Hotel
Col
Claude Madden
Danville
Ilinois
Jackson St
TM. Jackson
Eeewbank
D. C
New Opera House
O. C. Deselms
Optometrist
Businessman Furniture Store
Kingman Furniture Store
Surrey
A. P. Jones
A. G Madden
Albert Lowe
Wallace Church
Veddo
S.H Elwell
Coyington
Oral Pearson
Veedersburg
Elwood Sowers
Miss de la Reichard
Urbana
Ill
Magpie
Ann Philpott
Elizabeth Condon
Chicago
G. F. Lines and
Helen Allen
Danville, al
Laurence Marshall
Veedersboro
Paul Redenbaugh
Lacy Croy
Greencastle Ind
Fred Beal
Dennis Towell and
Wife
Rufus Boswell
Sie
Abram Harvey
Myrtle
Fred Harvey
Wm. Cates
Adda H. Ratcliff
Kansas City
Rockford
Rockford Watch Co
C. F. Smith
H. P. McCrary
Kingman, Ind
Ness
Alexander’s Grocery
Dillon
Chas. M. Hudson
John Silvers
Roswell
Lena Ostheimer
Mrs
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Homeron
T. M. Jackson
Robinson & Reath
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