Sugar Creek alumni hold annual meeting at Union church
The Sugar Creek township alumni association met Friday night at Union church with a literary program led by County Superintendent Skeeters and Supt. Ewbank. Miss Blanche Burkhart recounted 131 members while Theron Ratcliff presided and the Alamo orchestra provided music. Officers elected were Earl Thomas president and Fred Myers vice president.
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Sugar Creek Township
Union Church
Rockville
John Ewbank
Veedersburg
Theron Ratcliff
Alamo Orchestra
Earl Thomas
Fred Myers
Liberty Township Association
Balkan ties and local visitors mark a busy week
Telephones report a big sale opening strong with new Balkan ties at 50c from Steinbaugh & Jones. Local families and visiting relatives spread through Rush Creek, Covington, West Union and Marshall as others travel to Mellott and Minnesota for work in wheat fields. Sunday School convention draws good attendance.
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Steinbaugh & Jones
Local Merchants Advertise Suit Sale and Grocery Deals
We present all wool serge suits at 10.00 from Steinbaugh and Jones. Miss Susia Taylor of Ainsboro visited her cousin Miss Retha Myer. Miss Katherine Nason returned from Clinton. Robinson and Reath advertise fresh lard for sale.
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Steinbaugh & Jones
Susia Taylor
Ainlsboro
Retha Myer
Local Social Roundup From Wallace to Veedersburg
Over near Wallace Oren Starns, Fred Philpott and Charley Bryant trip to Crawfordsville Saturday afternoon in Starns machine. Virgil Osborn and others travel to Silver Island Tuesday to begin threshing. Miss Goldie Newnam and sisters visit Rufus Dillon's Sunday. Speck Harvey and family visit Kate Murphey's Sunday. Rufus Dillon and Shirley Philpott go to Covington last week. Freedom Sunday well attended. Osborn family returns from Sylvania Monday. David Tinder family visit Willie Tinder's. Paschel visits Oscar McElwee Saturday night. John McElwee on business to Hillsboro Tuesday. Sam Day family visit Henry Nolen's Sunday. Mrs. Dillon visits David Tinder's Sunday evening. Mrs. Bell Alward visits Hallie Glascock Sunday. Albert McElwee visits Veedersburg Sunday. Miss Rosie Smith still on sick list.
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Oren Starns
Fred Philpott
Charley Bryant
Crawfordsville
Starns Machine
Riley Had Job for Doyle
Conan Doyle the author and physician impressed women at a Indianapolis club by claiming an idiot emits a distinct odor. James Whitcomb Riley joked that Doyle should join him tomorrow at eleven to smell a debtor’s mind when he comes to collect a bill.
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Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Indianapolis
Doyle
James Whitcomb Riley
Riley
Make-Up Fooled Doctors and The Human Peacock
Make-Up fooled doctors as Gysberger Vandesend, aged sixty one, joined Booth, Barrett and Modjeska in November at a local physician with a dangerous rash. The doctor puzzled over a day of skin disease and decided the man should be examined. Observations note the human peacock is less comfortable than a sparrow and wastes time admiring himself. Abolish wardrobes served by nature as ready-made and tighten meals served in courses for efficiency.
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Gysberger Vandesend
Booth
Barrett
Modjeska
Treatisea
Louisville Courier-Journal
Slates For Schoolboys In 1912 United States Production
The 1912 report from the U S Geological Survey records 4,482,571 school slates and 2,898,742 square feet of blackboard material quarried in the United States. Roofing slate production reached 1,197,288 squares with peak annual value in 1903 at 5,345,075 dollars. The survey attributes slow industry growth to extravagant mining methods.
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United States
United States Geological Survey
A. T. Coons
Poor Lushbey's Woes On Drink and Matrimony
The exchange notes that Lushbey has long suffered intoxication and blames his downfall on marriage. A wry remark links his life to drink, saying his wife is always in a state of mind.
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Lushbey
Smother Row At Breakfast Noted In Plain Talk
A neighbor recalls a noisy morning dispute between a couple across the hall. The man demanded coffee, the woman retorted for him to be silent or she would "settle his hash."
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Attica
Charles Ellis
Hillsboro
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Zelma Newkirk
Waynetown
Justice Hall
Danville
Ill
Kathryn
Bill C. Redman
Mrs. Boyd Fenton
Chicago
Lois Ford
Winifred Ratcliff
Dorotha DeVerter
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Oxford
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Princess
J. M. Hanner
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Grismore
Drake
U. S. Dcu
Glas
Fountain County
Covington
J. T. Redman
W.M.D
Indiana
Schmae
Kingman
C. M. Spencer
DR. F. $. Cuthbert
Cas
Kingman Hote
Dr. A. L. Rateliff
Kingman Bank Building
Calla
Ernest Gose
Louis Dix
Rex Romine
Minnesota
North
Reva
Rush Creek
Herbert Lindley
Elmer Cecil
Mellott
Thomas Brown
Charles Weaver
St. Joseph II
Ruth Weaver
Olive
West Union
Thain Russell
Noah Dixon
Liece Russell
W. O.mendenhall
Miles Thompson
Marshall Sunday
Katherine Nason
Clinton
Robinson & Reath
Amy
Notre Dame
Over Near
Wallace
Virgil Osborn
David Tinder
Alvin Ratcliff
Silver Island
Goldie, Sylvia
Hazel Newnam
Near Cates
Rufus Dillon
Speck
Harvey
Roy Bowman
Kate Murphey
Shirley Philpott
Freedom
Virgel Osborn
Sylvania
Hazel
Willie Tinder
Robi. Paschel
Oscar McElwee
John McElwee
Sam Day
Henry Nolen
Mrs. Dillon
Mrs. Bell Alward
Hallie Glascock
Albert McElwee
Rosie Smith
C. C. Carter
Rollie M
Gray City
Drayman
S. A. Boswell
Kingman, Ind
Melvin Light
Yeddo Phone
E. A. Keller
Victor
Pease
Alice M. Howell
Victor Ladies Tailoring Co
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O C. Deselms
Optometrist
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