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Newspaper
Knightstown Journal
Location
Knightstown, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1905
Page
4
Local notes from W. Weaver jewelers and residents include visits by Mrs. Susan Lemon and Misa Olive Pyle. Ads offer sale and rent items, farms, a meat market, and a cement business, plus found property and lost pocketbook.
Local reporters note daily arrivals of watermelons and musk melons from John Romney and Charles Madison, offered as cheaper and better than shipped fruit. Clarence Houck of Shirley visits. Mrs. Charles Swaim returns from Muncie with family, and social visits occur around town.
Miss Lulu Baker visits Mrs. Fort and Will Fort. Judge John M. Morris of New Castle attended the city. Daily melons from home growers cited. Various locals and relatives visiting at Anderson. FE Jackson and local agent involved in business. Excursion fares: $5.90 round trip to Petoskey Traverse City Northport $6.00 to Mackinac Island on September 12. Names listed: E. Lebo H G Alford Frank Ridge C L Bundy B B Johnson and wife Eva Toms W C Gursbe Greenfield R R Gruwell Marion.
Fragmentary scan mentions casualties and a New York Mull in a vague feature note. Readers see a stray line about a race and casualties without clear event details or context.
Carton takes a public-ride job for Fred Howell and to impress the pretty passenger Mabel Norton. A motherly errand leads to a comic misread, a joke by Fred’s cousin, and a twist ending as Carton earns the woman’s favor and a potential engagement.
The Administrator of the late Zunni Newby will public sale on Saturday September 6 1455 in Greensborn Indiana starting at 1 o clock. Real estate and assorted household items including carpets furniture beds clothing and china will be offered with terms cash or approved credit. Purchasers must remove items immediately and security approved.
The administrator with the will annexed of Elizabeth M. Newby announces a sale by court order in Henry County. Greensboro real property consisting of built plots and adjacent parcels will be offered with one third cash and two other payments over eighteen months secured by mortgage, plus costs. Personal property and duties are listed. sale to occur immediately after auction.
An advertorial promotes Kilmer’s Swamp-Root as a cure for weakened kidneys and blood impurities. It claims kidney disorders begin in the kidneys and promises general health improvements, urging readers to request a trial from Kilmer & Co and to mention the product name in correspondence.
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