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Newspaper
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
2
A compilation of quips and curiosities from ruminations on weather, money, and manners. Humorous jabs at doctors, librarians, and explorers mix with brief observations about breakfast routines and animal noises. The reader encounters aphorisms on character and knowledge in a playful, fragmentary style.
A young girl tours the countryside with a farmer’s wife along a wild overgrown path. She admires the variety and beauty of wild flowers and declares her plan to gather as much as she can when they return.
A garbled recipe note describes dissolving one package of a flavored JEL in boiling water then mentions chilling or setting the mixture. It includes stray fragments about molds and cream and has unclear steps and ingredients.
The Rev Mrs Drucilla Wilson longtime Friends church leader died Tuesday at her daughter Mrs Morris H Symons home in Carmel Indiana She led the Western Yearly Meeting women’s department and promoted the Sunday School era she toured 3000 miles for temperance with her husband and organized the Friends church at Poplar Ridge Funeral services were held at 10 am in Carmel led by Rev Lewie McFarland.
The Indianapolis News reports Boone County ranks highly for healthful conditions after reviews from Dr. J. N. Hurty. Clinton County also rated healthful. Obituaries note long lives: Hugh Wyatt of Boone County died at 109 years two months and two days. Miles Carrigan of Lebanon died over 101. Martha Stafford Thurman of Sugar Creek Township died after 105 years. Property transfers include several Lebanon deeds: John E Nay to William H Nay in Thompson’s sub addition. Mary A Brannigan et al to William H Nay. James M Nay et al to William H Nay. Henry J Spaan to Howard Venn in Highland Park. Roy W Adney to William F Kernodle.
The Board of Review trimmed Christian Ditzenberger’s improvements by $40 and granted a $20 deduction for a cow death in Prince A Stephenson’s Union township assessment. A $15 deduction for a yearling heifer death was applied to G W Groves in Jackson township. The board then toured the interurban power house yesterday afternoon to inspect machinery and materials.
Levi Hilligoss of Boone county visited the Rushville Democrat office today. At eighty four he was born in Rush county and still works making cement posts. The piece notes his faith in Thomas Jefferson and includes unrelated advertising chatter about Lydia Pinkham and a three month Europe tour.
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