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Newspaper
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1908
Page
4
An old style grocery ad touts daily fresh stock including chickens raspberries blackberries Hawberries new apricots peaches apples cantaloupes watermelons tomatoes cucumbers green beans peas beets pineapples olives pickles and more. It invites orders with delivery service and a phone number 78 urging customers to call early.
The Franklin Star notes H J Martin has about fifteen months left in his postmaster term and plans retirement at its expiration. Successor remains uncertain, tied to the presidential election outcome. if W H Taft wins, Dr J N Records is expected to win the local postmaster position after Martin’s second term.
City news highlights Shirley's Meat Market offering best meats and a social scene. Mrs George Adams travels to Martinsville for a two week stay at the mineral springs. Mrs Nellia of Seateh adds a light community profile. Mr Lewis Neil of New York visits Lebanon, longtime Sunday School teacher and mentor at Marcey Avenue Baptist Church. His class has produced ministers and bankers, and Lincoln era volunteers. He spoke to the church about Christian manhood.
Alvin Gullion employed on Ream Hosford's gravel dredge was injured Saturday afternoon when a jack slipped from under the machinery. The left lower jaw bone was fractured and Dr. Hendricks set the bone.
The regular band concert Tuesday features a descriptive number A Trip to The Farm with a program including Shoulder Arms Overturned The Golden Magnet Topeka Dance of the Honeybells and Honey Boy Finale The synopsis follows a band trip by train wagon ride to a farm and back with marches polkas waltz and gallops amid farmyard humor and selections from The Girl Question.
Captain Grimes repeats a lurid tale of a Western man collecting gruesome hair souvenirs from Chinese burial grounds in three months, describing an industry of hair gathering and beliefs about souls guided by the pigtail to heaven. The tale is presented as embellishment in a news segment alongside local notices.
The Rev E R Clevenger preached at First Baptist then visited Baptists for Franklin College. The M E Foreign Missionary Society meets Mrs George Parrott Wednesday at 2 20 PM with officer elections. Home Guards met with Mrs Bert Miller last Friday and submitted the name Isabella Jenkins for a Japanese baby girl. They pledged $25 for missionary needs after the program.
Two shipments of Chinese hair, some allegedly clipped from bandits and others from deceased Chinese, were landed in New York aboard the Wray Castle. The consignment, valued at about 3000 dollars, will be used for making "filling" for American women and was guarded to prevent exposure en route to the docks at Blaten Island.
The Dorcas Circle of First Baptist Church invites all sections to Friday’s gathering at Mrs. Ed Caldwell’s West Main Street home. A patriotic program is planned with Uncle Sam as a guest if possible. Transportation via Thorntown car 2:27 and Stop 1. Attendance optional for those not earning the monthly dollar gathering.
The passage notes many colonies of bees are to be found working in hollow tree places, leading to an expectation that honey prices will be lower than usual.
In the case of William Hoggins against Lucy J Mann and others for partition the court rendered a judgment for sale of fealty. Bert Laughner was appointed to sell the property.
The Orpheum Stock Co. opens a week long engagement tonight, promising a stronger program than earlier. Performances will be at the Airdome Theatre on suitable evenings, with the Grand Opera House as a rain plan for bad weather.
State of Otto Toledo Ohio asserts that Frank J Cheney is senior partner of F J Cheney Co doing business in Toledo County Band claiming Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh. Notary public A W Gleason swears to document December 6th. Internal remedy said to act on blood and mucous membranes with testimonials available.
A notice seeks a manager to run a branch of The Morris Wholesale House based in Cincinnati Ohio. Applicants should reference the Cincinnati origin and provide an address for responses.
Bee owners report an unusually productive season with heavy honey yields and numerous swarms across the country. Many observers note a record level of colony activity and movement, signaling a strong year for apiculture.
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