Silver City and Forest Grove Local Notes
Silver City busy week with sickness of Mrs George Soliday and smallpox nurse duty of M P Mason. Local commerce includes hog and cattle shipments to Omaha, weddings at Mineola, and a divorce suit by William Kirby. In Forest Grove, Brading on sick spell and town youths hold an Alfare themed surprise party. school closes Feb 16 with a box supper and performances. Dr King’s pills advertised.
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Forest Grove
Brading
Vina
Clyde McCoy
Tia Grippe
Tia DeLashmutt
Elsie Russel
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promotes Health
An upbeat general advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as an absolute cure for constipation indigestion and stomach troubles. It recommends affable optimism and a healthy life while noting sales through S C Brothers druggists.
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Dr. Caldwell
S.C. Brothers
Local News Briefs From Hillsdale Area
Mrs Sharp's mother stays with her now and sickness runs high in Hillsdale and nearby. Mrs Bishop Mrs A Stroud and Mrs R Cellson on the sick list. Ed Graves, a nephew and former clerk of J D Graves, is visiting. Robert Cellson's brother and wife from Illinois are also visiting. James Dillehay buys a farm near Hinton station and plans to move soon. People struggle to secure ice as thaw damages it. Lincoln Hobson hauls fence posts to town. Hobson sells his Rawles township farm and moves near Macedonia. Rev Ziko reports a lively runaway with a frightened horse that ran two blocks before stopping. U B church quarterly meeting well attended. Elder Cuptis preached Sat night Sun and Sun night. Rev Eimel preached Belay night.
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James Dillehay
Farn Tear Hinton
Ziko
U. B
Cuptis
Eimel
Local notices from Pacific Junction and nearby areas
Mrs Ed Heath has been ill for days. W G Templeton of Pacific City is reported sick. Susie Moyer from Nebraska visits S L Rogers family. A dance at Mr Combs’ home. W O W activities and fifty new members this month. Wash O Neil shipped goods to Bloomington Neb and family followed. Township trustees held meetings. A J Bans took office. Revival meetings at Martins Chapel. Rev Warren praised. Aspot vaccination noted. Fourteen year old Fred Zornes broke leg during sleigh ride search. Widow Johnson near town facing possible arm amputation due to gangrene. William Rogers had a serious accident at the coal chute, fell twenty feet, injuring hip and bruising body.
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Ed Heath
W. G. Templeton
Pacific City
Susie Moyer
Nebraska
S. L. Rogers
A. J. Bans
I. Scott
Martin’s Chapel
Warren
Fred Zornes
Johnson
William Rogers
Ork
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription A Woman's Health Aid
A vintage notice touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as the cure for female weakness and life fading. It claims strong results from letters and free consultations, with testimonial from Mrs Bettie Askew who reports restored strength after using multiple Pierce remedies.
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Bettie Askew
Garysburg
Northampton Co
N. C
Ike
A Spasm of Charity in Jericho Over a Widder's Need
In Jericho the charity drive for the ill widow of Tom Jackson unites the town as Deacon Spooner leads a impulse to raise funds. Jabez Thomas announces a plan to start a list for donations while Lish Billings hesitates then declines to contribute, revealing the widow died hours before. Locals share memories of Jackson, pledge sums, and a sequence of names offers a patchwork portrait of communal sympathy.
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Lewin
Widder Jackson
Tom Jackson
Jericho
Jabez Thomas
Lish Billings
Deacon Spooner
Lish
Widder
Lia
Waal
Albany
Ler
M. Quan
Min
Yain
Enos Williams
Enos
Om Jackson
Hezekiah Davison
America
Henry Schemerhorn
Jebex
Thomas
Tabow
Squar Joslyn
Squar
Signia
Moses Perkins
Thomas Jackson
Paid For The Pictures From A Pittsburg News Remark
A Pittsburg sportsman recalls a Beaver River camping trip where three broke young men could not pay 16 cents for portraits. A photographer accepted a dollar from one of the men to cover the cost, later revealed that the girls had secretly paid the photographer to settle the bill.
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Pittsburg
Ile
Beaver River
Rock Point
Soldiers of Fortune
Jack
Tenderfoot Learns Western Table Etiquette
A hurried tenderfoot on a western ranch reacts in shock to rugged table manners. A cowboy, mid bite with a oversized knife, suddenly asks for understanding and declares his own minners are ready but not available, exposing frontier bluntness in Youth's Companion quotation.
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Tenderfoot
Prize for Largest Apple Draws Paris Fish Dealer
A Paris fruit dealer advertised a 5 franc prize for the largest apple sent to him. Fruit flooded in quickly, he paid 6 francs for the winner and kept the rest for sale. The promotion boosted his business markedly.
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Paris
A Harsh Fate in a Chicago Times Herald Fragment
A gossipy fragment notes a harsh fate and bitter views on wealth. The speaker Michael remarks the deceased never enjoyed riches and implies a grim humor about the afterlife, reflecting a somber tone from a Chicago Times Herald clipping.
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Michael
Lucky Bingles and the watchmaker line in old prose
A quirky fragment notes Bingles as a lucky man with a steady tone whether awake or asleep and questions what business he has as a watchmaker. The piece mentions Ohio State Journal and social norms about reading daily papers versus weeklies, then a sixteenth century German habit of meals and sleep.
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Lucky Bingles
Bingles
Ohio State Journal
Robins Plan Ahead Says Chicago Times-Herald
A Chicago Times-Herald reflection compares robins to prudent people, noting that robins migrate or nest with foresight rather than gamble on uncertain weather. The verse questions human timing and luck, praising careful preparation and avoidance of risk as days improve.
The Man Under the Bed in Paris
I befriended Duchene in Paris where a staged assault drew him into my circle. He later proposed hiding a $50,000 fortune under a floor, requiring $2,000 from me to claim a $10,000 reward if successful. I lent him the money, trusting his tale, and the plan hinged on ousting a leaseholder to reach the hidden cash.
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Paris
Felix Duchene
Duchene
Perspere
Daehene
Ife
The Gentle Art of Letter Writing in Modern Life
The London Spectator laments the decline of letters as an art once loved by Cowper and Walpole. It laments that business correspondence and social notes dull the craft, reducing letters to snippety grind and stale invitations. It notes love letters remain a relic of sentiment but fears overall artistry has faded amid railways, steam ships, and busy modern life.
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Oe Burke
William Cowper
Oliver Goldsmith
Horace Walpole
Miss Burnty
Mostern
London Spectator
From Fingers to Forks Through History
The Baltimore Sun notes the evolution of eating utensils from fingers to forks and spoons. It traces forks as skewers and knives from bamboo, with spoons first made from shells and gourds. Cups are described as ancient vessels evolving into metal, lacquer, and china, becoming expressions of art and luxury.
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Baltimore Sun
Four in all things yet again a curious list of fours
The text presents a stream of references to the number four across diverse domains. It notes four cardinal points, winds, seasons, quarters, rules, suits, and more including four legs, four incisor and canine teeth, and four quarters in animals when butchered. It also makes a remark about a four string violin and four of a kind in poker.
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Silver City
George Soliday
H. Kruse
South Omaha
BH. Vankirk
Omaha
Chas. Kruse
Mineola
H.l Pullman
Mrs
BH. H. Huffaker
W. 2B. Oaks
Geo. K. Harrison
Council Bluffs
Smith Brown
Fatmarly
Water
Too
Millwainger & Davis
Clarenice Virtue
Council Bluffa
M. I’. Mason
Wymore
S. M. Bennett
William Kirby
Nellie Kirby
Key Greek
Bruges Cobun
William Flinn Jr
Maud Meeks
Amos Meeks
Walher Ade
Red Oak
Higge
Bost
B.C. Hepler
Kansas
Scott
Dr. King
New Life
W. D. Wilson
Hillsdale
Ed Graves
J. D. Graves
Robert. Cellson
Ilinois
Lincoln
Hobson
Rawles Township
Macedonia
Pacific Junction
Pap Perkins
Postmanter
Telia
Moses
George Washington
Bunker Hill
Maine
Tal
London
Germany
Chicago Times-Herald
C. B. Lewis
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