OUR CORRESPONDENTS REPORT SHOP AND TOWN DOINGS
Our correspondents send a brisk update from this district noting two stores on the lookout for produce and describing barter for cash or credit. Items include possum pelts traded for cash, local plans to move families, and remarks on weather and farming. Several residents travel, work prospects loom, and letters promise timelier arrivals.
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Ohiy Foeen
Oui
Tve
J. OW
Davird
BOD
Markham
Ieee
Sarah
Scout
Ripley County
Dirhiev
Ami
Seine
Bort
W. Rovelig
Dulin
Tiysa Seth
Ieeles
Pras
C.fats
Local Notes and Community Happenings
Readers report on local affairs as M Newell considers Glen aien to sell goods Farmers sowing oats and breaking ground Brown leases Nowell’s mill for amber work Jackson cuts his foot at work Chrodler doctoring locals J B Cole still campaigning Bi weekly mail arrives Birth of a large baby to Mr and Abs Eli James Chandler buys a dinner bell Community chatter and small incidents fill the bulletin.
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Prantl
Brown
Nowell
Ile
Fleaty Jackson
Abs
Eli James
J. B. Chandler
Jie
Scopus Winter Arrival and Local Movements
SCOPUS Winter appears as Senator Thomas R. Green questions nerve. Uncle Frank Williams, a respected neighborhood resident, is gravely ill with no recovery expected. Prof. W. BR Parrar runs a training school in Cedar Branch with good attendance. Elijah Poneh rents Uncle Sam DeWittis farm and will move soon. Scopus has had three mails weekly since March. James departed for Hoot County recently.
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Winter
Thomas R. Green
Frank Williams
W. BR. Parrar
Ceder
Elijah Poneh
Sam DeWittis
Scopus
James
Hoot County
Weather and local notes from the unsettled week
The region faced dry spells and poor wheat prospects amid hail in the nestor fiber area. A meeting is announced at Trave Creels with J A Murtis recovering from illness. Report confirms an armed robbery on Gleu Aten road where George Brown was shot at but escaped by spurting away. Local visits include Uhurney Winter from Seait county. Weather remains generally fair with best wishes for lip Piss.
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Frog Shell
Lev. Price
Trave Creels
Gomlbattendinee
J. A. Murtis
George Brown Ava
Gleu Aten
Ile
Tabacco
Uhurney
Seait
Jian
Farmington and surrounding residents visit in town
CLEN ALLEN, Mrs. M. BR. Smith of Farmington is visiting Mrs. A. OC, Snyder this week. Mrs. Rasfield of Piedmont is visiting her draughter, Mrs. PN. Pile, this week. Mrs. Anna Allen came home today, after a visit of several months in DeSoto. Cyl Myers of DeSoto moved his family to our town this week. N. A. Zimmerman shipped a car load of logs to St. Louis Tuesday. Rev. Wilborn of Dexter preached at the Baptist church Monday night. Miss Laura Wilkinson of near Jackson has been the guest of Mrs. Allen Howard for several days. L. 5.
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Laura Wilkinson
Near Jackson
Allen Howard
Sickness and local gatherings stain Zalma notes
Sickness remains high in the area with Dr Tagesins noting seventy three pneumonia cases this winter. Charley Beall visited town last Wednesday and sold McMinn Bros dry goods. Windy Hart called Thursday. Cape Girardeau residents Brooks and Kimmel visited Zalma and Mendes spoke of a bridge location. John Mabery was injured riding a wild mare, breaking a leg and injuring his chest region, with uncertain recovery. Miss Ollie Watkins returned from Cape County six weeks visiting relatives. Edith Henley and Nora Cubbage hosted a gathering in Zalma Saturday.
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Tagesins
Charley Beall
McMinn Bros
Windy Hart
Mr. Brooks
Cape Girarderu
John Mabery
Ollie Watkins
Cape County
Mr. Kimmel
Cape Girardean
Mr. Flenige
Zalma
S.J /McMinn
Edith Henley
Nora Cubbage
Ironic note from Shaun Lines on threats and death
Shaun Lines writes of threats from an unnamed man, joking about not living forever and fearing consequences. He questions the other’s intelligence and even contemplates possible danger while dismissing the notion of imminent death. The tone mixes sarcasm with unease toward Watn’s remarks.
Republicans in Congress Stranded by Inaction Says Athens Constitution
The Athens Constitution critiques both parties after Republicans gain power, arguing Senate and House stalemate blocks action. It asserts Democratic incapacity under past administration and claims current Republicans lack leadership, policy, and concrete relief, noting a shift in public scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
Damockey
Ingenious hen treadmill inventor sparks outcry in London
England reports a young London inventor Pierlert Bernand from South Tartéthom creates a poultry treadmill to force hens to lay on demand. The device, called the hen run, supposedly moves hens along a miniature track to trigger egg production, though details remain partial. Bernand faces a months’ workhouse delay as his project garners mixed reaction and financial loss.
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England
Pierlert Bernand
South Tartéthom
London
New York World
Mr. Bermands
Vinstead
Smvost
Simmons Liver Regulator heading to wake liver and blood
A vintage advertisement urges readers to use Simmons Liver Regulator to improve liver function and blood purity. It claims unique effectiveness versus malaria fever Agu, Rium, and other ailments, insisting buyers should seek the genuine SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR from J. H. Zeilin & Co. Philadelphia.
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Simmons
Sivaons
Liver
J. H. Zeilin & Co
Philadelphia
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