Pattons Sickness and Local Happenings Chronicle
The Marble Hill and Cape Girardeau regions report widespread illness, livestock movement, and small-town rumors. Typhoid fever hits Nancy Harn and a little girl. Johnson Smith ships cattle. Andrew Smith marries Stella Swan. local business and railway news mix with cholera fears and hog market statistics across several counties and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patton
Nancy Harn
Joseph Hicks
Hl. F. Yount
Johnson Smith
William Dunlap
Barton County
William Schell
John Grindstuff
Black Smith
Andrew Smith
Stella Swan
Fredericktown
M. F. Bollinger
I. F. Bollinger
Cape County
R. L. Robinson
B. K. Masters
Nora Whitebread
Marble Hill
Zalma
Slinkard
Idlewild
Charles Watkins
Bloomfield
Manning
Mann
Rev. Williams
Hale's College
Lutesville
Charles King
Suanday
Anthony
Ollie Watkins
Cape Girardeau County
Shaun Rhue
M. Quad
Banner
Uncle John's Proposal in a River of Old Time Chat
A Detroit Free Press passage recounts Uncle John proposing to Mary Ann Wall on a train ride and reflecting on Aunt Sue’s July death, a large funeral procession, and promises of marriage. The exchange reveals shared history, loneliness, and plans for a future together in a small town setting.
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Detroit Free Press
Mary Ann Jordant
Wall
Mary
Mr. Johnson
Swan
Nenia
Clyde
Dan
Sue
Jackson
Elder Bak
Polly Ann Taylor
Sneallus
Uncle John
Skale
John
New Jersey
Bil
Stark
Travis
Daniel
Gill
Rome
Sears
Providence
Local Notes From Glen Allen Hamlets Highlights
Brief items from Glen Allen recount visitors Avery Walls and others, postmaster Lett’s Berry & Son visit, Uncle Sam service duties, Willie Reilly’s hand injury after shaving, and Rev Y L Pinnell’s return to ministry as residents share small-town news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Hitle Hamlet
Pile
Avery Walls
Lett
Visting Berry & Son
Uncle Sam
Willie Reilly
Billy
Y. L. Pinnell
Ue Quan
Mount Zion Sister Convention at Mt Zion Church
The Mt Zion Lutheran church hosted the district convention on Friday October 11 with most speakers present except two. Eleven sabbath schools now participate though four were absent due to diphtheria. Attendance declined but the gathering was pleasant and profitable. The Christian Endeavor temperance program featured four essays and two recitations, praised for their strong matter and style. The next semiannual convention will be at Union Cross Roads Methodist Church in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luresvinny
Boiron Press
Dran Sie
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church
Young Peoples’ Society of Christian Endeavor
Union Cross Roads Methodist Church
James Larrerr
Quirky Prose Play on Women and Habit
A fragmentary quotation set discusses women and truth telling, suggesting she lies less for herself than for others. The text mentions Cupid and a satiric view of manners, noting a woman’s constancy varies and that Edmonition is an acquired habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cupid
Tyredeh
Edmontion
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Marble Hill Press
Missouri
Cape Girardeau
O. M. Schawbel
Cape
Mississippi
J. P. McManus
Glen Allen
J. M. Brewer
The
Normal
Opera House
J. M. Silves
Buchanan
Muir Zimmerman
Susie Bowman
Inter
Morning Call
Call Publishing Company
Atelier
Mary Morton
St. Louis
Jay A. Hua
Glen
St. Louis and
Tron Mountain Railway
Bowman
Per, Jr
Shiloh Field
Jinny
Sipell
Grant
Beauregard
Joe
Mother
W.T. Hale
Globe Democrat
Brooks
St. Louis, Cape Girardteau and
Fort Sith
Itunter
Fort Smith
Harrison, Ark
Ozark Country
Globe-democrat
New York
Houck
Metsrty
Pacific
Newmen Erb
Gould
M. R. Stith
Supreme Court
Wabash Railway Company
Chicago
East Cape Girardeau
Cape Road
Cape Girardeau Line
Colton Belt
Texan
Minois
Tywa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Iowa
Tiisois
Illinois
Towa
Evel
Phaninian
Moet
Jala Bulls
Gentieg
Mount Zion
Sis
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