Reverend Rosebrouch Visits as Local News Deteriorates
In Oregon the Rev W W Rosebrouch is in the city. Basil Lowry has returned from Indianapolis with a hopeless case. Dr Joseph Hall leaves for Mattoon for appendicitis surgery. Mrs N J Pepple visits St Fransville daughter Mrs C C Rider. S A Trimble of St Louis, son in law of Mrs Lithia Lowry, died Sunday and burial set for Tuesday. Geor M Matthews and wife hosted guests from Marshall, Go last week. Williams vacates Westfield Hotel. new owner takes over.
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W. W Rosebrouch
Oregon
Basil Lowry
Indianapolis
Joseph Hall
N J Pepple
St Fransville
C. C. Rider
S. A. Trimble
St. Louis
Lithia Lowry
Geo. Matthews
Alia de
Matthews
Marshall, Go
Ges -M. ‘Collis
Williams
Westftela Hotel
Taio Williams
Barat Alseour
Local notes from Moon Line area report births, wrecks, and crops
County correspondence covers a year in Bixby visits, a seven year old girl injuring her arm near Hutsonville, a 14 acre wheat field yield of four bushels per acre, a pearl found by Mark Kennedy sold for 500 dollars, factory remodeling for tomato packing, a southbound freight wreck near Slatsonville, and various visits, weather, and community events. It lists teachers for winter schools, oil well drilling, rain and lightning, and local obituaries and ads for eye salve.
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DeLance Evans
Bixby
Oklo
WB Evans Grace
Albert Guyer
Hutsonville
Charles Hawkins
Lamotte Prairie
Theinois River
Mark Kennedy
Mussine
J. T
Slatsonville
Tonic in qualia and action for varied ailments
A quick remedy marketed as tonics for toothache, headache, dizziness, nervousness, urinary irregularities and rheumatism. Sold by druggists with a claim of swift relief, targeted at general ailments.
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Gil Druggetsts
Casey News Roundup of Visits Births and Deaths
Miss Cora Nash visits Oskaloosa with families. J Dunn leaves for Denver for a visit. Velma Ruth Goodwin born to Mr. and Mrs R W Goodwin weighing 19 pounds? A Stork visit reports a 19 pound boy. Velma Ruth Goodwin born January 1908. Ed Brooke visits from Salt Lake City. Miss Mattie Dunn travels to Mt Clemens Michigan for a month. Mrs Pauline Haines visits Casey and Johnson townships. John H David dies at about age 9. Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey advertised for coughs and throat troubles.
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Cora Nash
Oskaloosa
J Loftus
J Dunn
Rose Stroud
Gooodwin
Brooke
Salt Lake Ctl
Ho M Brooke
Mattie Dunn
Mt Clemens
Wich
Lakes
C V. Slusset
Denver
Col
Casey
Johnson Townships
Pauline Haines
Cincinnati
Iren P. Baird
Ed Dosbaugh
Salt Lake City
W . Kirkwood
C. J Freedman
Nowata Okla
C. W. Kirkwood
John H David
Five Points social and local business notes
A mix of social items and local notices covers a Greenup trip by the Flanners family, a new auto test drive by Brydon, and business by Harry Husted in Robinson. It mentions heavy rains harming oars in the shock, corn crop prospects improving, and a Redfield Kansas visit by Rev Fo Ramses and daughter. Rev C B E Hemens of Terre Haute First Baptist plans to attend the convention next Sunday.
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Greenup
FE McNary
Seclesville
Brydon
Harry Husted
Robinson
Fo Ramses
Redfield
Kan
C BE Hemens
Terre Haute
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Suggested for Parents
Advice urges parents to keep Dr Bell's Pine-Tar Honey for children with coughs or chest issues. It notes nighttime aggravation when a physician may be hard to obtain and instructs to look for the bell emblem on the bottle.
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Dr Bell
Local Visits from West York Residents Reported
Mr and Mrs George Bradbury visit relatives at Flat Rock while Dave Mattox and family from Terre Haute visit friends in West York. Adam Cullop and Harland Blaker go to Danville Friday to get work Glen Mount of Flat Rock visits West York friends. Oscar Sprakese and wife of Terre Haute visit West York relatives. Els Standfield, employed at West Terre Haute, returns home. James Howerton, brother of Mrs John N Linley, visited her last week. The Crow family from West Unpe also visited West York friends and relatives.
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John Geffs
Frank
Martinsville
Frank Dehl
George Johnson
James Dugan
Garnett Briggs
Dan Lingafelter
Elias Blankenbeker
Advance II
Dan Custis
Ed Crigler
Nebraska
L Custis
Joe Stephens
Pete Blankenbeker
Terre Haute
Erastus Smith
Wichita
Kan
Conference of the Christian Church
Kickapoo
Fulton Oil Co
John Payne Farm
Grant Whittaker
West York
Meral Jeffers
Buckner
Ben Bails
Worthington
Ind
George Bradbury
Flat Rock
Dave Mattox
Terre Nlante
Glen Mount
Oscar Sprakese
Els Standfield
West Terre Haute
James Howerton
John N. Linley
West Unpe
Local residents visit relatives and attend funeral in Marshall
Slazel Myers visited Jennie Johnson Sunday. Bert Lutz and wife spent Sunday at CE Beadle’s. Mrs T D Murphy spent Tuesday with Mrs Wm Findley. Ora Fox and wife of Grandview visited Will Fox and family Sunday. Charles Allrich and wife of Dana Ind came Saturday to visit relatives. Sam from here attended the funeral of Mr J Claypool at Marshall Sunday. Homer Hrosman and wife of Auburn took dinner at WR Findley’s on Sunday.
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Slazel Myers
Jennie Johnson
Bert Lutz
CE Beadles
T D Murphy
Wm Findley Ora Fox
Grandview
Will Fox
Family
Charles Allrich
Dana Ind
Rela
Sam
Mr J Claypool
Marshall
Homer Hrosman and Wife
Auburn
WR Findhley Os
Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve People’s Creamy Ointment
An ad for Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve describes a snow white ointment in tight screw cap tubes that cures sore eyes and promises no harm to a babe, offered for 25 cents.
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Sutherland
War harvest nears end and town visitors aid repairs
War harvest winds down as Charles Wieland trips north with a threshing machine while local residents attend funerals and journeys. Rev Peters and wife travel to Tennessee to comfort a ill relative. Dr Barnes returns from Chicago for Mrs Haght’s funeral. An accident injures Wood Babcock during milking, improving slowly. An electrical storm damaged August Wishers house, with community aid and a Saturday cream social raising funds for repairs.
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Hor Peters
Tennessee
WF Barnes
Clarksville
Chicago
John Pine
Vr Wishers House
Soldier ants feared as invincible killers on plains of Africa
The text describes the mighty soldier ant as an unbeatable foe to humans and elephants. It notes natives’ grisly punishment of greasing captives and exposing them to advancing army ants, who swiftly tear flesh and leave the victim a skeleton in short order.
Balloon project to link Paris and Marseilles
As early as 1780 the French government granted funds to establish a balloon service between Paris and Marseilles using Montgolfier air balloons, though the plan never advanced beyond a project.
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Paris
Marseilles
Funeral Costumes and Sumptuary Laws in England
The article recalls historic sumptuary mourning laws in England limiting funeral attire by rank from the fifteenth century onward. It notes prohibitions on lavish dress for nobles and officials, with vintages of cloth allowances and reformation orders for great estates, and tells a side anecdote about royalist sentiments among a London silk merchant and a cautious public interest in royal health.
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England
Margaret
Richmond
Henry VII
London
Addison
Europe
Mind and Body Link Through Mental Serenity
The Indianapolis Star notes that mood directly affects physical health. Prolonged worry anger or fright disrupt bodily functions leading to indigestion headaches and potential disease, including cancer. Maintaining mental serenity is presented as essential for prevention and health.
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Indianapolis Star
Lordly Disraeli and the umbrella answer
A quoted anecdote shows Disraeli dismissing needs others deem essential as he claims to manage without a watch and umbrella. When asked how he knows the time in a room without a clock he says he rings a servant. For rain he jokes he hides under the umbrella of the first pretty woman he meets.
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Disraeli
Lear sketches a Bull as memory aid in Bombay visit
Edward Lear stayed with the Bombay governor at Mahabaleshwar then walked with Binod Das. When asked the name of trees, Lear was told they were jambul trees and he drew a bulllike tote a jumpot in his sketch book to remember the name.
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Edward Lear
Bombay
Mahabaleshwar
bin One Das
London Spectator
Pleasant Prospect de Palace hotel inquiry
An informed traveler from the railway station is questioned by an explorer about a supposed stop at the Palace hotel. The response denies the loss and challenges the accuser to be sure of their claim, with a pithy exchange framed by dialect speech.
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de Palace
Amity Rules Warn About Courtesy in Disagreements
A quotation stresses that friendship does not authorize harsh talk to intimates and that closer relationships require fact and courtesy in all exchanges.
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Holmes
Admitted She Ohh Contemplates Selfish Love
A quoted exchange reveals tension as one character accuses another of loving for personal gain and possessiveness, while the other defends the relationship as genuine. The dialogue centers on trust, sacrifice, and the nature of true affection.
Utopia Theme Sparks Debate Across Communities
Vague phrases about utopia and reality circulated in local discussions, prompting residents to weigh ideal visions against practical governance. Activists and officials debated how to translate lofty aims into concrete policy.
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Westfield
the Review
the Herald
Fred J Bartlett
Mont Davison
Grant Weir
North Fork
Coopers
Familly
Landis Dehl
Wateroak
Jesse Dehl
Elwood Millis
Cottonwood
Miss Lilly Hills
Mutcernut
Tho Custis
Willow Prairie
Postlewate
Elba
Mildred Chance
Mulligan
Zula Malls
Georgetown
Ill
Jessie Rook
Univerurch
Charles Rains
Oo Miller
York
Foley Kidney Pills
Homer
Adam Cullop
Harland Blaker
Danville
Zet
Hak
Pleasant Grove
South Dolson
Charles Wieland
Will Wieclard and
Warrington
Wieland Sun
P P Hashtt
Clarkssle
Puck
Crawford
Grover Shoes
Union Shoe Store
Men’s Oxfords
West Union, Iil
Tiger
Iid
New York
THE
Centaur Company
New York City
J. A. Morton
Optician
Elgin, Waltham, and Hamilton
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