County Correspondence Notes From Area Residents
A town bulletin lists visits and travels of residents from Missouri Ohio and Kansas with names such as Mr and Mrs Geo Spence James Davis Mrs Ross Davis Lavanda Clemerts and Miss Cuma Lee It mentions trips to Mexico and Peoria and notes community events including school terms and local sales Weather and crop remarks appear alongside brief notices of doctor's advice and a church or social gathering All names places and small events reflect a typical weekly county correspondence snapshot
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Geo Spence
Mexico
James Davis
Springfield
Ross Davis
Lavanda Clemerts
Hamillton
Ohio
Viste
Cuma Lee
Ser
Rossef Todo
Apolis
Tame Modis
Cough Remedies Advertised Everywhere
An old time medicine pitch touts a remedy claimed to treat coughs colds grip croup whooping cough bronchitis asthma and throat and bronchial troubles with broad availability and look for wording.
Westfield Notables Buy, Sell, and Plan Local Drainage
Charles and Elder Les purchase autos while Nora Brown sells millinery to Joe Strader and Rupert Woo Shuey. Wickham returns from near Cairo after selling timber. plans let the other man cut. Paige from Terre Haute tours Marshall about drainage if water works are built. Foley's Kidney Remedy promoted for health in old age.
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Charles
Elder Les
Nora Brown
Joe Strader
Rupert Woo Shuey
Chicago
Michigan
Wickham
Cairo
Paige
Terre Haute
Marshall
Local Property Transfer and Notable Haul in Oats
George Rutledge buys Monroe Adams property in south town for 950 dollars. Perry Owen arrives from Granite Falls to mourn his father R J Owen. Orlano Correll reports a record oats yield from ten acres at 610 bushels. Hutsonville draws about 150 visitors for Wabash area outings. daily crowds noted. An 18 month old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Noah Miller, drowns after falling into a ten gallon iced tea jar left on the porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rutledge
Monroe Adams
Perry Owen
Granite Falls
Minn
R J Owen
Orlano Correll
Hutsonville
Noah Miller
Local illness and construction notes from Martinsville area
Measles are abundant. Sts. KE B Doran is on the sick list. Road work underway in Orange. Landis Deht builds a fruit house with help from Ghas Gmbb. repairs noted in Martinsville last day.
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Sts
KE B
Doran
Orange
Landis
Deht
Ghas Gmbb
Siins
Martinsville
Local families gather for visits and departures in Marshall
LifeSoob Made ties and sick list mark a quiet week as Marshall residents host relatives from Indianapolis Terre Haute and nearby towns. Carter Lee plans to stock up a new store while Miss Anna Adams wed Melrose Sparks in Terre Haute and will live there.
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LifeSoob
Wik Qeoums
Thomason
McKeen
Carter Lee
Carter
Anna Adams
W. H Adams
Terre Haute
Melrose Sparks
Sutherland’s Eagle Eye Salve Promises Safe Eye Cure
An old advertisement touts Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve as a creamy snow white ointment in airtight tubes priced at 25 cents. It claims to cure sore eyes without harming a babe's eyes and notes it is sold everywhere.
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Sutherland
Homer County Notes Visit and Weather Casualties
Local residents report visitors from Casey and St Louis and a trip to Charleston. Henry Thornton returns from Minnesota while Maud Wallace visits Cloverdale relatives. A windstorm damages a corn crib, and Charles Johnson and wife visit from Terre Haute. Cold warning promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey.
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Joseph James
Cleaver
Charleston
Henry Thornton
Minnesota
Will Berkley
Wifo
Casey
Local Visits and Social Roundup report
Ivory Brummett of Mattoon and Mrs. C. C. Green with son Kimball of Harrisburg visited C. C. Green's family. John Watters visited relatives in Charleston and Mattoon last week. Mr. Keach of Kingfisher Oklahoma on a business trip. Chas Rhinehart returned from Kansas after months away. Tom Tyler and wife of Browns visited Elmer Tyler and wife. Roy Newlin attended a Daugherty's dance Saturday night.
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Ivory Brummett
Mattoon
C. C. Green
Kimball
Harrisburg
John Watters
Charleston
Keach
Kingfisher
Oklo
Chas
Rhinehart
Kansas
Tom Tyler
Browns, Sr
Elmer Tyler
Roy New
Foley Kidney Pills Tonie in quality and action
Foley Kidney Pills advertised for backache headache dizziness nervousness urinary irregularities and rheumatism. Sold by all druggists.
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Foley
Dolson Chapel and Community Notes Across Local Township
Dolson chapel hosts Sunday school planning for next week led by Perry Claypool and township president duties noted. The Dolson meeting area reports harvest activity with threshing and straw baling underway as candidates for sheriff circulate among residents.
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Joe Nicholson
Seasor
Dolson Chapel
Dperry Claypool
Local visitors and observers travelers noted in town
Mrs Emma Baker and Mrs F M Baker of Alabama visit relatives in this area. Obel and Nobel Canada and families of Holyoke Colorado visit south of town. They came by automobile from their western home. Roe Welch hauls cats to Robinson. Milo Baker in Casey Friday. J R Trump in Martinsville last Saturday. C W Cornwell and N C Baker in southern Illinois Friday buying a car load of apples. Barnet Sackrider and John Lindley pass through Saturday. J B Pendleton builds a barn for James Crow near Annapolis. Otto Cornwell and family, Sarah Newlin and children visit in orei township Sunday. A number of our people attend camp meetings near St and eee et terre.
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Obel
Nobel Canada
Holyoke
Colo
Roe Welch
Robinson
C. W. Cornwell
N. C. Baker
Illinois
Barnet Sackrider
John Lindley
J. B. Pendleton
James Crow
Annapolis
Otto Cornwell
Sarah Newlin
Gna Grant Datt
Orei
St and
Gift Oddities Spark Beetleberry Wedding Tales
An English hunter wed with gifts misfiring in humor and cruelty including a set of false limbs teeth eyes and two coffins from a jealous donor. A rival labeled map letters and a artist faced prankish mementos while a crusty elder marries a young spinster. a brass cage was the wedding present to restrain a flighty wife.
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Jetters
Ohio
Chicago
Pirates of Hongkong
A Harper's Magazine excerpt by J Aylward describes real pirates among Hongkong harbor workers. River junk raids, sudden prize seizures, and wholesale ship looting occur as crews vanish with cargo and captives. The scene contrasts grim piracy with crowded waterfront life.
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Hongkong
Songkong
Tears River
W. J Aylward
Harper's Magazine
Unfortunate Response In Song Quip Explains Church Proximity
A humorous note cites a village where churches on opposite sides of the street mocked each other's hymns with a stray exchange about stars in my crown. The tale, borrowed from Lippincott's, underscores accidental mishearings in communal singing.
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Lippincott’s
From Sickness to Excellent Health Says Mrs Lyon
Mrs Chas Lyon of Peoria Illinois praises Foley Kidney Pills as a prompt cure for months of backache and kidney trouble. She reports she now enjoys excellent health and says the medicine is sold by all druggists.
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Foley
Bald Men Prefer Compulsory Shade Over Hair
A humorous aside noting that while a woman’s baldness was unexpected, many men become bald despite their wishes, reflecting on vanity and aging with a wry tone.
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Mike Snedeker
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Lloyd
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Everett Back
Ray
Walter Adams
Mabel Snedeker
May
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Indianapolis
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St Louis
H Maus
Charles Johnson and Wife
Wr Oasis
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Parker Shiele
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John WB
Hutchings
Mat Snyder
Grandview
Mary Jane Armstrong
Matte Welch
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Morns
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Russell
Norborne
Ray Swister
Clarksville
Monson
Wos O'Harr
Bell Ridge
Washington
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Hair
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Rest Ho Munson
Melrose
Emma Baker
F. M. Baker
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J. R. Trump
China
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Grover Shoes
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