Local Marshall notes and varied town chatter
A dense list of notices and tidbits from Marshall detailing goods for sale at Lockards and Parsons, farm items, visiting relatives, and local movements. Mentions include D D. Be Tingley at a Chicago cement show, births, marriages, and deaths, plus bank and real estate notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Cullop
West York
Henry Hazen
Dolson
Union Shoe Store
Frank Hoey
Casey
Parsons
Marvin’s Mill
Will Huffington
McKeen
Marshall
Walter Cork
West Union
Edgar Summers
Martinsville
Glen Clapp
B. F. Johnson
Booth & Handy
Foster Martin
Dayton Arbogast
Phrenology Bumps Prove Humorous Wedding Tale
A newly married couple boast of two prominent bumps on the groom’s head said to signal memory and generosity per a phrenology book. The host checks a chart and reads aloud that such bumps are usually found on cats and monkeys, ending the visit quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butt
New York Sun
Cabinet Leak and Auctioneers Tale in Cold Historic Echoes
A historical cabinet leak is recalled via Daniel Webster’s clever demonstration of an eavesdropper’s method. Also told is an auctioneer’s deathbed bid at 104 followed by a final going going gone. An Eskimo woman’s death in Harpers Bazar style ends the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uarper
Paying For the Spots in a Witty Domestic Scheme
A young married woman explains a scheme to save money by charging her husband Jack for every spot he stains the tablecloth. The idea is to accumulate coins or paper money to buy kitchen utensils, with larger stains costing more. Norah tallies the money at cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Tim
Norah
New York Press
Think It Over and Fuddy-What World We Wish For
Cartoon dialogue from the Boston Transcript contrasts desires and deserved outcomes in a humorous exchange. The two speakers, Think It Over and Dudy, spar over happiness and fairness, reflecting light newspaper style satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudy
Boston ‘Transcript
Comforting the Sick and a Note from Louise Jebb
A fragmented reminiscence recalls comforting the ill, with a terse message to Tom to not worry. The tone hints at concern and a personal exchange, with the speaker noting assurance from another party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Jebb
Tom
Mary
Local grocery ad items and prices page prompt
A marketplace style listing shows numerous grocery prices: flour and buckwheat flour, mackerel three for 25 cents, Continental Coffee at 20 cents per pound, Baltimore oysters per quart 40 cents, smoked ham butts at 2. per pound, smoked jowls per pound, and egg carriers that hold 12 dozen eggs priced at 25 cents each.
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Lockards
Parons
Margaret Landers
P. R
Ray ‘Kuhlman
Terre Haute
Union Shoe
J. H. Maurer
J. L. Hawker
State Farmers
Edwardsville
Will Payne
Chicago
A. M. Payne
Howard Martin
Dolson & Craig
N. C. Jolly
Venango
County
D. L. Jolly
New Mexico
Sue Gfroever
Pearl English
Will English
Daniel, H. Goble
Westfield Township
Bright
Herman Bingham
Carmi
Wabash River
Frank Poorman
Gertie Haton
Darwin
Rev
E. L. Pletcher
Madison Pulver
Misg
Bernice —Mangold
Ke Sta
Iowa
James Pulver
Rabbi Leipsinger
J. ¥. McCormick
Wil Hamsport
Ohio
Mr. McCormick
Missouri
Nellie Ferry
A. Kelser
Noblesville Ind
Roy Roberts
Terre
Marshall Greenhouse
Ben
Miss Millie Grabenheimer
Paris
Warren ,Wilson
Miss Nelle Hutchison
The
Terre Haute Tribune
Edna ‘Garwood
Jayne B. Kerr
C. E. Gorham
North 7Th Street
P. F. Dodd
Melrose
Miss Simpson
Connersville
Ind
Foster Martin's
L. V. Munns
Tuscola
Sylvia Ramsy
R. Griffin
Guy C. Davis
Miss Miller
Findlay
Pythian Theater
U. S
Senate
Hitch
Circuit Court
Burkholder
Susan Quick
McCoy
Baumgartner
Reese
R. D. Kean
Fieh
Arabia
Daise Miller
Findlay, O
Frank Prevo
Prevo Landing
Harry Casteel
Elmer Soughers
Kansas Station
P. B. Bartlesman
Little Son
Carriel
Leta Sherman
Johnson Township
Mollie Greenough
North 8Th Street
Christian Church
Neal
Edith
Julia Hennessy
Mike
Michael Madden
George Kohl
Fort Collins
Colo
Clark County
Hector Dulaney
York Township
Charles G. Strohm
Florence
J. B. Taylor
J. M. Chesborough
Vandalia
Pittsburg
Will Osburn
Wabash Township
Osburn
Upper
Wabash
Busse
Sparlors
A. Edn
ECR
Saings A
Ake
Daniel Webster
Mr Webster
BemsBang
Magnolia
Happy Home
NAVY
Baltimore
Loe
Ota YI
Quaker Oats Company
Per Tos Wena Ee
Silver Prunes
Minnesota
J. D. Shoemaker
Claypool Blog
N. W. Cor. Square
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