Local notices and community updates from Dolson township
A collage of social and civic items from Dolson township includes travel notes as Mr and Mrs John Taggart head to Orlando for the winter, Rev Kern to preach, and various residents visiting or moving. It also records the nine months old child of Mr and Mrs Irvin Cox dying from burns, plus local meetings, guests, and parade of town events and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Cox
Johnson Town Ship
J David
Fobh Fmrich, Jr
Nuratte Nour
Paris
Corp
Christh
Miharah
Ettle Kiyieh
Ddare
Dt Bredl
A Religious Author's Clouded Life and Medical Notes
A scrambled memoir fragment recounts illness kidney trouble and pain relief with Foley's Kidney Kennedy and a witness to a religious author's suffering. It mentions tax days stockholders meetings phone lines a birth in January and a dramatic cure with a patent remedy claimed to heal consumption and bronchial ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolrs
Kennedy
Foley
Local notes on weather and visitors in Terre Haute
Mrs Mandana Coons of Terre Haute spent last week here with her daughter John Nidiffer. Tramps toured Dolson area but received a cold reception. plowing began Monday and Tuesday before winter halted work on Wednesday. Dave Montgomery started with his collectors books at the start of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandana Coons
Terre Haute
Jas
John Nidiffer
Dolson
Dave Montgomery
Fragmented Early 1900s Item Reels Off Drilling and Travel News
A garbled report notes Mort Hri the ferryman crossing a river by ferry when its hold slipped. It mentions a drilled well on HI farm near iapelis with an expected 200 barrel output. Other items include KO Bishop traveling to Portland, Miss Euna Newlin to Los Angeles, and John Fullen buying a 200 acre farm in Owen County Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mort Hri
Plesgzer
Iapelis
KO Bishop
Portland
Miss Euna Newlin
Los Angeles
Cal
John Fullen
Owen County
Indiana
Judge grants divorce over ill temper and bad breath
A Western judge grants a divorce on grounds of ill temper and bad breath. An advertisement hawks Dr Kings New Life Pills claiming to cure constipation and liver trouble, banish headaches and chills, and remove ill temper. Priced at 235 cents at Robt Prewett's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings New Life
Prewett's
South Dolson Social Notes and Local Meetings
John Stricker of Kansas visits relatives Oda Marrs and wife join Charley Hornbrook family for Sunday. Beware the tax collector will come soon. New life insurance lodge organized at Clarksville for women and men. Funeral of Miss Lizale Hoskins at Clarksville Baptist church. Many from here attended. More movement expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stricker
John Stricker
Kansas
Oda Marrs
Charley Hornbrook
Clarksville
Lizalé Hoskins
Clarksville Baptist Church
Wedding at Clarksville as Weally Weds Frank Chaney
A wedding took place at Mrs. Lizzie Milhouse's home in Clarksville on Sunday evening. Rev D Dalla officiated as the couple, both well known and with many friends, began married life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siena
Pleasants
Shi Patterson
Doug
Tata
Abe
Benson
Oliver
Og Alonzo
Red
Swango
Nexir
Lizzie Milhouse
Clarksville
Weally
Frank Chaney
Rev
D. Dalla
Simple Remedy For LaGrippe In Yellow Package
A brief ad notes Foley's Honey and Tar in the yellow package as a cure for la grippe that may develop into pneumonia. It claims to heal inflamed lungs and prevent danger, urging purchase at Keifer's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Keifer’s Drug Store
Westfield College Faces New Year with Renewed Hope
Westfield College ends a hard year marked by financial strain but reports bright finances and strong spirit among faculty and students. President and community express optimism for the year ahead as donations and enrollment stabilize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westfield College
Notice to Contractors for Courthouse Decorations 1909
Sealed bids will be received by the Clark County Illinois Board of Supervisors committee on improvements on January 18 1909 for decorating the courthouse. Walls of the county clerk and circuit clerk offices to be papered with ingrained plain tints. The lower corridor to receive hygienic kal sine and decorative friezes. upper half same treatment with larger friezes. wainscoting to be gray sand. Bids go to the lowest responsible bidder with right to reject all. Dated January 2 1909. Shelton Davis W W Craig John Williamson committee on improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On
Board of Supervisors
Clark County
Said County
Cattle buyers fill area amid Friday night box supper
A busy event reports numerous cattle buyers at a local box supper held on Friday night. Notes mention empty cars, a lost fine young horse from nose bleed, mail delays, and a quirky aside about rabbits near the tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. West Siding
D. I. Morgan
Newnes
Home remedy for rheumatism and kidney trouble
A vintage home remedy article promotes a mixture of dandelion, kargon, and sassaparitia syrups to treat rheumatism and kidney disorders. It claims long use can prevent kidney and urinary issues and urges readers to prepare the blend, then cite Foley's Kidney Remedy as a corrective option. The piece emphasizes relief and urges preservation of the recipe.
Choctaw Area Social Roundup and Travel Notes
Marshall visitor Bert Eckels spent Saturday in town while Hat Higginbotham shared Sunday with Edith Craig. A new mail carrier was on duty Friday and Saturday. Tom Walker and son Jesse have been in the South on a weeklong trip. Edna Wyrick visited her aunt Mrs Cora Eckles Friday evening. George Beauchamp and wife consider moving to Terre Haute. George McCollum and wife visiting Frank Jackson and family of Kil. Mrs Tom Walker and granddaughter Maud Miller visited Mrs Cora Eckels Friday. Mrs A R Buzzard stayed Wednesday with daughter Lucy Farr in Indiana. Babe Davison returned home after being in the South since April. Henry Carpenter and wife moved back from Greenville Indiana last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Eckels
Marshall
Hat Higginbotham
Edith Craig
Tom Walker
Jesse
Edna Wyrick
Cora Eckles
George Beauchamp
Alg
Terre Haute
George McCollum
Frank Jackson
Kile
Maud Miller
Cora Eckels
A. R. Buzzard
Lucy Farr
Indiana
Babe “Davison
Henry Carpenter
Greenville
Ind
Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted as Safe Cough Remedy
Advertised as a safe cough remedy for infants and children, Foley's Honey and Tar is claimed to save lives by treating colds croup and whooping cough without opiates or narcotics. Mothers urged to keep a bottle at home with drug-store refusal phrasing in the copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Iit
Mabatienteneer Drug Store
Seng
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Simon Ingle
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John Taggart
Orlando Florida
Frank Bush
Terre Taut
Navy
Kern
Suedas Wight
John Voor
Ora
Ney Fats Bata
Casey
Caramerchal
Washington
New Mexico
Coton Rob
James Vavison
Hanner Times
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Cottes
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Stoltz
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Oklahoma
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Mohn Ntedersa
Tu Wesday
Rs Minty
Sinclair Ws
Harbes
Newlin
Indianapolis
Fridaveral
Richwoods
Wirs
Wess Hall
James Hal
Martin Sinelale
Wheladen Wall
Alieow
Hota
John Chatcellor
Tar
Juda Coons
Ting
Burt Ous
Winal
Dotson
John Mitete I
Otis Wifk
Odor Meide
Hollin
Susan Catharine
Reaper Horner
Chris Ro
Mitchell
Cathero
Odf - Pacomb
the Herald
James Crawford
Durham
Othver
Vic Peet
Po Mar
Church of Christ
South Dolson
Westfield
The
Review
Charles Stewart
Ruth Myers
Brook
Ell Fogler
Parcel
New Goshen
Oater
Robert Wilboit
Centralia
Ted
Shelton Davis
W W. Craig
John Williamson
Homer
Bright
Keifer
Berean Old Cene Reed
Bujudi
Armers
Wise Ae Ae
Eee
Ers
Sean Aes
Edbey Truslerises
Isi Tee
Bates
Trisler
T. F.trusler
Huntington
Holland's
Riefer
Quality Store
Sheyul
Foster Martin
Ay Mitchell
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Senate
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Mabie
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