Martinsville Personal Notes and Local Prices, 1876
Martinsville communities report steady church attendance and family visits from Johnson township to Casey and Orange. Poultry and egg prices in 1876 are noted alongside weather, harvest progress, and social events including a Masonic banquet and a turkey-focused Thanksgiving reflection. A price comparison shows poultry valued by the dozen in 1876 and by the pound in 1914, with local traders Randabaugh & Park cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
H. R. Williams
Johnson Township
Harry Shields
South Bend
Ind
James Boyer
Orange
James Phillipps
J. B. Pendleton
Herschel Rowe
Terre Haute
Chas. Rowe
Fred Brown
Casey
John Andrews
Kate Greever
Kansas
Leo Fasig
Samuel Sneed
Thomas Fasig
Oklahoma
Masonic Lodge
J D. Shouse
Martinsville Express
Randabaugh & Park, Grocers
Tom Turks
Auburn Town Board Names Hurley Veach Supervisor
The Auburn town board appoints Hurley Veach as supervisor. Local notes report community updates including residents returning home, illness, travel, and church events. Several residents are mentioned visiting, working, or traveling, with minor incidents and local gatherings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Hurley Veach
Sol Buckel
Lester Noyes
Metcalf
Charley Husted
Joseph Snyder
John Waters
Martinsville
Wonders of Java Once a Mighty Empire and Tiger Fights
The article describes Java as a long tropical island under Dutch rule with many active volcanoes and rich ruins of a former empire. It details the royal arena Alon Alon where tiger fights occur, including guards, spear walls, and professional tiger fighters facing fierce beasts, sometimes with human participation in the combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Cuba
Holland
Plymouth
When Pencils Were Treasures in London
Fragmentary notes recall early days of lead pencil production at a Seath waste mine in London. Soldiers protected the supply and a special act taxed plumbage as ore prices rose from eight to a pound per ounce. Miners were searched at shift ends yet smuggled much of the yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seathwaste
Ulich
London
Beating the Bounds and Fur Facts in One Piece
A reflection on peace time Cossacks and land boundary practices where boys are whipped along landmarks to seal borders. The piece shifts to fur lore detailing Yakutsk skins black silver fox ermine sea otter and fisher, noting colors sizes and durability. It ends with a quip about women and troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Chronicle
Canada
United States
Fragmented Excerpts Blend Ads and Odds in Old Paper
A collage of stray notes and local queries shows a store owner clashing with editors over ad placement, early observations on jugglers among Algonquin tribes cited by Jesuit missionaries, and scattered cultural asides from poetry to chess and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlevoix
Mexico
South America
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Will ‘Saiter
Henry
W. Saiter
John Hawker
Lena Haueisen
Eliza Dean
Bethel
Rudolph Kuhn
Kibby
Clarence Tapscott
Frank Gilbert
Ben Saiter
Frank Gelsert
Charlie Little
Prairieton
Nathan Wright
English
Tom Whitson
Harry Maurer
Odd Fellows’ Grand Lodge
Springfield
Beulah ‘Maurer
Reese Davis
Ferman Bennett
John Chapman
Louis Spaugh
Verne Davis
Chester Chapman
Palestine
Zoar
Wm. Lingafelter
William Davis
James Steele
Dennis Chapman
Butternutt Church
John Baxter
Lloyd Baxter
Noah Misner
Olney
Don Ping
Glen Cooper
Charleston
Ike Baker
Grant Weir
Wes Bennett
Elmer Deverick
Wes Keller
John Walter Elliott
Wonders OF
van Camp’s
Pork & Beans
B. C
Lenox
Marshall
Crane
Crane’s
J. I. Whallon
Bergamot
Calabria
Italy
Strait of Messina
Schumann
The
West End Grocer
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