Local notices drift across Clark county scene
Several brief items list residents visiting relatives, moving homes, and pursuing studies. Names include Raymond Ruckle, Beulah Davidson, Mrs Stauffer, Emmett Royer, Mrs Layman, J Ritter, Mrs Shadley, Owen Foster, Jr W Brown, and Earl Snyder. Also noted are farm shipments of apples and a court divorce case Ezra Nay versus wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galey
Raymond Ruckle
St. Louis
Beulah Davidson
Plalter Springs
Daugherty
Indianapolis
Banner-Times
Chas
Terre Haute
Emmett Royer
Chicago
Hahnemann Medical College
Mrrs
Layman
Wallace Young
W. N. Richeson
Port Townsend
Wash
Clark County
J. Ritter
Bronson
Bourbon County
Kansas
John Shadley
Boulder
Galo
Rate den
Link Slusser
Electric Bitters Help Pittsfield Woman Endorsement
Mrs. W Wtrould of Pittsfield N endorses Electric Bitters after relief from stomach and kidney troubles. She states medicines failed until the tonic improved her health and recommends the remedy to others as a liver and kidney aid available at Robt. Prewett's.
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W Wtrould
Pittsfield N
Tns
Robt
John Baker Buys Bus to Meet the Trains at Hutsonville
Local items note John Baker purchasing a bus for train connections in Hutsonville while Mr and Mrs Grover Smith relocate from Terre Haute. W R Hurst returns to Chicago to finish Rush Medical College studies. Burglary reports include $60 stolen from a West York store and a jewelry shop entry attempt.
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the Herald
John Baker
Grover Smith
Terre Haute
W. R. Hurst
Chicago
Rush Medical College
M. Apple
Frank Dunham
Wabash
Ohio
Tingley Bros
Marshal
Marshall
T. L. Rains
N. O Rains
Fred Medcalf
Kansas
Sg Burglara
Star of
Jay Bloan
West York
Ee Sa Ag
C. W. Moore
Fruit Trees and Vines Offered for October Delivery
Advertisement lists Apple Peach Pear Phim and other fruit and shade trees grape vines currants and gooseberries for delivery in October. Seller is Ben Baird at residence 2620 P Reete ok with E. H. Baird as contact.
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Ben Baird
P Reete
E. H. Baird
Local Shifts and Weather Woes Amid Storm Aftermath
Fragmented notes describe Telephone Homes in bad shape after the last storm. Religious updates mention Rex Chas Sloae, a new Methodist pastor, preaching at Clarksville. Visits include Mrs. Martin Ruggs of Wabash and Mrs. Oscar Horner of Marshall. A rural social mention notes travel and health concerns around Wieland and St. Vincent Arkansas.
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Jack Frost
Rex Chas Sloae
Clarksville
Sue Smiley
Fred Whiealands
Martin Ruggs
Wabash
Oscar Horner
Marshall
Charlie Aldrich
Dana Ind
Lawren Zimmerly
Edgar County
Wieland
St. Vincent, Ark
Pleasant Life Fills Offer Gentle Help for Digestive Aids
An ad-prominent pitch touts Dr King’s New Life Fills as strike breakers for liver kidneys and bowels, promising natural aid and gentle relief for better health. The copy urges readers to try them at Robert Prewett's shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr King
Robert Prewetts
The Prosperous Red Man
An analysis rebuts the myth of the vanishing Indian noting that the Indian population rose from 248000 in 1897 to 305000 in 1910 and that Indians are wealthier per capita than whites. It credits Bureau of Indian Affairs statistics and describes continued growth, lack of widespread intermarriage, and government efforts toward welfare and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Washington
Sponeers
Mohaves
Oklahoma
Ube
Mattoon Men Promote Concrete Road to Arcola
Interurban competition plan from Mattoon to Arcola seeks to build two twenty inch wide concrete tracks to run automobiles on a fixed schedule with passenger and freight service. Right of way will be purchased from farmers at a projected cost of 3000 dollars per mile.
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Mattoon
Arcola
Safe Spot Choice in Himalayan Bear Encounter
An account from Sport and Life in the Further Himalayas depicts a hunter named T avoiding an easy fall by not shooting a fearsome red bear during a face off at Gligit. The stalker Gul Sher explains T waited for a safer descent path as the bear pressed forward near a precipice. Also noted is a tale of a pine root strangling an orange tree, cut away to revive the drooping plant before its death.
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Asia
Launts
Himalayas
R. L. Kennion
Rakhbtot Greu
Gul Sher
Gligit
Victoria
London Graphic
El Camilo the relic gun at West Point from Mexican War era
The old relic cannon El Camilo three quarters silver and green sits at West Point Trophy Point. It bears the Spanish royal arms and was once property of the Golden Fleece regiment under Ferdinand and Isabella. The piece likely traveled from a Spanish ship to Mexico and later to American hands after Monterey, a symbol of war and exploration.
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West Point
Trophy Point
West Point Military Academy
Spain
Ferdinand and
Isabella
Columbus
Mexico
Monterey
New York Press
Tax on Bachelordom in William II Era
Fragmentary notice discusses a medieval tax on bachelors and married men, detailing varied rates by rank and family status. It cites dukes archbishops and commoners, with suggested payments for widows and eldest sons. The text is garbled but outlines a制度 of levies based on social position and marital status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wae
Evegyya
Lediss
Bof Ueards
Notice of Publication Chancery Illinois Clark County
Chancery notice in Clark County Illinois. Non resident defendants and unknown heirs of James Myles are ordered to appear November 13 to plead in the bill filed August 14 1911. If they fail a decree will be entered. Witness Daniel Emerson Clerk October 2 1911. Also notice of public letting for bridge approaches Dolson town Clark County October 10 1911.
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P B. Ogle
Ida Littlejohn
Arthur Myles
Bertha Myles
Harvey Miles
Joha McClure
Violet Myles
Ruby Myles
James Myles
John Miles
Chauncey Myles
Bert Myles
Mayme Myles
Otto Myles
Maggie Piety
Julia McClure
Martin Myles
Circuit Court
Circuit
Holden
Marshall
Daniel Emerson
Avn T Hollenbeck
Milnois
Clark
Dolson
Mir. Creek
Clarks
Marshall and
Charleston Snd
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Ezra Nay
Earl Snyder
Messinger
Burnap
Hutsonville
Cole &, Cole
Bae
Westfield
Indianapolig
Oxcar- Ii
South Dolson
Red
Sladder
OUR
Ako
Bronson Sulphur Springs Sanitarium
Ind
Chancery
State of Illinoia
Ely
Dickerson
Bee B. M. Davison
Dolson Sp
Red Cross
B.M. Davison
O New
Amélie
Rives
Bseain Bok
Patel
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