Marengo County Specials Chronicle Local items and visitors
Montpelier Ohio visitors E G Young. fishermen report good pond success. James Barry’s Sheridan farm yields coal five feet deep. Apple crop high value, farmers limit picking. Corn crop large, harvest may require long season. Dr W A Lane to address silver meeting at town house. Coal deliveries by J C Cooper. W W Cleveland’s mill ready for first class roller flour. Pastor reappointed to Murengo. harvest festival reception held with pledges toward current salary. Hall’s hair product advertised. A and L society met at Mrs M Cuykendall’s. officers elected. Various locals visit, speak, or attend school and church events. Various notices on agriculture, politics, and community life.
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Marengo
E.G. Young
Montpelier
Ohio
Frank Gilder
Sleeve
James Barry
Sheridan Township
W. A. Lane
J. C Cooper
W. W. Cleveland
Murengo
North Marengo
Jas. Wepster
Hall
Farmers urged to dry wet wheat at malt house
Local notices recount weddings, deaths, and politics in Marshall township. David Inger dies at daughter Ellen Jager’s home at age eighty. Amos Cummings relocates to old Phelps homestead. Community events include P S C E meeting led by C Fox, and various political gatherings with McKinley and Silverite factions. Miss Jennie Saunders visits, Bertha Houston to spend winter in New Haven. Salem Lutheran services announced with Young People’s Christian Endeavor to follow.
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David Inger
Ellen Jager
Marshall
Amos Cummings
Phelps Homestead
C. Fox
Jennie Saunders
Union City
Manly Houston
Bertha Houston
New Haven
Conn
Harry Houston
F. K. Doty
Town House
Messrs
Joy and
Lockton
Wim
Kidney
M. A. Houston
Marshall Starr
McKinley
B. Colum
Salem Lutheran
Young People’s Christian Endeavor Society
One Minute Cough Cure Promoted By Hyde
A brief notice promotes One Minute Cough Cure claiming rapid relief from a hacking cough. The ad attributes the remedy to A C Hyde and emphasizes quick action for the user.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Hyde
A. O. Hyde
York State visitor Andrew Godfrey stays with Charles Godfrey
Spencer Sweet, long reported ill, died Monday morning. Funeral held at the Congregational church with interment scheduled Thursday at one o'clock in Ceresco cemetery. Mr and Mrs L L Lewis resumed their northern trip last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Godfrey
York State
Charles Godfrey
Spencer Sweet
Congregational Church
Ceresco
L. L. Lewis
Political meetings and social events in Ceresco and nearby towns
Local notes list religious social plans at Congregational and Baptist groups, poetry social at L. L. Lewis Oct 16, revival meetings, and political discussions on free silver and gold standard. Included are visits by clergy, farm updates, family births, health notices, and upcoming speeches by L. B. Tompkins and Mr. Williams.
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Bay View
Scottaville
FE. H. Harbridge
Partello
Congregational Church
L. L. Lewis
Bartlett
Williams
Battle Creek
D. Vollick
Ellis
Bockaven
Cereseo
Mr. Randall
Fredonia
Ceresco
L. B. Tompkins
Homer
Allen Godfrey
Marengo
Charles Godfrey
John Graham
Bender
Mission
The
Jones
Chester Moffitt
Maud Mickel
Madge Raven
Baptist Ladies’ Aid Society
New England
Jacob Metzgur
Baptist Society
Whit keeping health improves after sanitarium stay
Mrs. A Whit returned home after an OVAE week in the Sanitarium and is reported improving. F S Tillotson has recovered from a horse kick two weeks ago. Frank and Sam Shipp and Frank Reid visited from Albion over the weekend as the Epworth league sent five dollars to Thomas Mich to aid church rebuilding after last summer’s cyclone. The RE U 1. 8. held a meeting at J A Zimmerran’s home with devotional exercises, business, music, readings, recitations, and temperance quotes, in October’s bright afternoon ambiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Zimmerman
Clyde Emery
H. M. Albertson
Origin of the name Nolly and a dutiful linen tale
The piece recounts the possible origin of the word nolly from Norman times with Robert d Oyley receiving lands and paying a linen tablecloth as a tribute. It notes the D Oyley family embroidered quitrent cloths and served in William the Norman s household. A Worcester Gazette anecdote adds a knife maker story on the Mississippi river with a grim description of a knife designed to kill.
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Nolly
D'Oyley
William the Norman
Oxford Times
Worerster Gazette
John E. Russell
Mississippi River
Mr. Russell
What Is One Man's Meat Is Another's Poison
A critique of the belief that fish or phosphoria foods boost brain power. It argues no scientific proof exists for universal brain enhancement from such foods. The piece emphasizes personal dietary needs and sticking to a self-suited regimen as science confirms.
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Loudon Hospital
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised as Universal Cure
The readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages, a constitutional disease treated internally to reach blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and urge sending for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, with Hall's Family Pills recommended for sale by druggists.
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Scott
Outadt
Scott & Bowre
New York
Hall
Hull
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Makeshifts For Bivabled Wheel Veteran Guides Improvised Repairs
A Milwaukee school brief describes inventive methods for riders with a broken wheel. It advises spoking and front-wheel fixes, using water to inflate a tire as a temporary measure, and, if needed, packing the outer tire with bran or bran substitutes to reach home safely.
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Milwaukee
Meteoritic Stones and Ancient Worship Across Cultures
The text describes meteorites as fallen stones called nehoccurences, revered in many cultures as divine gifts. It cites examples from Incheon, Ephesus, Texas, India, and a 1402 Alsace specimen, noting how communities honored and preserved these objects as sacred tokens from the Great Spirit or gods.
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Incheons
Diana
Ephesus
Texas
India
Bursisheim
Alsace
Germany
Sigismund
Oliver C. Fareington
St. Nicholas
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