The Sherrill Memorial Honor Service in Hope Chapel
Memorial services in Hope Chapel near Mitchell remembered James H. Sherrill born January 25 1825 in New Hartford New York who aided the church since 1879. The sermon praised his service to the prairie chapel and his family’s acts of benevolence and leadership guiding the community through church rebuilding and revival.
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James H. Sherrill
Chicago
Hope Chapel
Mitchell
Mr. Sherrill
Geo. Williame
D. D
Alexandria
Dakota
Rosedale
Brother Sherrill
Sherrill
A. K. Baird
S. M
Iowa
Rockport
E. M. Chapin
Sinclair
C. H. Purmort
W. Patchen
The Memorial for James H. Sherrill at Hops Chapel
The congregation memorializes elder James H. Sherrill a longtime church leader and benefactor with reverence. They honor his and wife’s devout service and note the bequest in his will. A final blessing echoes the call for blessed dead and his family’s example, with a $12.50 mission offering collected.
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Hops Chapel
Presbyterian Church
James H. Sherrill
Foley's Honey and Tar claim universal early cure
The advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a universal remedy for consumption and other ailments. It promises relief in early stages and comfort in severe cases, urging readers to take no substitutes.
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Foley
H. Scallin
Death by own act near Woonsocket in county
Woonsocket Herald reports Ben Sellera, 30, a laborer in the area, hanged himself Sunday morning after recent odd behavior that raised concerns of possible insanity. He had been working in Jackson township and was brought to town Saturday by John Kappel, who filed an insanity charge and he was locked up.
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Woonsocket Herald
Ben Sellera
Jackson Township
John Kappel
Tragic jail hanging ends in funeral for inmate
An inmate named Sellers was found hanged in his jail cell Sunday morning. Investigators believe he tied a bale around his neck with ash pan rope and bunk chain, then rolled to the floor, likely breaking his neck. Funeral held Monday. interred in city cemetery. His father Hank Sellers is a prominent local farmer near Huron.
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Sellers
Hank Sellers
Huron
It Saved His Leg Bucklen Amical Salve Cures in Five Days
P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia writes of a frightful running sore on his leg that Bucklen's Amical Salve wholly cured in five days. The salve is touted as best for ulcers wounds and piles with a cure guaranteed at only 25 cents sold by S H Scallin druggist.
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P. A. Danforth
LaGrange
S. H. Scallin
Elf Expressed Idea Echoes in Bank Shortfall Dispute
A Washington Star quote shows a commercial associate asking how much an employee is short as the bank director replies that they are the ones short and that the employee is ahead of the game.
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Washington Star
What Tommie Said Admiring Mother
A reader recounts a child named Tommy speaking to Mr. Bildad about a penny asking for a nickel in a short dialogue. The scene suggests a moral or humorous exchange typical of a newspaper feature.
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Tommie
Tommy
Old Soldier's Experience by M. M. Austin of Winchester
Civil war veteran M. M. Austin of Winchester Indiana writes that his wife, long sick despite doctors, was cured by Dr King's New Life Pills. He claims the remedy worked wonders for her health and urges readers to try them. Sold by H Scallin's drug store.
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M. M. Austin
Winchester
Ind
In Original Geniuses and a Judge’s Gold Watch
A father praises Pritchard as original while his wife notes his clothes do not reveal it. A stage quip about a performer’s look follows. In a separate tale Judge Davis, moved by a starving woman, questions a gold watch in her home, angering the visitor who calls him hateful.
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Pritchard
Arthur
Chicago Record-Herald
Senate
A Pair of Lovers in Venice Moonlit Gondola Scene
Two American men roam Venice at night in a gondola and overhear a fellow American wager as a couple in another gondola appears absorbed in each other. The vignette captures sentimental charm and stage whisper humor set against moonlit canals.
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Venice
Philadelphia Record
Woman’s coping under stress cited in playfully sharp line
In a Chicago Tribune quote from Her Resource a young man notes women are handicapped by their sex and have no safety valve like men who drink under stress. Miss Flype counters with a wry suggestion that a woman can simply go and eat a pickle.
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Miss Flyppe
Chicago Tribune
Forested Philippines Show Vast Mindanao Woods
The Philippines retain about 40 million acres of forests with Mindanao alone covering 20 million acres of extensive almost unbroken woods.
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Philippine Islands
Mindanao
Misuse of Chloroform and Anesthetics Examined
A London Mail discussion refutes popular myths about chloroform and ether. It explains how unconsciousness is achieved only during controlled medical anesthesia, typically taking four to eight minutes with vigorous patient reaction, and debunks sensational false claims of instant knockouts or room-wide suffocation.
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London
London Mail
Not Quite What She Meant
A stout lady in Edinburgh asks if a gateway is open to a private road. Two messenger boys at the entrance exchange glances and say the horse and cart went through a wee while since, implying access may be possible despite uncertainty.
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Edinburgh
Oassus
London
He Knew When He Was Well Off
A brief Harper's Bazar vignette recalls Teddie sleeping with his mother and refusing to move as she suggests, declaring that it is cold wherever he is not. The playful line captures a child's stubborn comfort in a warm bed during winter.
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Teddie
Harper’s Bazar
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TOR Mill
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K. B. van Alstine
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