Madison Township notes on health deaths and graveyard visit
The column reports Billie Reese in poor health, several sick near Mt Gilead, and Miss Eliza Carpenter dying at 43. It notes Elder Brown’s sermon on resurrection, numerous dinners, and a plan to visit Summers graveyard with Solon MayNab and others, detailing farm access and 19 year old Cassandra Collins grave inscription fading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Carpenter
Sue
Mt. Gilead
Elder Brown
Greencastle
Mooresville
Solon MayNab
Alonezo
Wlenry
Artie Carter
Ktusius Smith
Mr. Smith
Casandra Collins
Mr. Sommer
Local Items From Monrovia and Nearby Towns
Monrovia notes visitors from Indianapolis Plainfield and Hazelwood. An infant died at home of Mr and Mrs Will Dillon. Church events and Epworth League meet at six fifteen. Debating club from DePauw defeated Albion in Michigan. Mrs Colgrove dies of tuberculosis. Junior League entertainment praised with organ fund goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Olson
al Piercy
Hazelwood
Will Dillon
Blanchard Horton
I. KE. Markin
DePauw
Albion
Mich
Hargrave
Greencastle
M. E
Markin
Gentlemen of the Road and the Highway Robber Myth
Fry's Magazine argues that romantic tales of highwaymen like Dick Turpin and Claude Duval are largely sensational myths and the deeds attributed to them were not as noble as legends suggest. The piece cautions readers not to trust these figures as entertainment legends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Turpin
Claude Duval
Knights of the Road
Turpin
Highwayman
Fry’s
Gasburg News Briefs and Rural Notes
Gasburg items report John Dobbins improving Mrs Lot Tincher and Aunt Hetty Long both ill Okey Perry new range visits by William Shover and Annie Marley Elizabeth MacQueston and daughter Fannie in Indianapolis. A jokey spoof about evasive answers and a note on birds hoarding winter stores ends with a Columbus Dispatch citation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okey Perry
Hetty Long
Elizabeth MacQueston
Fannie
Indianapolis
Prohibition Views From W C T U Notes Editorial
The column quotes Joseph Chamberlain and Nat Prohibitionist rhetoric arguing against local option and liquor sales. It condemns saloons as murder-mills and urges active opposition, urging voters to resist licensing and to support clean, honest work over the liquor trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Chamberlain
England
E.W. C
Nat
Michigan City
Jeffersonville
America
Birds That Bury Nuts In Winter Cache
A Columbus teacher and amateur naturalist notes that birds such as jays bury nuts for winter, observing how avian behavior parallels squirrels in storing food supplies. The fragment hints at a local science interest feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Jay
W C T U Meeting Rescheduled to Thursday the 30th
The W C T U meeting moved from Mrs. Sink home to Thursday the 30th due to the Paragoa institute on the 28th and 29th. Many members plan to attend and hear the report fresh from the institute.
Lanterned yokel courts in kitchen tale
An old country gentleman finds a yokel with a lantern at his kitchen window and learns he is courting Mary. The gentleman mocks the lantern as unnecessary in youth, while the yokel insists the claim is true and notes his wife’s appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Fragmentary timetable entry for bus or rail schedule
An OCR fragment shows partial times and routes with stray characters, indicating a public transport timetable. It mentions departures around 9 30 and 6 30 AM and other unreadable data.
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. E. Farmer
J. H. Bayliss
J. W. York
Fire Insurance
Undertaker
Frank E. Carlisle
FK. Pratt, WD
O. E. Rooker
Mooresville, Indiana
Arrang
A. J. Hylton, M. D
East Main Street
J. F. Brackney
MI. D
Calvert
Seventh Street
Washington, D. C
Indiana Veterinary College
M.C. Park
W. Park
Munn & Co
Scientific Americar
Munn & C
Goughs
Madison Township
Billie Reese
Ed. Park and Wife
Christ
J. A. Carter
H. C. Carter
A. B. Carter
Solon MacNab
Bettie Passmore
George Shaffer
Jerry Thackery
Henry Landers
Miss Carter
Henry
Flossie
Monrovia
Kate Ballard
Mr. Davis
Charles Tansey
Plainfield
Carrie Johnson
Amy Harper
Martinsville
Laura Marlette
Jessie Arend
Commercial Club
Clark Harvey
Norris
I. L. Mitchell
W. P. Cash
R. T. Marlette
A. C. Brewer
Bert Greeson
Mack Hadley
Jane Brick
Ozro Sands
James McCracken
Lena Tansey
Clifty
Harrison Blunk
Spencer
Mrs. Baily
Epworth League
John Thompson
Mrs. Hinshaw
J. A. Wilson
Gentlemen of the Road
Gasburg
John Dobbins
Lot Tincher
Will Plummer
Yansa York
William Shover of
Anderson
Annie Marley
London
Columbus Dispatch
A. H. Richardson, Undertaker
the Times
Sivage
Black Rock Church
Mooresville and
Plainfield Pike
Indiana
Deering
Avery
Janesville
Deere
Ben Woodward
Jeff. T. Park
C. M. Hadley
H. H. Leathers
Cecilian Prince
Maud
Membrino L
Morgan County
Patriot Cecil
J. Bk. Rusie
Sarah K. Marie
Terre Haute
Indianapolis and
Soath
Rees Jean
Va P. Lids
RENRY
Sporabergs
Meat Market
Indiana Street
Sam
Frides
Frank Gray's Tannery
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