Local society notes list visiting relatives and travel plans
A string of visits and trips across counties and states. Names include McCormicks Andersons Greens and Bryans with many relatives in Bath Lincoln and Fayette counties. Huntington New York Cleveland and Columbus trips are noted along with a January banquet and upcoming state legislature tours.
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Huntington, W. Va
Webster P. Huntington
Cleveland
Ohio
War and Navy Departments
Huntington
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Illinois
New York
Indiana
Minnesota
The Friendless Spider in Harper's Weekly
A compact defense of the spider highlighting its ecological role in preying on houseflies, mosquitoes, and gnats. It argues the arachnid’s value to public health, noting its limited bite and its contribution to reducing disease by reducing pests.
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Harper's Weekly
Marriages in Owingsville Cincinnati and Midway
G. Conner Ewing of Owingsville wed Miss Annie Oberly of Cincinnati in a quiet Christmas Day ceremony in Cincinnati. After a brief Florida bridal trip they will reside in Owingsville. Coleman Elliott and Emily Lacey of Owingsville also married at Rev. T S Tinsley’s Midway home. Maggie Ledford of this city married John M Buchanan in Winchester on December 24.
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G. Conner Ewing
Owingsville
Cincinnati
Annie Oberly
Mr. Ewing
Mrs. Ewing
Florida
Coleman Elliott
Emily Lacey
T.S. Tinsley
This
Bath County
Maggie Ledford
H. C. Ledford
Winchester
John M. Buchanan
Local Health Notes From the County
Mrs. Leo Games is recovering after a recent illness. Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Stephens are ill with la grippe. Judge Squire Turner is able to be out again after illness. Judge Allen McCormick continues to improve. Mrs. Emma Magowan is able to be out after confinement. Oscar Thacker is recovering from a poisoned hand. Helen Redmond, twenty months, sick with Scarlet fever, is improving.
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Leo Games
Squire Turner
Allen McCormick
Emma Magowan
Helen
Death of C. S. Pieratt at Queen Street residence
Mr C S Pieratt aged 40 died at his brother John Pieratt’s residence on Queen Street Saturday morning of pneumonia. He had been ill only a few days and was well known as a tobacco man and barn builder in the area and surrounding counties.
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Pieratt
John Pieratt
Queen Street
Laugh at the Grahame Stock Company Week
A Table Opera House ad promotes the Grahame Stock Company with new plays and five vaudeville acts offering big laughs for thirty cents. It highlights cheaper seats at ten and twenty cents and a one night only Ladies Free Ticket opening offer reserved before 6 P. M. Monday at Mt Sterling Drug.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
James Whitcomb Riley
Grahame Stock Company
Table Opera House
Mt. Sterling Drug
Fair Chance for Borrower Tests Mrs Worth’s Resolve
A borrower’s mother keeps taking items from Mrs Worth’s home until the final stand arrives. Jimmy, her son, asks for the wash boiler and the mother defers, offering to lend it only if the borrower repays what she has already taken. The mother then lists every item borrowed, waits, and finally suggests lending the boiler to collect the items.
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Mrs. Worth
Jimmy
Geographies to Blame on Saint Petersburg Name
London Mail opines the capital of Russia is misnamed by English speakers. It notes the city founded by Peter the Great is Petersburg, not Saint Petersburg, highlighting English custom and Peter’s human status rather than sainthood.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Petersburg
Peter the Great
Peter
London Mail
Stained Glass Window Sparks Quick Quip in Village
In a small English town, a family debate at dinner about a new stained glass window ends with a joke. Harold claims the cost is 148 10 after reading the bottom inscription Job 14 10, prompting laughter at the minister’s expense.
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England
eLurch
Tittle Harold
Harold
London Globe
John in kirk as he tinkers with soul mases
A Scotch minister gently warns John about missed church Sundays. John replies that he is not remiss, but tinkering away with his soul mases. The exchange appears in the Methodist Recorder in a tone of humorous religious reflection.
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John
Methodist
A Compliment
A witty exchange from the St. Louis Post Dispatch records a man reacting to a humorous accusation. He notes having been flattered before, signaling a light moment about perceived honesty.
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St. Louis Post Dispatch
Hard Luck. Fourteen Cooks in Three Months Upset Mrs Hatterson
Mrs Datterson explains the string of failed cooks over three months, noting fourteen hires with no satisfaction. The exchange captures a humorous domestic quarrel about kitchen misfits and appetite for better help.
Conscience's Voice Defies Repression, Cited by Jameson
Quotation attributed to Jameson notes that voices of conscience face inevitable retribution, reflecting a stance on moral accountability and social consequence.
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Jameson
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Wey
Duerson
Duerson’s Drug Store
Court St
AAA
AMAA
L. C McCormick
Mrs. G. ©. Anderson
Lincoln County
Mattie Garrett
The
County
Mrs. Hoffman Wood
Paris
Mr. L. D. Greene
Louisville
Mrs. Ewing Flynn
Lexington
A. H. Hirshman
Mrs. C. L. Greene
Mrs. Greene
Avon
Mr. J. W. Vanarsdell
Washington
Brother
R. L. Vanarsdell
James French
Hom
Henderson
Chas. Greene
Indianapolis
Mrs. Chenault Cockrell
Middlesboro
R. H. Winn
C. D. Grubbs
Toronto
Canada
James Hall
Powell County
Mayme Redmon
Mrs
Cassie Redmond
Mrs. Wm. Scott
Mr. Scott
Percy D. Bryan
G. H. Satterwhite
Elmer Berry
Sharpsburg
W. H. Berry
Mr. Farmer Greenwade
M. C. McKee
Ada
Georgetown
J. W. Hedden
A. G. Gates
N. H. Trimble
Colgate Bascom
G. B. Senff
Earl King
Mrs Senff
Woodford County
Olive Lorraine Wood
Jacksonville
W. W. Acosta
J. W. Hedden, Sr
South
Minnie Heilman
W. T. Wolvin
W. Va
Clark Kemper
Bourbon County
B. G. Saltzgaber
Miss Frances
Mrs. Saltsgaber
Anna Tipton
D. Harold Johnson
Columbus
P. Henry Corbett
Memphis, Tenn
John Corbett
Virgil Browning
Clark County
John F. Richardson
John Greenwade
Mr. Greenwade
Keri
Oscar Thacker
Patent Medicine
Pouch
Graves & UO
Table Theatre
Night Feature Pictures
Stanton College
J. C. Hanley
Stanton, Kentucky
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