Correspondence and Local Notes From a Prairie County Page
Tobacco men seek a season amid sickness in the district. Len Roberson visits Lexington relatives. Col Roosevelt’s absence creates a vacancy in worldly affairs. Teddy’s maneuvers are anticipated to influence the future. Mrs Ed Carpenter improves from pneumonia. Bowles family members suffer measles. Cliff McKinevan from Montana guests Sherman Hamilton. Germans fight among themselves. annihilation of both sides would please some. Mrs Wm Donaldson improves from pneumonia, influenza troubles others. Jesse Pendleton ships to A B Hart for shoots at fifteen dollars per hundred. Shrout boy breaks right arm. doctors set the bone. family Hayes mentioned.
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Len Roberson
Lexington
Col. Rosevelt
Teddy
Ed Carpenter
Bowles
Cliff McKinevan
Montana
Wm. Donaldson
Mr. Donaldson
Jesse Pendleton
Hart
Charles Shrout
B. Frank Shrout
Owensville pastor to lead Springfield church
Recovering from an attack of the influenza, Rev. J Tyler Davis of Owingsville will become pastor of Springfield church when weather permits. Springfield has been pastorless for some time and Davis is praised as an excellent preacher working for Christianity. Mrs Ed Toy and children visit Mrs Toy's parents Jno Trimble and wife in Fayette County.
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Ingsville Court
J. Tyler Davis
Owingsville
Springfield Church
Springfield
Davis
Ed Toy
Local social notes from Sewell area residents
Sunday visits mark a flurry of family gatherings with the Baber, Crutcher, Davis, and Jones households. Winchester and Paris are common destinations as relatives travel for weekends and extended visits while influenza illnesses affect Mrs. Wilmont Sumpter.
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Lewis Davis
Winchester
Elmer Baber
Shirley Sumpter
Nelson
Gilbert Baker
Repentance as Dignity and Second Innocence
A reflection on repentance suggesting it can bring remorse and a renewed moral standing, sometimes described as a second innocence, shaping inner dignity and ethical awareness.
When a Man Falls We Charge It to the Devil
A reflective line contrasts reactions to male and female missteps, noting men blamed on the Devil while women blamed on curiosity more often than desire. The proverb-like remark comments on gendered blame and social judgment.
Strap Fastening Ankle Strap Helps Fight Fatigue
Bonnette reports a foot strap tightly wrapped in a figure eight under the instep and around the ankle can mobilize joints, relieve plantar tissue pressure, and ease tired extremities after prolonged marching. Its use has expanded to preventive purposes to defer fatigue during ongoing marches.
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Bonnette
Presse Medicale
This was Germany a puff of dust and gray shoddy
In a Cincinnati Times-Star column W. A. Phelan revisits the past and argues that Germany’s former cultural glory under Goethe Mendelssohn Schiller Wagner gave way to tyranny after 1848. He calls for massed bannered legions against the Hohenzollern regime and warns of the savage consequences of war.
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Germany
Goethe
Mendelssohn
Schiller
Wagner
Franz Sigel
W. A. Phelan
Cincinnati Times- Star
Foreign uniforms flood New York streets with curious salutes
An American soldier and sailor, both proudly marked with service insignia, exchange amused guesses as they observe a Hindu man wearing a fez, head ornaments, and a bright scarf step along Park Avenue near the Vanderbilt hotel. The trio passes a flamboyant taxi starter before resuming their walk.
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New York
Thirty-fourth Street
Park Avenue
Vanderbilt Hotel
Thirty-third Street
Edward's Opinion of William
The London Globe quotes King Edward VII judging Kaiser Wilhelm as foolish and insane to seek European mastery. He believes Wilhelm will draw Britain into conflict and will rely on British opinion leaders to defend him if he loses.
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Edward VII of
England
London Globe
Kaiser Wilhelm
Europe
Great Britain
Frightful plan proposed to make Bill see himself as others do
Buck-Many papers invite suggestions on how to deal with Bill Hohenzollern Wing-It proposes a plan to make him understand others’ view of him.
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Bill
Hohenzollern
Wing
Gas Attacks and the Army Reader
A fragment hints at a wartime figure accustomed to gas attacks and readers of gas meters before enlisting. The dialogue fragment suggests a hardened stance toward peril and a shift from civilian tasks to military service.
Lost Civilizations in Mashonaland Ruins Across Zimbaye
A South African company's expedition into Mashonaland near Sofala reveals granite ruins with zigzag masonry and three circular firing floors. The sites show smelting remains for gold and copper, suggesting a prior civilizational presence unknown to local natives.
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Toayeard
South African
Mashonaland
Zimbaye
Sofala
Indian Ocean
Zimbayean
Tacks in Pie Case Limits Restaurant Liability
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Ask v Childs Dining Hall held the plaintiff failed to prove negligence. The opinion notes the tiny tack could have embedded before or after reaching the restaurant and that a third party might be the direct cause of the tack in the blueberry pie.
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Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Ask Vs. Childs Dining Hall Company
Beams of Redwood Replace Steel in Mill Construction
Redwood laminat ed trusses are replacing steel beams in a large paper pulp mill under construction by a Chicago firm. The largest trusses measure 96 feet, with six such units, plus 21 50 foot and seven 64 foot trusses. Twenty thousand feet of redwood and the rest southern pine are used, redwood placed above the big vats for steam resistance.
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Chicago
Passport Dossier Sparks Doubt in Kansas City Woman
A Kansas City girl claims agents in Washington sabotage passport requests for young women bound for Red Cross service in France. She cites a descriptive listing calling her bold features and says she now questions going to France.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Red Cross
France
Kansas City
A Serene Mind
A mother asks if forgiveness is given to Willie Blimmer who threw a stone. The angel faced child replies that he threw straighter and now Willie must forgive himself.
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Willie
Foot stomps over car care in thrift stamp scene
In a light hearted domestic sketch a wife scolds her husband for tracking mud in the car while the thrift stamps joke plays on savings. The vignette highlights thrift culture and family humor with a playful tone.
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H. H. Coopage Repair Shop
Monarch Milling Co
Locust St
Stoops
Sherman Hamilton
George Hayes
Fenza
Sewell Shop
Jas. Baber
Mr. Clay Baber
Marie Bloomingfield
Ed. Hedges
Paris
Wm. Crutcher
Martha Jones
Miss Douglas
James Davis
Mattie
Mrs
Frank Shelton
Mt. Sterling
Montgomery County
Land For Men
Queen Quality, Zeigler and Boyd
Welch For Women
Cravenette
Louis
A. B. Oldham & Son
Edward
William
Land OF
LOST
Africa
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