The Chief Legatee and Town News Notes
A crowded column notes visitors and local happenings. Florence Skemp visits Washington, Odon and nearby towns host callers. Miss Edith Freeman returns from Milway to join Nellie Morrison. Rexall Drug Store promotes fly killers, free toothbrush with purchases, and a chamois offer. Floyd Turney returns to Indianapolis after a local visit. Old Settlers reunion posters circulate. Deputy fish and game commissioners Cassidy and Crist are in the area. Various residents travel to Bicknell, Scotland, Bloomfield, Bedford, and Willliama for conferences, visits, and family gatherings. Local commerce mentions a for sale washing machine and grocery visits. several social calls and church notes appear alongside routine ads.
Anodyne Advice and Cough Cures in Cramped Dialogue
A physician explains anodyne medicine’s flaw as a delusion that soothes pain but speeds the next attack. The tale mirrors a Louisville Times quip about whisky curing a cough while inviting a recurring cough, and ends with a diner giving odd directions for an oyster stew.
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Louisville Times
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Pirst
Ness
Poindexter & Laughlin’s
Poindexter & Laughlin
The
House of Quality
Ae Chat
Owens
Florence Skemp
Washington
Daisy
Rexall Drug Store
Frank Deal
Bicknell
Plainville
Floyd Turney
Indianapolis
Owens, Main Street
Kexall
C. E. Trainor
Washington, D. C
J. DeMotte
Dale Cooper
Scotland
Edith Freeman
Milway, NL
Nellie
Kexall Drug Store
Mrs. J. M. Winkerpleck
Rena Dearmin
Worthington
Ron S. Boyd
Saturny
Old Settlers
Deputy Fish and Game
Cassidy
Crist
W. H. Todd
Don Wheeler
Terre Haute
Accos
Ola Morrison
Ethel
Jolliff and Mesers
Walter Danner
Harry Sommers
Lada Harman
Hower Marshall
Grace Whitaker
Miss Denney
Miss Mitchell
Bloomfield
Nona Graham
Helen Gantz
Rexall
Bertha and
Mary Howe
Linton
Helen
Mia, Slater
Miss Mary
R. C. Skemp
Earl Seneff
Jasonville
C. A. Pickett
Blanche
Barna City
Dr. McFarland and Son
D. Monical
Hubert Ferguson
Dess McClong
Williama
C. A. Pickett Tuseday
Rv. Chapman of
Shosle
Bidato
Lester
Mrs. Wm. Bowman and
Ermil
Bowman
McClare
Colorado
A. O
Dave Bowman
Rocky Ford, Colorado
Jas. Brown
Elkhart, Ind
William Mize
Elis Lemon
Ovid Smiley
Newberry
Milo Smiley
Geo Hoaffori
Rizzsie Winklevleck
Roy Winklevleck
Russel
Anna Winklevleck
Dot Stomp
Leda Alexander
Messrs
Dave Marshall
Seth Sims
Fay Bechtel
Zora Dunlap
Harman
Hazel Smiley
Meyrs
Owen Crooke
Foster Haff
Purl Bowman
Harry Q Cooper
Miss Ava
Ms Northwest
W. J. Brow
Loganeport
Odon Tueaday
Kathryn Goosey
Bedford
Rainbolt
F. J. Blyhay
Permland
Wickenson
Vic Nity
Yestenlay
W. J. Danner
Rexall Store
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