Rural notes and local visits in Raglesville district
Aunt Phoebe Young’s health is poor. A Walter Wadsworth child is sick. Elmer Manryfield and family near Odon and D B Anderson nearby visited T N Jackson’s near Bramble. D B Wadsworth and Victor Zigler did business at Loogcotes. A local election would have been quiet if not for Tuesday’s fight. W S Smiley builds a concrete culvert on rural route 2 near J L Cunningham’s. Calamity howlers surge since elections. trusts may tolerate a Democratic administration.
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Elmer Manryfield
Odon
D. B. Anderson
Here
T. N. Jackson
Bramble
Local Visits Highlight Weekend in Inpolib Area
Roy Carpenter Bunkum and Miss Esther Bair of Odoa spend Sunday with Charley Her Mrs. Clida Byer and children visiting relatives in Inpolib with neighbors and relatives making the trip.
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Roy Carpenter
Esther ‘Bair
Odoa
Charley
Local Social Notes Include Illnesses Visits and Travel
Mrs Noah Fisher is dangerously ill of paralysis. Mrs Noah Fisher visiting relatives at St. Louis. Mrs Margret Cunningham and daughter Mrs Clida Byer and children visited Mrs Laura Taylor Sunday. Mrs Everett Fisher on the sick list. Harve Smiley of Odon was here Monday. Noah Fisher was at Burns City Monday and Mrs John Herron spent Friday at Wm Kinnaman's.
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Noah Fisher
St. Louis
Margret Cunningham
Clida Byer
Laura Taylor
Harve Smiley
Odon
Burns City
Local Illness and Accidents Reported in Community Totals
Train or Berndette and Florence Kidwell suffer scarlet fever as J A Kidwell’s daughters. Bud Brock from Brandon farm paralyzed at work near Marsh store last week. Willie Snider cuts forehead badly during Friday play with heavy bleeding. Alt Grove and daughter Gladys went to Pisinville Friday. Geo Wade went to Odon Saturday. Elza Grove returned Willie to Washing.
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Bud Brock
Brandon
Marsh
Alt Grove
Gladys
Pisinville
Local Social Roundup Steady Attendance Across Elnora Area
Mrs Elmer Edwards improving from illness. Sunday visits arranged among Holding Mows, Aishe, Ice, Flinn, Long, Boardman families. Daughters Mary Lula Long attended Elnora Friday. Ha Boardman and Clida Aishe visit noted. Several families hosted guests including Hackler, Wikle, and Firman Flinn during weekend.
Diphtheria Outbreak Touches Burns City Amid Social Notes
Burns City news reports diphtheria lingering in the vicinity as schools reopen after a vacation. Local events include visits, travel to Bloomfield and Odon, illnesses in families, a quarantine in the Sargent family, and petty thefts from a neighbor’s home. Family ties, travel, and upcoming wedding talk pepper the page along with routine town movements.
Local residents listed with Tuesday movements in Epsom area
Martin Mallette of Plainville and John Mallette of Mexico visited town Tuesday morning. Wiliams of Cornettaville and O E Myers with Arnel Myers of Washington were in town Tuesday on business. Ella Hodges visited Plainville Monday night. Vern Ables traveled to Washington Sunday. Elias Scott and son Warvey went to Odon Thursday on business. Felix Keller and wife went to Plainville Friday. Lee Faith of Elnora called on his mother Mrs Malinda Friday evening. Joe Browning went to Odon Saturday. George Browning injured his foot Monday masonry work east of town. Isenogle and wife visited Willard Isenogle and family Saturday and Sunday. Mr and Mrs Lemen of Elnora visited John Lamb Sunday. Alta Keller went to Odon Saturday.
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Elias Scott
Warvey
Odon
Local Notes From Burns City and Surroundings
Tomy Peter traveled through Burns City en route to Burns City Wednes. Farmers began husking corn. Elmer Fish and family visited his parents Sunday. Cherch attended Salem church Sunday evening. Goldie Callahan visited Holtsville Thursday. Willis sale drew a crowd with fair prices. Noah Carr made a business trip to Shoals Wednesday. Jonathan McCarter visited Burrns City Saturday. Henry Utterback was in Burns City. Herschel Edmundson of Burns City visited friends near Salem Sunday. Abner Adkins and son Nelson of Louisiana came Sunday to see his ill mother.
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Abner Adkins
Nelson
Louisana
Rexall 93 Hair Tonic Offers Money Back Guarantee
A Rexall 93 Hair Tonic ad claims it destroys scalp germs, nourishes roots, and promotes growth. The Rexall Store guarantees satisfaction with a full refund if the product fails to relieve dandruff irritation or prevent hair loss, with two sizes offered at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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Rexall
Lair
Odon Drug ¢ Co. Inc
Fireman wedding amid ruins of half-burned church
A Leicester fireman had a solemn wedding held in the ruins of a half-burned church. The bridegroom traveled to the ceremony on a motor fire engine as comrades formed an arch of axes for the newly married couple.
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A. Leicester
Eng
Modern Burial Caskets Replace Grim Coffins in Mourning
An undertaker notes how mortuary practice shifted from coffins to elaborate modern caskets in varied materials and finishes. Tales of customers preordering caskets, changing fortunes, and odd resale outcomes illustrate the evolving, sometimes cheerful side of a solemn trade.
Mysterious Cave Dwellers Legend and Preservation
Harriet Quimby reflects in Leslie's on the cliff dwellers of the American Indians. The piece discusses theories about their origin from Montezuma to cave living and high cliff habitats, noting limited knowledge about their history and the desire to preserve their homes.
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Israel
Montezuma
Harriet Quimby
Leslie
Harvard Astronomers Compile Photo Sky Map of 1.5 Million Stars
Harvard University astronomers have prepared a photographic map of the entire sky in sections. The project catalogs about 1,500,000 stars and the full map would cover more than five acres.
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Harvard University
Sulphur Good Plant Food Quotation Reflected
A clipped quotation attributes insight to solitude and reflection. Prentice Mulford muses that quiet thought reveals delicate strains unnoticed amid crowds. The fragment frames contemplation as mind stimulating and perceptive in silence.
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Prentice Mulford
Classics In Upheaval Amid Cambridge High School Strike
A Cambridge high school strike era note recalls a student translating phrases like extrendum capiat and the devil take the hindmost amid scab actions. The Boston Herald quote hints at tensions surrounding workers and students during a protested labor disruption.
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Cambridge
Boston Herald
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Raglesville
Phoebe Young
Walter Wadsworth
D. B. Wadsworth
Victor Zigler
Loogcotes
W. S. Smiley
J. L. Cunningham
Bunkum
Clida. Byer
Inpolib
Everett Fisher
John Herron
Wm. Kinnaman's
Berndette and
Florence Kidwell
J. A. Kidwell
Willie
Jas. Snider
Geo. Wade
Elza
Willie | Fealy
Elmer Edward
Dorthy
Ada Holding
Myrtle Mowery
Lara Ice
Pearl McClellan
Gladis Flinn
Alfred Long's
John Ice
Lucile
Mack Flinn
Family
James Aishe
Roscoe Flinn
Nathaniel Fesler
Elnora
Dillard Boardman and Family
Mary
Lula Long
Ha Boardman
Clida Aishe
Homer Wikle
Virgil Wikle
Mrs
Elmer Edwards
Barns Hackler
Eaglesville
William Hackler
Charley Bolding
Albert Ice
Firman Flinn
Jala. Long
Alfred Long
Ana
van Eddington
James Carpenter
Linton
Arday
L. J. Strange
Jap Sargent
Lew Strange
Jane Adkins
Louisiana
Mark Toon
Marie
Allie Toon
Farlen
Homer Sargent
Dora Ledgerwood
Clarice Porter
Blankenship
Chas. Trueblood
Lester of
Will Ledgerwood
Pearl Osborn
Dover Hill
Loogootee
Will Keck
Alex Walls
D. A. Storms
Combs and Ducheram
Garrett
Shoals
Mr. Toon
Fate
Plainsfield
Carter
Letha
Osmon
Miss Blanche Grove
Frank Brown
Andrew Miles
E. L. Groves
Osa Skemp
Tom Tomey
Martin County
Chris Abbles
Harry Templin
Edgar Potter
Barney Campbell
Illinois
Lula Hackler
Ethel
Ada Dow
Mike Madden
Washington
Mack
Ala Campbell
Epsom
Hugh Morgan of
Trainor
Martin Mallette
Plainville
John Mallette
Mexico
A. M. Wiliams
Cornettaville
O. E. Myers
Arnel Myers
Ella Hodges
Vern Ables
Mrs. Felix
Keller
Lee
Malinda
Joe Browning
George Browning
John. _ Isenogle
Willard ‘Isenogle
William Sora
Lemen of
John Lamb
Alta Keller
Sata
UNION
Tomy Peter
Aden Bays of
Antioch
Elmer Fish and
W. L. Fish
Emily Sunday
Cherch
Salem
Goldie Callahan
Holtsville
Willis
Noah Carr
Johnathan McCarter
Burrns
Henry Utterback
Herschel Edmundson
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