Community Notes Highlight Local Visits And Family News
Motsinger Circle details visits by Faton Lockenour Phillip Fisher and families Albert Wright and kin. Salem trips Jay Boekeneur with Phillip Fisher’s party. Sam Baker, Charley Weaves, Eel Powers, Annie Yolloway travel and return from the north. Grover Waisner’s family illness. James Stumfevant on the sick list. John Martin and Kate Mik e quietly wed. funeral for James Green’s father in Mt Pleasant.
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Motsinger
Faton
Phillip Fisher
Albert Wright
Ait
Ton Boekeneur
Sam Baker
Charley
Sam
Deveret
Lanes
Local Christmas Week Greetings and Community Notes
Happy New Year wishes circulated as Mrs. Barbara Matsinger visits her son Will. Clyde Richards and family of Safem visited Jacob Curtis and family Sunday. Mr and Mrs. D P Matsinger called on Ed Matsinger and family Sunday evening. Charity Richard and Ralph returned from Indianapolis Friday. Win Markland visited Cha Matsinger and family Sunday evening. Tomer Ashabeamer and Miss Hel Richards, prominent locals, married in Indianapolis Thursday and visiting nearby. Dawson Souders cut wood for John Nale last week. Charley Thompson and wife passed through Sunday. Grace Matsinger, with pneumonia, improving. Frank Rodman and wife in kin Friday. Santa Claus appeared but did not stop. Myres moved to Mackwi Taro Saturday. Val Colghizier in Salem State Wednesday. Thedure and Homer Wire hauled cows to Pekin Monday.
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Wo Owens
C. W. Rudman
Lewis Bowen
B.C. Beck
County Farn
Barbara Matsinger
Will
Clyde Richards
Sa Fem
Jacob Curtis
D. P. Matsinger
Ed Matsinger
Indianapolis
Charity Richard
Ralph
Win Markland
Cha Motsinger
Tomer Ashabeamer
Hel Richards
Charley Thompson
Grace Motsinger
Frank Rodman
Santa Claus
Het
Residents and visitors fill Palmyra and surrounding towns
Mrs Mag Wyman and Mrs Enud Bush visit Palmyra while Chas Spaulding travels to Salem and Vick Land with Will Etgler tour the Creek. Multiple notices include sick lists, church services, holiday gatherings, Christmas events, and community visits across Palmyra, Big Spring, Campbellsburg, Salem, Louisville, and Bloomington with names like John Smith, Christopher Kay, Merle Hottell, and Oscar Nale.
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Mag Wyman
Enud Bush
Palmyra
Chas Spaulding
Salem
Vick Land
Will Etgler
C. S. Bush
Spede Feinth
Local Notes On Residents And Visitors In Pekin
Bethel Dr Green visited Joh Stewart again Saturday who is very ill Mrs Eda Siit shipped five turkeys to Yarley Pennsylvania last week Lewis Rickard of Jeffersonville is visiting relatives here Sherman Stitt teaching near Bloomington is spending this week with his family Subscribe for the Pekin Advance.
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Geo Walker
Bloomington
Hethel
Richard
Jeffersonville
Wm Hardy
Nelson Morris
Salem
Dr. Green
Joh Stewart
Eda Siit
Yarley
Lewis Rickard
Sherman Stitt
Observations on Progress and Change from Uncle Pete
Sy Hay seed reflects on readers and farmers discussing current events during long evenings. He argues against conservatism fearing it hinders progress and notes that inventions like mail delivery, telephone, automobiles, and machines trigger resistance but are essential steps in human development. He cites cautionary tales and urges open acceptance of change as part of a divine plan for growth.
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Neg Ath Post Gpun
Caase
Weside Pdi
Greenland
Nol
Lonze
Earth
Pete
Endurance and Hope Theme in Acknowledgments
The article expresses a local sentiment about improving life for families and children. It highlights the desire for stability and happiness, urging better circumstances and smoother daily living as the community aims to support youth and future generations.
Interlude on a Theatre Stage Stirs Gentle Scandal
A brief item from Harper's Bazar notes an interlude where a playful conversation with a performer leads to a request to wait while a person sneezes. The fragment captures light social teasing within a theatrical setting.
Stretch of Water Well Named Gate of Tears
A strait between the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf has earned the nickname Gate of Tears due to numerous shipwrecks in historic trade routes.
The Kezna Plant and Henna as Beauty Folklore
In lower Egypt the henna plant grows as a shrubby tufted herb. It reaches a considerable height and bears many snowy tufts. Its virtues are sung by many, with tawny hues around eyes and hair. Henna paste is made by drying leaves and soaking them.
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Lower
Egypt
Harper's Weekly
A Man Without a Country Shapes a Loyal American Boy
Elizabeth McCracken quotes a boy raised in England who, upon hearing the story A Man Without a Country read by his father, pledges lifelong loyalty to the United States. The tale illustrates how fiction can influence national identity and future service in the army.
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England
United States Army
Mzabeth McCracken
The
Home Progress Magazine
Giant Confl ict Between Shark and Jewfish At Santa Monica Pier
Two large fish, a six foot shark and a seven foot jewfish, fought off the Santa Monica municipal pier after a school of mackerel drew them together. The hour long battle ended with both fish dead and hauled onto the pier by fishermen. The shark weighed 142 pounds, the jewfish 226, both badly mangled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Garrick recalls tragic scene that shaped his acting
In a account from Garrick and His Circle, Garrick describes an acquaintance at Leman Street Goodman's Fields whose child fell from a window into a flanged area. The horror drove the father to silence tears and madness, inspiring Garrick to imitate madness for his Lear portrayal.
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Garrick
Leman Street
Goodman's Fields
Garnok
Bright Side visit ends with showy watch chain claim
Algernon Dalugerfield returns to Kentucky on a visit to buy an old home. A long‑time family servant and the cook comment on his strength and appearance, noting a watchchain as a flashy showpiece. The remarks reveal local humor and dialect from the Saturday Evening Post account.
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Algernon Dalugerfield
Gummer
Kentucky
Algy
Wellum
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