Local items reflect varied town life and church notes
The first snow fell last Tuesday. river falling to good boating stage. A strawboard plant suffers engine breakdown. court house fence to be sold at 2 PM on Tuesday Dec 10. Rev T D Latimer to preach Sunday at Presbyterian church. all invited. Five year old daughter of George Jones underwent nose growth removal last Wednesday. Only two Louisville and Evansville packet boats operate on the Ohio. Glenmore laid up at Jeffersonville. Music at Mrs Clint Davis’ Thursday night Dec 12 with free will offerings for M E Hymnal fund. Schumacher family reunion near Richey’s Crossing with about 50 attendees and a fine Thanksgiving dinner. Trinity Lutheran Church notices: Rev Luther W Gross pastor. Sunday school 9:15. morning service 10:15, subject The Second Coming of Christ. evening service 7, subject Samson. Wednesday 7 PM. Visitors welcome.
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Rockport
Clint Davis
M. E. Hymnal
Trinity Lutheran Church
Luther W. Gross
Christ
Samson
The Worm Turns Sentiment Sparks at Home
William Henry Peck vents in a note to The Peace Committee at The Hague after a quarrel with his wife over attire. He writes in his den and mails the letter declaring a limit to endurance.
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William Henry Peck
The
Hague
Basye's drug store ad buys and notices mix
Wide array of goods and notices from Basye's drug store and local businesses. Piano sales, razors, fountain pens and cosmetics promoted, with Christmas wares and aquarium items shown. A dissolution notice for Frank Kincaid & Co along with debt handling details.
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Watermen
Basye’s Drug Store
W Q Collins Lumber Ad Boonville Indiana
A short advertisement from W Q Collins in Boonville Indiana promotes lumber and lath with a ready supply and daily prices. The notice lists contact as Home phone 79 3 and targets Richland board residents.
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W. Q. Collins
Richland Board
Boonville
Ind
Tobacco deliveries delayed due to cash shortage in Indiana
T. R. Hardy & Co of Rockport and partners Dale & Boonville announce a 30 day postponement on tobacco receipts. No cash payments will be possible until banks reopen. early deliveries may be paid by check until cash funds are available.
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T. R. Hardy & Co
Rockport
Ind
W. E. Whitely, Dale
Thanksgiving visitors and local movers in Warrick County
A sprawling list notes Mr and Mrs Ches Webber and children of Wichita Kansas visiting Mrs Nora Py itt and family. Others include the Worthingtons from Evansville with Jeff Ray family, John Schaeffer from Mariah Hill visiting Sebastian Lehr, and many locals visiting relatives or transacting business in the city.
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Ches. Webber
Wich.t
Kan
Nora Py
Itt
G. Netter Worthington
Roy Worthington
Evansville
Jeff Ray
John Schaeffer
Mariah Hill
Sebastian Lehr
Lannis Limerick
Galatia
Samuel Savage
Atty
Oscar Minor
Cannelton
Philip Zoercher
Tell City
F. Seipel
Norma
Boonville
Loura Britzuis
State University of
Blooming
Anna Kelley
New Albany
Garret Querry
H. Wallace
Fred Fuchs
John Abelbach
Evanston
Atty. W. OC. Mason
Vansville
Thanksgiving Visits and Property Transfers in Local Area
Curtis Cox and family spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Nunn at Hatfield. Charles Adams and wife of Chrisney visit his brother James Adams. Miss Lida Clark, a teacher in Indianapolis, vacationed with W. R. Howard's family. W. G. Winkler, a Jefferson reformatory teacher, visited his parents here. Several deeds and transfers: Lang to Alexander Kennedy. Grady to Lillie Garlinghouse. Shimer to Mollie Quick. Higenmann to Edward Bressler. Brown guardian to Wm. H. Small. Small to Stateville. Sly to Brown and Brown Conese. Squier to J. W. Nourse. Richards to Lake State Bank. Warner to Sarah Banner. Ten mortgages, releases, one contract and one lease recorded last week.
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Curtis Cox
S. W. Nunn
Hatfield
Charles Adams
Chrisney
James Adams
Lida Clark
Indianapolis
W. R. Howard
W. G. Winkler
Jefferson Reformatory
Christina Lang
Alexander Kennedy
James W. Grady
Lillie M. Garlinghouse
Rockport
Jane A. Shimer
Mollie Quick
Sig
Wm. P. Higenmann
Edward
Bressler
W. and
Oscar F. Small
Wm. H. Small
Ida Squier
J. W. Nourse
Rob't W. Richards
Lake State Bank
Samuel M. Warner
Sarah KE. Banner
Mushroom hats and a dentist of jokes in postcards
A satirical piece mocks charity and consumption with comic references to a starving man urged to fast, a tonic named Dr Cheerups Extract of Sunshine, and humorous digs at women’s fashion and a boastful hat wearer. It uses playful irony about gender and social pretensions.
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Dr. Cheerup
Papa
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Tae Rockport Democrat
T. C. Basye
Haundkerchiefs
Everbody
Taylor
Court House
T. D. Latimer
Presbyterian Church
George Jones
Louisville and Evansville Packet Company
Ohio
Glenmore
Jeffersonville
Chris Schumacher
Richey
Schumacher
Bee F. W. Jehu
L. A. Beaver
John Kerr
Gillette Safety
Second St
Evanaville
Basye’s Drug Sieve
Tam
Waller & Co
Henry Hoch
Weber
Baldwin
Emerson
Victor
C. F. Brown
United States
L. M. John's
Tt. C. Basye’s
C W. Halbruge Co
Basye‘s Drug Store
J. H. Walker
Mammoth
Capital Building
Washington
W. Eb, Pay & Co. Grocers
Mammoth Grocery
Crystal Palace
Frank Kincaid & Co
Louis Schoenfeld
Frank Kincaid
Edna Caswell
Yankeetown
Sam Weiss
Lamar
Joseph F. Vaal
F. X. Ruxer
St. Meinrad
Jacob Nord
Bona Schmidt
Warrick County
Frank Bench
John Crooks
Karl Kramer
Louisville
Eli Haaff
Grass Township
John M. Gwaltney
Midway
Farmer’s Bank
John Frakes
Gentryville
J. G. Scheessele
Luce Township
August Hoch
State University
Bloomington
George H. Thompson
John J. Reinhard
Arizona
Scranton
New York
Henry Ullman
W. H. Jones
Richland City
George Wandel
Grandview
Albert Lehr
Hammond Township
Town Mondey
Indianapolis Star
Indiana
Cortelyou
Corydon Democrat
Republican Board of Commissioners
Dale
Rockport Milling Co
William H. Field
First St
St. George Hotel
the Fair Store
W.A
C.M. Partridge
Geneva
Switzerland
Oneida Community
Rigers Bros
R. Wallace
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