Primrose hams mild care and midweek travels
A. Pearson and Mrs J M Harris were in Indianapolis on Wednesday. L D Cox and wife and George Palmer also visited Indianapolis midweek. Miss Flossie Owens stayed in Sheridan visiting friends. A D Harris went to Noblesville on business. EB Elliott and others conducted Wednesday business in Indianapolis. Census enumerators finished township work this week. Marion Blanton and children from Pear Cicero visited Lee Moore and family. Cal Higbee and spouse from Tagle town were guests of Lee Miner and wife Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Blanton
Pear Cicero
Lee Moore
Cal Higbee
Tagletown
Lee Miner
Will Cox
Rockfield
Ind
Lena
Sheridan
Ed Burkett
New Shoe Line and Local Notices Highlight Sheridan Scene
Miss Grace Norwood of Lebanon plans a visit to sister Ida Johns this week while Mrs. Shelby hosts Lebanon visitors for the Horse Show. Dr. J. C. Newby completes a windmill powered water plant as William Mendenhall and J. C. Elliott debate plant designs. Local ads offer 136 acre farm for sale at 20 per acre and a Chicago rail special from Monon Route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Norwood
Lebanon
Ida Johns
Jack Mendenhall
Bakers Corner
J. C. Newby
C. K. Elliott
Transient Residents Prompt Local Critique
The Inquirer laments residents who move yet dwell on former towns. They question why people cling to past places after settling elsewhere and argue such talk harms community harmony and conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier
Bostinog
Inquirer
Smokey Row Farm Life Notes and Local Visits
Smokey Row residents report corn by farmers in harvest mode. Rev. J. A. Rhoades preached at Sedwick Chapel. Pearl Wood visited R. E. Padgett family. Delegates from Smokey Row attended memorial services at Sheridan. J. J. Cash completed a new warm house. L. T. Padgett toured Indianapolis to escort his wife home after treatment. Layton Mendenhall and wife attended Sunday School in Bakers Corner. Mrs. Mayo Watson and family of Elwood visited sister Mrs. Lee Moore. Charlie Chew returns home from Lebanon grandparents visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo Watson
Elwood
Lee Moore
Local Notes and Advertisements Highlight Summer Visits
Local briefs list Miss Dade Harvey’s return to Carmel for summer, a Ringling Circus visit by Jas and Wm Osborn, and social notices. Business ads promote men’s furnishing lines, suit savings, and a 5-cent Good Faith Cigar. Health advice touts One Minute Cough Cure for coughs and colds.
Sheridan crowd attends circus on Wednesday in Ohio visit
George Garey visits Ohio with sisters while Sheridan people attend the circus Wednesday. Also notes a sale listing for a good room house on West Second Street and mentions residents Mrs. W. C. Hadley of Indianapolis and Mrs. Ruston of Kansas City visiting relatives in the country with Mrs. Fannie Laine.
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George Garey
Ohio
West Second Street
W. C. Hadley
North Capitol Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
Waterloo minister credits Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin
Rev S P Klotz of Waterloo Indiana reports twenty years of dyspepsia relief after using Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin nearly a full bottle. He says he feels like a different person and offers the remedy through C E Elliott. The note mentions an advertisement style testimonial.
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Waterloo
Ind
S. P. Klotz
Dr. Caldwell
C. E. Elliott
Bucklens Arnica Salve Offered For Skin Eruptions
Advertisement for Bucklen's Arnica Salve claims to cure pimples eczema tetter erysipelas salt rheum and skin eruptions as well as cuts bruises burns felons ulcers and piles. Priced at 25 cents a box with a cure guaranteed and sold by C. E. Elliott, druggist.
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Bucklen
C. E. Elliott
Testimonial for McLean Volcanic Oil Liniment
Fifteen years of use in a family and on horses. claims it surpasses all other liniments. Endorsed by W. Thorp of Ennis Texas. Sold by C. HE. Elliote.
Magnetic Clay and Ancient Earth Magnetism
Clay contains iron oxides that give red brick color. When fired in a magnetic field the clay preserves a trace of magnetism. Italian physicists deduced that earth’s magnetic direction has varied greatly over the last 5 000 to 6 000 years from ancient Etruscan vases and tomb objects.
Strain and Sufferings Told by Little Minnie
In a school exercise Minnie describes her father slipping on a dark shed stair and straining his foot. A classmate recalls a cow slipping in mud on returning from pasture and straining her milk, yet both recoverable.
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Minnie
Lewiston Journal
Point of View Sparks Flirtatious Exchange
In a Detroit Journal feature, Gr selda laments her Puritan roots while a youth complimenting her appearance insists she is appealing. The shy girl retorts by calling him a bird, revealing a clash of attitudes as the scene plays out.
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Gr'selda
Detroit Journal
Suspicious Approval
A brief dialogue from Chicago News shows a man questioning a woman's bonnet and her claim of a fault though neighbors say the bonnet is too lovely, highlighting social scrutiny of fashion.
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Chicago News
Kind words as benedictions in daily life
Philosophical note on speech highlighting words as power and kindness. It argues that kind talk benefits both speaker and listener, framing speech as benevolent force and social courtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Saunders
What to Do With Them During Montana State Campaign
A Helena citizen recalls the Clark Carter contest before statehood. He cites Commissioner Sparks ruling eight inch trees barred for agriculture or mining, sparking Montana protests and shaping the Clark Carter campaign. A Bozeman speech included a farmer’s retort about splitting the trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Helena
Sparks
General Land Office
United States
Bozeman
New York Tribune
Reporters Force Adjourment in Illinois Senate Gag
Two Chicago reporters sparked an Illinois senate adjournment by proposing the move and counting as they gained the chair Dave Littler. The scene, described by the Ocean, shows reporters using wit to adjourn a dull session with a ceremonial aye vote.
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Illinois Senate
Dave Littler
Littler
Reed and a Farmhand Hand Size Debate
Speaker Reed trades his chair with a western Democrat and contrasts his own hands with the larger farmhand’s. The Democrat boasts growing hands from farm work while Reed retorts he never worked on a farm. The exchange ends with a sharp accusation of lying as the moment passes.
Ulster Woman's Death Dialogue Reflects Whisky Trade
An old Ulster woman dying in a village market tale speaks with a visiting minister. She claims wealth from whisky sales on fair days and insists her funds came from honest work rather than “filling the noggin.” The exchange blends temporal and spiritual themes with Northern Ireland dialect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly
Force on the Piano and a Cheeky Dining Quip
The piece notes that minimal piano touch is a quarter pound yet a five pound force can be used for a single note. It cites Chopin's C minor study needing about three tons of total pressure over two minutes five seconds. A humorous exchange from the New York Tribune mocks waiter tipping with a restaurant table banter between Gadzooks and Zounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chopin
Gadzooks
New York Tribune
Boarding House Resident and Gout Upset Landlady
A man living in a boarding house suffers gout which the landlady treats as an occasion for self importance, as reported by the Philadelphia Record.
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Philadelphia Record
You can't make a girl believe all men are alike
A Chicago News anecdote notes that engagement rings and ten years of marriage hardly convince a woman that men are not all the same, signaling skepticism about changing views on relationships.
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Chicago News
Unknown Quote Inspires Persistence From Indianapolis Journal
A reflective line from the Indianapolis Journal notes human effort hinges on failing to rely on others, urging self reliance and perseverance. The aphorism underscores personal initiative amid challenge.
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. Pearson
L. D. Cox and Wife
John Blanchard
J. M. Harris
A. D. Harris
Noblesville
George Palmer
C. EB. Elliott
Flossie Owens
Bran
Mendenhall & Co
Mrs. Shelby
Vadia Barnhill
Clara Saunders
O. K. Palmer
Weaver Bros
Grayford
Jennings County
Minnie Leap
Susie Mitchell
Alice Parr
John Bradfield
Guy Clements
Chicago
Monon
John Merchant
Agt
Calvin Straley
Kercheval House
Albert Jack
St. Louis
T. C. Jack
Newport
Pittsburg
Ani
Ian Cele
Smokey Row
J. A. Rhoades
Sedwick Chapel
Miss Pearl Wood
R. E. Padgett
J. J. Cash
L. T Padgett
Lachianapolis
Layton Mendenhall
Charlie Chew
Jon Gifford
Mrs. Cammack
F. W. Kercheval
Maud and
Merl Moore
Mrs. Perry Hollingsworth
Jas
Wm. Osborn
Ringling Circus
Farrie Thistlethwaite
Jesse
Cedar Lake
Andrew Weaver
Park Co
Frank Edmonds
Atta Stahl
Dr. Boyer
Thistlethwaite
Pearl Francis
Emma Hadley
Cicero
Sarah B. Underwood
John Johns
Roy
Mrs. L. Lanham
B. T. Lanham
Lee
M. J. Hodson
Worthington
Hood
C.I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mags
Amanda Parr
Big Spring
Chas. Thistlethwaite
Lola
Link Johns
J. W. Shelby
S.j.sims
Che
Ers
Litzier
Inter Ocean
Indianapolis Journal
What Is
Castoria
Centaur
Murray Street
New York City
Howard Bright
Foley
Banner
Cupid
John Gifford
Prof. Straley
Kercheval
Indiana
Plaster
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cottrell’s Drug Store
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