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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
8
A collection of witticisms and observations interspersed with local notices from North-west Washington. Names such as T. F. M. Cobb and Cobb family appear alongside reports of health and community events in Boone County and nearby areas. The piece includes humor, travel notes, and brief social happenings, concluding with a medical endorsement for Foley's Kidney Cure.
A puff from an old ad extols Yale Coffee as the best richest and smoothest coffee, claiming it pleases 75 percent more people than any other brand. Sold by C EB Couch.
For Sale items include a sideboard a roll top desk a thresher engine and boiler a Worthington Duplex pump. Contact C. B. Gregory Ivy poisoning poison wounds and other accidental injuries may be cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve a remedy for piles and skin diseases promoted by C. E. Elliott.
T D Baker made a business trip to Noblesville Friday. Joe Voggs went to Indianapolis Tuesday with a load of cattle. Frank Foulke and wife dined with Alvin Foulke Sunday. Miss Mattie Scott of Sheridan spent Friday with her sister Mrs Mary Baker. James Kellam and wife of Westfield spent Saturday with his brother Jess Kellam and family. The S S convention here last Sunday afternoon was well attended. The drowning of Wim Myers Sunday afternoon in W Beam s gravel pit shocked the community and should warn small boys who cannot swim.
Local resident F A Babcock reports a fall injury from handling boxes worsened into rheumatism. After trying Chamberlains Pain Balm from C E Elliott the ailment improved completely in a short time and he now recommends it to friends.
A bizarre fable-like verse depicts Satan prowling a flood scene as he searches for the seniors and encounters a Dutch voice in John McDonald's fish pond. A lantern jaw, a hissing serpent, and a worm from the earth appear, with Satan promising relief by fire to the heavy laden.
Local items report residents ill with various ailments including Mrs. Ed Spencer and Mr. Geo Good. Visitors Mrs Keeling of Noblesville and Miss Fish from Joliet noted. Mentions of quiet town life, underground saloon rumors, debates at Kirklin, and local church events. Practical adolescence essay urges parental guidance and companionship with children. Baseball score Horton 21, Deming 19. Community events include Y L H ice cream, Carmel trip, and Epworth League attendance. Community meetings and forthcoming union gathering noted for Washington township Friends church.
A quaint advertisement claims a monster devil fish constipates the body and threatens organs nerves and brain. It promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as a safe cure for stomach liver kidneys and bowels at 25 cents at C E Elliott's drug store.
For two years Ira W. Kelley of Mansfield Pa faced kidney trouble and poor health. He consulted several physicians and spent much on medicines before Foley's Kidney Cure restored him and he now testifies to help others. John Gifford.
Items for sale include two wood mantels four chairs a rose reel 75 ft gas pipe a tea kettle a grass hook a grate a clothes wringer a stand table text books a work bench and bed steads.
Mrs. Nancy Moore is on the sick list while Mrs. W. E. Hershman visits her parents in Atlanta this week. Homer Johnson of Joliet called on friends at this place Sunday evening.
A historical note touts Foley's Kidney Cure as a sure remedy for Bright's disease diabetes and gravel. John Gifford endorses the product under a policy favoring attention to back ache and kidney trouble signs.
Community notes end with a fatal fight involving Frank Carey and Cyclone Johnson after a bad whiskey incident in Carmel. Johnson, armed, attacked then fired. Carey died, widow to receive $6,000 insurance. Also: Allan farm updates, a new ice cream parlor, and school teaching to resume. broader Boer War anecdote on Admiralty geography.
Creditors heirs and legatees of Catherine Underwood deceased are notified to appear in Hamilton Circuit Court Noblesville Indiana July 7 1900 to show cause why the Final Settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares Witness Clerk H W Carey June 18 1900
A Chicago Post anecdote recounts Patrick a suburb grocer clerk in a busy season. A customer, Mr Jones, asks for a pound of tea and insists on the weight, so Patrick places the pound weight in the tea package and the weight thereafter goes missing with the customer.
In the London Telegraph excerpt, European women in Constantinople are warned that local soldiers from Asia Minor view women as inferior and may impinge on unveiled ladies. The author argues misinterpreted behavior leads to women being pushed into gutters, attributing incidents to cultural norms and male dominance rather than malice.
A Yokohama correspondent for the Indianapolis Press reports fire walking in Tokyo with diplomats and professors from Imperial College and an Episcopal bishop present. He asserts several Japanese women walked the fire and notes salt testing and a hollow bamboo path theory, while an observer’s response cites prayer and occult interpretation for the lack of burned feet.
Greengoods George notes the crowd trusts themselves, not him. Rubberfoot Bill calls the con too low and refuses to work the scheme. The exchange captures a blunt accusation of manipulation in a dated Indianapolis Journal item.
A Baltimore American quip contrasts teacher and pastor notes on language. It argues that collect and congregate are not interchangeable and highlights a distinction between a congregation and a collection.
A quarrel over family furniture ends with a candid exchange. Parke consoles his wife who quickly decides to sell what remains usable, while Parke laments the lack of any usable item left in the house.
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