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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1907
Page
7
Edgar Wagner has the measles. Numerous local families visit meals and church events. The Ladies Aid meets weekly. Big Springs baptisms planned at Eagle Creek. Tom Maines hired on the interurban in Indianapolis. Various visits, dinners, and illnesses noted. Old Settlers day planned at Sedwick Chapel with local church invitations.
The week brings farm damage from a hailstorm and a barn blaze on the Hinshaw–Dougan farm. Local social events include an ice cream festival at L O O F hall on June 29 and multiple family visits. Citizens travel to New Mexico for a claim, and upcoming church and baseball activities are announced along with several visiting relatives.
The community awaits a two day meeting at the Friends church in Sheridan on July 6 and 7 with Rev. Charles Huddleston and others inviting turnout. Local residents Maud Moore, Mae Roberts, Nellie Plew, and Lewis Roberts are mentioned among visitors, guests, and family gatherings while Ed Moore suffered a lightning shock last Sunday evening.
North Adams reports a funeral for Mrs. Chas Steele held in Spencer last Friday afternoon with large attendance. Updates note Mrs. Anna Faubush improving after two months of illness. Local residents and families visited and hosted others over the weekend including the Carraways, Hines family, and several neighbors.
Grace McVigor of Upland University hosts Dr Johnson and family then returns home. Tipton saw T H Small buy a new buggy. Geneva Teter from Boxley area visits near Dalbert Day and wife. A merchant C A Leavitt traveled to Indianapolis. Marvin Thistlethwaite and wife of Sheridan dined with T H Small and wife. Ed Baur W E Coppock C A Leavitt and families spent Sunday at Broad Ripple park. A L Joyeve Burnie Burton Ua Fox Ella Dunn hosted by Mr and Mrs Pete Clark north of town for dinner. An ice cream social is planned for Saturday night with invites. Mrs Jane Stultz visits friends nearby. J A Campbell and wife of Portland Oregon visit locals and relatives.
The Lamong graduating class of 1897 held its first reunion last Friday at Mrs. Clarence Walker's home. Guests included Seth Hinshaw, Mrs. Bert Collins, Florence Kincaid, Edith Walker, Mary and Alva Newcomer of Elwood. The group planned to meet again in five years.
Miss Eliza K. Brow of Taunton Massachusetts resigned after forty eight years as a public school teacher. Thomas F Vaull of Taunton also resigned after thirty years service. Professor Henry P D Wright dean of Yale with a quarter century at the department announced his retirement next year due to advanced age. Kansas University women graduates formed a branch of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. Amherst College will receive five hundred thousand dollars from Edward W Currier of New York class of 1865. the life interest relative has died and the bequest is now available.
A Jewish tale tells how Beruria reveals that the owner has reclaimed jewels housed in trust after her children die, illustrating moral courage. The piece shifts to astronomy noting the sun’s rapid movement toward a northern point near Alpha Lyrae as Earth follows, asking when the destination will be reached.
Mme Meiba hunts secondhand dealers while Mrs Russell Sage donates £5,600 to Syracuse Parochial Society. Mme Laurence Fiedler is charged with studying women and children in America. Lady Castlereagh defends riding astride and Lady Henry Somerset pursues reform via industrial colonies. Mrs Leslie advises fashion for Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia. Mrs Clare Beecher Rumner links to Beecher/Ward Beecher Stowe lineage.
In Bohemia 24 000 men and women signed a petition to parliament for universal suffrage regardless of sex. British feminist petitions were rejected as invalid for bogus signatures. Baroness Alexandra Gripenberg wins large Finnish parliamentary vote. A Bright granddaughter refuses income tax over no female representation in parliament.
The article notes England has had no hydro phobia deaths since 1902 as an example of preventive care. It describes German methods making medicines tasteless by agar absorption before drying, and mentions H. C. Prentiss of Boston introducing a life prolongation device that maintains normal circulation with no energy loss.
Belgium has the most miles of railway for its size. Spain charges 4 cents per mile for first class travel and 2 cents per mile for mileage books. The Nome Arctic railroad is the northernmost on the continent, crossing tundra from the Bering Sea shore into snow crowned heartlands.
Notice from the Town of Sheridan Board of Trustees Indiana provides a summary assessment roll for Georgia Street improvements including brick roadway and curbing. Public remonstrance hearing set for July 1 1907 at 7 30 PM. Records and rolls available at the town council chamber for owners and affected parcels.
The article argues individuals should treat minor ailments at home using Chamberlain remedies. It lists five products including Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, Pain Balm, Stomach and Liver Tablets, and Salve, priced at $1.25 for a bottle of each, sold at Elliott's drug store.
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