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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
7
Health not very good in the vicinity with several attending revival services at Bosley. Neighbors visit W S McMurtry Dome and share family news. Many trips and moves noted including the Hinshaw and Pickett families, Miss Pickett visiting Mrs Lambert Oale, and J H Staley returning from a ten week visit in the capital city.
Hortonville notes report Mrs Hannah Millikan’s funeral at the Friends church with Rev Sylvester Newlin leading services. Other items include Mrs Jacob Hinshaw's hip fracture and Iva J Horney injuring a finger, with local doctors treating both.
Mr and Mrs Clark Millikan attended the Friends quarterly meeting in Westfield on Friday and Saturday. Weather caused the Silver Medal Contest at Lamong to be postponed to Sunday night at 7 30. All are cordially invited. Rey J A Parr S J Hinshaw and Mary Wilson attended the Westfield meeting Saturday.
Born February 28 a boy to Mr and Mrs Harry Kellum. Mrs Hannah Barnes hosted dinner with Earl Stuart of Kirklin. Aliss Emma Smith and Sheridan and Mrs Naron Barnes of Demme mentioned. Will Jackson and family moved from Cicero to the Harrison Jones property. Charley George and family visited Cicero. Anthony Baker guests with Grover Dunn at their new beach home. Ladies presented a comfort to Mrs Charley Hodson after a fire destroyed her Horton home. George Sumner and wife visited Tweed McConnell near Cicero.
Emma Stephenson and daughters visited Johan Bailews. The sick in the vicinity are improving. Mr. and Mrs. Will Davidson traveled to Zionsville this week. Alva Shelburne's children have whooping cough. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Newman dined with J. A. Fancher and wife. Floyd Sims of Fort Scott Kansas visit the Newman family. Miss Thurza Wheeler dined with J. E. West and family. J. E. West and Uncle Tom Jones went to Crawfordsville. Eld. H. Oliphant will conduct at Antioch Sunday.
The article warns mortgage holders must file exemptions annually to benefit from the law, not just once. March and April are the filing window. many err by assuming a single filing lasts the mortgage term. Also promotes local real estate offers by E. E. Newby & Co. with bargains on a 60 acre farm near Sheridan, Indiana.
An overview traces Franz Anton Mesmer to modern hypnotism, noting his sensational cures and magnetic theory, his public challenges to orthodox doctors, and the staged ritual in dim rooms with a magnetizing tree. Also included are brief anecdotes on kindness, luck, and a quip about stamps in magazine submissions.
New dog tax laws require owners to register at three months old with $1 for males and $3 for females. Receipts stay with current owner, fines up to 100 dollars for false reports, 10 dollars for harboring stray dogs, and 20 dollars for assessor failures. The trustee must be notified, and prosecutors may pursue costs as in negligence.
A historical ad describes chronic kidney weakness as draining life from blood through urine and causing uric poisoning, pain, and fatigue. It promotes Doan's Kidney Pills from FosterMilburn Co as the remedy, with a testimonial from Howard King of Sheridan Indiana and a dealer note.
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