Local Gossip Notes From The Rec Ord Office And Surrounding Area
Clarence Warren and wife welcome a baby boy born Wednesday. Mrs. J. C. Babcock travels to Alexandria for daughter's ill baby. Record Office installs a paper folder this week. C C Carter and wife arrive from Colorado. Feature article on forestry inside. Art Arthur visits Rochester with brother James and family. Post Card Views of town lake and Myrtle Glen Park available at the Record Office. Ettie Chapman and family return to Bloomingdale after visit. Ettie Chapman is daughter of T. B. Evans of Cozy Nook. Edison phonograph entertainments and boat rides receive praise. Luncheon served at Myrtle Glen Park with Silver Lake breezes. Isaac Miss and Mrs. Miss of Macy hosted Arthur party. Miss Toots Lyon of Mentone visiting locally. Rev. O. B. Wells of Butler in town briefly. Prof. W H W Davis and family depart for Princeton after visit. Alma Rhodes of Muncie visiting here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettie Chapman
Otis
Leopard
Gladys
Bloomingdale
T. B. Evans
Cozy Nook
High
Main St
Jacob Merrill
Myrtle Glen Park
Silver Lake
Notable brief items from early 1900s notices
A string of short item blurbs covers jurors and local officials. James Lewis of Terrell is excused from jury duty due to twenty two children. Henry Thompson of Philadelphia faces a court question about a past self inflicted death. John F. Twiss marks thirty one years as Shaker Station agent and town postmaster. Albert Sutton finds gold nugget at a farm foot, possibly left by a former owner. Joseph Fix offers 300 pennies as payment to his wife, court rules legal tender. Dr James L Wellington of Swansea holds the oldest militia commission dated September 21 1840 signed by Governor Marcus Morton. he is eighty nine. Daniel Winsley age seventy eight remains wrinkle free with steady eyes and elastic step after fifty years in Worcester courthouse. Frank R Mowrer transfers from Leghorn to Copenhagen as consul general. Ernest A Man moves to Leg horn. B Wing falls sixty feet from Bruceville bridge into shallow water while smoking, escapes uninjured. Dr Franklin Slocum learns emir claims right to 1909000 fortune left by father and seized by Russia in 1849 uprising. Senator Tillman praised as refined and cultured, a lecturer and wealthy, with strong social ties. George Mayhew Moulton named first major general of Sinis national guard, architect by trade, linked to grain elevator work, connected to the guard since 1886.
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James Lewis
Terrell
Tex
Henry Thompson
Philadelphia
John F. Twiss
Shaker Station
Conn
Albert Sutton
Denver
Joseph Fix
New York
James L. Wellington
Swansea
R. L
Marcus Morton
Daniel Winsley
Ife
Worcester
Manass
Frank R. Mowrer
Ohio
Leghorn
Italy
Copenhagen
Denmark
Ernest A. Man
Florida
B. Wiing
Bruceville
Franklin Slocum
Ludington
Mich
Washington
Senator Tillman
Senate
Tillman
George Mayhew Moulton
Sinois National Guard
National Guard
Readshboro
Chicago
Moulton
State Forces
Forest Planting Surges Across United States in Growth Boom
Reports from diverse regions show record forest planting with California and the Middle West leading. Catalpa and orange produce high post values, while white pine and eucalyptus offer strong returns. Government studies help farmers choose trees and prevent waste from mis planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Union
California
Great Middle West
New England States
South
Middle West
Catalpa
Pawree County
Neb
Kansas
Nebraska
Forest Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Old Fashioned Lines From The Atchison Globe
A collection of quips and memories recalling eccentric characters and moments from local life. The items mention an old fashioned man with a talkative dog, a fear described as hair standing on end, a woman serving a formal supper, a courtship pattern, and a boy seeking company for a swim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
New York City’s Banks Firemen and Acreage Compared
New York City hosts 105 banks and 3 927 firemen plus twelve volunteer companies in Richmond. The city’s area exceeds Chicago and Philadelphia combined at 219 218 acres versus 196 757. Despite a hitching postless claim, NY sees fewer runaway horses than the national average for one-tenth the population. Elevated rail travelers lament dilapidated stations and health board concerns mark several cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Richmond
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Board of Health
New York Herald
Editorial Flings and Quips From Various Papers
A collage of quotes notes social quirks in theater etiquette and alcohol, jokes about grafted milkweed, clergy travel subsidies, and baseball error reporting. Includes a remark on ministers’ travel costs and a jab at press coverage of player errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Luther Burbank
Somerville Journal
Kansas City Times
Dia Records
Akron Beacon-Journal
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General Banking
Ira Leckrone
J. C. Cavender
Sylvanus Funk Noah Frantz
J. C. Babcock
Wiliam H
Sylvanus Funk
William Kern
Tressie Helser
Alspaugh & Son
N. A. Cary
Silver Lake, Indiana
City Barber Shop
Lautery
W. W. Homman
My Harness Shop
A. J. Scott
L. O. Jones
THE
Mecca
Hill & Haney
Newton M. Getty
Silver Lake, Ind
G. A. Brush
Record Office
Pictorial Review
Clarence Warren
Here
Alexandria
Recorpt
C.C. Carter
Colorado
Art Arthur
Rochester
James Arthur
Myrtle-Glen Park
Isaac Miss
Macy
Arthur Lively
Toots Lyon of
Mentone
O. B. Wells
Butler
W. HW. Davis
Rupert
Henry Paulus
Prerceton
Alma Rhodes
Muncie
Presint
Congress
U. S. Playing Card Co
Cincinnati
Lula Berry
Farmington, Ark
the Hall OF Fame
the Record Office
Ind
J. A. Teeter
Ana C
Caecian
Jamestown
Norfalk
BIC
New York Central
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Old Point Comfort
Newport News
Boston
H. J. Rhein
O. GP
MI. Downing
Claypool
F.M. Downing
DeWitt
Rager
mBeGall
McCall:co
New. York
Sees Lake Lodge
C.f.rs
Vistors
G. F. Sellers
N.G
A. Carr
Sec
K of P
G. A. Baush
C.C
Francis Rager
K. of R
PLC
Allen Raoves
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