Local notes and moral maxims plus brief community news
A column presents aphorisms on honesty effort and public virtue then shifts to local items. It reports delinquent newspaper subscriptions facing mail exclusion and lists several residents with recent activities including a new Emerson piano purchase and a county capitol visit. Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Middaugh are noted in health update.
Christmas Dinner at The Crown Hotel Draws Crowds
James Harter visited Sunday spending the day with relatives and friends. He works as a lineman for the Central Union Telephone Co. between here and Elkhart and plans to join a crew in southern Illinois for extensive repairs. Charity is often given for notoriety as people dance for money.
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James Harter
James
Central Union Telephone Co
Here
Elkhart
Illinois
Charity Ball Critics Question Gowns and Generosity
Critics challenge a social ball deemed a display of vanity over virtue. They argue such charity events showcase fashionable gowns while exposing bare pockets, noting fundraisers may raise large sums yet mislabel the affair as true charity.
Cautious Old Lady Courtesied in Church for Civility
A fragment recalls an elderly woman who curtsied whenever the word devil was spoken, with a quip about civility costing nothing and the unknown outcomes of manners.
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Phe
Vilas
The Gas Story Illumination Theme
A quirky line notes that the gas story remains intact with no leak. It hints at an ongoing mystery or joke about a source of light and knowledge that still glows, with a playful nod to secrecy.
Tongue-Biting Exchange Turns Comic Fare
A comic exchange features Mrs. Naggs and Naggs arguing over a bitten tongue. Mrs. Naggs exclaims Oh oh and asks if she has bitten off the end of her tongue while Naggs retorts with a heartless quip about no end to her tongue.
Roann Holds Election For Town Clerk And Marshal
Roann plans a December 27 election to fill the offices of town clerk and marshal after the resignations of J. W. Love and C. C. Hoppes. The reason for their resignations is not known.
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Roann
J. W. Love
C. C. Hoppes
Dr King’s New Life Pills Sold in Buffalo Outlet
An advertisement by A. Schingeck at 647 Elm Street Buffalo claims Dr King’s New Life Pills cure chronic constipation and biliousness and aid jaundice indigestion headaches chills malaria and debility. Priced at 25 cents at Ragera.
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Dr. King
A. Schingeck
Elm Street
Buffalo
N.Y
Ragera
Tough Winter Predicted by Hunters Across North
Local hunters report a severe winter impact on game as rabbits, quail, and raccoons are being bagged in large numbers since the first snowfall. They note birds like robins face harsher seasons in the south.
Saved From Awful Death How a Calamity Was Prevented
A. D. McDonald of Fayetteville North Carolina recalls a family near miss and credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his sister from consumption illness. The remedy is praised for coughs colds asthma la grip croup and bronchial troubles priced at 50 cents with a $1 trial bottle free and guaranteed by H. P. Rager.
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A. D. McDonald
Fayetteville
N. C
R.D
H. P. Rager
Also Mentioned on This Page
Silver Lake
Tia Toone
Indiana Associated Weeklies
Taenena
the Record Pub. Co., Brush & Hanson, Proprietors
Ind
Darling’s
C.C. Weimer
Adam
Logo
Post Ofice Department
Thomas Groninger
Emerson
Joseph Kerlin
Gresso
J. E. Wilson
Muarkle
A. J. Middaugh
the Crown Hotel
G. D
Abe
Banks
Prescription Department
Central Drug Store
G. A. Brush
Record Office
D. R. Albert
Mutual
Ayers Bro’s