Fairview Chips Weather, Sale Draw Crowd At S. W. Rickel
Bad weather dominated the week as a sizable crowd attended the S. W. Rickel sale on Saturday. Mrs. Mary Blue from near Claypool was seen on streets Saturday. Jotun Slite and wife from Burket visited Ed Hohmans Monday. Protracted meetings were in progress and all were invited. Last Thursday evening the shop event drew nine couples.
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Mary Blue
Claypool
Jotun Slite
Near
Burket
Ed Hohmans
Keeping Open House and Pills on Sale
Fragmentary note mentions open house and pills sold at 25 cents at Ragers. Text references feeling good, pills used for liver and digestion, with unclear regulatory context and product names.
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Ragers
Local Social Notes From Nearby Residents
The column lists visitors and arrivals including America Sands from near Mattoon visiting relatives, N E Lautzenheiser from North Manchester on business, Mrs Zora Reed from Marion visiting, Ed Hobmas and family with Dallas Hobman visiting Bert Reese and wife, and Mrs A Hohman staying with her parents Mr and Mrs J R Frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hobmas
Dallas Hobman
Bert Reese
A. Hohman
Manchester
J. R. Frame
Neighborhood Favorite Mrs E D Charles Endorses Electric Bitters
Harbor Me resident Mrs E D Charles praises Electric Bitters as a spring remedy for dyspepsia liver kidney issues fatigue and general debility. She notes its blood cleansing action and recommends the tonic sold at Ragers drug store for 50 cents.
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E. D. Charles
Harbor
Electric Bitters
Rager’s
Leesburg Standard Under New Management
The Leesburg Standard was sold to J. E. B. Armstrong of Leesburg and Harry Howard of Syracuse. Whitefeather and Son, retiring publishers, ran the paper a little over a year. The new owners assumed control immediately and plan extensive improvements while continuing prior policies. Armstrong published the paper for eighteen years before selling in 1906.
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Leesburg
Don't Be a Borrower Subscribe for the Record
A notice urges readers to subscribe to the Record to gain access to its content. It frames subscription as the path to ownership of the newspaper's offerings.
High School Squirbs and Yearbook Snips
A collage of school notes covers algebra tests, literature studies, and class activities at Silver Lake. Reports note pep talks by Mr Cline on Roosevelt, a prize idea for a George Eliot biography, and a bid to curb basement loitering during intermissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard
George Eliot
Hat label scandal echoes in Sunday fashion scene
A reader reports a curious scene from last Sunday where a woman learning her new hat bore a tag reading Reduced to gios. The incident, noted in a brief fashion moment, sparked chatter about language and style.
Curious stage week excerpts from Pearson's Weekly
A fragment from Pearson's Weekly recounts a staged social event with eccentrics. A premier hostess and a dress ball crew enact roles while two tramps impersonate guests to test reactions. An absentminded young woman trims her eyebrows with scissors, unaware of her actions.
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Jonna -Shep
Pearson’s Weekly
Early English parliamentary reporting and press secrecy
The excerpt recounts 18th century limits on reporting Parliament, noting an 1728 order deeming it an indignity to publish debates and proceedings. It mentions the Wilkes case of 1772, where reporters won a major press-right victory cited by the New York American.
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New York American
When the Lights Went Out in Pittsburg Lyceum
A Liverpool style anecdote recounts a Pittsburg lecture where the lights failed during a Hebrew society event. The lecturer pressed on with the remark I still have the idol-iites and the line became the evening’s hit.
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Pittsburg
Igrdel-iites
Lyceumite
Great secret sold at English country fairs
A sealed envelope titled the great secret is sold at five pence each. The secret advises never to buy any article before examining it. The pamphlet notes that if you had known this beforehand you would not have paid two pence, as more than two dozen good envelopes could be bought for the same price.
Thackeray Debate on Henry Esmond Language
Thackeray asks Colwell to note any error in Queen Anne English in Henry Esmond. Lowell questions whether the era used the phrase different to. Thackeray exclaims Fang it all and denies such usage.
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Thackeray
Colwell
Queen Anne English
Henry Esmond
Lowell
Thoughtful Singleton Woman and Husband Exchange Banter
A fragment shows a husband praising his wife as unusually thoughtful and describes her thinking during a detention downtown late. The exchange hints at a public scene and domestic affection in a clipped, period voice.
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J. Cudger Co
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Silver Lake
the Record Pub. Co., Brush & Hanson, Proprietors
Silver Lake, Incd
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Hawk
Burdock
H. P. Rager
Ther
Frank and
Clyde
America Sands
Mattoon, Til
N. E Lautzenheiser
North
Leesburg Standard
Ge and
Baed
F. MoKrill
Nimrod
Nick
Harry H
The
Sunbeam Literary Society
H. S
Center
Hugh
Silas Marnier
H- S
Carrie Rhodes
Carrie
Silver Lake School
Benton
Barton
United States Senate
Thomas Hart Benton
Missouri
United States
David Barton
Senate
Far West
Kansas City Star
Demerara
Fendan
Chambers
Bowen & Pritchard
the Record Office
Ind
Kokomo
Hayman Bro
Indiana
Aichigo
Texas
Okehoma
C. Leroy Leonard
Silver Lake,Ind
Ina Legkrone
Synvagus Founx
W. H. Kern
Trussz Heiser
Astzcash
Ira Leckrone
Sylvanus Fune
C. E.stoqut
Noah Frantz
J.C. Babcock
J.C. Cavender
Makina
Commercial State
Batik
Ig Sig Pda
Kennedy
Unity Supply.Co
Dept. F
Chicago
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