Local notes from town and surrounding area
Town residents and visitors figure in social visits church events and illness updates. W J Fitton and wife traveled to Alexandria for Thanksgiving while Mrs A L Myers and children visit in Peru. Mrs Willard Drudge suffers heart trouble. Mr Fleck of Disko visits daughter in town. Robins Lane area hosts gatherings at Stout home by Lutheran ladies. A German Baptist church revival near town reports twelve additions with Rev George Swihart presiding.
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Mr. Fleck
Disko
Willard Drudge
Adam Stout
Lutheran Church
George Swihart
Roann
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Cures Forty Year Piles
Geneva Ohio resident Mr C Haney suffered piles for four decades. Doctors and money failed to help until DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured him permanently. The notice promotes the salve as a universal remedy for cuts burns bruises sprains eczema tetter and skin diseases and warns to look for the DeWitt name on the package to avoid counterfeit products.
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C. Haney
Geneva
Ohio
DeWitt
Chas Hager
Scott's Emulsion Advertises Fattening Benefit
An old advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a nourishing fatty tonic for invalids convalescents and weak children. It claims to increase fat and all body tissues including bone flesh blood and nerve and offers a free sample with a label pictured on every bottle wrap.
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Scott
Robbery and Bank Heist Attempt Rattle Akron Village
A gang of six masked men raided Akron on Tuesday night targeting the Patterson bank. They wrecked the telephone exchange, bound a night guard, robbed the doctor Petra, dynamited the bank safe, and stole a team of horses before fleeing toward Mentone. A wide manhunt is under way with guards posted and no arrests reported.
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Akron
Patterson
Petra
Mentone
The Need of Courtesy in Business and Society
An editorial advocates forming courtesy clubs for youth in small towns to improve manners and future prospects. It argues good manners boost career advancement, salary potential, and social access, comparing courtesy to oil that smooths machinery and reduces friction in business and social life.
Snowfall and town notes cover Claypool brief items
The first snow of the season falls Wednesday as Jacob Leiter moves to a farm southwest of town. Yeoman Bros open a restaurant in Gresses Red Front. Revival meetings continue nightly at Progressive Brethren church. Old Grove Chapel bought by Ed Garman for renovation. Local youths attended a musical at Robert Haines home. High School lost 10 to 0 to City on Friday with Otto Reese suffering a broken color bone. Nickel Plate bridge east of town damaged by fire last Thursday. freight traffic delayed about ten hours. Mrs Fenner of Muncie reports a severe cold. One Minute Cough Cure advertised with claimed quick relief and weight regain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Reese
Gertrude E. Fenner
Muncie
Ind
Chas Rager
One Minute Cough Cure Claim
An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as a harmless remedy that rapidly relieves coughs colds croup bronchitis whooping cough pneumonia asthma influenza and throat chest and lung troubles. The narrator notes getting soaked by rain.
Local Gossip and Sunday Visits Reported in Germantown
The Germantown items note T Parker shredding corn last week and several residents visiting friends and relatives, including Ed Clink with Frank Hill, Charlie Johnston calling on friends, J W Clink hosting Albert Beber and wife, Chas Johnson and family with Sylvester Johnson, and Maud Lille Ina Homan as guests of Samuel Beber. Reverend Cline and family have visited George Michaels and wife, with preaching at 2 30 Sunday afternoon invited attendance.
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Edward Clink
Frank Hill
Charlie Johnston
John Hobman
Warsaw
Albert Beber
J. W.clink
Chas Johnson
Sylvester Johnson
Maud
Lille
Ina Homan
Samuel Beber
Wife Sunday
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Castoria
W. J. Fitton
Alexandria
A. L. Myers
Peru
LeRoy
Ada Scales
Claypool
Alvin Bouse
Sycamore Street
Snc
Roger
Read Dickey & Son
Mr. Lunsford
Word and Works
Record Office
Larber’s
Argos
Ollie Self
Chicago
Tbane Pytre Beure
Washington. D.C
Kresh Oysters
Maurer’s
Recorp Advertiser
F. M. Jaques
Manchester
Walter Horn
Smith Horn
Chamberlain
Loren Underhill
Mr. Arthur
James Decker
Goshen
Mandela Club
Laura Rantz
Hugh Wells
Laketon
S B Elzee
Monett
Helm, Snorf & CO
North
Manchester, Ind
E C. DeWitt
Ghicaga
Charles. Ra
Claypool Briefs
Jacob Leiter
Yeoman Bros
Gresses’ Red Front
Old Grove Chapel
Ed Garman
Robert Haines
Germantown
T. Parker
Fanny Adams
Cline
George Michaels
Gough Gure
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