Local Notes On Visits Marital News And Goods
Local tidbits report births and family visits. Happy displays soldering and repair work at a neighborhood shop. Souders buys mare and colt for 125 dollars. Several residents, including Ruby Deckard and the Johnsons, visit relatives and friends around town. Mrs Fox intends marriage to Jesse Willis in Lyos Angles California after a Westward trip two years ago.
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Ida Fox
Mollie Fox
Jesse Willis
Lyos Angles
Cal
Fresh Oyster and Fruit Stock at 62 EB Deckard's
Local shopper notice lists Fresh Oyster Cran berries Apples Oranges Bananas Grapes Nuts and the largest stock of Candies at 62 EB Deckard's The writer notes youths from Harrodsburg and Smithville visiting each other and warns of town merger if no action is taken.
Santa’s Visit Prompts Quiet Night for Little Children
The note urges children to be good and obey parents as Santa Claus approaches. It asks them to hang stockings next Friday night and go to bed early to avoid waking noisy reindeer.
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Santa Claus
Papa
Mamma
Two Thousand Dollar Stallion Brings Local Interest
Bridges and Flora of Crawfordsville promote a 1960 lb four year old Percheon stallion as the town considers forming a stock company to purchase him. Prospective investors include Botkin, Grimes, Loebe Warring, Wisley, Deckard, Gaither, Trisler, Hensley, Jacobs, and Mitchells. The quarter season fee is $15. Also noted is a revival at the M E church with 25 additions, and school notes record sickness and a menagerie contest among pupils with several absences and new primary enrollees.
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Bridges & Flora
Crawfordsville
Monroe County
Chas, Botkin
Silas Grimes
Loebe Warring
Calvin
Chas
Silas Wisley
James Deckard
Geo. Gaither
Paris Trisler
Geo. Hensley
Wm. Jacobs Oscar
John Mitchell
Bold talk on Standard Oil decline and gold worship
The remark suggests Standard Oil’s demise would reshape power and implies that humanity’s worship of gold ensures recurring schemes to hoard wealth. It frames economic excess as a perpetual human flaw tied to gold.
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Standard Oil Company
Smithville Store Offers December Car Fare Refund
A local Smithville merchant promises to refund the car fare of any person from Smithville and nearby who spends at least 15 dollars on goods in December. The offer aims to attract shoppers during the holiday buying period.
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Smithville
Pete Myere Dines with Wm Souders in Polk Township
Pete Myere of Polk township took dinner with William Souders on Tuesday, sharing a social visit reported in local notes.
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Pete Myere
Polk Township
Wm. Souders
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Horace Trisler
Frank Deckard
France Wooden
Wim
Souders
Henry Eads
James Johnson
Bedford
R. W. Johnson Suneday
Ruby Deckard
Mrs. Wm. Myers
Walter Clifft
J.L. Dey
Albion, Ill
R. W. Johnson
David Corder
Ralph and
Lucile
Deckard
Harrodsburg
Maude Phillipy
Arra Wooden
Bloomington
M. E. Church
Edgar Deckard
LE School Notes
Ella Strain
Effie
Lillie Pate
Muriel Trisler
Anna Sylvester
Ola Botkin
Daisy Deckard
Mamie Wals
Hazel Sylvester
Edith Hensley
Belle Wampler
Frank Zike
Grover Shields
Chas Dill
Mary Burkhart
Zella Sipes
Ful Ludi
Handergrief Bazaar
Ind
Gap
China
Paul M. Strath
College Ave
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