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Newspaper
Smithville News
Location
Smithville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
3
The article recalls Taft speaking in Bloomington with the crowd uproariously responsive yet hard to hear. The writer notes Taft as pleasant and kind looking and declares the next president of the United States may be seen. A local subscription pitch urges readers to support The Smithville News as a familiar, homey read.
A fragmentary verse piece catalogues comical names and scenes such as May, Faris, and Harley Wright with playful rhymes about fools, mischief, and domestic life. It riffs on theft, illness, divorce, and odd characters, finishing with a jab at a “Fond reader” addressing the editor and a note on freshness.
A speaker laments the skint slush in their writings and notes that the author always adds a bit of himself. He credits nature for providence but jokes that brains were forgotten by accident, leaving a rueful tone about creative work.
Correspondence notes Mrs. Dilli Deckards ill with rheumatism. Mrs. John Tatum visited in Smithville. Mrs. Wm. McGlothin of Harrodsburg hosted relatives this week. Miss Maude Updegraff visited the Hainey girls. Republican speaker at the school house drew a good crowd. Mrs. John Walls and children visited Mrs. Docia Zikes. John Henry Mercer moved to Bloomington to operate a boarding house. Oliver Tatum and wife and Homer Hepley and wife visited John Tatum's family. Mr Heltonburg, who sells roffa, is out with help of a cane. Wm. Kinney and son Oscar returned from visiting Mr. and Mrs. Eli Elgan at Ft. Ritner. Elmer Chambers and wife went to Harrodsburg to see a typhoid patient. A fire in Bedford woods caused alarm Tuesday night but no damage. Taft special passed through Smithville. Taft’s picture was knocked loose but recovered. The new plow for District No. 6 left after being moved from last spring’s resting place.
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