One-Man Village Owner Dominates Meckville Pa
Jacob R Meck owns the entire village of Meckville in Berks County Pa built around a post office and general store he runs. Established 1826 by Michael Myers, the settlement contains about a dozen houses, a wholesale liquor business, and tanning legacy. Meck has held ownership since 1871 and acts as postmaster while entertaining locals and travelers with quick humor.
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Meckville
Bi Mountains
Jacob R. Meck
Postsame
Mercam
Besii
Meck
Michael B. Myers
Borhood
Mr. Meek
Berks County
Prince of Chants
Young Enough to Wed at 136 in New York
William Brooks Mason 136 says he is 136, claiming a Havana birth and a century of marriage attempts. Ella Haynes, 28, becomes his bride after a quick license read by Alderman Smith. The odd tale highlights age doubt and a ceremonial union in Manhattan.
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New York
Cupid
William Brooks
Mason
United States
Havana
Cube
Ella Haynes
Alderman Smith
Woman Gives All For Church Bell Donation
Ottumwa Iowa report tells of a woman over 70 who for twelve years lived on bare necessities to fund a $300 bell for Emanuel Lutheran church in Waterloo. She saved by skipping eggs meat and relishes and sold straw berries and gooseberries. her identity remains secret.
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Ottumwa
Waterloo
Walnut
Vine Streets
Dreamed He Was Blind at Work on Lackawanna Ferry
Thomas Pendergast an Ho boken bridge tender aged 25 suddenly lost sight at seven while winding a hawser at the Lackawanna ferry. He awoke from a dream earlier and, after warning his wife and coworkers, was taken to a waiting room where doctors labored all night to restore his sight without success.
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New York
Thomas Pendergast
Lackawanna Ferry
Dergast
Pie loving veteran clocks 2 million miles on pies
Winona Minnesota resident W H Frye a longtime railroad clerk born in 184? and soon to turn seventy four on his next birthday has long counted his pie consumption. He calculated that if a 27 mile line of pies were laid from Winona to La Crosse his eating would equal an 18 inch wide stripe along the route and total travel of about 2,000,000 miles, roughly eighty trips around the globe.
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Winona
Minn
W. H. Frye
la Crosse
Sycamore Valley community notes and local trades
The Sycamore Valley column reports April start for Pike contractor work and updates on local visits, family events, and small sales. Notable items include J W Romine and family visiting from Black Kentucky, land and horse trades totalling hundreds of dollars, sheep losses among farmers, and residents planning travels to Bacone Illinois and Bloomfield.
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J. W. Romine
Black, Ky
B. P. Prather
John Settles
F. M. Showmaker
Mackville
T. W
J. D. Sutherland
J. T. Prather
Willisburg
Maud
Eva Inman
Jid Shields
B. H. MeIlvoy
J. R
Billie MeIlvoy
MeIlvoy
Mesdames
E. F. Sails
Rodman
Will Bowers
Bacone, Ill
D. W. Crow
Bloomfield
Local notices of sickness and neighbors events
Long sick Mary Mayes remains ill while Lloyd Harmon shows modest improvement. Mr Wood Yankee lost a horse. Chas Pope and Rosa Barker wed in Springfield. Edward Graves and family visited Graves home. Ollie Yankee dies at Hopkinsville institution and is buried at family graveyard. Interment 11 am. Purdom preaches. mourners include parents siblings and friends.
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Mary Mayes
Wood Yankee
Chas, Pope
Jas. Lowe
Frank Graves
Burgin
Lloyd Harmon
Jas. Holderman
Rosa Barker
Springfield
Edward Graves
Emmett
Woodford Graves
Tom Skeants
Charlie Harmon
Effie
Earl Noel
Henry Noel
Ollie Yankee
Hopkinsville
Bro. Purdom
Dave Yankee
M. E. Church
Relief for neuralgia with Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills
Kathene Carthage from Nebraska reports relief from neuralgia headaches and heart area pains after taking Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills. The ad claims rapid relief with few after effects and offers a money back package return through the medical company in Elkhart Indiana.
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Miles
Dr. Mules
Pilla
Kathene
Carthage
Ato
Iit Valley
Sia
Lynn St. Lincoln
Neb
Ruggist
Pitts
Ened
Noer Iles Edical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Planting a Banner Year for the Farmers Union
A dense editorial urging diversification and practical farm measures. It urges members to plant peanuts pigs and poultry, improve meetings especially with youth, cut debt avoid demagogues and politics, invest in trees and roads, diversify crops raise home food, and push good seed and education while urging diligence and practical earnings.
Unusually large scabbage crop this year and local visits
Long Run notes announce an unusually large scabbage crop with beds up to 100 feet long. Local residents report geese passing north and mild winter hints. Several neighbors visit relatives, attend church events, and celebrate the bridal trip of Mr. Johnie Elliott and wife with a sumptuous dinner and wished for long, happy life.
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George Russell
John Best
Stewart
Lee Staton
J. S. Coyle
Deep Creek
Matt Mayes
James Best
Leslie Coyle
G. H. Christers
John Russell
Mackville
Wm. Whitehouse
Tom Staton
Simms
John Staton
Charlie Cocanougher
Luther
Robert Cocanougher
P. L. Staton
Will Matherly
J. W. Elliott
Johnie Elliott
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Hancock
Washington
J. Meck
Meckville, PA
Pooh
Cou
Hale Negro
Bell
Sycamore Valley
Farmers’ Educational and Co-Operative Union OF America
Montenegro-Riehm Music Co. Incorporated
Fourth Avenue
Louisville
Kentucky
Hertleein
Adolph Hertlein
Pers Tyr
Lew
the Sun
the Daily
Gourier-Journal
She Weoak
the Sun and
Daily
Kentucky State Journal
Art Mary Thompson
Robert M. Thompson
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