Local Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits and Road News
Mrs John W Kelly reports warm weather. Families and friends visit kin across Willisburg Pleasant Grove and nearby homes. Highlights include a new May’s Creek pike completion and a $110 horse purchase by Steve Sparrow. Carl and Ray Walls return from Illinois visiting Uncle George Hohn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Keeling
George Keeling
Willisburg
J. S. Thomas
Fikssie
Pleasant Grove
Lillian Leachman
Effie Coulter
Erastus Perkins
John Armstrong
Steve Sparrow
Erastus Shields
George Shields
Illinois
Mays Creek
Gilbert Chesser
Solomon Kays
Little Mary
Clifton Thomas
Tolly Griffy
J. M. Shields
Tolly Gritfy
Lade Coulter
Carl and
Ray Walls
George Hohn
Seven Years of Proof and Quick Jokes in One Column
A collage of brief ad style endorsements for Dr King’s New Discovery praising its seven years of proven cough and chest benefits. It also includes short jokes and quips from various newspapers about everyday witticisms and social observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
W. V._ Henry
Panama
Haydon & Roberson
The Jankins of Green Lane Share Thanksgiving Turkey
A boy on Thanksgiving helps Timmy Jankins and his hungry family by delivering a turkey from Cousin Sarah. They share a simple meal of salt fish and potatoes, and the Jankins children finally give thanks for turkey, cranberry sauce, and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Mamma
Aunt Briggs
Goodby
Timmy Jankins
Sis
Sarah
Mary
Jankinses
Timmy
Sissy
Jankins
Thanksgiving of the Pessimist
A fragmentary humorous piece by J. A. Edgerton titled Thanksgiving of the Pessimist laments the holiday mood as a grouchy, godless viewpoint. The text mocks cheerful gratitude and suggests the era’s cynicism toward thanksgiving.
Fragmentary verse hints at a troubled youth and dreams
Fragmented lines describe a person growing brighter yet haunted by gloom. The speaker notes a longing and distorted thoughts, with echoes of dream imagery and disrupted rhythm signaling inner turmoil.
Real Estate Ad Offer for Large House and Farmland
Property listed with $3,000 price and $2,100 terms. Includes 10 rooms, 2 acres stable, garden, hen house, pastures. Located on clean streets with easy cash terms. Short market time. contact seller immediately by call or mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprinafeld
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Washington County
Springfield
Bloomfield Pike
Chester Dare
Col
John I. McElroy
Peoples Deposit Bank
John W. Kelly
Happy Hollow
Flossie Perkins
Bob Robertson
Pittsburg
Cleveland
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Washington Star
Sunny
New York Press
City Sport
Cholly Seaver
Puck
New York
Gunner
Guyer
Kansas City Times
New Orleans
Hyker
Pyker
Chicago News
St. Lor Juls
Pride of Washington
Springfield's Choice
J. W. Jarboe & CO
Green Lane
Frank BH
Cemrish
America
Namma
Tus
J. A. Edgerton
Rei
B. D. Lake
Springfield, Ky
Stevens
j. STEVENS ARMS @ TOOL CO
P.O
Chicopee Falls, Mass
Louisville
Tase
Caldwell
Red Crom Drug Store
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