Christmas Charades and Customs Across Names
A list of humorous and pointed “A” to “Z” entries attributes each person with a short gag or label. Items include public figures like W H Bridwell and Will Hays tied to seasonal themes, court outcomes, or political references, reflecting light satirical notes in a dated style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Riggs
W. H. Bridwell
Lee F. Bays
Ransom Akin
Jim Sinclair
Ed. Thixton
Fred F. Bays
John Pat Mattix
Percy Garrard
Will Hays
Woods
Jim Riggs
Supreme Court
M. A. Haddon
Kindling
H. V. Benefield
Elks
Gilbert Gambill
Congressman Cullop
Dick Bailey
W. H. Lucas
Ed Kelley
Sheriff's Office
Win Bicknell
C. H. Stratton
Edwin M. Lee
Sullivan
Sullivan County
Indiana
Hays
Mainte Chahminn Lee Mar
Bam
Civil War Highlights Fifty Years Ago This Week
A summary of battles and skirmishes from the Civil War era includes Col Willich’s German regiment facing Col Terry’s Texas Rangers near Green River Kentucky where Terry was killed, and a Union expedition under Gen Pope in Missouri capturing prisoners and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willich
Indiana
Col. Terry
Texas Rangers
Green River
Mumfordsville
Pope
Missouri
Shawnee Mound
First
New Jersey Cavalry
Heintzleman
Shellmire
Virginia
Lieut
Janville
Bone Mills
Orange and
Alexandria
Wilcox
Trent
United States
Confederacy
Confederate States
England
Messianic Prophecy and Reform Theme Highlighted in Old Testaments Lesson
The article discusses Malachi and the Messiah as refining fire and a promised rescuer. It links Jewish repentance to future rewards, and outlines a dual fulfillment in Spiritual and Natural Israel. It also notes prophetic figures like Abraham and Isaiah as part of a broader messianic kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alachus
I t—Nehemiah
Israel
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Messiah
Jesus
Church
Bride
Earth
Fey Pee
Local Notes and Birth Announcement
Miss Opal Hanley visited Sullivan on Monday. Mrs. Jim Forbes is on the sick list. A son was born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Street. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Treadaway and Mien Mahal Hiohfiala visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Hanley
Sullivan
Jim Forbes
Bert Street
John C. Treadaway
Mien Mahal Hiohfiala
Sam Burlingmier
Farmersburg
N. H
Clinton High School
Saved His Wife's Life by Dr King’s New Discovery
O H Brown of Muscadine Alabama credits Dr King's New Discovery with saving his wife's life after a severe bronchial illness and crippling cough. The advertisement touts the remedy as infallible for lung trouble and offers 50c 1.00 prices with a guaranteed trial bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Brown
Muscadine
Ala
Dr. King
Joe K. Smock & Son
Confederate and Union Actions on Tybee and Missouri River
Reports describe the Chesire wreck off Tybee Island and Captain Parrot of the USS Augusts. Captain Craig failed to justify Nassau clearance. Other items note Union seizure of $2.5 million in sympathizer property, the 11th Iowa returning from Missouri with valuables and prisoners, a Connecticut party burning a dam mill, and a clash between Gen Ord’s foraging party and Gen Stuart’s Confederates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Price
Hudson
Missouri
Warrenton
McKee
Col. Bishop
United States
New England
Charleston
United States Senate
Committee On the Judiciary
Canada
England
Dixie
Mason and Slidell
Confederate States
Great Britain
France
Trent
Kentucky House of Representatives
State Senate
House Committee On Federal Relations
Lincoln
Fremont
Cameron
Stump Neck
Potomac
Nelland Point
White House
Virginia
Augusta
Parrot
Tybee Island
Craig
Nassau
Memphis Appeal
11Th Iowa
3D Iowa
Jefferson City
Missouri River
Connecticut
Dam No. 5
E. 0. C. Ord
Stuart
Fires and battles mark Civil War era items in scattered notes
Reading notes recount Nashville stores burned with nearly 1 million dollars lost, Union officer Rosecrans urging drill and discipline, the prize shower ship wrecked near Hempstead, and Confederate forces driven from Perry county. Obscure modern mentions of local names, deaths, and court filings close the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosecrans
Virginia
Charity
Hatteras Inlet
U. S. S. S. Stars and Stripes
Hempstead
Long Island
New York
George Ashbury
Joseph Coerson
Perry County
Kentucky
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promote Health
A patient advice style notice urges taking Dr King’s New Life Pills at first signs of constipation or biliousness to prevent indigestion jaundice or gall stones. Pills claim to regulate liver stomach and bowels and boost health sold at Joe K Smock & Son’s for 2 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Joe K. Smock & Son’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
Want
Wilkes
Observer
Incoln
Congress
Ashfon
Col
Geary
Pennsylvania Regiment
Halleck
Department of the
New Market Bridge
Max Weber
New York Infantry
Malachi
Jerusalem
Pogesara
Merry Christmas
Maxwell-Cowles Shoe Co
FOOT
F. M. Douthitt
South Side Square
Mr. Man
Ihe
Manford Otto
Plunkett
Ofa
Nashville
Tennessee
W. G. Chapman
J. Terhune
Charles F. Gabbert
Milton A. Haddon
Charles H. Bedwell
Sullivan Circuit
Maggie Gabbert
State of
Arthur E. Debaon
Sullivan Circuit Court
Sullivan and
Hymera
Crowder
Crowder Tax
Willoughby
Vincennes
Republican National Conven
Chicago
Harry
New
Indianapolis
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