Boonville Notes Mark A Busy Week In Town
Local items report visits by Mrs Callahan and Miss Young, a new hotel opening on St Valentine’s Day, and social events at J P Stratten’s. Excursion tickets to New Orleans advertised, and an Uncle Tom’s Cabin troupe to perform at the Opera House with Kate Partington as Topsy.
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New Orleans
Anthony & Billis
Famous Ideas Company
Opera House
America
Palace Hotel
Kate Partington
Topsy
Eliza
Eva
Memphis
Uncle Tam
Anthony& Elis
Hous
New Lebanon Temperance Meeting Highlights Local Figures
The New Lebanon temperance group plans an entertainment led by lodge members with BA Alten as the new deputy. Prof. Griffin owns a 700 volume library. J. Springer and J. W. Burnett hold multiple local posts. Rev. Hutchinson preaches well. A public questioning of Mr Willis follows, probing past blue ribbon ties and recent positions. Republicans seek township convention details as Democrats pledge to back only temperance men.
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Good Templars’ Lodge
BA Alten
Prof. Griffin
J. ‘J. Springer
J. W. Burnett
A. J. Swain
James Morgan
Hutchinson
Willis
Murphy
Bee Wilkey and Allen frame building near post office
The readable fragment describes Bee Wilkey and Allen in a frame building west of the post office. It mentions nations, hate, pools and shoes with an advertising claim about saving money. The text is garbled but suggests a sales pitch and a dispute with a refrain about big money.
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Bee Wilkey & ‘Allen i
Post Office For Nations
Wilkey & Allen
Postoffice
Jolly Contributor and Town Deals in Local Satire
A jumble of light local notes and opinions covers politics whisky taxes and moral policing. The writer praises city limits on youth street exposure and mocks licensing and taxes while mentioning Austin’s new Capital building and a Sunday scene with a comedy troupe at the opera house.
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Jordan
Vincennes News
Bill Crow
Austin
Texas
Marion Coulter
Joose Axhandle
Irregularities at Opera House and Local Assaults Reported
A sequence of disturbances is described with Charley Crawley halted by a man called Irish Tom who warned him not to pass a route. Another attack on James Hagen follows, attributed to the same unidentified assailant who disrupted the opera house meeting. The Lester Combination offers amusements this week with thin orchestration. Misaddressed postal parcels are no longer accepted by the post office.
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Sullivan
Charley Crawley
Tom
Charley
James Hagen
Abell
Opera
Lester
Joahua
Whitcomb
Musical Evening Honors Mrs Cavins and Her Class
A large gathering at Mrs Flora Cavins residence Saturday night celebrated her musical class with numerous solo and duet performances by Efie Coulson Mary Brewer Ada Kirkham Ada Kivett Maud Reed K Ogle G Stansil Flora Mayfield Georgie Eaton Fannie Reed L Crowder and others Mrs Cavins praised as an excellent popular teacher who has about 30 pupils The notice also advertises Wilkey Allen merchants near the post office offering hats boots and shoes and promotes The Knowing Donkey with Uncle Tom’s Cabs as worth seeing.
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Flora Cavins
Effie Coulson
Efie Coulson
Mary Brewer
Ada Kirkham
Ada Kivett
Maud Reed
K. Ogle
G. Stansil
Flora Mayfield
Georgie Eaton
Fannie Reed
Handle—C. Lockard
L. Cavins
Mattie Crowder
Minnie McEneny
Haxel Girls
L. Brewer
L. Sheeks
M. Crowder
J. Moore
May Hawkins
May Burton
F. Reed
Mary Crowder
Ketcham
Caving
Merom Local Notes and Family Updates
Varioloid case dismissed as minor eruption. Myrtie Shidler is ill with lung fever. Will Waller visited Robinson last week. Many sore arms from waxin appears. Mrs. Lou Hutson improving. An old student reports back. Field of Buffalo still active in music circles. Linconia Society urged to challenge Antioch in literary contest. Miss Mattie Wasson starts juvenile vocal class. encourage attendance. Hunt visited family near New Lebanon over weekend. County youths urged to seek education locally and join U C C programs.
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Myrtie
H. H. Shideler
Will Waller
Robinson
Lou Hutson
M. B. Field
Buffalo
N. Y
Mattie Wasson
Hunt
New Lebanon
Sullivan County
Elia
Lost $400 From Brokaw Estate
Jerry Thomas states he received over 400 dollars from the Brokaw estate Monday afternoon and placed it in his pocket-book inside his vest. He slept with the vest under his pillow and awoke to find the pocket-book missing. Hoskins recalls being with him and says no one could enter the house without the dog alerting. Thomas offers a liberal reward for the return.
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Jerry Thomas
Brokaw
Mr. Hoskins
Mr.Hoskins
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