Local Notes From Doddville A Busy Health and Social Week
Mrs Daniel Shroyer visited Mrs Dyerman Wood last Wednesday. Cyrus Johnson shows improvement. Grandma Poorman is very ill. Alma Ransford Minnie Clarke visited Miss Elma E Wood last Sunday. David Cushman missed school Monday. Ed Ryland returned home with a severe headache. John Kelly dined with Mr A C Meyer Wednesday. Jessie Wood ill with malarial fever. Arthur Clark and Miss Elma Wood dined at the river Sunday. Mrs Delbert Norris improving. Mrs John Collins visited Mrs Wash Pounds Tuesday. John Kraus ill. Preparations for a fine exercise at David Cushman’s school on the last day. George Burton had a runaway Monday en route to the Big Hill mine. Alonzo Clark to move to Scott City. Otto Meyer on a business trip to Sullivan. Charles Hardin of Turtlecreek visiting Abraham Wilkey. Frank Conner on sick list. James Dodd very ill with la grippe. Edmund Meyer very ill with measles. Many from here attended church at Fairbanks last Sunday night. Joe Kraus Eddie Kraus unable to attend school due to sore eyes. Hazel Brown recovering from lagrippe and able to attend school. Wedding expected soon.
Community Notes From Riverton And Nearby Areas
Riverton residents share visits with Gordon Illinois and Louisville Kentucky relatives. Nearby people attend funeral services and celebrate George Washington's birthday at the school. An advertisement touts Dr. Crowley's pile treatment and Chamberlain's Pain Balm for quick healing of injuries and cramps.
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Chamberlain
Patrick and the Church Plate Misunderstanding
A border town tale from northern New York tells how Father B seeks funds during a coal shortage. Patrick avoids giving with a wink and a shy refusal, later explaining the church is too hot to touch and that he will not say a word. The anecdote highlights misread signals and a humorous cultural note.
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Father B
New York
Patrick
Lippincott’s Magazine
Politeness Pays at Grand Central Station
A clergyman helping a woman with parcels and a child at Grand Central loses the woman’s umbrella. He returns to the waiting room and discovers he is carrying a handsome pearl trimmed umbrella. His wife jokes that politeness pays.
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Grand Central Station
New York Press
Cant Stop Him Oldest Inhabitant Faces Coldest Winter
In Cincinnati Times-Star style a crowd mocks the oldest resident as they claim the bitter winter breaks all memory records. He concedes only that it is colder than he has seen, noting his grandfather once warned of harsher times. The crowd disperses into the night.
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Waal
Cincinnati Times-Star
Her View of It
A conservative remark about Marie Curie’s wife role asserts she aided her husband in discovering radium while dismissing her appearance as plain and unworthy of attention. The piece notes the wife’s contributions against a backdrop of mockery from a Cleveland Plain Dealer quote.
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Curie
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ice incident quoted dialect remark in Chicago paper
A Chicago American snippet records a casual exchange about an ice fall. One man explains he went in swimming, stayed too long, and froze, while another blames him as a chump.
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Beadie
Chicago
The Spring Styles Bonnet Forecast
Mrs Spenders wonders about spring bonnet trends as two styles emerge. Mr Spenders predicts women will choose between the affordable and the one he dislikes, reflecting fashion and price tensions.
Iron Shirts With a Duack The Housewife Guide
Instructions for ironing shirts using a small blunt iron called a duck. Clean irons with ashes or brick dust, wash stove and cloth, dampen fabric, iron neckband first, smooth seams, stretch fabric, avoid puckering, and never rest the iron to prevent starch sticking.
Cream of Oyster Soup Recipe Instructions
Cream soups are best for lunch among authorities. Steam twenty five clams, remove from shells, strain liquor, and chop. Cook butter and flour, add milk to form a paste, then mix with clam liquor and pulp. Heat without boiling, season, add cream and beat with an egg beater. Makes a quart and a half.
Clothespin Debate Roils Housewives World
A question stirs households as officials consider reshaping the old wooden clothespin for a new commercial use. The issue touches traditional domestic life and market trends, drawing reactions from homemakers and industry observers.
Utah citizen’s wire clothespin invention described
The passage highlights a Utah citizen’s invention of a two piece wire clothespin hinged at the center. It clamps clothes firmly between lower jaws to secure them on a line during drying.
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Utah
Inventions Describe Kitchen Tools And Devices
A description of small kitchen gadgets including an apple corer slicer a butter mold a soap dish assortment and a screw holding device. The text notes devices for beating eggs whipping cream and making mayonnaise with various contrivances shown as clever time saving inventions.
Nickel wall mounted toothbrush holder with two shelves
A sanitary nickel toothbrush holder features two wall mounted shelves with large openings to suspend family toothbrushes without bristle contact. Each shelf is spaced to prevent touching and is spacious enough for Gosen brushes.
How to Paper Small Rooms for Space Illusion
When papering a small room use light plain or striped patterns to create an airier feel. Avoid large patterns and dark colors which make the room look smaller.
Non-Resident Notice in Sullivan Circuit Court
In Sullivan County a quiet title action is filed to determine ownership of real estate. Far-flung defendants not residents of Indiana must appear by April 11, 1904, or risk default. the notice is issued by Clerk Robert Taylor with attorney J. H. Kalley.
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Samuel Douglas
Isaac H. Kalley
Sarah A
Douglas
Elizabeth McDonald
Berson Douglas
Lidia A. Chestnut
Adaline Chestnut
Samevel Douglas
Hannah Anderson
Benson Douglas
Preston Douglas
Nancy A. Ward
John Douglas
Sarah F. Anderson
Eliza J. Studer
John McMickie
Unknown Heirs
William Hazelrigg
Devisees
Elizabeth Hazelrige
Flizabeth Hazelrigeg
William G. Hazelview
Unknown
William C. Inzelrige
Sarah BE. Hazelrigs
Urknoan
Sarah FE. Hazelrigg
Preston T. Hazelrigg
Tamar A. Hazelrigg
Sophronia Booker
Hansbury Murphy
John W. Hazelrigg
Elizabeth Hazelrigg
Gary Wilkinson
Hansford Reed
John Reed
Frank Hazelrigg
Alice Timmons
Charles Hazelrigg
S Raymond Hazelrigg
Capitola Hazelrigg
Anna Hazelrigg
Cary Hazelrigg
Floyd Deal
Walter Kennett
Indiana
Sullivan
Robert Taylor
Notice to Non-Resident in Sullivan County Divorce Case
State of Indiana Sullivan County Circuit Court case filed by George W Sherman against Emma Sherman. Plaintiff attests Emma Sherman is not a resident and must appear by April 4 1904 or hearing proceeds in absentia. Clerk Robert Tayloe seals the notice February 5 1904. Buff Stratton, attorneys.
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George W. Sherman
Emma Sherman
Buff & Stratton
Indiana
Sullivan Circuit Court
Sullivan
Robert Tayloe
Plaintiff seeks divorce from Effie M Holbert in Indiana
The plaintiff, represented by Pigg & Price, files a complaint for divorce and includes an affidavit asserting that Effie M Holbert is not a resident of Indiana.
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Pigg & Price
Effie M. Holbert
State of
Indiana
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John Kelly
A. C. Meyer
Pease
Little Jessie Wood
Arthur Clark
the River
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John Collins
Wash Pounds
John Kraus
George Burton
Big Hill Mine
Alonzo Clark
Scott City
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Turtlecreek
Abraham Wilkey
Frank Conner
James Dodd
la Grippe
Edmund Meyer
Fairbanks
Joe Kraus
Brother Eddie
Hattie Corner
Graysville
Delia Magee
Hazel Brown
Lagrippe
Riverton
Minnie Childers
Louisville
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D. L. Taylor
Geo. Stanley
Sherman French
George Washington
Crowley
State OF Indiana
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Infthe’ Sullivan Circuit Court
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Piggs& Price
Hannah E. Mathes
James A. Payne, Jr
W. R. Nesit
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American Tourist Association
P. McCarty
Cincinnati
Chesp Money
Robinson, Ills
Bear's
Wash
Pittsburg
Terre Haute
Chase & Sanborn
South Side
Robert Calvert
Grocer and
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Seamteutse
ROBT
Calvert
West of Postoffice
W .H. Hill, JR
John
Chaney
Silver Chaney
Chaney & Chaney
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Yale
I. J. Gill, M. D
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