Influenza Epidemic Follows Bygone Malady in Kingsley Area
In Kingsley vicinity last Monday residents reported influenza with other ailments such as episederic. Ford doctors disagree on diagnosis with stalletitis or balketitis, while local farms report several influenza cases in rural districts. Attending events include church meetings at the Drake church and a pastor from Hymera.
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Golden Monk
Kingsley
William Gray
Big Springs
Ford
Doc Turman
Doc Cushman
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Internal Cure
An old remedy claim asserts catarrh is constitutional and cannot be cured by local treatments. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally, said to cleanse the blood and affect mucous surfaces, with testimonials available and products from F. J. Cheney & Co. at Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Local Happenings Report From Sullivan Area
Armsy Peacher on business trip to Sullivan Saturday. Miss May Drake visited Ira A. Drake's Sunday. Miss Bessie Chambers attended the Prairie Creek debate Wednesday night. Mrs. Maggie Pound visited Martin Harris’s Friday. James Holmes received a telegram from son Goldie now in New York with the A E F in France. Mrs. Florence Gaston hosted by Gwyn Pound Thursday. Margaret DeCamp visited John and family Saturday and Sunday. Roy Drake confined to home with influenza. Lizzie Kisner visiting son Rev Harry Kisner and family in Indianapolis. Millie DeHart and Verna Hunt guests of Nellie Peacher Sunday. High school girls cart riding at noons and recess. One twin baby of Delbert Norris died Friday evening. Zadoc Piety and family moved to Park County. James Tague moved into Welsh property, vacated by Piety. Russell Tague to move into Johnson property vacated by James Tague. Roy Ransford to begin mail carrier duties at Sullivan February 1.
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Oscar Alsop
Petersburg
Rufus DeHart
Edgar Strain
Will Thomas
Harry Buff
Guy Cushman
Terre Haute
Methodist Church
O. H. Burke
Helen Oliphant
Merom
Sullivan
E. J. Yager
Warren County
Armsy Peacher
May Drake
Ira A. Drake
Bessie Chambers
Prairie Creek
Maggie Pound
Martin Harris
James Holmes
Goldie
N. Y
France
Florence Gaston
Gwyn Pound
Margaret DeCamp
John Bowen
Roy Drake
Lizzie Kisner
Harry Kisner
Indianapolis
Millie DeHart
Verna Hunt
Nellie Peacher
Delbert Norris
Zadoc Piety
Park County
James Tague
Russell Tague
Johnson
Roy Ransford
Will Albee
Will Kersey
Ben Pogue
Catherine Pittman
Lawrence Pittman
Sheldon, Ilinois
Chas
M.welsh
South
B. S. Welsh
Jess Douglas
E. C. Pogue
Don Johnson
Reva
George Rice
Warren Chambers
Hazel Clouse
Lyman Pound
Lula
Emma Myles
O. E. Bruner
George Harmon
Robert Harmon
Rosa Horner
Caddie DeHart
Angie Eisner
Ora Harmon
Edith Ransford
Cloyd DeBaun
Marvin DeBaun
Hosea Drake
John Harvey
Howard Starkey
Roscoe Frakes
Carl Romaine
The
Drake
Paddenck
Florence Bragdon
Warren Watson
Steve Anderson
Claude Campbell
Pier Rankin
Jas
Keily
Ross Turman
Will Burke
Libbie Vickery
Jennie Page
Ella Cooper
Jacksonville
Fla
Pentagorda
Florida
Railroad Co
Clarence Mahan
Maude Watson
Germany
John Borders
U. A
Will Watson
Corwin Phillips
A. G. Cushman
Tom Mann
Mother
Emerson Watson
John Adams
Hutsonville
Community Figures Share Weekend Visits and Local Happenings
Sunday gatherings include the Albees and Kennedys visiting the Pogue and Welsh households. Catherine Pittman returns from Sheldon Illinois. Wells and Welsh families report visits and new electrical improvements. A wedge injury hospitalized Jess Douglas, Hazel Clouse contracts smallpox, and Edison phonograph entertains Pound family. Protracted meeting ongoing at Drake with Rev Paddenck.
Various local visits and family news from Terre Hecte area
Reports of Warren Watson in Terre Hecte and neighbors visiting at Warren Watson's. Notes on Jennie Page in Merom and a Florida trip, lives of family members, illness bouts including flu among Will Watson and Corwin Phillips, and Emma Jane Ramsen's obituary detailing her 68 years, marriage to John W Ramsen, children Cornelia and Fannie, and faith.
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Emma Jane
Benjamin and
Elvira Harrison
Fairbanks Township
Farmersburge
Ascension Seminary
John W. Ramsen
Cornelia
Fannie
Colorado
Indiana
Farmersbuiog
Ramsen
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lord Jesus Christ
Local Families Share Visits Across Town
Mrs Hood Hill and Uncle Milt Patton spent Tuesday with Mr and Mrs Richard Taylor. Lena Jewell and Otto Jewell with Clara Pittman visited Mrs Lula Branson. Floyd Taylor and son Roy were guests of Shimer Taylor. Flora Jewell called on Eli Downs. Hamit Boone Sam Taylor Dollie Douglas Mattie and William Jewell visited Luther Marts. Alva Marts visited his daughter and Amy spent Saturday with William Jewell. Henry Smith and his daughter Amy stayed with Alva Marts. Hermman Jewell seeks treatment in Indianapolis with Dr McGowen. Emery Smith visited Otto Jewell. Raymon Wyman visited Adrian Backer Friday afternoon. Sylvester Marts visited Mrs William Jewell Thursday. Paul Mickell spent Saturday with Raymon Wyman. Lena Jewell and Sam Bar...
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Rayron Wyman
Gene
John McDonald
Hood Hill
Milt Patton
Richard Taylor
Lena Jewell
Otto Jewell
Clara Pittman
Lula Branson
Floyd Taylor
Son Roy
Shimer Taylor
Flora Jewell
Eli Downs
Hamit Boone
Sam’ Taylor
Dollie Douglas
Mattie
William Jewell
Luther Marts and Family
Alva Marts
Henry Smith
Amy
Sylvester
Hermman Jewell
Indianapolis
McGowen
Emery Smith
Raymon Wyman
Adrian Backer
Sylvester Marts
Paul Mickell
Sam Bar
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness and Death
The Ramsen and Dicker son families express heartfelt thanks for the kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and death of our wife and mother. Johan W. Ramsen and Cornelia Dicker son.
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Johan W. Ramsen
Cornelia Dickerson
Marriage Licenses Listed for Cass and Nearby Areas
The notice lists marriage licenses for Jesse St John 23 a miner of Jasonville and Eva Gaskill 22 near Cass. Edward W Williams 25 miner and Daisy M Hudson 20 both of Dugger. David L Hofoditz 19 Dugger and Edna G Keene 18 near Cass. Joseph L Hustler 47 cabinet maker Mattoon Ill and Addie J Hamby 44 Sullivan. Ferman Ashcraft 21 miner and Mary M Harmel 21 both of Cass.
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Jesse St. John
Jasonville
Eva Gaskill
Cass
Edward W. Williams
Miner
Daisy M. Hudson
Dugger
David L. Hofoditz
Edna G. Keene
Joseph L. Hustler
Mattoon
Ill
Addie J. Hamby
Sullivan
Ferman Ashcraft
Mary M. Harmel
Doctors Lindley and Leach Attend Chicago Auto Show
Dr. S. E. Lindley and Dr. Herbert Leach traveled to Chicago on Saturday to visit the automobile show and view latest models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. EK. Lindley
Herbert Leach
Chicago
Haphazard County News Lingers in January Weather
Local notices describe trades and oddities as Jim Slivers swaps a horse pistol and boots for a clothes wringer while Arminta Jones writes obituary verse and awaits a death. Gosport undertaker surveys sickness, Ed Bascombe promotes a liver regulator, and townsfolk discuss January’s cold and disruptions from a mule and an owl.
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Jim Slivers
Arminta Jones
Gosport
Zeb Stubbins
Indianapolis
Empire Theatre
Ed Basconbe
Nike
Squire Hansford
Si Plum
Eda Biedsoe
Goose Pond
Deacon Ebbersvie
Bill Blithers
Pittsburg
Squire Hartsock
Wilson
Andrew Jackson
Cheerfulness and Courage in Public Manners
A Chicago Evening Post excerpt urges that true cheerfulness requires courage and self respect. It notes smiling in public, avoiding scowls and complaints, and not letting life’s hardships show as whining or tears in one’s one room.
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Chicago
Eskimo kayak paddles into Provincetown harbor
An odd craft called the Es imo kayak drew attention near Provincetown. Dene hat B. MacMillan paddled it, riding a man’s canoe on a frame with water tight sheathing. A paddler with a daw dle could deck and seal the craft, making it a rare small boat for experts.
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Provincetown
Aass
B. MacMillan
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