Village of Ancient People and Fairbanks Notes
The article reviews mound builders along the Wabash and in Ohio, describing village sites, mounds, and artifacts. It notes ancient peoples built permanent settlements, practiced agriculture, and produced pottery, tools, and ornaments, with comparisons to later tribes and French contact at Vincennes.
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Odrageiy
Bey
Belek
W. C. Mills
Baum
Gartner
Ohio
Wabash
Vincennes
Gabriel Marest
Spurrel
Wabash Valley
Longfellow
Incoherent Skit Recounts German Helmet Quips
A garbled exchange recalls boys bragging about German helmets and helmets and mock battles. The tale mentions Mike proudly displaying two helmets and Pat questioning the feat amid an unclear sequence of events.
Candidate Bays Considers Joining Home Guard Invite
Ambiguous fragment notes Fred Bays weighing invitation to join a local Home Guard unit. The text is unclear about location and context but indicates political or civic mobilization discussions surrounding security service.
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Fred Bays
Cos
Fecal Home Guards
Soldier’s resolve and wartime wit across historic lines
A compact meditation on commitment and risk. The speaker muses on becoming a soldier, prefers dialogue over firing a rifle, and notes the semantic twists in political language. Historical allusions hint at crossed destinies and the peril of being betrayed in battles real and metaphorical.
Tin can home squatter and mortgage tale in Kansas City
A Kansas City squatter builds a dwelling from tin cans while another man mortgaged his home to buy a junker car and lost it. The piece cites a quip about boiled cabbage not being worth even a cent and reflects a local humor tone.
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Kansas City
War Effort Drives Low Prices on White Goods and Linens
White Goods and household linens are offered at prices well below current market levels. The text urges buyers to act quickly as labor costs rise and production shifts toward war needs with government demand increasing.
Erecting Monuments to Remember Vanished People
A carved memory of the dead endures in monuments from arrow-heads to pottery fragments. The mute artifacts speak of a vanished people, silently preserving their history for those who listen.
Miners Board to Meet Monthly at Douthitt Store
The Sullivan County Miners Examining Board will be in session the first Wednesday Thursday and Friday of each month at J. F. Douthitt's store on the north side of the public square. Frank Harmon serves as president.
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Sullivan County Miners Examining Board
J. F. Douthitt
Frank Harmon
Hayden's Grove Sunday School Picnic Set for September 5
The annual Hayden's Grove Sunday school picnic will be held Thursday September 5 at Ellery Hayden's grove west of Shelburn. Speakers will be announced later. A flag will be given to theSunday school with the oldest couple present and another flag to the Sunday school with the prettiest baby.
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Hayden's Grove
Hayden’s Grove
Ellery Hayden
Shelburn
Fred Martin Visits Friends During West Point Training
Fred Martin currently in military training at West Point Kentucky spent Sunday in town visiting friends before returning to the academy.
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Fred Martin
West Point
Kidney trouble advice from a chiropractor
An advertisement urging readers to consult a chiropractor for a kidney problem and obtain a case analysis. It claims chiropractic adjustments will address the cause of the trouble, attributed to H. L. Ramsey, D. C.
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H. L. Ramsey
D. C
Notice to bidders for picnic stand privileges
The undersigned will receive sealed bids up to noon on August 3d at Graysville Ind for stand privileges for the Mangrove Sunday school picnic to be held on August 17th. Bids awarded to the highest responsible bidder. No bottled drinks will be allowed sold. G W Nowulin treasurer. First insertion July 24 1918 3t.
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Graysville
Ind
Manngrove
G. W. Nowulin
Lost Gold Case Laurane t with monogram RMW
Reward offered for the return of a gold cased lauranet bearing the monogram R M W. Contact this office with information leading to the item and its safe return.
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Lauranet
Stove repair ad by Wm Brett seeks work in Dix area
Wanted to repair your stove. Don’t wait until snow flies. Wm Brett advertises service at 218 East Harris Street near North Dix Lumber Co.
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Wm. Brett
E. Harris St
North
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