Merom Community Notes and Local Updates
Merom notices report frequent picnics on the bluff and a revival at Riverton with 21 new converts baptized. Local events include a boxing supper on the college campus, a child’s leg injury, a funeral for Aunt Irene Pinkston, and crop damage from a late storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverton
Glenn Riggs
Fairbanks
Rus Pinkston
Providence
Eva Epperson
Springer
Little Rulin Coyner
Earl
Rena Dooner
Tom Sparks
Millie Ray
Ray
Ella
Car Loads on Way as Prices Drive Sales
Two more car loads are due this week as prices push purchases. Turman and Riggs advertise lower rates, claiming the price beats the high rent district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turman and Riggs
Rain and social calls mark Graysville week
Graysville reports heavy rain and wind causing damage in the township last Saturday night. Visitors include Tom Parr and Bert Hawkee of Shelburn. John York and wife at Hutsonville. Nancy Turman at Levi Springer’s birthday dinner. E. G. Carruthers and Dr. Hinkle. Frank Badger and Lara McMichael at Sullivan. Debating society attendees stayed out until nearly midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Parr
Bert Hawkee
Shelburn
John York
Hutsonville
Nancy Turman
Levi Springer
E. G. Carruthers
Dr. Hinkle
Frank Badger
Lara McMichael
Sullivan
New Life Pills Promises Gentle Help for the Appendix
An advertorial claim promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as a gentle remedy to prevent appendix trouble. It asserts regular bowels avoid surgery and offers a 25 cent guarantee by Joe. K. Smock & Son druggists with a brief sales pitch to try them.
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Dr. King
Joe. K. Smock & Son
Local social notes from Caledonia and Cass township
Community happenings include visits to Fountainette, moves to Linton, and Sunday calls. A lemonade vendor abides by the pure food law, Burns McDaniel negotiates club rates, and teams consider matchups with Goosetown or Farnsworth. Weather outlook ahead. playful fox chase mistaken for a dog tied by Roy White. Sluggers lose 6 to 3 at Mildred. a big game is planned for Sunday at the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Blue
Roscoe White
Ol Smith
Sullivan
Burns McDaniel
Kid Nine
Gilmour
Jasonville
Linton
Goosetown
Farnsworth
Caledonia
Cass Township
Roy White
Blue Burke
Roscoe
Mildred
Bucklen's Amica Salve Cures Thumb Wound
Merchant G. W. Cloyd of Plunk Missouri recounts a four year old near amputation scare after a jimson bar injury. He refused amputation and used Bucklen's Amica Salve to heal the wound. Available for 25 cents at Smock Son's druggists.
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G. W. Cloyd
Plunk
Bucklen
Smock & Son’s
Doctor Crowley Treats Female Diseases Without Local Treatment
Dr Crowley offers cures for female diseases based on long experience. Persons suffering from female ailments are advised to consult Dr Crowley.
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Crowley
Shoes at bargain prices across men women boys misses
A sales offer extols deeply discounted footwear with mens shoes at four dollars and eighty three cents women at three dollars and two dollars for girls and misses priced from one fifty. The ad brags about the store's ability to match rival prices and praises the eloquence of its pricing.
Memorial Sermon and Church Addresses Noted
On the 26th a memorial sermon will be preached by Rev. Crawford with special music. On the 30th Rev. Hudson will give an address at the M. E. church at 2 p.m. The McClung Post will flower the graves at Mt Moriah and Indian Prairie cemeteries in the forenoon. Jefferson township commencement at the M. E. church on the first Saturday in June features an undecided class speaker. the class is the largest in township history with over 20 members and many seek to pass the exam.
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Crawford
Hudson
M. E
Henry T. McClung
Mt. Moriah
Indian Prairie
Jefferson Township
M. E. Church
J. Alsman
James Denney Pirtle
Terre Haute
Elliot Douthitt
Marco
Catherine Shepherd
Rhoda
Susan
Sparks
Linton
Angie Myer
Trimmer
Rochester
Sattley Happy Thought cultivator lauded by sellers
Turman and Riggs advertise the new Sattley Happy Thought cultivator described as a unique foot guide plow. The note urges buyers not to miss it and mentions high rent district listings.
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Sattley
Turman and Riggs
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MEROM
Lattie Springer
Cap Morris
Asbury
Irene Pinkston
Couchman
Farmersbury
Alex Raley
Index Furniture Department
Graysville
Grandma White
Fountainette
John Clough
Dave Harlow
Lena
Nancy Bledsoe
Choice Footwear
Maxwell-Cowles Shoe Co
Woods
Pleasantville
T. B. O’haver
B. F. Shepherd
Ott Ellis
Elva Jolly
Wes Enochs
L. R. Edmonds
Walter Wood
Tom Alsop
George
Geo. Ward
Effie
Vesta Harvey
Worthington
Tom Purcell
Jesse Shepherd
Frelandsville
Little Giant
Dave James
Eugene Williams
Jesse Hale
Ed Hale
Truss Isbell
George Morris
Dugger
Miss Pearl Yeager
Island City
Thomas Buck
John Bedwell
Sarah Houldson
MT. Calvary
Ed Daily
Paxton
Sam Burch
William Wilson
New Lebanon
Dave Bushell
William Cutler
Ward Driver
Ed Robbins
James P. Bedwell
David Graham
Charles Campbell
S. F. Mason
Campbell
J. O. Whalen
C. E. Asbury
Vincennes
John Purcell
Clarence Spencer
Homer Creager
John Ford
Long & Warren
Sullivan Union
Daily ‘Star
Big Springs
Nellie Gray
Mrs. Mann
Dr. Durham
B. W. Beard
Mr. Cain
J. W. Watson
Misses Keys and
Albee
Josie Eno
Graysville Rebekah Lodge
Indianapolis
Studebaker
North Main Street
Texas
Albert Smith
Glendora
John Shipman
Fay Shipman
Harry Boles
Herschel Hawkins
Elmer Bean
Elmer Hill
Holt Park
Lucy Sanders
Gladys Strain
Oblong
E. E. Hill
Sylva
G. D. Rich
Palmer’s Prairie
Jack Modglen
Marlow
Benson Chapel
Marlow School
Henry Rost
Children
Palestine, Ill
Dan Ford
Jesse W. Bahley
Silver City
New Mexico
Dr. Crowley
Riggs
A. M. Timmis
Mgr
Davis Hotel
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