Specialist detection as cure for disease praised in ad
The piece compares amateur detectives to Sherlock Holmes and argues disease diagnosis benefits from a specialist approach. It extols Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo New York with thirty years of study, offering free private consultations by letter and claiming high cure rates.
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Old Dogberry
Sherlock Holmes
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Reed and Thompson Notes From Riverton Report
G P Reed visits brother Aaron at Bakers Lane Ilts a station on the Inns. Mrs Lucinda Thompson recovering from a serious operation shows improvement. Ed M Perkins made a business trip to Plainville last week. Frank Vickery sold 500 watermelons Monday.
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Riverton
G. P. Reed
Aaron
Bakers Lane
Ilts
Lucinda Thompson
Ed M. Perkins
Plainville
Frank Vickery
Local news notes from Merom area events and people
Mrs Cushman visits Mershall and Mrs del Burnetts pabe improves. Dry weather delays wheat sowing. Local youths held an outing at the Cliffs. Band concert at Meroin drew attendees. Rev J N Blue leaves for conferences and retires to farm. Frank Alsop new mail hack built at L H Moore carriage works. Mrs Riley Dodd sick list. Miss Minnie Hughes visiting sister Mrs Janes Case. Large crowd at basket meeting Palmer's Prairie. Mrs Ella Akers very poorly. Morris Eaton from Sullivan visited Sunday. Guy and Walter Leach at Merom Sunday. Mrs Gus Graham Essie and Miss Grace Neal from Dugger spent evening at Rich's. C E and B R Nesbit of Shelburn in locality Tuesday. Jess Pierce passed through Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Cushman
Mershall
del Burnetts
Cliffs
Meroin
J. N. Blue
Frank Alsop
L. H. Moore
Fairbanks
Ind
Riley Dodd
Minnie Hughes
Debcarbo
Janes Case
Palmer's Prairie
Ella Akers
Morris Eaton
Sullivan
Guy
Walter Leach
Merom
Gus Graham
Essie
Grace Neal
Dugger
Rea
Della Willis
Carlisle
Viosea Mason
Osa Sinclair
Barnhill
James Greenlee
Bishop Eaton
Walker’s
Epworth League
Church Lawn
Dollie Hutchinson
Kk. V. Railsback
Charlie Batson
Dove Anderson
Duggzer
Opha Ragle
Samuel Wood
Roy
Millard McCammon
John A Cammon
Jesse Ring
Lizzie Keen
Henry St Sullivan
Thos. Nicholson
Wm. Chestnut
Hugh Caton
J. H. Luzader
Palmers’ Prairie
John McCammon
McCammon
Nancy Pitt
Minerva Kennedy
Bethel M. E. Church
Bethel Church
Jno. Aagie
Carrie Fiske
Alum Cave
Bethel Cemetery
Henry Keen
Claude Plew
Big Springs Rain Hope With Local Family News
In Big Springs residents seek rain while noting a thriving corn crop on Turman’s Prairie. Local trade includes 10,000 bushels of old corn sold at Hutsonville by Durham and Mann. Visitors trace kinship across Illinois with Pitser and Watson families. FE Cno begins fifth term as school teacher this winter. A hundred people gather for an extended local gathering at Warren Watson’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turman’s
Durham
Mann
Hutsonville
John Black
Illinois
Eftie Pitser
Lyons
Mike Pitser
Mrs. Walker
Daleville
William Pitser
Shoals
Warren Watson's
Fishermen from Graysville and neighboring towns enjoy Clear Pond outing
A group from Graysville Providence and Walker's Chapel fished at Clear Pond last Tuesday reporting a good time and pleasant weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graysville
Providence
Walker’s Chapel
Sugar Creek Basket Meeting and Local Updates
A large crowd attends the Palmer's Prairie basket meeting as Elder Williams preaches. Miss Lou Rogers spends weeks at Trinity Springs for heart health. Steve Leach plans a new residence. Maggie McClanahan and John Richards visit friends Sunday. Local improvements progress at the Marlow. Elder Case from Tennessee preached at Good Hope last Sunday. Bert Kester and Claude Chastain visit Sam Chastain Saturday night. Mrs. Eli Akers is seriously ill at her parents’ home. Gertrude Valentine of Gordon, Nebraska visits relatives in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer’s Prairie
Elder Williams
Lou Rogers
Trinity Springs
Martin County
Steve Leach
Maggie McClanahan
Flora Payne
John Richards
Sam Hawkins
Marlow
Elder Case
Tennessee
Good Hope
Bert Kester
Claude Chastain
Sam Chastain
Eli Akers
Alex Davis
Gertrude Valentine
Gordon, Neb
Local Notes On Travel and Community Events
Prof D B Atkinson returns from vacation. Mr and Mrs J W Miles to move to the Narrows this week. Mrs A D Woodworth travels to Dayton Ohio for Miami Conference. Phonographic entertainment at the College rated a success. Miss Maude Larr back from Western Indiana Conference. Otis Hoskinson and family visit relatives near West York for soldiers reunion. EK D Nickey spent summer in Randolph County returning Friday. Bluff band concert drew a good crowd. Kurt Coyner played with Palestine band at the West York reunion. Miss Sadie Fairfield returns from art study in Ohio. Mr Hata a Japanese and Wabash graduate will give stereoptical lecture here Sept 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Atkinson
J. W. Miles
the Narrows
A. D. Woodworth
Dayton
Miami
Randolph County
the Bluff
Kurt Coyner
West York
Sadie Fairfield
Mr. Hata
Wabash
J.M. Stoddard
East Chapel notes reflect social ties and aging farmer's life
The East Chapel community reports a dry spell harming local tomato crops while farms and families stay active. Many residents visit relatives near Carlisle Dugger Merom and Sullivan, with sermons, barn work and plans to relocate for employment. The death of Uncle John Cammon at 81 is noted along with church events and social gatherings.
Local notes from Sunday visits and upcoming Old Settler gathering
Fred and others made Sunday visits to French Lick Springs Evansville Sullivan and Greencastle. Frank Jenkins and Ralph Mickel suffer diphtheria. Mrs Barnhill and children from New Lebanon visited. Homer Davis made a business trip to Sullivan. Fred Hixson returned from Greencastle to visit his parents and preached at the M E church. Reminder of the Old Settler meeting at Bethlehem in Howard's grove next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. O’haver
Lyons
Lib Akin
Edward Couradi
Bremen
Marion
Mabel Jenkins
Sullivan
Pigg
Tillie Sallee
Evansville
W. B. Akin
Methodist Church
A. C. Davis
Til Ogle
Nell
Fred
French Lick Springs
Ransour Akin
Frank Jenkins
Ralph Mickel
W. P. Barnhill
New Lebanon
Homer Davis
Fred Hixson
Greencastle
M. E
Old Settler’s
Bethlehem
Howard’s Grove
Pleasant Vil Residents Tale of Local Happenings
John Bruce and wife visit Carlisle relative Uncle George Ward. Sam Jxnowls buys a carriage. Sisson purchases Sam Page land and starts a new schoolhouse last Thursday. Miss Pearl Harbin of Louisville visits. Several locals buy wagons from C Bough. Many relatives ill, moving week planned with several farm changes. A fishing party reports many fish and fish bone toothpicks. A small child buried. Various visits from Bedford Stillman Valley and Hymera residents noted. Subscribe for the Umroam for local news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bruce
Carlisle
George Ward
Sam Jxnowls
Tustee Sisson Ins
Sam Page
Miss Pearl Harbin
Louisville
K.y
JF. A. Newkirk
Strawther Rooksberry
Billie Spencer
C. Bough
John Knochs
Tom Spencer
H. G. McClung
Sullivan
Maxwell
Corbin
Stanley O’haver
Lyons
Edwards
Bedford
Dr. Harvey
Stillman Valley
Ill
T. B. O’haver
Daisy
R. S. O’haver
Rev. Welker
Lynton
Mat Goldman
Hymera
Lincoln wins patent case by mastering mechanics and cross examination
Thomas Lewis recalls Abe Lincoln defending a Springfield patent suit by consulting a leading architect, assembling expert witnesses, and drilling them for a cross examination. Lincoln then won the case and earned a reputation that secured him in every patent-right case, guiding him to practice across Chicago, St. Louis, Iowa, Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Springfield
Lincoln
Chicago
New York
Abe” Lincoln
Washington
St. Louis
Iowa
Ohio
Kentucky
Michigan
Thomas Lewis
Leslie
Spanish Main now called United States Main
A playful exchange suggests the historic term Spanish Main has faded and the area is now simply referred to as the United States Main. The remark highlights shifting geographic naming in a light conversational context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
Tommy
United States
Bananas Reach U.S. Markets Via Costa Rican Shipments
Banana shipments from Port Costa Rica are sent by producer in three carts per batch to the railway for distribution. A large quantity, over 0 bananas, is sold at favorable prices in New Orleans or New York, indicating active Atlantic trade routes and price variation for fruit sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costa Rica
New Orleans
New York
Blue Butter in India Mystery
A fragment reports butter in India described as blue due to milk from native cows. The passage notes blue butter differs from the usual yellow and hints at a regional peculiarity or misperception without further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
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T. B. Shaffer & CO
Sugar Creek
Chambers Ratcliff
Oak Woods
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George Ferree
John Morgan
Wm. Wilson
Scott Kirkham
James Hampton
Ytempora Mutantur
St Wnmamas
Sureka Warness Oib
Eureka
Arness Gila
Standard Gin. CO
Ancyclopadia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Werner
Encyclopedia Britannica
Morocco
S. T. Stansil
Sullivan, Indiana
Hoosier
Billman
Billman’s Cheap Store
Sullivan, Ind
Anchorhead
J. A. McClanahan
F. E. Walters
South Side
LINO
State of
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County of
Tsaane
H. Kalley
Henrietta Horn
I. H. Kalley
Mary F. Alsman
Nancy E. Covington
Judah A. Fickey
Sarah A. Verne
Lucinda Soey
Rosetta I. Neeley
Mabel Neeley
Philip A. Neeley
Lewis P. Botts
Isabelle Botts
Sullivan Circuit Court
A. D
W. Ep. Shepherd
R. E. Wolfe
California
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul
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Omaha
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Colorado
Utah
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Geo
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Robert C. Jones
Carew
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