Indiana Man Keeps 57 Year Diary On His Farm
Lebanon Indiana residents read a 57 volume diary kept by David Cohee born 1855 tracing 57 years of life on his 40 acre Boone County farm north of town. The diary records daily joys sorrows and family milestones from courtship to marriage farm purchase children and the death of his wife Jane with a grandchild and great grandchild story. Cohee’s life spans from 1873 onward with notes on weather daily tasks and farm life and traces family roots to Benjamin Cohen born 1750s in Delaware.
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Lebanon
Ind
David Cohee
Cokes
Boose County
Cohee
David
Jane
Cobee
Clifton County
Boone County
Cohees
Benjamin Cohen
Delaware
Local West Russia Neighborhood Club Meeting Reported
Mrs Arthur McRoberts and Mrs G H Norton attended the West Russia Neighborhood club meeting held at the home of Mrs.1 in Pittsfield Ohio.
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Pittsfield, O
Arthur McRoberts
G. H. Norton
West, Russia
Oberlin Social Roundup and Visiting Notables
Ceats in Oberlin report Thursday activities with LeRoy Lounsbreagh and kin visiting Toledo and Monroe relatives. Cleveland visitors Mrs. Ethel Sechriest and daughter Barry stay with Wr. and Mrs. Nash. Gar McRoberts and Harold Norton families gather for Hiattie McRoberts birthday. Misses Brandt Brasee and Nettie West travel for visits and teaching duties.
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Ceats
Oberlin
LeRoy Lounsbreagh
Toledo
Monroe
Michigan
Ethel Sechriest
Barry
Cleveland
A. E. Nash
Hiattie McRoberts
Arthur McRoberts
Norman Hughes
Chiildren
Wisconsin
L. Gibbons
R. E. Campbell
E. Campbell
M. E. Filkins
Norwalk
Fannie West
Mary Elizabeth Schubert
Struthers
Frances Gifford
Uncooked to toast list and local notices mix
Cleveland teaching assignment at Collinswood High School. Benj Behner family moves to La Grange. Owens family to reside on Behner farm near Elyria. Miss Mary Schafer from Lorain visits Lorain relatives. Christ Schafer and wife take Mary back to Lorain. George Handler visits Crardon. Eli Ryder attends Medina County fair. Elmer Wedeman hosts Elmer Smith family from Elyria. Evie Campless travels. Roy Brasee trips to Vermont and Massachusetts to visit relatives. Anna Pease of Oberlin visits. Carrie Pease returns from California. C. G. Brandt hosts Mrs Thompson Mrs Lucile Murry and Mrs Ewer of Rochester. Harvey Myers of Wellington visits. Foreign Missionary Society hosts at Mrs Sarah Aoyerton. Home Missionary Society hosted by Mrs Walter Bullock with fifteen ladies. Silo filling begins. Sunday shower boosts farms. Mrs Josephine Bruster passes away Sept 9. funeral plans not announced. Harold Nash very ill with throat trouble.
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Cleveland
Collinwood
Benj. Behner
la Grange
Owens
Elyria
Behner
Mary Schafer
Lorain
John Schafer
Christ
Bar Brasee
Carl G. Brandt
George Handler
Crardon
Eli Ryder
Medina County Fair
Elmer Wedeman
Elmer Smith
Janet
Jean
Evie Campless
Roy Brasee
Hutland
Vermont
South Hadley
Mass
Mire
Frank Pease
Anna Pease
Oberlin
New York
Carrie Pease
California
C. G. Brandt
Thompson
Lucile Murry
Ewer
Rochester
Sarah Aoyerton
Walter Bullock
Home Missionary Society
M. E
Josephine Bruster
Oer
Pittsfield
Harold Nash
AE. Nash
Stranger’s 11 cent loan spur to start business
In Bethlehem a stranger asked Ensign C A Schuerholz for 11 cents to borrow to start a business. He claimed seven cents and needed one more, illustrating how small sums can spark entrepreneurial effort. The incident shows capital gaps and the prodding effect of access to modest funds.
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Bethlehem
Ensign C. A. Schuerholz
East Board Street
Cap
Betranger
Schuerholz
Climber Club Plans Hazardous Powder Work On Mountain
The club's president Fred Morath warns of extreme danger as climbers prepare for a risky summer ascent. They will use powder stored in waterproof containers on the mountain side guarded against lightning and shifting snow banks. A protege recounts seeding capital and earning 65 dollars in a single canvass while pledging to persist in the venture.
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Fred Morath
Club
Fireworks on Pike’s Peak Plan Sparks Colorado Springs Display
Ad Am An Club members plan a mammoth pyrotechnical display on Pikes Peak for New Year’s Eve. The design includes a 2000 foot height and more than a half mile base, with club members stationed around the peak during ignition.
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Colorado Springs. Cole
Pikes Peaks
Ad Am An
Witness Describes Courtroom Fight as Clean Exhibit
A Roanoke witness testified in a Sight court case that the free-for-all was the cleanest exhibition in some time and that he would pay 327.60 for another near time. The judge focus was not the quality of fighting.
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Roanoke
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