Christmas Eve Revelations in a Lonely Man’s Gift
On Christmas Eve Marvin Hughes, aged and solitary, faces the missing pieces in his life. He seeks a true home and confides in his two kin, Etta Haines and Alberta Norris, choosing to endow one with fortune. A visit to Alberta reveals a warm, honest household and a namesake child, inspiring hope for genuine companionship in his remaining years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Hughes
Chick
Kith
Etta Haines
Alberta Norris
Hughes
Mrs. Harnes
Brother Willis
Alberta
Alden Norris
Marvin
Alden
Fle
Annetas the Lansing
Sonnnenberg items include sales and rabies scare
Leonard Springer and Eli Augsburger attend sales near Orrville while a white poodle bites two children, prompting rabies treatment. Anna Steiner, 70, dies after a long illness. obituary notes her Wayne County roots and Wells County residence. Farmers struggle to finish corn harvests in the Sonnnenberg area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Springer
Berne
Ind
Eli Augsburger
Orrville
Simon Steffen
Anna Steiner
Wayne County
Ohio
David
Barbara Bixler Kirchhofer
Wells County
Henry Steiner
Vera Cruz
Albert
Mary Miller
Bryant, Ind
Daniel Kirchhofer
Dalton
Weather Impact Delays Harvest in Wayne County
Weather woes hit Wayne County with heavy rains that left mud soils and delayed field work. Farmers faced long delays as cornfields remained impassable and machine huskers were sidelined, despite brief dry spells last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne County
For Sale Items In Dalton Ohio Offerings
Fresh Holstein cow listed by Charles Rudy of Dalton Ohio with phone 3 on 72. Also firewood cut into stove length chunks offered by S J Steiner of Dalton Ohio 121f.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rudy
Dalton
S. J. Steiner, Dalton, O
Beechwood Coal Co Advertises Daily Coal Supply
Beechwood Coal Co announces daily coal availability at the Beechwood mine located north of the Lincoln highway on County Line road. Customers can obtain coal every day from 10 to 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beechwood
Lincoln Highway
Beechwood Coal Co
Music of the Shepherds and the Bethlehem Flute
In the quiet night shepherds played a flute as angels announced the Savior’s birth. The timeless image links music and sacred revelation in the nativity scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherds of
Bethlehem
Double Affection Over Shoes and Teakwood Elephant
Elsie, excited by a new pair of shoes, visits a friend who introduces her to a teakwood elephant about a foot high. Baby fears it at first, but approaches, touches its head, and then hugs it crying that he loves her shoes.
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Daniel Welty
Fred Kiener
Paul
Lebanon
Limbeck
George Snively
State Board of Health
Elsie
Baby
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Cure and Testimony
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The sworn statement is dated December 6, 1886, before Notary A. W. Gleason. The ad asserts internal use and blood action, invites testimonials, and lists Toledo as the business location with sales through Hall's Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Chaney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
J. Cheney & CO
Also Mentioned on This Page
Western Newspaper Union
Sonnenberg
Anna Kirchhofer Steiner
Bluffton
Iad
POL
Eagle “‘Mikado
Eagle Pencil Company
New York
Waterman Fountain Pens
Scott's
Israel
Merry
Gazette Office
Dalton, Ohio
Ohio State
Kidron
America
Paiapanioh
McCall's Magazine
ETS
Souths Companion
MO Olishers
Dalton Milling Co
Wayne
Wayne Dairy
C. R. McDowell
the Square Deal Co
Sharples
Ss. B. Martin
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