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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
5
Greenville Journal compiles local briefs from Christmas week 1908. Citizens travel between Greenville Dayton Pittsburg Cincinnati and Canada while school closes for holiday recess. The column reports deaths and illnesses, bankruptcies, dry counties, juror lists, and community updates from Darke and Allen counties plus Jay county notes and regional church and school activity.
A fragment list of items including obituaries and ads from a 1860s issue. Betsy Jordan of Marshpee dies at about 100, Cady Faulkner Drug Store ad, and notices of Republican Wide Awake group formation in Palce Indiana.
A listing of mufflers neckwear collars suspenders handbags and suit cases offered from the cheapest to the best as useful Christmas gifts with a note on 2w3 Tux Progress.
The text urges keeping politics out of farming and saloons, urging hunters and dogs be watched, and promoting self reliance as Democrats lose power. Ada L Croom of Vaughn Mississippi shares a cured cough story after using Dr Kings New Discovery, sold at Wm Kipp Sons with trial bottle. The Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer offers seven columns weekly, with combined subscription through the Journal at a discount.
The Progress of Greenville suggests a range of gifts including suits overcoats shirts hats underwear gloves umbrellas and jewelry along with smoking jackets bath robes and fancy vests from Limbert Shively and others. This promotional list highlights men and women’s apparel and accessory items offered by local shops for holiday gifting.
The Darke County Horse Thief Detective Association hosts an oyster supper at Odd Fellows Hall Ohio Block on the first Tuesday after Christmas December 24 from 1 to 8 p.m. All members and their wives invited. By order of the committee. Also a help-wanted notice: Saleaman Wanted at Royal Cigar Co Chicago with promising earnings of $100 per month plus expenses. The Progress Greenville Ohio notes stock availability and urging early shopping.
Brooklyn notes describe women’s winter attire with velvet and chiffon gowns and tailored coats. Silhouettes feature slim waists, taffeta fabrics, and glistening trims as designers note versatile pieces for afternoon and evening wear.
An obscure clipping references Cayou, a former member related to a cycling or sporting group in Washington. It lists a price of 410.00 and mentions SAGO Yule Sctstais Chime with dates and locations, but the text is garbled and unreadable in several parts.
A jumbled clipping surveys transit costs and rough travel conditions, noting third class fares, daily cattle trains and passenger duties. It interleaves quotes from humor and opinion pages, referencing periodicals like the Catholic Standard and Times and local papers, with brief jokes and ad snippets.
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