Death notices from Putnam county Texas and nearby towns
Mrs Scott Smith died after a typhoid attack at the family home in Burkburnett Texas buried there she was daughter of Mr and Mrs G B Williams formerly of Putnam county born and bred there no children mourned widely as a respected woman. C W Williams of Lemonville and Mrs Finis Hall of Unionville survive. Mr Wessel longtime Putnam County resident died at age four, survived by wife two daughters and six sons funeral at M E church and burial near the Dutch graveyard in Lincoln township.
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Armain
Scott Smith
Burkburnett
Texas
Smith
G B Williams
Oklahoma
Putnam County
Mra Finis Hall
Unionville
C. W. Williams
Lemonville
This County
Wessel
Lincoln Township
M. E
Carving in Pollock Box Car Party Involving Finis Banner
Last Thursday night in Pollock a quiet game in a box car turned violent with an un pleasantness leading to Finis Banner sustaining a severe cut about the throat. A surgeon attended to him after the disturbance and he is reported to be getting along quite comfortably.
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Pollock
Finis Banner
August Wessel Dies After Illness at Home
August Wessel died after a short illness at his home in the east part of town at eight o'clock last evening. He had been using a catheter when he injured himself and suffered a hemorrhage, according to early reports.
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August Wessel
Fire destroys Wabash depot at LaPlata grounds
A blaze at the Wabash depot in LaPlata last Saturday night destroyed all records and shipments including mail express and freight. Authorities report the fire was sparked by a lantern explosion.
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Wabash
LaPlata
Farm er brothers sentenced for railroad pranks at Boonville
Arthur and Earl Farmer of Macon Missouri were sentenced to the Reform School at Boonville after they admitted pressing obstructions on a railroad track to observe how the cowcatcher functioned.
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Arthur
Earl Farmer
Macon
Reform School
Boonville
I O O F Lodge 280 Roll Call Friday December 21 1908
The I O O F lodge No 280 announces its annual roll call on Monday evening December 21 1908 all members urged to attend with chicken or fish arrangements and to bring others in the county are requested to be on hand C A Leowaka N G S B Da Imson Sec
Thrifty Deacon Opposes Pulpit Exchange Debate
In Harborville a church debate centers on Deacon Getchell's thrift minded opposition to sharing sermons with the Harborville minister. The Rev Mr Carter learns the deacon prefers annual exchanges and questions the church’s generosity. A second item follows about a boy Willie and his dog Fido ending with a race to prove a joke about imagination versus color.
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Carter
New
Harborville
Disappearing Home Life Described in Brief Review
A short excerpt from a periodical laments the loss of a traditional home life. It notes a flat dweller who avoids pets and gardens and lacks space for memories or belongings, arguing the spirit of home struggles to exist without these elements.
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Tiy
Take Up Thy Bed and Walk Explained by Scots Poet
Dr Walter C Smith once argued with an old lady that the scriptural bed was a simple mat. The lady insisted the bed was a four poster, noting no miracle if a mat could be carried away.
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Walter C Smith
The Dying Englishman Grasping American Joke
A dying Englishman laughs faintly as the joke heard in America in his youth reveals its significance. The scene features a vicar, heir, army and chamber sons, lodge keeper, barrister and a nurse who notes the humor.
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Lodge
America
Dialogue Sparks and Teases Between Wiseman Goodart
A fragment shows Goodart and Wiseman exchanging witty remarks about a poet. The Catholic Standard and Times notes the exchange as light banter that affects perceptions rather than actions.
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Goodart
Wiseman
Catholic Standard and Times
Miss Knox and Miss Gidday Dialog
In Stray Stories, Miss Knox and Mr. Goodley discuss Miss Gidday’s age. He remarks she doesn’t look thirty, and Miss Knox notes she may have appeared older previously.
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Miss Knox
Miss Gidday
Mr. Goodley
Oldest Skeleton Found in Correze Ex cavation
Paris December 14 Abbes Bouysson and Bardon report discovery of what are believed to be the oldest human bones, dating to about 170000 years ago in the middle Pleistoceacy. The skull resembles a monkey with a long jaw and no canines. other bones show the man walked on all fours. The skeleton is said to be in the natural history museum.
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Paris
Abbes Bouysson
Bardon
Chapelle-Aux-Saints
Correze Department
Natural History, Museum
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Fido
Wille
Ayer
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Keen ‘Courant
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