A Word to Knockers in Van Buren
A sharp admonition targets persistent critics in Van Buren. The writer urges suspend judgment until facts are known, warns against pestering others, and encourages honest work and considerate citizenry before stepping out of the public scene.
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van Buren
Knocker
Christmas gifts and humor from a small town daily
A local column blends holiday gift advice with light blasts of wit and quotes. It promotes a yearly home newspaper subscription as a lasting gift, offers casual social observations, snippets of humor, and brief local-leaning musings on editors, autos, hospitals, and boyish quips.
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Home Lawn
Blue penciled dinners and crestfallen reporters
A girl reporter declines another editor dinner saying it was fine but she won t vote dinner with an editor again. An epitaph notes Henry Lossing who died racing the mail to a crossing and friends brought what they could find. A Van Buren bachelor jokes about a woman s grace on the dance floor and streetcar runs.
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Henry Lossing
Columbus
van Buren
Proverb makeover quotes from Judge Spend and Sam Wintrode
The piece reflects on spending and saving with lines about the world following those who save and those who waste time. It pairs a note about tardy work habits with Sam Wintrode praising regrets tied to actions taken or not taken in life.
We Really Prefer Chicken to Turkey for Christmas Clivic Meeting
A placard in a Berlin hotel warns guests not to remove bed linen pillows or furnishings. The first annual meeting of the club under the slogan We Really Prefer Chicken to Turkey for Christmas Clvic is set for 7 30 this evening at the town hall. Local figure Mack McKee quips that honest acne in politics appears occasionally but seldom lasts.
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Berlin
Mack Mckee
Woman Charged for Shooting Husband Appears With Excuse
A woman accused of fatally shooting her husband defends herself with a striking claim she would rather be jailed than stay with him. She says she dreamed of grabbing a shotgun from a closet to kill him after frequent quarrels, though he had not intended harm. She adds his neglect over phonograph records and his constant playing records. A wry column mocks the notion that a dog is better than a man in common scorn.
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