Our Town and Mine Theme Song by Virgil Mullins
A nostalgic piece from Swayzee Press laments the current town and imagines a bustling future with industry parks libraries and orderly growth. The author urges locals to unite and work hard to transform the town into a thriving community rather than remain stuck in today’s limitations.
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Virgil Mullins
Swayzee Press
Flirtation Warns of Matrimony Risk in Van Buren
A Van Buren resident warned that flirting could lead to marriage, suggesting men who feel discomfort in coming weeks should keep their feelings private amid lighthearted talk on romance and commitment.
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van Buren
Local Notes From Skeedunk Banner Gossip
A jumble of village blurbs reports Akron minister A Slowsmoker in Ohio and a Canadian in an Irish bar leaving as a Russian. Witty lines about candy and chewing gum hint at local culture. Johnnie Fooldem and Hattie Easy wed with guests Sheenie Camblin Henry Knight Joness Paxton of Van Buren. Sir Hip Plummer notes two dollars and sixty three cents saved for a wheelbarrow for Sir Daniel Beekman with Orvis Breedlove as chauf. Walking hurts.
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Chacuffer
Whimsical Office Gossip and Egg Date Jokes
The fragment sketches office chatter about a 3 cost machine and a young guide named fall. Helen Begin quotes music with a high chin, while a boy named T. C. Pike jokes about cost and teasing colleagues. The note ends with casual banter about dates with eggs and plans for next week.
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Fall
Message from Edgar Baldwin at Fairmount News
The editor Edgar Baldwin visited our linotype and sent a brief hello while we were at dinner. He notes a newspaper is a town’s most valuable business asset and invites another visit when time allows.
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Edgar Baldwin
The
Fairmount News
Bro. Baldwin
Lesson for July 27 Christian Fellowship
Primary topic centers on loving Jesus and one another as shown through Paul and the Philippian church. The lesson explores Pauls grateful reception of gifts, his independence in contentment, and the spiritual value of Christian giving as worship and divine reward.
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Mrs Burns Letter Warns of Dysentery Cure
A Savannah Missouri reader shares a letter dated Oct 12 1916 praising Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for flux dysentery and recommending it to others after quick cures in two separate attacks. The note ends with a July signature.
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Savannah
Chamberlain
Guinnip Returns Home After Oklahoma Work Tenure
Matt Guinnip, who has spent several months working in Oklahoma, arrived home Saturday night for a family visit.
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Matt Guinnip
Oklahoma
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