Funeral notices and town improvements in Boland paper
The young child of N W Boland died on Sunday and funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church. Residents report several home improvements including additions by Mrs Davis and A S Johnson, and R F Ridenoar building a portico. The old mill is back in operation. J R Boland and sister visited from Dunkirk for the funeral. Members of the Euterpean Literary Society memorialize Thomas Evans, praising his character and extending sympathy to his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Boland
Presbyterian Church
T. J. Dagte
Chuch
J. M. Morgan
Jennie Morgan
Galeville
Mr. Maloney
Wareneas
Thomas
Evans
Waerrens
Euterpean Literary Society
H. A. Hartman
W. H. Moses
J. C. Monean
Ridge Township Echoes and Rural Commentary
A compact rural note discusses health, local farming issues, and political concerns. It laments corruption and urges accountability for voters who mix money with ballots, calling for strong punishment and ethical reform.
Press Points and Wisps From The General Press
A collage of editorial snippets from Ohio and nearby papers notes Butterworth as World’s Fair secretary candidate, debates on Sunday baseball, a Kansan plan to abolish the Supreme Court, warnings to “original package” liquor dealers, and humorous local observations about Kenton, printers, and a crowded city square of musical groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Grangers plan hall and leadership amid farming politics
Abraham Thomas suffers typhoid while grangers tend his harvest and plan a grange hall on John Ireland’s farm near Elsa Atkinson’s residence. Ed T Jones trims a new barn and Cy Ross builds a kitchen as farmers push for political influence this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Thomas
Ed T. Jones
John Ireland
Elsa Atkinson
Malick
Long Prairie Ditch
Wm. Atkinson
Centerville notes crowd includes rain hunts and concerts
In Jennings and surrounding areas reports cherish a dry spell with crop stands and harvest pride. Prof Owens heads to Elgin for a concert next Saturday. Mrs Knapp visits from Lima while Grandmother Simmons remains ill. An elderly veteran laments no pension after long service. Threshing bets are placed as Thomas and Dannason buy a machine. Local farming improves haying and construction progresses on Moses Jones's house and barn.
Local notes on harvest and community happenings
Harvesting nears completion with oats nearly done in the area. Miss Minnie Jackson was at home last Sunday. J B Metz has organized a singing class at Anderson Chapel. Miss Emma Williams of Jonestown lies very ill with consumption and recovery is doubtful. R T Edwards will work for Sam Brown during threshing season. W G Edwards sold his bicycle to H F Ireland of Van Wert. John Lewis and John Archer residences ready for plastering. W G Prichard purchased a wind pump from E Culver. L P Jackson closed his summer term of school at Yorkville last Friday. Old York considers adopting a graded school similar to Harrison's move. an early start is urged.
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Emma Williams
Jonestown
R. T. Edwards
Sam Brown
W. G. Edwards
H. F. Ireland
van Wert
John Lewis
John Archer
W. G. Prichard
E. Culver
L. P. Jackson
Yorkville
Old York
Harrison
Local notes on residents health travel and visits
H M Smith slowly recovering from fever. W E Reese on sick list. Ella Reese returned home from Angola Indiana to spend vacation. Mrs J R Updegrove visited Chicago last week. Amy Murphy of Van Wert was here Wednesday. Mr Goodwin of Scott was here Saturday. Daniel Snyder was at Lima on business. Patent medicine men numerous. A double barreled shotgun would be the thing to use. Edna Murphy visiting relatives in Indiana this week. Mrs James Fife improving. Census enumerator walks long routes on Sundays for exercise.
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Ella Reese
Angola
Ind
J. R. Updegrove
Chicago
Amy Murphy
van Wert
Edna Murphy
Indiana
James Fife
Neighborhood News Highlights and Local Happenings
Threshing begins with warnings of poor oat crops due to rust and corn suffering from lack of rain. Miss Nora Wade returns from Mercer County after visiting friends. E D Mathews builds a new house with Wyandt and Hart as contractors. James Clements of Indiana visits home this week. A wedding is rumored in the vicinity. Pleasant Grove and Wilshire township colored M E Sunday schools hosted a picnic near Greenwood last Saturday with fine singing reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Wade
Mercer County
E. D. Mathew
Wyandt and Hart
Pleasant Grove
Colored M. E. Sunday School
Wilshire Township
Greenwood
Great Towns and Personal Reflections in a Midwestern Paper
A Cincinnati scene shows a well dressed window display observed by a traveling speaker from Kentucky who vows to bring his family next visit. The column recalls libel cases as Arnold Green defeats the Cleveland Leader, and a reflection from Chauncy DePew on Peekskill friendships. It contrasts disciplined, thrifty workers with those ruined by gambling and drink, noting wives suffer most.
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Cincinnati
Kaintucks
Mansfield Shield and Banner
Jesse LaDough
Arnold Green
Cleveland Leader
Leader
Green
Shield
Chauncy DePew
Peekskill
Grace Items Tells Local Happenings In Summer
Priddy recovering from horse accident with arm and shoulder injuries. Miss Lillie Pifer returns to Mercer county after teaching here. Ettie Bell elected Grace organist. Hank Ireland left an organ with M L Gardener. Harvest progress improves with two weeks of good weather. L H Siemen shows a new buggy. Girls advised to watch for Lewis. Allen Leist adds to barn. Mrs Elizabeth Bell and son Frank visited Shanes Crossing. Helen Adams improving after illness. Lillie Reed’s school closed with a bountiful repast and spelling school. Mrs H M Adams of Delaware county visiting. Leist threshed 180 bushels from 187 dozens. Wanted three good men to sell with independent territory. May Bromens, Rochester, N Y.
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L. H. Siemen
Lewis
Allen Leist
Elizabeth Bell
Frank
Shanes Crossing
Helen Adams
Lillie Reed
H. M. Adama
Delaware County
Drought Bites Little Auglaize Farmers and Crops
In Little Auglaize the dry spell has many crops suffering as oats fail corn withers under drought hay making ends, and apple yields shrink. Prohibitions mourn Clinton B Fisk, while the Venedocia grange stays active. A buggy overturn near Middlepoint injures Charles A Roller lightly. An anecdote praises fruit over laxatives and camphor advised for heat. Craig MO Meteor editor Van Pelt recounts cholera medicine.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children
An advertises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as prescribed by a leading nurse and physician in the United States. It claims forty years of use with millions of mothers, relieving teething pain and curing dysentery diarrhea griping and wind colic. Price 25 cents per bottle.
Kemp's Balsam Advertises Cure for Coughs
This notice touts Kemp's Balsam as a cure for coughs and colds backed by community use. It claims exceptional merit and urges readers to ask others who have tried it. Large bottles sell for 50 cents and one dollar at druggists, with a free sample bottle offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemp
Electricity Shearing Of Sheep Invented For Profit
A Lewiston Journal item discusses a novel invention using electricity to shear sheep and notes a conversation about progress and ethics in modern newspapers. It references debates on private rights, public morals, and the role of press in government and business.
Sacred thumb nail drawings span centuries in Asia
The St Louis Republic notes thumb nail art in China and Japan using left thumb nails grown long and pared to a point, dipped in vermilion or blue ink to outline life size works mounted like scrolls. The piece also mentions cremation trends, citing India where widows were burned with their husbands but cremation gains new support.
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China
Japan
Orient
St. Louis Republc
Our American Possibilities for Great Art Cited by Peabody
Robert S. Peabody argues in Harper's that American democracy can nurture real art and literature despite critics who say otherwise. He compares Paris and Florence for their devotion to public culture, asserts American liberty may foster fresh artistic invention, and urges confidence in a forthcoming era of architecture and art shaped by national needs and democratic energy.
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Paris
Florentine
Frichman
Robert S. Peabody
Harper's
Early Geographic Terms For Global Inhabitants
A St. Louis Republic excerpt explains anciently named peoples by how their shadows behave at noon. Amphiscians dwell in tropics with shifting shadows east and west, Antiscians live on opposite hemispheres, Ascians have no noon shadows in certain times, and Pericans and Periecians describe polar and opposite-latitude inhabitants. Antipodes define opposite-side inhabitants with feet beneath their counterparts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropics
Equator
Polar Circle
St. Louis Republic
Homemade Dandruff Shampoo and Treatment Advised
An old guide suggests periodic shampooing with simple mixtures and provides a general formula for a shampoo liquid using carbonates, tincture of cantharides, and alcohol. It also recommends a borax and sulfur wash with coal tar solution to permanently remove dandruff, citing Good Housekeeping as a source.
Siwash bear story at camp sparks rocks and retreat
J Sweetland recounts a humorous tale of five Siwashes driving a bear from a camp across the bay. Mr Brain interrupts the meal, a Siwash summons friends, and the rocky ground yields many stones as the bear is stoned and forced away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Sweetland
Siwashes
Mr. Brain
Siwash
Stephen
Union City Tribune
Saved by a Little Dog Gives Turner Narrow Escape
Henry Clay Turner city solicitor of Wilmington Delaware credits a small barking dog for rescuing him from drowning after a 4 am fall from a wharf into the Christina river. A schooner captain and sailor located him after the dog’s alerting barking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clay Turner
Wilmington
Del
Turner
Christiana
Monstrous outbuilding sinks. vast hole swallows farm yard
A German gardener Christopher Menzel reports his outbuilding vanished into a river chasm. A 100 foot wide stream shows only a third, with a rescue for one pig stranded on a rock. Also covered are phonograph use for Chauncey Depew speech and a claim of the largest granite shaft from Vinalhaven, weighing 850 tons and 115 feet long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Christopher Menzel
Wordsworth Cottage Purchase Scheme Mocked In London Truth
London Truth argues against spending 1500 pounds to buy Wordsworths cottage at Grasmere. It questions the value of building more show houses and notes a sixpence visitor fee. The paper suggests Wordsworths grave and Rydal Mount hold stronger memory and urges funds to protect public rights of way in the Lake District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wordsworth
Grasmere
Rydal Mount
Lake Country
London Truth
Markets Drift With Easy Money And Steady Government Tones
Money remains easy with quotes near 4 to 5 percent while exchange activity slows. Government securities show dull and barely steady movement. Crop, livestock, and grain prices move across exchanges with shifts in wheat, corn, oats, and wool markets. large cattle and hog categories show varied but steady ranges in Pittsburgh and Chicago.
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Colchester” Rubber CO
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Dickinson
Ingra
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Ohio
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York Township
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Louisiana
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Lima
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Ottawa
Kan
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Cincinnati Enquirer
United States Supreme Court
the Clean Newspaper
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Detroit
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Hardin County
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Times-Star
Kaintuck
York
Cy Ross
Lakes of
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Jennings
Centerville
Prof. Owens
Elgin
Mrs. Knapp
Simmons
Allen Brooks
Richard Thomas
Samuel Dannason
Cal. Morriman
John Whyman
Chester Smith
Wm. DeHaven
Shelby County
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Alaska
Minnie Jackson
J.B. Metz
Anderson Chapel
Cavette
H.M. Smith
W. E. Reese
Mr. Goodwin
Daniel Snyder
Potts Corners
James Clements
T. D. Priddy
Lillie Pifer
Ettie Bell
Grace
Hank Ireland
M. L. Gardener
Bromens
Rochester
N. Y
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J. Distler
A. B. Oliver
West York
N. R. Pollock
Specerville Allen Co
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Charles A. Roller
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J. W. Evans & Son
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Lewiston Journal
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Wordsworth Cottage
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Wichigan
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St. L
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HB Yieon
Ohio & Miss
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Pacific Mail
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Lake Shore
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West Union
Pittsburg
New York
Toledo
Carters
Carter
Darren
Cartme Medicine CO
H.G. Root
M.C
Peart St
Bowanee
Bonaview Mep. Co
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Expanded Metal CO
Water St
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Mothershild
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