Local Letter Highlights Town Happenings and Community Notes
The Ledger's letters recounts holiday visits among Clarendon Thompson Hill and Harrisburg residents, church hires for winter preaching, school and temperance topics, and multiple updates from Lander, Sugar Grove, and surrounding townships. Died notices include Jasper Cowles and Daniel Haupin with funeral details. Community events include sleigh rides and social gatherings, school changes, and local calls for sidewalks and crosswalk repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Rowland
G. W. Hill
Frank Jenkins
Jamestown
CO. H. Braley
Thompson Hill
Russell
H. M. Putnam
Fred Putnam
Corry
Sugar Grove
Jasper Cowles
M.E
Lander
Umpaeus
Local Social Notes From Quaker Hill Jan 6
Mrs. Jacob Sweeting recovers from illness. Several residents and guests visit families in Warren, Stoneham, Ackley, and Glade. Frank Gabhart travels to Kinzus on business. Local youths disrupt meetings. residents urged to mend behavior. Mrs. Nellie Hockenberg departs for Corry. Mrs. Jane White receives BEA U draft for $8.50 as she nears expectancy. A public lecture is planned at Andrews hall next Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Hill
Kiantone
Farmington
Conwell
J. A. Lavely
Busti
M. E
Lander
China
M. Braley
Oregon
J. B. Babcock
Yankee Bush
Geo. Grouah and
Famly
Russell
J. F. Babcock
A. Babcock
Samuel Baldensperger
Pittsburg
Lily
Lena Hertzel
Warren
0. Schimmelfeng
Jennie Cherry
Oil City
Glade Run
Ed Schimmelfeng
Oren
Kane
Henry Wheeler
Einstein
Sheffield
Ruze Mason
Mayville
N. Y
H. P. Ridelsperger
Chas. Gord
W. P. Scott
Retira
John Quinn
Lily Fisk
Eureka City
Gangrin
Harter
Raw
A. R. Sanborn
Wm. Poster
Frank Bostwick
McDonald
Pat Black
Grippe
Percy Wilkins
Cincinnati
Henry Howard
Will Beatty
Thomas Mullin
West Virginia
Jake Meller
J. H. Driscoll
Tonawanda
Pittsburgh
W. McNett
Titusville
Charley
W. J. Summerville
Boyd Bros. Jas. R. Adam’s
Crazy Lot Company
Frances Campbell
Jessie Hogan
James Burroughs
Albert
MacDonald
Brown Hose Company
Abr
H. J. Adams
Florida
Agnes Smith
L. Titus
Merver
W. D. Bucklin
Josie Hogan
Dollie Beatty
Leon
Quaker Hill
Jacob Sweeting
Frankie Holt
Warren Brasington
Maggie Cramer
Stoneham
W. W. Brasington
Katie Sweeting
Maggie Winchester
Sam Baldensperger
John Cramer
Jim Crull
Youngsville
Betsey
Barnhart
Frank Gabhart
Kinzus
James
Towither
Garland
Jax
Nellie Hockenberg
Corry
Jane White
BE. A. U
Andrew’s Hall
Publisher Pays For Sketch In Blend Of Humor
A Chicago restaurant tale shows a publisher pressuring a famed author for a weekly sketch. The author refuses, offering instead a ten dollar note, prompting the publisher to accept the bribe and declare a deal. Interleaved gags include a traveler and a waiter noting diner orders in a St. Paul Globe style vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
Arkap
Chicago
St. Paul Globe
Irresistible Confession and Other Anecdotes
A compilation of comic vignettes and sketches including Thompson Gaddis declaring love in a melodramatic style interrupted by Amelia’s snoring, an absentminded lord offering the coupe to spare a servant, and a husband’s odd outburst over a bald suitor. Also a quip from London Punch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord
James
Adelphia Kitchen daily boarding for transient guests
Fifth day boarders and one hundred transient persons to dine at the Adelphia Kitchen daily. The best cooked dinners, 25c. Terms for day boarders moderate. Corner of Water Street and Suspension Bridge. Also notices promoting Latine Dress Shirts at B. G. Gregory's. Various ads for coffee, wallpaper, perfumes, cough remedies, and a house and lot for sale near Oak Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelphia
Bes
Hunter and Jarvis Dry Goods Sale Announcement
Hunter and Jarvis announce a sale of dry goods with remnants from the holidays at very low prices. The event includes small coats wraps furs blankets and discounts on dyes as they prepare a store room painting and repairs next week. Come at once to 212 Honter and Jarvis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honter & Jarvis
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Ledger
K.of L. Gord
Daniel Haupin
Smith Hill
Piutstisid Township
Hanpin
Stilson Hill Church
Rev. Willson of
Stonehan
Clarendon
Thompson Gaddis
Thompson
Amelia
Chicago Tribune
Fogg
Brown
Boston Transcript
Goodby
Ivory
B. G. Gregory's
Second Street
Siegfried & Co
N. EK. Wendelboe’s
Seigfried’s
Kemp
Hague
John Alen
Hunter & Jarvis
Humphrey & Nemoyer
Pyiserpal
VOL
Ifi
Obamies
Ferman Reichsteg
United
Somerset
Grawius
Ilig Uume
Loyal Voluntear
Jeat
Alicp RK Foote
Society of Loyal Volunteers
Massachusetts
Gov Wm FE
Alsace-Lorrain
Camillo Pulletin
Chamber of
Peputies
Jacobi T.sch
New York
Frederic Harssan
Esguen
Eseqvist
Aiduce
Walker
Ghairwan
Cruss
Alice H. Rhin
Lord Tennyson
Sir Edwin Arnold
Glearance Sale
Warren Pa
Nesmith & Knupp
Liberty Street
Childre
Annival
Ina Shmar’s
Water Street
D. Shear
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