CORNETTSVILLE Christmas Visits and Snowbound Concert
Miss Myrtle Eaton and sister Mrs Mervin Boyd visited from near Epsom while Mr and Mrs Walter Dougherty of Sugarland joined relatives for the holidays. Severe snow kept a band concert sparsely attended. Others from the area, including Miss Mable Chandler of Washington and Mr and Mrs Frank Marts of Washington, spent Christmas here and with Washington relatives.
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Cornettsville
Myrtle Eaton
Mervin Boyd
Epsom
Walter Dougherty
Sugarland
Mable Chandler
Washington
Carl Boger
Wiliam Moren
George Summit
Frank Marts
William Eaton
Troy Keith
One Express Office to Run Washington Route
The Evansville and Indianapolis railroad express business passes from Wells Fargo to United States Express company with effect Friday. The Wells Fargo office in the Peoples Theater building will close, and local agent Harry Armstrong will depart for Evansville then Chicago for new work.
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Washington
Evansville and Indianapolis
Wells-Fargo Express Company
United States Express Company
Wells-Fargo
Peoples Theater
Harry Armstrong
Evansville
Armstrong
Chicago
Elect Officers for Pythias lodge in Tuesday vote
Pythiasarean lodge Knights of Fy thias elected officers Tuesday night. W M Hyatt is chosen as C. C. V C Otis Crawford Prelate Charles Bellville M of A Matthew McCracken M of W Estel Dowden I G George Stafford 9 G Will Larrick K of R and S Willis Hoddinott M of F Will McCarty E Frank Curry ysten James Colbert Installing officer Frank Joanson Auditing committee Will Hyatt Will McCarty H C Truelove O M Vance.
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Pythesarean Lodge
Knights of Fythias
C.C
WM C. Hyatt
V. C
Otis Crawford
Charles Bellville
Matthew McCracken
Estel Dowden
George Stafford
Will Larrick
Willis Hoddinott
Will McCarty
Willard Couple Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs James Willard celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of their wedding Tuesday at their home south of Elnora by serving a large dinner to neighbors and friends. Among those present were George Smith and family Jacob Resler and family John Neiswanger and Miss Ethel Tomey. The couple received many silver gifts and a cake was cut to mark the occasion.
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James Willard
Elnora
George Smith
Jacob Resler
John Neis
Wanger
Ethel Tomey
Willard
Aeeth
Res
Doans Kidney Pills Promise Lasting Cures
Washington residents testify to relief from back and kidney troubles with Doan's Kidney Pills. Randolph Ranstale recounts rapid pain relief after using the remedy, then another endorsement from January 1909. Sold by dealers nationwide 50 cents. Milburn Co. of Buffalo is sole US agent.
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Washington Citizen
Dean
Washington
Randolph Ranstale
Southwest First Street
Ragstale
Doan
Aster Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doans
Ghostly the Ghost Was the Family Hire in Scotland
Sir Mountstuart Grant-Duff cites a tale where a Highland family rents a haunted house. A woman recalls visiting the place in dreams and notes two rooms instead of one. The agent then removes a partition to create two rooms, but the “ghost” remains unseen. The agent reveals the woman herself is the ghost they hired for the summer.
Why They Were Selected
The 1783 record by Noah Brooks notes General Henry Knox as the army’s greatest among eleven officers. An incident at Valley Forge shows Knox and Captain Sargent presenting the naked and starving soldiers before a congressional committee. A witty congressman mocked Knox’s weight and dress, prompting Knox’s silent restraint while a subordinate defended them.
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Tey
Henry Knox
Noah Brooks
Sargent
Valley Forge
Congress
General Knox
Knox
Corps
Wanted a Pattern Ragged Irishman Charged With Counterfeit Shilling
A London court he ard a ragged Irishman charged for offering a counterfeit shilling as payment for a penny loaf. He claimed a pub gave him the coin, which he later bought back for three half pence to recognize bad money. The magistrate cautioned him as the court laughed and dismissed the case.
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London
President Pierce Loses Hat at Crystal Palace Exhibition
The 1833 Crystal Palace Exhibition in New York featured President Franklin Pierce in a grand processional entry. His silk hat, knocked from his head by a advancing horse on Wall Street, was crushed and replaced with a substitute. The incident highlighted the day’s bustling, chaotic pageantry.
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Crystal Palace
New York
Fran No Pierce
Wall Street
Lucontinens
Anette
Witty Retort Reported In Royal Exchange Gossip
A fragment from St Louis Republic recounts a sharp exchange at court where a fanciful dialogue hints at secretaries and admiralty roles. The text blends satire with royal wit as a treasury official and peers weigh in on succession and power within the admiralty.
Fido's Tail a Mystery in New York Press
A child asks about a dog’s tail in a playful dialogue. Willie insists the tail wiggles due to a mysterious cause as the father questions the mime. The fragment reflects a humorous local-styled exchange from a New York publication.
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Fido
Willie
New York Press
Bright Thought and a Pocketful of Dreams
A lighthearted Chicago News item features Elmer lamenting the lack of a pocket to store his house. His mother reminds him he already has several pockets, sparking a playful exchange about where things belong.
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Elmer
Chicago News
Calamity on the Loch: Tammas Rescues McTavish
In London Tit-Bits a scene unfolds as Tammas hauls Donal McTavish from the water. McTavish, drenched and foul mood, laments the whisky that failed him as he narrowly escaped drowning. Tammas remarks the rescue should spark happiness, while McTavish grumbles at his fate.
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Tammas
McTavish
Donal
London
Turnout Talk Confusion Over Goat Event
The text notes a smart turnout for a goat event and mentions Bella and Ella in a fragmentary exchange. It hints at an unusual attendance remark and an apparent ejection from an elite group, but details are unclear.
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Bella
Ella
Sugar dissolving dynamics in tea stirring effect
A discussion explains how sugar dissolves faster when stirred, since melting sugar increases local density and creates a continuous circulation that mixes sweetened and unsweetened tea. It notes bottom dissolution saturates quickly, while stirring breaks the saturated layer to promote uniform sweetness.
The Family Pair In The Wangely Study
In Wangely a disruptive door breaks the study period as Jim explains his family’s poverty and urgent need to see a dying relative. He returns with a cheeky smile and says his father had to fetch suspenders for his brother, revealing the family’s shiftless status.
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Jim
Poplar
Miss Davis
The Power of Snails on a Toy Carriage
A London writer describes an experiment with two garden snails pulling a toy gun carriage loaded with small shot. The load, including cannon, carriage and shot, weighed about one pound, yet the snails moved it with ease, suggesting two snails can manage a surprising load.
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London
Frying Pan Lesson on True Frying and Sauteing
An experienced cook explains frying pan use, noting many mistake shallow pans for frying. True frying uses a deep kettle with hot fat to fully immerse food briefly for a crisp crust and light interior. Overuse of shortening ruins texture and digestion.
Meanness to Blind Man Sparks Conductor Aid
A blind man in dark glasses asks a conductor to guide him to the curb after a streetcar ride on Euclid Avenue and Fifty-fifth Street. The conductor recalls the burden of helping him, while a wife chides her husband over supposed economy as he indulges in cigars.
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Euclid Avenue
Fifty-fifth Street
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Up and Down Mistress Clock Repair Offer
Dialogue snippet shows a mistress instructing Nora to fetch a repairman for a clock upstairs. Nora responds with curiosity about its location and a quip about its running status. Source tone mirrors a stage or comic exchange from the New York press.
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Nora
New York
P'Ress
She Was Willing
A brief line from a column notes a negotiation over a coat purchase with a simple offer to wear the garment in exchange for payment. The exchange centers on a personal bargain and a new coat. The tone suggests light social chatter from a domestic scene.
Fragmentary line hints at reputations of others
A damaged OCR fragment notes that the fibre didicate the pe epusrities of others, suggesting unclear references to reputations or personal conduct within a community report.
No Colonel Bill and the 50 Cent Note
A tale from the vest pocket era chronicles Colonel Bill, a cane merchant and banker, who jealously pursued debtors. When Blankerton defaulted on sixty dollars, Bill offered to take fifty nine cents on the dollar by note. The debtor confronted him in the street and, after bargaining, a new note at the discounted rate was drawn amid Bill’s mounting distress.
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Bill
Vest
Colonel Bill
Menu
Blankerton
Chicago Record-Herald
The Oldest Joke From Ancient Egypt’s Builders
A tale from Menes era inscriptions recounts two craftsmen copperworker and image maker who bid on shifting houses for money. A peaceful observer pays both, learning that each will take the other’s dwelling, illustrating how myth and legend vary with local color while preserving a quiet moral on peace.
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Osiris
Menes
Memphis
A Congressman Clerk Swap Sparks Friendly Exchange
In the Fiftieth Congress Tim Campbell stole a clerk from Congressman Scott as Scott became committee chair. Campbell transferred the clerk to his own committee, six months later Scott confronted him. Campbell quipped that his committee needed a clerk more than Scott’s, and the men remained fast friends.
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Tim Campbell
Scott
Campbell
Millonaire
Anxious Traveling in Russia Train Mystery
A traveler notes a Russian train festooned with flags, banners, soldiers, and bands at every stop. A brakeman whispers that one carriage is reserved for the sovereign, who will not depart until evening, hinting a plotted danger and the traveler grows pale as the train moves on.
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Russia
First Matches Patent Era Affects 19th Century Civility
A note recalls early match history from Vienna before 1833 with wooden phosphorus tinder. The first U S patent for phosphorus matches was filed in 1836 by A D Phillips of Springfield Massachusetts. By 1845 crude tinder boxes were largely replaced and preserved as curiosities.
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Vienna
United States
A. D. Philipps
Springfeld
Mass
Out of His Line. Western Relative.
A brief exchange questions the stance of Clement and Athanasius on creation theory versus Augustine in a dated Chicago column styled dialogue. The fragment hints at religious debate between uncles and a nephew about rational bases for theism and creation.
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Wendell
Hoston
William
Clement
Athanasius
Augustine
Chicago Oune
Irate Passenger Complains as Driver Defends Skills
A Boston Herald tease quotes an irate passenger accusing the driver of reckless road behavior while the driver responds that four skilled drivers are needed to handle the pace, highlighting a playful exchange over driving prowess.
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Boston Herald
The Real Trouble Quote Exchange
A sharp exchange centers on gendered views of cooking. A Bosotg Tran script lampoons ignorance in marriage with a quip, contrasting a wife's cooking knowhow and self awareness, spotlighting social stereotypes in domestic life.
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