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From: "Jim Laird" <>
Subject: [KSJEFFER] CUMMINGS,CHALLIS,JOHNS,MAXON,BENJAMIN,SYNDER,BEATLEY
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 19:13:56 -0500


Nortonville Sentinel
Friday
July 31, 1903

Here is something absolutely new. Tom CUMMINGS, a young man living near Deer Creek, complains that ten twon girls lately went to Deer Creek, and went in wading near the bridge. When he passed on the road, they paid no attention to him, but kept on wading. One girl was sitting on the bank, washing her leg, and she paid no attention, either. Mr. CUMMINGS was horrified, and hurried town, to see if he couldn't have the girls arrested. But Jim CHALLIS, the county attorney, whouldn't do anything. Now if we had been in TOm CUMMINGS' place, we would have sat down on the bridge, and watched the girls. They couldn't have shocked us. Indeed, we would have encouraged them to go in swimming, and gone in with them.
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T. H. JOHNS cam in SUnday night to visit his daughter Mrs. A. H. MAXSON. Mr. JOHNS was in Boise, Idaho eleven months where he had charge of the construction of a large school building, afterwards he went to Portland, ORegon where he worded four months on a big job. He left Emporia TUesday morning where he will go to work for a big contractor. He will probably go to Missouri shortly to take charge of a big job there. Mrs. JOHNS who accompanied him as far as Belleville, Kan. on his return from ORegon is in SOuth Dakota visiting a brother. She will be in Nortonville in about three weeks for a short stay.
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Effingham had another fire last Monday about noon. The Miller BENJAMIN building across from the livery stable consisting of a blacksmith and wagon shop occupied by H. G. SYNDER and Emery BENJAMIN, a stable in which Mr. BENJAMIN had some buggies and harness and tools and a shoe shop occupied by Mr. BEATLEY. Everything was destroyed. No insurance was carried on either buildings or stock.

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