The October 3rd, 1907 Worth County Times reported on the contents of a copy of the Times from September 5th, 1878. Judge Merckling found a copy of the paper that he found in a house he purchased from the T.L. Davidson estate. The following items were found in that paper:
A.T. Frakes was the owner of the Oriental Hotel.
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A.J. Carr was the owner of the Allendale Blacksmith.
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William Jay advertised his entire stock of brick at $7 per thousand.
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There were 215 cases that week before the Gentry County Circuit Court.
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G.W. Frakes cut a bee tree that contained 200 pounds of honey.
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E.E. Nye of Greene Township was the first man in the county to pay his 1878 taxes.
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Thomas Walton owned the livery barn, where people could rent horses.
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The Goodsill Brothers advertised their lumber yard from Bedford and Hopkins.
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C.R. Dawson was planning a 20 foot by 30 foot brick dwelling.
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J.D. Horn ran a mercantile business at Isadora.
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McLain and Howard were in the hardware business. Fencing nails – 10’s – were at $3.25 per keg, and 8’s were $3.50.
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Attorneys A.W. Kelso and W.J. Gibson and doctors Dr. W. Marrs, D.E. Harding, and S.P. Larmer advertised in the paper.
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Back in those days, people loved showing off their harvest. Samuel Adams of Greene Township presented a peck of fine apples.
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J.B. Dawson was already running his business.
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There used to be a church at Mount Vernon, four miles west of Grant City. Services were Saturday at 4 pm and Sunday at 11 am.
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