Some of the items were sent from this date on 28 Sep 2004 but more items have been added now with this posting. DH Falmouth Outlook Friday 4 Mar 1921 Vol. 14 No 39 Pg. 1 Col. 1 Coming to a Good Country Born to the wife of Robert Lacey, of Harrison, Ohio, on February 22nd, a fine little son, who will be known as Paul Jackson. This is the first heir. Mrs. Lacey was formerly Miss Anna Dennis. Born to wife of Senator T. L. Clark, at Helena, Mont., on February 7th, a fine little son. The little Senator well be known as Thomas Lansing. Mrs. Clark was formerly Miss Mary Nichols, of Morgan. Born, to Mr. & Mrs. Francis Edward Kelly, of Dividing Ridge, on February 22nd, a fine little 8 ½ pound daughter. Mrs. Kelly was formerly Miss Ann Cahill. Mr. Kelly is a World War veteran and says he is real proud of his little Red Cross nurse. Born to the wife of Raymond Yelton, of Latonia, on February 25th, a fine little son. The little man has been named Raymond Yelton Jr. The proud father says that the little fellow is almost a George Washington. Mrs. Yelton was before her marriage Miss Margaret Roberts of this city. Born to the wife of Paris Wilson, of Brownsville, Ind, on February 22, a fine little 11 pound son. Mrs. Aggie Montgomery, the proud grandmother has named him George Washington Wilson. Mrs. Wilson was formerly Miss Nellie Stewart. Even papa is wearing a Washington smile. Mr. & Mrs. Ernest L. Barrett, of Pribble’s Cross Roads, are receiving con gratulations over the arrival of twin daughters, on February 23rd. The babies weighed 7 ½ and 8 ½ lbs respectively, and have been named Norma and Dorothy. Since their arrival, Mr. Barrett feels so big he had been wearing a pair of Gus Records’ overalls. Falmouth Outlook Friday 4 Mar 1921 Vol. 14 No 39 Pg. 1 Col. 3 Deaths Will T. Shields Will T. Shields, one of the best known and highly respected citizens in Pendleton County, died Monday morning about 6:30 o’clock, following a short illness of pneumonia. Mr. Shields was 68 years, 7 months and 21 days old. Mr. Shields was born in Bracken county, and was the son of John and Harriett Shields. He united with the Oakland Christian Church many years ago. He is survived by his wife and five children, Mrs. George Rankin, John, Elizabeth, William and Ruth Shields. He is also survived by four brothers and three sisters. J. H. Shields, J. Newt Shields, Jesse Shields, and Albert Shields. Mrrs. Eli Martin, Mary Shields and Mrs. James Bayless. Mr. Shields had been a cripple all his life, which greatly handicapped him. Mr. Shields possessed a very bright intellect and was one of the best posted men in the county. He was a frequent contributor to the columns of the Outlook and his items were always read with much interest and copied widely by the contemporary press. He was a most affable gentleman and no one had more warm friends than he. For the past ten years Mr. Shields had been in charge of the Four Oaks telephone exchange, and in this capacity he was a most accommodating gentleman and the patrons of the telephone company will feel their loss deeply, for he was always ready to give information to the patrons and the general public. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. M. W. Bottom, pastor of the Falmouth Christian Church. Burial was in Oakland Cemetery. J. C. Lovelace J. C. Lovelace, age 64 years formerly of this county, died February 13th at his home near Felicity, Ohio after an illness of many years duration. Mr. Lovelace was born near Menzies Station in Pendleton County in 1856 where he spent the greater part of his life. He was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jones on October 25, 1883 and to this union two children were born – Ottie, who died two years ago and Mrs. Clifford Johnson of Felicity, OH. He is also survived by his loving wife and four sisters – Mrs. A. B. Purdy of Butler, Mrs. J. W. Parsons and Mrs. John Acton of Menzies and Mrs. James Parsons of Latonia. He was converted in 1915 and united with the Christian church in Latonia. Mr. Lovelace was a gentleman of many fine attributes of character, and was a loving husband and father and will be sadly missed. He had been a patient sufferer for eighteen years and during all these years his faithful and loving wife and companion cared for and nursed him. John is gone but not forgotten; and may his memory never fade, is the wish of his loving sister, CORA. Mrs. Callie Biddle Alma Vallandlingham Biddle was born May 6, 1892 and was married to Callie Biddle March 10, 1912. To this union two children were born – Retha Velma and Ruth Lualta. Alma was united with the Walnut Grove ME Church on July 22, 1911 of which she was a consistent member, always remembering her duty to her pastor and just a few days before her death she handed in her apportionment on his salary, saying she was going to stand square with the world whenever she might be called to the next. She will be greatly missed by her church. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, father, mother, one sister, Mrs. Myrtle Wright of Indiana, three brothers, Earl, William and Ercel; besides a host of neighbors and friends. Her last days were spent in her old home with her husband and mother, whose untiring efforts made her last days as comfortable as possible. Her funeral was preached in Walnut Grove church to a large concourse of mourners, by the pastor, Rev. J. M. Evans. She was laid to rest in the Walnut Grove Cemetery. O. L. Mains Otis L. Mains, age about 55 dropped dead at his home near Mt. Vernon, Monday morning about 10:00 o’clock. Mr. Mains had been ill of heart trouble for several days, but was able to be about the home. It is supposed that heart trouble was the cause of his death. Mr. Mains is survived by his second wife and seven children, three by his first wife. Mr. Mains was one of the best known saw-mill men in the county and was an industrious and frugal man. He had a host of friends who will be pained to hear of his death. Funeral services were held Wednesday and interment took place in the Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Falmouth Outlook Friday 4 Mar 1921 Vol. 14 No 39 Pg. 3 Col. 2 Letter from Granbery College, Juiz de Fora, Brazil 16 Jan 1921 Dear Outlook Readers: – The last time I wrote, I tried to give some general ideas of this country, its products, etc. This time I will write a bit about the money situation. Perhaps it will be of some interest. Of course, the money sent from the U. S. to Brazil has to be exchanged for the money here before it can be used in Brazil. The rate of exchange varies greatly from time to time. The milreis is the standard here. The money of the missionaries is sent every month which give us a change to know the variations. One time since I came the dollar brought only three and one third milries. That was a year ago. Within the past year it has been steadily growing more, until now it is almost seven milries. The result of this is easily seen. The Brazilians who sell things in the States, such as coffee, rubber, etc., get a miserably low price for it; whereas when they buy things here and Brazil has been buying much here, they have to pay two prices. This situation greatly cripples the commerce between the two nations. I am told that there is much merchandise from the U. S. in the customs houses at Rio de Janeiro and Santos, the two great port cities of Brazil. The duty has to be paid on the value of the goods in milries which now makes the duty unbearably high. Coffee is the main crop of Brazil and the United States is one of the largest buyers; so Brazil has been hit hard by this condition of the exchange. Some men here have told me that they think American businessmen are largely to blame for this bad condtion, but I do not know how far this is true. It was reported not long ago that Brazil was borrowing a large sum from the U. S. but it seems that it did not materialize. Such a loan at this time would be disastrous to Brazil. The English Pound is really the basis of the exchange values in Brazil, but the pound has been very low within the past year. It seems that the center of the financial world is shifting from London to New York. This appears inevitable as about the whole world owes the U. S. since the war. This condition is undoubtedly the cause of a part of the criticism that is being heaped upon the States. The denominations of the money here are not very different from those at home. The nickel coins are two and one half, five and ten cents. The silver comes in twelve and one half, 25 and 50. These are the values when the milries is worth 25 cents, but now it is worth about 15 cents. Much more paper money, however, is used here than at home. The paper bills come in the 1 milries, 2 milries, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 milries; the latter being called one conto. This amount is $250 when the milries has a value of 25 cents. Any large amount of money here is said to be so many contos, just as it is called so many dollars at home. I do not know why but it seems that about all the paper money here is made by the American Bank Note Co. of New York. It is surprising the amount of American made articles that are sold here, and now it is also surprising the amount one had to pay to get them. Another time I will say a bit about the customs in the business world here. Anything however that may be said will not be in the spirit of criticism. Perhaps we can help Brazil some, but it will not be by criticizing the life and people here. May I say one word more, with the hope that I may not be misunderstood? The postal laws between countries are exacting as well as other laws. When a letter is sent out of the U. S. to Brazil with even four cents on it, five cents have to be paid here to get that letter. Many are sent with two cents, some with three, others with four; but it takes five cents to bring a letter here or to take it to any other foreign country. I am very glad to get letters here, even if I have to pay five cents to get them out of the office, but I am sure those sending them would be glad to put the required amount when they remember that it is five cents and not two, three or four. It often happens that bills come and we have the privilege of paying for the letters to get them as well as paying the bills. One other word, it is next to impossible to get anything sent here by parcel post from the States, and it always pays a high duty. This I will try to explain. First class registered or ordinary mail seems to arrive all right. This is our summer and rainy season. There is more rain this year than last. Fall begins in March and then the rain largely stops. W. H. Moore Falmouth Outlook Friday 4 Mar 1921 Vol. 14 No 39 Pg. 6 Col. 2 Neighboring Counties Grant County News Ernest N. Wagner, former Grant County boy, died at St. Elizabeth’s hospital, Covington, Saturday, February 12th, of pneumonia. M. G. Eads died February 14th, 1921 at 2:15 a.m. at the Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati, of cancer. He was 62 years of age. He was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Eads and had lived near Bracht, KY since childhood. Mrs. Anna Gill, wife of James Gill, died Sunday morning, February 13, aged 66 years. Mrs. Gill belonged to the well know Daugherty family, which was prominent in this community and was the youngest and the last to pass away. Besides her husband she leaves three daughters, Mrs. L. R. Rogers, Mrs. Ed Mardis and Mrs. J. T. Ramey and one son, John Gill of Covington. Harrison County News William T. Pixley, aged and well known farmer, died at his home near Breckenridge, of the infirmities of age on Tuesday February 22nd. Wallace Batterton, aged 87 years, a well known retired farmer, died at his home near Shawhan Station Thursday evening Feb. 17, at 9 o’clock, following a protracted illness due to a complication of diseases. Bracken County News James Brewer, aged about 60 years, died at his home in Mason County, near Germantown, Wednesday, February 16th, death resulting from paralysis from which he had been a sufferer for several months. We are sorry to report that Mrs. A. R. Langley is very ill, at her home. Since returning from Asheville, N.C. several months ago, she has been improving in health, until the severe cold weather and snow came. Falmouth Outlook Friday 4 Mar 1921 Vol. 14 No 39 Pg. 8 Col. 3 Knoxville News Items F.M. Norton sold his blacksmith property here and a one-fourth interest in a grist mill, to a Mr. McMullin, Saturday, the purchase price being $600.00. The infant baby of Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Bailey, whose death occurred early Tuesday morning was buried in the Broad Ridge Cemetery near here Wednesday morning. ============================== Items of interest to: Doug Harper Biloxi, MS