People signing this album:

Ball, Cortland Burr, Lottie Cheesman, H. B. Chupp, Mary DuBois, Jas. M. Dunlop, Lizzie Geuth(?), Mary Goff, James Goff, S. E. Harris, Harry Harris, Mary E. Hudson, Emery Hudson, Grace Hudson, Harls(?) F. Hudson, Mercie A.

Miss Laura Lepper, John G. McCloskey, J. B. McKinney, J. W. Rogers, A. Strokmeier, Mrs. Ed Taft, Mabel Taylor, Anna Taylor, Ida Taylor, Mattie Taylor, Oskie Temple, Myrtle Thong(?), Olive Tookes, W. W. Wyant, J. S.

 

ALBUM	View page from autograph album
W. E. Goff BLUFFTON, IND 1887	View page from autograph album
(Photo of young man)	View page from autograph album
Autographs	View page from autograph album
Dec 18 1888      Compliments Be kind to all You chance to meet In field or lane or Crowed Street anger and wrath are both unwise Vinegar never catches flies                     Your mother             hearts    wishes                             to you             my dear Boy	View page from autograph album
Remember me                                §            Let love through all When this you See                          §            Your actions run and though many miles apart                  §            All your words I wish you well with                         §            Be mild All my Heart                                   § S. E. Goff                                       §            S. E. Goff                                                       § ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                                       §            Dec 18 1888                       §                                                       §    Willie read Thare is no friend like Jesus             §    Those words and So faithful wise and true                  §     Think of me in years Come danger or come darkness      §     To come when I am gone Hel guide us safly through                §                                                       §      By By           Your mothers                       §                 Prayer                            §      Your Mother	View page from autograph album
Friend Willie Pleasant moments and pleasant thoughts makes life sweet If we are a thousand miles part.          Yours Truly        Jas M? DuBois Ossian Inda Aug 19/88	View page from autograph album
Nov 30th 1887 Miss Oskie Taylor                        Fairmount                                   Ind	View page from autograph album
Nov. 30th 1887 at Bluffton          Dear friend In your chain of friendship Please consider me a link               Compliments                        of               Mattie Taylor	View page from autograph album
Friend                      June 15, 1890              Love            I love you little I love you            big I love you like a little pig.                Your Brother                            James Goff Rember Me Ship                                                            Kiss?	View page from autograph album
Bluffton Indiana December 1st 1887 Friend Willie                   If I were a big cat and you a big rat nibbleing away at a cheeze. Id make a spring at the mischiefvious thing and give you a H....l of a squeeze.                    J. B. McCloskey                      Indianapolis	View page from autograph album
Dec. 17th 1888 If you do wrong be brave and own it.                  James Goff	View page from autograph album
Wille While Other beasts? hearts? Asound? Around? you twine please leave a little room for mine Nov. 4 1887	View page from autograph album
May. 18 1888 May your life be    Life of Peas and    Slip a long as    Slick as Greed                 A. Rogers.	View page from autograph album
Bluffton Ind                                             Dec 1th 1887 May you even be happy And live at your ease. And have a king loving woman to kiss when you please wife                              Compliments of a friend                                      Anna Taylor                         Ossian Ind.	View page from autograph album
Willie:         Judge not the Lord by simple sence. But trust him for his grace. Behind a scowling providence He hides a smiling face. May happiness your brow entwine(?) May peace your pillow strew. May every earthly joy be thine And joy of heaven too.                      Very Truly Yours                         Olive Thong(?) Ossian Ind          Jany 10 1888	View page from autograph album
Jan. 11-1888. Chas. H. Greene. Terroscopic Views The Virtues Three J. B. McCloskey.                 Harry Railsback          J. W. McKinney. ___ | Almost | Forgotten |___ And The Villian Still Persued him,             Skating Rink	View page from autograph album
Bluffton Ind Friend William                                     March 18-88     We may write our names in albums. We may trace them in the sand. We may chisel them in marble, with a firm and skilful hand: But the pages soon are sullied. Soon each name will crumble Like all earthly hopes decay But dear friend there is an album. Full of leaves of snowy white. Wher no name is ever tarnished, But forever pure and brite In that book of life Gods album. May you name be pened with care and may all who here have written Have their names forever there       Compliments of                       John G. Lepper	View page from autograph album
M.(?) To friend Willie                               Feb 29th 1888                       I wish you health                     I wish you wealth                     I wish you golden store                     I wish you heaven after death                     What can I wish you more J.                  From a friend    Ossian Ind             R.	View page from autograph album
Compliments                             of                      Harry Harris. __________ | SilverWare | | _________|	View page from autograph album
Bluffton Indiana Dec 16th 1887                  Friend Willie Remember thy creator in the days of thy youth.            Ever think of me kindly Mrs. Ed Strokmeier                 Knightstown                      Ind. Henry Co. (think of Bobbie)	View page from autograph album
When in this world You chance to roam far from home friends Aand And fare from Home jost read these lines and think of me     friends Willey Goff     Compliments       Aug the 20     Of Mary E. Harris        1888 W E G     M E H	View page from autograph album
Dec. 6 1887. I love you wonce I love you twice. I love you better than cats love mice.                 Miss Oskie Taylor.                             Fairmount.                                         Ind.	View page from autograph album
Bluffton Ind. Friend Willie.           Dec. 5. 1888.         May happiness ever be thy lot.            Wherever thou shalt be.         And joy and pleasure light the spot.            That may be home to thee.        Ever your friend                        Miss Laura. Remember me.	View page from autograph album
June- 16- 90. Friend William.            I extend to you my     Compliments.         W. W. Tookes,                   Scott(?), Ohio,	View page from autograph album
Let the well spent moments of present pave the future with blessings.             Cortland Ball Indianapolis, Ind.               5-11-88	View page from autograph album
Ossian Ind. (written in same hand but lighter ink)                                                   Bluffton Ind.                                          March 16th 1888                     May you ever remember                             The evening of 1888                                     Compliments                                                          of.                                             Ida Taylor.	View page from autograph album
Bluffton Indiana. August 12th 1888 --- Friend Willie.     I wish you helth.    I wish you welth.   I wish you golden stoore.  I wish you heaven after death. What can I wish you moor. H. B. Cheesman;	View page from autograph album
Bluffton Ind      Dec. 18th 1888 Friend Willie         Long may you live         Happy "    "    be         When you get married         Come and see me                    Your friend                         Mary Geuth(?) (could be Genth, Gerith, Gerrth, etc.)                             Nine Mile                                             Ind                         (Allen Co)	View page from autograph album
Bluffton, Ind.                                 Aug. 12 1888 Friend Willie:                 Compliments                         of                Myrtle Temple May your life be on of happiness                                         For get me                                               not.	View page from autograph album
Bluffton Aug 15/88 Friend Will: --------         Compliments of                     J. S. Wyant                 "May your life be one of happiness"	View page from autograph album
The roses is read the vilets are Blue Canda is sweet and sore you                                           Aug the                     Compliments              20 Friend Willie                                1888                             Of                     Mary E. Harris Keystone Well Co.             Ind	View page from autograph album
Farmington Ohio                             Oct the 8th             Willie            1888     Forget me not i ask     This simple boon of thee     But let it be an easy task     Sometimes to think of me                     Your Aunt & (?) well wishes                             Mercie A. Hudson	View page from autograph album
To Willie                   9.1888 Farmington Ohio  Oct As fire is discovered by its light So virtue & truth are known by their own excelence             Emery Hudson	View page from autograph album
Farmington Oct the 10 1888 The older the tree The tougher the bark The older the girl The harder to spark         Your Friend         Harls(?) F. Hudson	View page from autograph album
Farmington Ohio Sep 29th 1888. Friend Willie             Friend Willie                                 True friends are like diamonds                                 Precious and rare false ones like                                 Autum leaves found every where."                                                 Your Friend.                                                         Miss Grace Hudson.	View page from autograph album
Dec 18th 1888 To Willie     When the leaves of your album are yellow with age     And the name that I write here is dim on the page     Still think of me kindly and do not forget     That wherever I am I remember you yet.                                                 Your friend                                             Miss Mary Chupp.	View page from autograph album
Farmington Ohio     Friend Willie                        Oct the 9 1888 In a green and verdent valey     In a wild romantic spot Grew a modest little flower     It was called for get me not                                             Lottie M. Burr	View page from autograph album
Friend Willie:-                 I took your album up to write                I turned to a page all pure and white               I dipped my pen into the ink.             I thought, and thought, and thought               in vain.             And then I thought I'd write               my name.                                     Mabel Taft. Dec. 1st. '92	View page from autograph album
Love                                        December 5th 1888.                hope         To Willie-,                      "This world is but a stage,                   On which, we all must play our part,                       May yours from now, until old age,                   Be one of pleasure, played with a light                       heart."                                                 Miss Lizzie Dunlop                ((((WITH))))                       Cleveland, Ohio faith    ((((W. A. ROBINSON'S "KILLARNEY CO."))))        charity	View page from autograph album
(Inside back cover) Mary Harris Emily Harris Mattie Taylor Myrtle Teple	View page from autograph album

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