Purdin Items Quietly Mark Passing of Local Resident
Weather improves after needed rains. Mrs Patterson and Mrs Penhale visit Joe Creason home. Joe Cornett and wife visit Merton Street. Warneta and Mary Mairs visit Walter Patterson. Joe Creason and wife visit Will Pulliam. W E Jenkins and wife visit near Brookfield. Penhale returns home after nine week absence seas son Harold. Husband and father died on the 20th at Mrs Walter Patterson’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cornett
Linneus
Merton Street
Mrs. Mairs
Warneta
Mary
Walter Patterson Home
Joe Creason
Will Pulliam
Cross Roads And Corn Observations From Local Visitations
Sunday and Monday rainfall touched the Cross Roads area with communities noting a fine rain. Local residents including Web Pipes and Arthur Pipes of near Green Castle, Rebecca Head and sons, and D. G. Havens who shipped hogs from Cora were among those visited. Multiple small neighborly events plus measles returning from Kirksville, Sunday church at Cross Roads, and various visits to and from nearby families are recorded.
Local Notices and Social Roster From Sunday Events
Advertisers seek items in columns Price School Items. G A Brantner and wife plus Gail Cordray and family visited Sunday evening with Guiles Brantner and wife. Mrs Josephine Denne’s friends hosted a surprise birthday dinner Sunday. Fred Head and family of Gipford spent Sunday with Thierre Lambert and wife. Grandma Sills was buried at North Salem Sunday. George Brantner made a business trip to Kirksville Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.a.brantner
Gail Cordray
Guiles Brantner
Josephine Dennie
Fred Head
Gifford
Thierre Lambert
Grandma Sills
North Salem
George Brantner
Kirksville
North Salem News social notes and visits
Local residents report visits and gatherings including Ralph and Mrs Johnson of Elmer with Wm Turner, Joe Hardinger of Bucklin with Mrs Hardinger, Carlos Britton and wife with Elvis Martins, Ben Piete and family with Allen Sills, and T F Johnson of Elmer with George Patrick. Neighborhood movements include hospital trips, farm visits, and Sunday get togethers. The North Salem Singing League meets Thursday nights at the M E church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Johnson
Elmer
Wm. Turners
Joe Hardinger
Bucklin
E.j.hardingers
Carlos Britton
Elvis Martins
North Salem Singing League
M.e.church
Kibble Dies When Horse Team Falls On Him Near Milan
Homer Kibble, a farmer southeast of Milan, was killed Tuesday morning when one of his horses backed and fell onto him as he dragged double trees toward a Ryan residence. The team then bolted. neighbors found Kibble dead an hour later. He had been a boiler maker by trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Kibble
Milan
Mr. Ryans
Ryan
Mr. Kibble
Ryans
Gretna Green smithy faces demolition over traffic clash
The Gretna Green blacksmith registrar, famed for traditional marriages, stands amid threat of demolition as traffic blocks the historic forge. Despite wartime rush and global visitors, cordite works closed and registration duties fade, yet the iconic site and its traditions endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gretna Green
England
Marquess of Queensberry
Frances Lovell
Maria Grant
Richard Sheridan
Scotland
Black Sea light restored on Serpents' Island lighthouse
The Serpents' Island lighthouse in the Black Sea has a new lantern, installed during reconstruction by the European Commission of the Danube. The light, with three rapid flashes every 15 minutes visible for 20 miles, began functioning December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serpents
Black Sea
Bucharest
London Times
Paris
Turkey
European Commission of the
Danube
Breslau
European Commission of the Danube
Converted to the Metric System Provokes Passages
Washington Vanderlip, famed prospector, speaks in New York on Bolshevism and Russia. He recalls a Moscow moujik who measures a casting length with a meter rule, returning with humor about vodka, two million rouble notes, and a thumb’s length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Vanderlip
New York
Moscow
Penney doubles life coverage as Golden Rule stores grow
J C Penney of New York carries 3 000 000 life policy now surging from 1 500 000 recent purchase. Rodman Wanamaker Philadelphia carries 4 500 000 and Pierre du Pont 4 000 000. John Wanamaker died recently with 3 000 000 in insurance. Penney pays 120 000 yearly premium at age 47. The Penney company operates 871 Golden Rule stores in 29 states with about 50 000 000 in last year’s business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Penney
New York
Rodman Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Pierre du Pont
John Wanamaker
J. ©. Penney
Mr. Penney
Eyes of Youth Observes Transit Seat Etiquette
A Chicago Tribune anecdote recalls a mother and her boy on a downtown bus or train ride. The boy expects men to offer seats to women while noting the crowd reaction and etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Chicago Tribune
Foolish choice leads Mose to spend cotton proceeds on piano
Tobe laments Mose’s decision to buy a grand piano with cotton harvest money, a bystander calls it foolish, and Tobe agrees, noting the imprudent purchase and odd order placed for a ceeatal without any Wesie cay cola gat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobe
Mose
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Statement of
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August Fisher
Missouri
J. H. Calhoun
Burwell & Porter
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Purdin
W.e.jenkins
Brookfield
Web Pipes
Arthur Pipes
Near Green Castle
Rebecca Head and Sons
Haskell Hollon
Vernon Hollon
E.e.maxey
J.A. Dodson
Ike Grindstaff
Cora
Wm. Grindstaff
Roger
J.b.franklin
Edna Jennings
Lucile Black
Clifford Fanning
Sylvia Carmack
C.C. Dodsons
Rev. Creason
Cross Roads
D. G. Havens
Artis Franklin
George Dodson
Billy Franklin
Joseph Bundridge
James Dodson
Nee
Jake Livingston
Green City
North Salem News
Ben Piete
Allen Sills
T.f.johnson
George Patrick
Archie Johnson
Seaman Wallaces
A. L. Knnfong
Wayne Asher
Dr. Seymours
Tressie’ Brantner
Elva Lambert
Tom Greenstreet
Lowell Brantner
Charlie Cordray
Dora Asher
Grim
Walter Smith
Chloe Almond
Bill
Dodgers
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