Prohibition talk and community news from Amoret area
In Amoret and Virginia region notes, local elections hint at Prohibition support, with talk of Congress nominees J J Watts and Harper, and Peter Denning. Social events include school programs, Christmas plans, library fundraisers, and church activities. Obituaries record Lavenia B Darby and local notices cover real estate, farming, and rail work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
J. J Watts
Harper
Peter Denning
Will
Washington, D. C
Carrie
Christmas Weather and Village Notes in Johnstown
Johnstown news notes Christmas season weather and local happenings. illness includes Mrs Belle McCoole Miss Esta Callahan and others on the sick list. Mrs Allie McCracken died last Sunday morning. Sunday School at Methodist church every Sunday at 2 30 p m. Wedding rumors circulate in the community. Personal visits, trips to Butler, and church revivals are noted along with well wishes from Ruth.
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Belle McCoole
Esta Callahan
Robert the Box
Oak Grove
Johnstown
Allie McCracken
Jim Shelton
Danl Drake
Geo. Callahan
Tom Strode
Appleton City
J. E. Coleman
Judge Coleman
Butler
Antioch
Willie Shelton
Jesse Allison
Marven Borum
New Home Notes Reflect Cold Weather Hustle and Nearby Events
The column records residents of New Home and Foster in a cold spell, noting J. Q. A. and Seth E. Cope, beef butchering by Edgar Waller and Uncle Joe Lewis, and locals warming fingers husking corn. It mentions Squire Darby’s sister’s sudden death, Mr. Prose selling a 120 acre farm at 60 per acre to Edgar Waller, and Reece buying the Cy. Agnue farm west of New Home. Coal work, Grandma Crooks’s illness, and Christmas plans at Bob Bennett’s appear, along with Ada Miller’s trip to Ovid and Salvation Army sightings. It ends with Bob Bennett’s three barrels of something unseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth E. Cope
Seth
Edgar Waller
Joe Lewis
C. A. Patton
George Cope
Mark Cole
Paul Goodrum
Jim Cunningham
Foster
Mr. Myers
Prose
Reece
Colonel Welch
Cy. Agnue
New Home
Ada Miller
Ovid
Jessie
Salvation Army
Bob Bennett
Local injuries and fires hit community hard
John Henderson suffers multiple broken ribs after a cow kick on Tuesday and will be out of work for a while. A Drexel fire last Thursday destroyed Mr. and Mrs. Mudd's personal effects, with about 600 dollars loss and 100 dollars for the building, insured. Mrs. Patchen returns from Kansas City with news of her husband.
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Bert Gilliland
Hugh Gilliland
J. P. Coleman
Butler
John Jackson
Kansas City
John Henderson
Drexel
A. Mudd
Along the Miami and local notes of the period
Hazel Lee has the chickenpox. Orval Porter visited Bethel school on Friday and noticed improvements. A mother chastised her son’s bravery as he cried with rain like tears. Men worked to raise ice at the waterworks, fifty tons eighty four tons reportedly. Louis Fisher family to visit Nashua Missouri over holidays. York family to visit Mrs. York’s parents. Bethel school will close Thursday with changes noted.
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Aaron
Virginia
Bonnie Wolfe
Ida Smiter
Mary Allen
Geneva Draper
Clark Draper
Gladys
Clark
Guthrie
Okla
Victory School House
Amoret
Minnie Kelley
N. M. Nestlerode
Enterprise School
Harley Warderman
Vernon
Osborne
Him Treasure
Nevada
W. T. Stover
Butler
Lee Keith
W. M. Welch
Metz
Sarah Grant
Smadding Land
Frank Mace
Kansas City
C. E. West
Robert Treasure
Iowa
George Plymell
Walter Shofner
J. H. Boner
M. E. Church
Independence
J.C. Shofner
Miss Minnie
Hume
Collie Collier
W. W. Russell
East 8Th Street
Pinky Darby
City
Mike
Ed. Loyd
Otis
Pittsburg
Kansas
Grant Goodenough
Texas
D. H. Arbogast
Rich Hill
Mark Thomas
Mount Zion
Edgar Waller
Henry Price
Price
Peoria
Illinois
Luther Grant
Frank Ashmore
Will Stone
Johnstown
Stone Chappel
Orval Porter
Bethel
Tam
Louis Fisher
Tom York
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John Hedger
Miami
Mark Rudy
John Barton
Susie Hedger
Crook School
Grandpa Corlett
Will Durst
Cuzie
Geo. H. Pahiman
Hardinger
Dr. Smith
Crosswhite
Rev
Gilbraith
Grandpa Heyen
Tulsa
G. Adams
Charlotte
Carl Jones
Mr. Ellough
Noung Aaron
M. Mills
C. B. Cullison
Blanche
Mrs. Goodwin
Cleveland Mullis
Missouri Pacific
Keith
Margarett
Katie Rennie
Prof
Kinion
Ada Arbogast
D. L
H. E. Arbogast
Dinah
E. L. Shillinger
Antone Hake
Ilkis
Squire Darby
Grandma Crooks
J. A. Cope
W. B. Miller
Dr. Rhoades
Fern
Ea. W
Hazel Lee
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