Recorder Brooks Reports Crawford County Deeds and Mortgages 1917
Recorder W A Brooks presents the 1917 year end statistical report for Crawford County Rich totals show 412 deeds filed worth 294 045 00 including 402 property transfers and 208 mortgages with 116 188 00 in loans. Mortgages satisfied 156 deeds totaling 71 791 00. note annual filings exceed satisfactions by 44 397 00. County defense meeting set for February 4 at English with speakers from State council.
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Recorder Brooks
Recorder
Crawford County
W. A. Brooks
Crawford County Council of Defense
State Council of Defense
Local notices from English area residents on midweek visits
Names of residents and visitors from English and nearby towns are listed with their movements. Several individuals travel to nearby cities for business, family visits, or government assignments, including Hedden, Newkirk, Pleasant, Ballard, Longest, Mathers, Ward, Schrieber, Thornbury, Kimmel, Enlow, Vandeveer, and others.
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Alva Austin
David Hedden
Riddle
John E. Newkirk
H. H. Pleasant
Marengo
W. Q. Ballard
George W. Longest
Deer Grove
Ben Mathers
S. A. Tucker and
Taswell Sunday
S. E. Ward
Brookville, CO
Charles . Temple
Indiana 1917 18 Game Laws Tighten Seasonal Ban
The law bans hunting from January 10 to April 1 with arrest and punishment for violations. Severe winter has killed many quail and harmed other game due to snow and cold, making the closed season essential to protect remaining wildlife.
Local Couple announces Dor oth Lura Irick and Samuel Benz marriage
Goldenmoed next door to Bank Mr and Mrs John Nelson Irick announce the marriage of their daughter Dorothy Lura to Mr Samuel Setser Benz on January 16 1918 at Cimarron Kansas. Benz is son of Ex Senator and Mrs Samuel Benz of this place and has farmed in Kansas a year. He and his bride will arrive in English February 10 for a visit. The News extends congratulations and wishes them a long happy prosperous married life.
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John L. Schrieber
Indianapolis
Nell Thornbury
Birdseye
James E. Glenn
W. T. Thornbury
John Kimmel
New Albany
Stephen Kimmel
Alford Enlow
Logansport
P. L. Vandeveer
Walter Curl
Jesse L. Thornbury
Lafayette
Purdue University
Welman Bosley
Liberty Township
E. S. Roberson
Vaneta
Harrison Sloan
Marengo
Sunuay
J. F. Englem
David Hedden
Tiny Craig
Jane Beals
Kate Goldman
Hattie Henley
Ohio Township
T. J. McDonald
Taswell
Charles
Jeffersonville
Government
Mr. McDonald
John Nelson Irick
Dorothy Lura
Samuel Setser Benz
Cimarron
Kansas
Sherman McCullum
Leavenworth
Oklahoma
Eugene Weathers
Kingsley
Iowa
Eugene
Orville Wyman
Sam
George Holliday
South East Township
Orange County
E. O. Murphy
A. J. Stewart
Lillie Huff
Samuel Huff
Henry Jenkins
Curby
McFarland
Mr. Melton
Porter Gottfried
Pete Gottfried
Martha Hensley
Orre Brown and Cleo Downey Wed at Luckett Home
Orre Brown of Mt. Prospect and Miss Cleo Downey were married at the home of Atty. and Mrs. John H. Luckett at two o clock Wednesday afternoon. Rev. Fink of the M E church officiated. The bride, from Youngs Creek, had lived with the Lucketts eight years and is esteemed by English friends. The groom, son of the late James M. Brown Sr., is described as an excellent young man.
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Orre Brown
Mt. Prospect
Cleo Downey
Atty
John H. Luckett
Fink
M. E
Youngs Creek
James M. Brown
Textbook contracts in state expire this July
The contracts on all high school text books now in use in this State will expire in July of this year. H. W. Toney, Co. Supt.
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H. W. Toney, Co
M. E. Church Announces Sunday Schedule 1918
Sunday services at Mifflin begin at 10 45 in the morning. Afternoon preaching planned for Taswell at 2 30. Evening English services canceled. W F Fink serves as pastor.
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Mifflin
Taswell
English
W.F. Fink
Fuel Administrator Order Blocks Heat for Retailers Mondays
An order from the national fuel administrator, John T. Atkins of Crawford County, bars burning fuel on Mondays from January 21 to March 25 to heat retail stores and many business lines, allowing heat only to preserve property or for selling food until noon and for drugs and medical supplies all day.
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the National Fuel Adminstrator
John T. Atkins
Crawford County
Union Sunday School Moves to Christian Church
Union Sunday school services will be held at the Christian church next Sunday at 9 30 AM to save fuel. All readers urged to study Psalms 139. Prof S P Smith, Pur due University graduate and former poultry instructor, arrived in Crawford county this week to focus on farming interests and seed corn testing.
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To Save Fuel Union
the Christian Church
S. P. Smith
Purdue University
Crawford County
Jane
Harrison
Colored men under selective service reach 75 thousand certified
Data show eight percent of 9,486,508 registered men are colored. About 209,000 have been called and over 75,000 certified for service. Of 100 colored men called, 36 certified and 64 rejected or discharged. among 100 whites called, 25 certified.
War Time Warnings and Community News From Crawford County
Letter from W H McClanahan discusses wartime price controls meat rationing and liberty bonds urging farmers in Crawford county to support Red Cross and Y M C A. Community notes include deaths school closures hub factory shutdowns coal shortages sleighing parties and local charity drives.
Aston Weather Brings Blizzard Conditions Reported
The note details a harsh blizzard in Aston with several local mentions. Jesse Hendershot is recovering from pneumonia. Christine Holmes visited Miss Lucile Rupley, Elihu Pearson is convalescing from grippe, and J B Parr joined Home Telephone Co as a new stockholder.
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Henry Esarey
Harvey
Christine Holmes
Oriole
Lucile Rupley
Elihu Pearson
Grippe
J. B. Parr
Home Telephone Co
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Indiana
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Brown—Downey
Union Sunday School
Army
W. E. Cox
W. H. McClanahan
Ind
Mr. McClanahan
United States
Chicago
New York City
Red Cross
Germany
Ali
Louis Thompson
J. H. Walls
Sybel Totten
Liberty View Church
Christian Church
U. B
Walls
Christian Sunday School
John Brown
Siby Churchill
Wayne Sloan
Business College
H. W. Key
Hayes Pleasant
Lelia Steele
Oakland City
Mr. Price
Louisville
Mr. Sieg
John Sieg
Harry Jenner
Kansas City
W. E. Jenner
Cora Jones
Milltown
Rachel Froman
R. H. Riddle
Hardin, Ky
Craig Wiseman
Deuchars Ridge
D. S. Deuchars
H. T. Carr
Levi Brooks
Rapid Branch
Alton Shops
Beanie
Bob Parr
Alton Red Cross
Andrew Wells
Lee Purcell
J. M Neville
A. N. Bobbitt
Alton
Boone Township
Carg. Harrison
Pauline
South
Estel
U. S. Aviation Corps
Pensacola
Fla
Boston
Mass
Pleasant Ridge
J. W. Jones
Frank Coleman
Tom Harvey
Isaac Chaney
Alton Bar
Ditto
Alton High School
Maude Emmick
Politiks
Arthur Bullington
Joe Coleman
Joe Esarey
Maud Bagin
Roy Brooks
Brooks
Flake Parks
Riverside
Pack S Peak
Blue River Valley
Big Bob
Mae
Clara Neville
Mildred
Thelma Deuchars
Violet Deuchars
Nettie Purcell Belle Myers
Mary Adeline Parr
Pauline Harrison
Ruth Kemp
Mary Belle Parr
Prof
Jerome Neville
Estel Kemp
Chet East Albert Cox
Jesse Hanspire
Dick Myers
Harry Parr
American Red Cross Society
Crawford Co
Galveston
Johnstown
John Hanspire
Claude Hendershot
Evansville
Dellas Weedman
Boone
Tom Emmick
Mt. Vernon
John T. Emmick
Ivan Mock
North-West
Henry Pleasant
Jesse Doolittle
Max Jones
Percy
Cecil East
Pleasant, Ridge
Opodate
Alberta Ridge
M.A. Pare
N. A. Deuchars
Bukla
Bachelor Hall
Water Front
Red Onion
High Street
T. Desarey
James Carberry
D. G. Osman
Geo. Myers
Myers
C. V. Gaither
Westover
Perry Hall
Deuchars
Alton and
Teachers’ Institute
John Watson
Jim Watson
Bethany
Ill
John Purcell
Beech Grove Cottage
J.D. Parks
Riverside Stock Yard
Hoover
Mr. Parks
Goden
Aston
Jesse Hendershot
Bill Young
Magnet
Lou Atwood
Rose Pearson
Colorado
D.L
V. Gaither