Martinsville News Roundup Reflects Local Visits and Illness
Weir’s Samuel Sneed and Orange’s Walter Kendall visited Martinsville on Monday as dirt roads deteriorated with spring rains. Archie Dill is ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Gil Newman travels to a Terre Haute hospital for breast cancer treatment. Local clerics preached, auditors met to close the year, and several residents moved, traveled, or were reported ill or deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Sneed
Weir
Walter Kendall
Orange
Archie
E. Dill
Chas Rhodes
C T Ishler
Burt
Marshall
Board of Town Auditors
Will Ax
Gil Newman
Terre Haute
H. J. Buxbaum
Arkansas
Chas Pattie
John F Bair
Vincennes
Ind
Wm. Deahl
Lola Cleaver
Bridgeport
Crawford County
Sarah Weaver
Dennison
Leo Fass
Harvey Hurst
A. P. Church
E. J Blankenbaker
al Fraker
Elmer Phillips
John Shaffner
Silas Elledge
John Speadout
Auburn
Custis
Brazil
Mrs Forrest Meloy Ill With Pneumonia In South Dolson
Mrs. Forrest Meloy is very sick with pneumonia in South Dolson. Mrs. Date Arbogast of Westfield visited relatives here last week. Thirteen pupils wrote the final exam at Clarksville Saturday. Mr. Wm Fox visited Mrs. Bert Clapp, who is very sick. Pearley Babcock hired to teach spring term at Spiketown.
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Forrest Meloy
Date Arbogast
Westfield
Clarksville
Wm Fox
Bert Clapp
Pearley Babcock
Spiketown
Local Notices Mention Impending Moves and Trials
Jim Melton of Paris plans to move into Timothy Babcock’s rental this week. Miss Gussie Gibson finishes school at Pleasant Grove and will begin in April. A rig drilled on pools farm produced dry wells prompting a move to John Simms’ farm west of Clarksville. A salt water report disappointed many, Abe Martin notes. Zach Bentley was acquitted after a two day trial tied to farm ownership claims. The aviator’s challenge is deciding when to quit.
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Jim Melton
Paris
Timothy Babcock
Gussie Gibson
Pleasant Grove
John Simms
Clarksville
Happiness fade from iron dogs on the lawn
In a Washington Herald column the speaker laments chasing wealth and a dream of owning a cast iron dog. After forty years of effort the wealth arrives but the cast iron dog trend has passed, leaving satire on vanity and changing tastes.
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Washington Herald
Queer Job Bookkeeper Mentioned In Whimsical Exchange
A cheerful observer notes a man with a queer job serving as a bookkeeper for a bookseller. The exchange frames curiosity about unusual work and contrasts wisdom with compensation. The meditation shifts to themes of charity and generational attitudes toward wealth and responsibility.
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San Francisc
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