Local Notes: Measles, School Opens and Auctions
Miss Opal Davis recovered from measles last week while spring term at Green Moss school starts with Emery Davis as teacher. John Schwartz Sr farm near Clarksville sold at public auction. Milo Combs buys at 6425 per acre. James Siverly injured with a broken leg after a Saturday night accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Davis
Marshall
Matt Snyder
Green Moss
Emery Davis
Leote Wright
Paris
Cyrus Breedlove
Board of Town Auditors
Dave Montgomery
Deai
Grandview
John Schwartz Sr
Clarksville
Milo Combs
Homer John Lowry Builds New Hen House
Farmers report oats sown in March and a fine stand of young clover. Mrs Minnie Romne spent Sunday in Terre Haute. Tom Brosman and family returned from California. Will McKee brought ten head of cattle to his farm Monday. Politics in Auburn near 110 in the shade. W E L M MacDonald family visited Wabash. Nerris McCabe motored from Charleston for important business. Grandmother Cleaver returned Tuesday from Martinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Rom'ne
Terre Haute
Tom Brosman
California
Will McKee
Auburn
MacDonald
Wabash
Nerris
McCabe
Charleston
Cleaver
Martinsville
Local social notes and moves in Terre Haute area
Henry McCullough visits Terre Haute as a business caller. Gard of Choctaw visits Monday. Miss Naiaiine Drummond and Eva Lisick spend Thursday with Zoe Pearce. Frank Croll and family host Sunday guests including John Ha zen and Jesse Norton. Mrs. McCollough, Mrs. Buser and Mrs. Dixon visit Frank Croll’s family. Fred Buser and wife relocate near Marshall in Anderson township. Peter Pearce holds the school rescorer post following Leander Wright Mire. Dinom and three children visit Segre Haste with Fred Buser family. Local farmers in the area are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McCullough
Terre Haute
Curlis Gard
Choctaw
Naiaiine Drummond
Eva Lisick
Zoe Pearce
Frank Croll
John Hazen
Fred Buser
John Spangier
Jesse Norton
Rose Schlosser
Henry McCollough
Dixon
Familly
Rabbit Ridge
Marshall
Anderson Township
Peter Pearce
Rescorer
Leander Wright _ Mire
Dinom
Segre Haste
Melrose Briefs Mention Local Happenings and Travel
Notes from Melrose report Mrs Chester Hix illness Roy Wells barn remodels F G and P C Hasten to a funeral in Terre Haute and trips to Indianapolis Martinsville shoppers Ova Stanfield Sarah Newlin and Otto Cornwell visit Darwin and Martinsville J K Termaine runs Union route in a new Perch and a road crew works Melrose West Union road Genealogy update on Mrs Guila Smith marrying A R Colvin of West Union Community well wishes for the couple
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Hix
Roy Wells
P C Hasten
Casey
Ova Stanfield
Martinsville
Otto Cornwell
Sarah Newlin
Spyder
Indianapolis
Drury Thompson
Darwin
J K Termaine
Melrose
Guy Hasten
Terre Haute
Ray Mason
Lester Swope
West Union
Guila Smith
Weir
A R. Colvin
Colvin
Local rural notes on crops weather and visits
A good acreage of oats was seeded last week. Rainy weekend cooled conditions. Spring plowing for corn and cabbage shipments face delays. Several visitors including Robert Buckle and Harry Redman seen in town. Potatoes and tomatoes scarce. lawn mower season nears. Vol Swallum injury noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Tarman
Robert Buckle
Chase Johnson
Auburn
Will James
Indiana
Vol Swallum
Jack Cole
Morehouse
Harry Redman
Bayard
Neb
North Carolina
Lottie Lafferty
Big crowd, sales on buggies as two implement firms cut prices
Local notes report a large crowd in the city last Saturday with two implement firms holding special buggy sales and many units sold at bargain prices. Wheat and grass are uneven but may improve with warm sunshine. a carload of fat steers fetched 10 cents per pound gross. two two-year-olds sold for 96800. Nina Levering and Rollo Ishler visited grandparents in north fork street and returned to Hamilton, Kan. Gas line pipes are being dug up citywide though the main plant remains in use for warm weather. Buy Easter bonnets Friday or Saturday at reduced prices from Mrs. Fred Reisner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Lafferty
Nina Levering
Rollo
Jerry Ishler
North Fork Street
Hamilton
Kan
Westfield
Local Farm Notes and Visits Highlight Spring Busy Week
A flurry of farm and community activity as residents visit Plainview Farm and nearby towns. Chas Becker reports a missing mare. families travel to Martinsville Terre Haute and Vincennes for schooling health and family visits. Farmers busy with spring chores. hens blamed for high living costs. Illnesses include Mrs Ramsey and Thelma Tracey. sales of millinery announced. several locals visit Indiana and Evansville relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Becker
Leary Murphy
Aubun
Plainview Farm
Joe Bush
Winnie Craig
Asbury
Margaret Forbeck
Martinsville
Otis Landers
Terre Haute
M M. Landers
Amie Mortar
Vincennes
Thelma Tracey
Nannie Milam
Hutsonville
Wm. Kearsey
Indiana
Sale
Spring
Fred Reisner
Walter Snyder
Robinson
D W Hull
Bee Husted
Evansville
Hog sets record price at Indianapolis market
J C Goble shipped a hog weighing 820 pounds to Indianapolis last week that sold for 1625 dollars per hundred, a top price on the local market. The animal brought 112.85 dollars net. Heber Briscoe left for Terre Haute where he has a job in a wholesale harness house. Mrs H Lewis returned from a two week visit at Alton Oklahoma driven home by her daughter Mrs J L Owaby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J C Goble
Indianapolis
Heber Briscoe
Terre Haute
H Lewis
Alton
Oklo
J. L. Owaby
Deaths and Local Notes From Casey Area
Mrs. Lizzie Barker died in Chicago from carbolic acid poisoning amid despondency over health. her body brought home for burial. Edward Mauk of Casey area died of tuberculosis at about 59. W. Barkhurst's mother-in-law died in Plymouth, Indiana. Wm. T. Doty, 34, died in Phoenix, Arizona. Perry Oakes and son Clyde visited J. B. Phillipe. Reverend L. A. McIntyre of Lancaster noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Banner-Times
Lizzie Barker
Chicago
Edward Mauk
Barkhurst
Plymouth
Ind
Wm. T. Doty
Phoenix
Arizona
Perry Oakes and Son
Clyde
Mt Jewett
J. B. Phillipe
L. A. Mcintyre
Lancaster
Notable Quips from Casey Visit Highlight Small Town Flaws
The item notes O. spent a few hours in Casey last Monday. It recalls a remark that the only big things about small natures are their mistakes and mentions Villa's ongoing periodic decadences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Bingmore and Topeka Jersey Lead Local Trotting Line
Racing catalog notes Bingmore 57902 a 16 hand trotter from the Bingen line with dam Topeka Lady and night stable at Clarkaville. Topeka Jersey 64498 a double gaited smooth bay colt by Jersey B. will race 1917 season at Marshall 1½ miles north of Clarkaville with Bingmore. prices $16 and $1260 respectively, sold by Ross Buckner Clarksville.
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Bingmore
Bingen
Uhian
Ophelia
Strathstorm
Strath- Mae
Mabel Bell
Topeka Jersey
Topeka
Jersey B
Dan K
Rosa K
My Farm
Clarkaville
Weat End
Marshall
Ross Buckner
Clarksville
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Dolson
James Siverly
Homer John Lowry
Upper Anderson
A P Fawley
Ford
West- Union
Tion
D. D- Doll
Evangelical Church
Ross Culter
Joseph L. Buyer
Villa
Rirseboer & Wiliams
Marshall Milk Condensing Co
Black & Hutchinson
Swift
Palm Olive Toilet Soap . Com
Chasm
Pulver’s Garage
West End
Eeweewne Daweesareenese Nee
Reenmmen Peenereeeioase Cscs
Arbuckle’s Coffee
Pride Coffee
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