Living Costly on Coast Wages High in California Letter
A correspondence from Terminal Island California notes high living costs yet higher wages for mill hands and longshoremen with overtime. It describes prices of beans flour canned goods and produce, and remarks on local industry from orange groves to creosoting tiles. The writer also mentions a torpedo boat flotilla departing and rattlesnake purchases for medical uses.
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Calif
Herald
Wil
Mr. Carmel
Emma Lynn
Doris
Long Beach
Brother¢Will
Frank Anderson
Marshall
Mt. Carmel
California
Illinois
Terminal Island
Paiva
Ben Baird
Lady Washingtons
Navy
Los Angeles County
Clark County
Herald 8
Champaign
Salt Lake RR. Co
Preble
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Ifar
Zalstur
Ates, Pound Ag Cope
Crawford County Drilling Update Amid Fields and New Wells
The report notes activity in Honey Creek township near Flat Rock and New Hebron with best producers at the Flat Rock end. A wildcat well by Busch and Everett near Walnut Hill in Jefferson county is shrouded in secrecy, about 1,600 feet deep with no oil or gas yet. Completions last week totaled 4,864 barrels across Crawford, Lawrence, Clark, Bond, Jasper, Cumberland, Jackson and Macoupin counties.
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Crawford County
Honey Creek Township
Flat Rock
New Hebron
Busch and Everett
Walnut Hill
Jefferson County
Centralia
Casey
Ohio Oil Company
Chrysler
Union Township
Cumberland County
Lawrence
Clark
Bond
Jasper
Cumberland
Jackson
Macoupin
Congregational Services Plan May First Sunday
Sunday school assembles in the chapel at 9 30 a m with all children and young people invited to study the Bible. At 10 45 the pastor preaches on Gods Startling Command or The Sacrifice which God Desires Gen 22 2. Evening topic is Manhood or Davids Advice to Solomon 1 Kings 2 2 with special quartette numbers morning and evening.
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David
Solomon
Real Estate Transfers and Church Notes Summary
Real estate transfers list multiple parcels with buyers sellers and amounts including Morgason to Myers 7000 and Collins purchase 1 dollar? B S Ruedy to Fitzpatrick 800 Parker to Turner 1 and 1 more. Geo Buehler to Polly Buser 500 Emily Lee to H P Houghton 1500 Mary Guinuip et al to Cora Bell 1600 and Orr to Sloan 1200 Barnes to Hedges 100 and 500. A B Church Notes report Rev Connett preached Sunday with a large prayer meeting and Juniors led by Allie Puffinbarger. next Sunday Mary Thompson leads location for Sunday school and 10:45 am sermon The Right Start 7:30 pm A Good Soldier. Monday 7:30 pm preaching by Rev Connett P E followed by quarterly conférence.
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Geo Buehler
Polly Buser
Emily Lee
H P Houghton
Mary E Guinuip Et al
Cora Bell
Orig Marshall
J D Orr
T H Sloan
Geo Barnes
Frank Hedges
Wm Barnes
Same
Fot Melrose
Mr Connett
Allie Puffinbarger
Mary Thompson
Connett
P. E
Notice on due bills and trade at Union Shap Store
Notice describes due bills from H Martin and Dol son Craig’s grocery stores as good for fair value in trade at Union Shap Store during fog to prevent collisions. Mentions high German tramp steamer Ella and sister ship to Erna, captain fined $1000 for smuggling entering port from a Mexican city two miles away.
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H. Martin and Dolson “& _Craig’s
Shap
Ella
Erna
Weather Man Sets New Cold Records After March Warmth
The passage notes a March thaw followed by a heavy blizzard that damaged crops across the Mississippi valley. Fruit may be killed though some optimism remains that some fruit and crops could survive. The storm brought unusually cold weather for the season and is described as generally widespread.
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Mississippi Valley
Short Reports Broad Support in Sheriff Campaign
Charles S. Short of Casey township says he is receiving very general encouragement in his bid for the Republican nomination for sheriff.
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Charles S. Short
Casey Township
Pritchard Plans German Community in Gary
Pritchard of this city has invested in Gary the steel city and bought 37 building lots near a German church. He aims to organize a German community with five room houses, and expects architecture and landscape work to create a little Germany on the Indiana sand hills.
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Pritchard
Gary
Chicago
Germany
Indiana
Runaway injures Clarkaville resident Ernest Ross
The Herald reports Sunday night Ernest Ross was thrown when his horse ran away near Clarksville. He was trapped between buggy wheels and severely hurt but reached home. By Monday he worsened. doctors Haslitt and Bell attended him. Tuesday morning he is much better with hopes for recovery.
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The
Herald
Dolson
Ernest Ross
Clarkaville
Haslitt
Clarksville
Bell
Terre Haute
Near-Automobile Introduces Fresh Roasted Nuts and Popcorn
E A Lodkard plans on the way and a steam peanut roaster with pepper pop corn. By next Saturday fresh roasted peanuts salted peanuts and buttered popcorn will be available daily. Salted peanuts and almonds will be prepared fresh each day for crisp ready-to-eat nuts.
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E. A. Lodkard
Series of Addresses Begins at First Congregational Church
Rev. A. W. Miles opens a midweek series at First Congregational Church next Thursday at 7 30 p m on Dr Gordon s Quiet Talks on Power The topic is Choked Channels All parishioners invited to attend.
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A. W. Miles
First Congregational Church
New Supreme Justice Appointed by President
President appoints a new justice to the United States Supreme Court. Gov. Charles Hughes and other officials participate as the ceremony proceeds.
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Tatt
Charles ‘Be. Hughes
Oth New
P. United
Tesue
Yan Aber
Wreck at Sandford Kills Three Injures Eight
A Big Four passenger train crashed into a sleeping car on a side track at Sandford last Friday morning. Three people were killed instantly and eight injured, all but one of them Mattoon residents. Telegraph operator I B Hunt is blamed for not closing a switch allowing the eastbound train to strike the sleeping car.
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Sandford
I. B Hunt
Sandfords
Mattoon
McDonald
Bertrand Taylor's Washington trip diary to Eva Henderich
Bertrand Taylor son of Dr J B Taylor writes from Dungeness Washington April 17 1910 about a long train journey via St Louis Kansas City and Spokane to a ranch. He details fishing horseback riding weather scenery including the Olympic Mountains Straits and a dramatic near accident on the train with a widowed passenger and a rough night in Spokane. He plans to start school in Dungeness the next day.
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Washington
Eva Henderich
South Side School
Bertrand
J. B Taylors
Dungeness
Wash
Clarence
St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas City
Plains
Illinois
Wyoming
Montana
Custer
Spokane
Dean
Cascade Mountains
Seattle
Olympic Mountains
Straits
Bertrand Taylor
Marriage Licenses for Gifford and Rolison Listed
Fred F. Gifford of Terre Haute and Ruth E. Rolison of Marshall have been issued marriage licenses as recorded in the public notices.
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Fred F. Gifford
Terre Haute
Ruth E. Rolison
Marshall
Retired Farmer Antys Ad Stirs Local Notice
A damaged notice fragment markets a retirement farming memory and a name Mora Orald with vague relevance. The readable text hints at an agricultural community notice alerting residents to an upcoming action or event related to a local farmer.
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Nice
Antys
Dutch Treats In Rockford
Rockford frames an ordinance for dramshop licenses to start May 6. Applications must be individual, bans on screens and games, credit liquor sales forbidden, and a conspicuous No Treating sign required. Notices of local social life and weather accompany the legal update.
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Rockford
Local notes record residents and events in Martinsville area
The column lists townsfolk and happenings from Martinsville and nearby areas. It mentions Joe Cartright losing a cow, Sam Best shipping hay to Missouri, Arthur Hammond building a wire fence, Yeo Mason moving, Warner family shopping, Col Bill Akens returning to his store position, Mrs Oscar Warner visiting Casey, Miss Edith Lindley teaching, Mayor Tarble’s winter return, a fatal house fire, Jesse Graham appointed highway overseer, Lonnie Connelly welcoming a baby, Mrs Jenkins visiting Indianapolis, a severe snow storm, 24 degree temperature, Clark Hammond’s 82nd birthday, and California journey in 1849 with an ox team and dangers from Indians.
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Joe Cartright
Sam Best
Missouri
OL. Warner
Martinsville
Arthur Hammond
Yeo Mason
Warner
Manin Street
Bill Akens
Oscar Warner
Casey
Logan
Edith Lindley
Marshall
Tarble
Hot Springs
Thomas Baker
Jesse Graham
Lonnie Connelly
Wm Jenkins
Charleston
Martin Tarble
Indianapolis
Mrs. Jenkins
Cora Pratt
Clark Hammond
Hammond
California
Marshall Conference Held By State Bible Class Association
Conference at First Methodist Church Marshall on Friday April 29 1910 features L B Anderson presiding. Theme Winning Adults for Bible Study and Prayer Service led by Rev E V Nitsche with readings John 1 29 51 Matthew 4 18 20. Afternoon session covers International Organized Adult Bible Classes led by G W Miller and reports from local classes. Evening session centers on Winning Men with a song service and organized class reports and quiz.
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Marshall
First Methodist Church
L. B. Anderson
EV. Nitsche
Matt
G. W. Miller
Ses
G. W
President inaugurates Harry Andrews King at Indiana College
The formal inauguration of President Harry Andrews King took place in Carnegie Hall on April 15. A large academic procession formed on campus led by the college band and included students, faculty, trustees, and visitors. King received the college seat from Dr M B Hyde with praise from Dr Virgil Thompson and Prof Higney. The ceremony closed with celebratory speeches, a procession through town, and a carriage ride home under a banner reading Hall to our King.
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Moore's Hill
Ind
Harry Andrews King
Carnegie Hall
M B Hyde
Seymour
King
E H. Wood
Virgil Thompson
Higney
Robert J Aley
Phe
Sarah Elizabeth
Paving Plans At Terre Haute City Meeting Debated
A local report claims Terre Haute's Board of Improvements will pave east Main Street and call a special election to pave north Sixth Street to the cemetery. The board reportedly plans no paving beyond the square and notes any road to the cemetery would require a regular township vote.
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Terre Haute
Board of Improvements
Main Street
North Sixth Street
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Albert Maring
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R B Fitzpatrick
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Ad Casey
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Hurley Welsh
B F Parker
J E Turner
W C Turner
A. B. Church Notes
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Boy
John Huen
Perry Weffler
Robert Hodson and Sons
Halley
Dan Neff
Eckel
Will Norton
Lydia
Mary English
Oliver
Lorena English
Chas English
Howard Grisham's
Leroy Sears
Wabash
Ralph English
M M Landers
Palinview Farm
Cleone
State S. S. Association
Reir
Indiana College
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