County Correspondence and Local Society Notes
A long stretch of county correspondence from Commercial hive items reports visits and travel across states. Notables include Nellie Sloan Lizzie Wekeman Lois Davis and Mrs Chenoweth with family in Kansas City Tacoma St Louis and Terre Haute. Local events cover a union tent meeting at Vevay Park an ice cream social at Mr Childes and an upcoming fundraising ice cream supper at Hatton. Community life includes hospital moves, building plans, farm activity and church leadership with civic notices and social calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial
Hive
Taggartens
Chicago
Everett Chrysler
Oklahoma City
Arlington Hotel
Shands, Robey & Smith
Nellie Sloan
S South Dakota
Lizzie Wekeman
St. Louis
Lois Davis
Tacoma
Wash
James Swallum
Shelby Patrick
Olney
C. R. Early
Tulsa
O Klshoma
L Lee
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Westfield Notes Bright Prospects and Movements
Westfield tick lines report Parker and Olson praines as hopeful for a top corn crop in years. B J Connelly threshes 24 acres of oats yielding 960 bushels. Family visits, stock shipments, new bungalow excavation, and faculty changes mark a busy front for the town with optimistic college interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Olson Praines
B. J. Connelly
Sandy
Anna
Cc. H. Parker
Butler
Jusii Parker
J H Parker
G. W. White
White Homestead
Ohilfield
C W Fender
Berkely
Calif
University of California
Lawrence Vaughan
West Virginia
W. &. Neely
Danville
Otis Neeley
Chanute
Kaw
Elizabeth
C S Allen
Shear
Attack Like Tigera and Mixed Health Briefs
An assortment of local notes reports medical musings urging regulation of stomach liver and kidneys with improving cases of mumps and general illness. Community snippets mention Russell Harris a Grandview visitor road work by Wm Johnson and Ora near Paris and harvest notes on Amos Morgan’s blackberry patch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Harris
Oda Marrs
Grandview
Wm. Johnson
Ora
Paris
John Wieland
Charleston
Rena Richey
Pleasant
Hull
Ida Babcock
Amos Morgan
Homer
Fryds Iin
Local residents visit in Terre Haute area
The shine is the old roof the days Charles Pease was in Terre Traute Miss Clara Dittman of Matroon 4s visiting in this vicinity Mr o and Mrs Chas Fease spent Sunday at the home of Ira Hunt Harry Maurer and family Mrs Grar Small and son of Marshall and Mrs Hannah Leseure and Miss Vila Crown of West Terre Haute spent Sunday with Ken Maurer and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt Salone
Ferguson
J T Smith
Chicago
Percy George Rains
Dad Ivie
John Clow
Vincennes
Amos Bailes
Terre Haute
John Donaldson
Anna Whittaker
Dallas Reynolds
W Moore
Palestine
Kate Rook
Maggie Rook
William Farrell
Bellair
Marie
Childe
Charles Pease
Terre Traute
Clara Dittman
Chas Fease
Ira Hunt
Harry Maurer
Grar+ Small and son
Marshall
Hannah Leseure
Vila Crown
West Terre Haute
Ken Maurer
Accused of Stealing Arnica Salve Claim in Clinton
E E Chamberlain of Clinton Maine accuses Bucklen’s Arnica Salve of stealing the sting from burns and sores and pains from boils piles and injuries. He endorses its healing power calling it equal to any remedy. Available for 25 cents at Robert Prewett’s drug store.
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E Chamberlain
Clinton
Robert Prewett
Local Notes Span Nearby Towns And Farm Life
Webb Tuttle and family came from York on Sunday Ruth Husted left Charleston normal Friday Tuesday winds toppled hay stacks on the east side of town Danville residents faced auto trouble Wednesday Peter Brosmian and daughter Jessie from Marshall visited Thursday George Patchett drove from Brocton Saturday to see friends Mrs Chaffee and two daughters of Chicago stayed with relatives. ID Cleaver and Al Fraker are champion oats growers yielding 12 and 13 bushels per acre. A drill operated about 450 feet all day Monday in very hard limestone to make one foot.
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Banner Times
J. B. LeMay
Newton
Vevay Park
Cora Nash
Oskaloose
Iowa
Wm Chenoweth
George
Kansas City
BE. O Julian
Cora
Greenville
Squire Bean
Bert Harris
Mis
Daisy Perry
St Louis
John Perry
Frank Howe
Moriah
Paulk
Timothy Seed
Margie Richardson
James Richardson
Lincoln Home
Webb Tuttle
York
Ruth
Charleston
Danville
Peter Brosmian
Jessie
Marshall
Chaffee
Chicago
Cleaver
al Fraker
Local Notes and Short Items From Climate to Bridge Repair
Will Combs builds a large barn in Harwood Janesville reports a traveler and a chilly July morning. Harrison Hurst improves after illness while Martinsville youth attend shows. Frank Hinkle plans fall or winter farm move. Turnips recommended as potato crop fails. Fred Stepletoun and son visit Houston relatives. A rattlesnake bites Dave Montgomery's dog. snake killed. Chicken stealing reported in two areas. Good day fetches high price. Northwest township hay sent to Kansas at 517 per ton. Jerry Claypool visits Effingham for nephew Russell Claypool's appendicitis case improved. Paris Bridge Co to repair Clarksville bridge this week with concrete abutments. bridge moved west. Plans for a 100-story New York building and space moon communication via elevator noted.
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Harwood
Janesville
Harrison Hurst
Martinsville
Frank Hinkle
Lower Dolson
Fred Stepletoun
Small Son
Houston
Texas
John Ross
Dave Montgomery
Kansas
Jerry Claypool
Effingham
Russell Claypool
Thera
Paris Bridge Co
Clarksville
Mill Creek
Beasts and Bees in Ancient and Medieval Siege Tales
A fragmentary 19th century style tale contrasts a mischievous child with a vivid account of siege methods. It recalls Themiscyra and ancient Chester where mounted beehives and housed beasts were used to repel besiegers, highlighting brutal yet legendary defenses.
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Themiscyra
Aan Minor
Ciw
Themiscyraeanus
England
Chester
Evolution of the piano from harpsichord to keyboard
A historical sketch tracing the piano’s origin from ancient harps to early instruments like the virginal and spinet. It notes string counts, the dulcimer’s development, and the shift to a keyboard instrument popularized around Elizabethan times and refined by Bartholomeo Cristofori in 1700s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Elizabeths
Bartholomeo Cristofell
Five Geese In a Flock and a New Kind of Rain
A fragmentary account describes a household game where a girl touches children and recites words from a rhyme prompting one to jump from a market scene as pursuers chase the others. It also notes a Massachusetts storm bringing sand and hail with widespread window damage in Cheshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soi
Sle Walts
Easch Child
Wolpin
Peese
Ted
Eneh Phiser
Cheoone
Massachusets
Mittsheld
Cheshire
The Ancient Northmen and the Norman Name
The text notes Normandy derives from Northmen. Norwegians who settled in northeastern France in the tenth century. It highlights William the Conqueror as a descendant and mentions Normans as famed sailors who reached Greenland and New England in long boats.
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Normandy
France
William
England
Greenland
New England
Riddles and phrases tumble in a chaotic column
A fragmentary item name drops witty lines about washwomen weather and riddles. It mentions a tongue in cheek pun about mousic and a question on a debt only the innocent can’t owe. The tease ends with lines about a sleeping baby and a cautious barmaid.
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Arthur Newlin
Martha Raines
Colorado Springs
West York
Dr Culiop
Miss May Morton
Greencastle
Indiana
Phoebe [Vie
Sumoer
JF Isle
Dick Johnson
Hiinois
Vint Nidey
Christchurch
Gee J T Smith
Archer Ralston
Daniel James Farney
Paul Mathulka
Buffalo
Dr King
Prewett
Perry Tharp
Joseph Henderson
Woodford Mills
Burns Garwood
Jasper Miller
West Inion
Flemings
Edith Collier
Eunice Tingley
Hall School
Lelia Hix
Shelburn
Ind
Wm Prevo
James Collier
H C Lichtenberger
O P
Tharp
Ben Spangler
Win Collier
Hatton
Wwe
Westfield
Review
Elec Peti
South Dolson
George Patchett
Brocton
Will Combs
New York
Ari
Nell Norsing
Jin
Iour
FacSimle Signature of
Pra
Bears
Centauw Company
New York City
Ber
Pasa
J. Je Macmurr
Imarshall
Ana
Aie
Mondella Norton
Lorena English
Helen Ant Mae Aghwocts
Fes
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