West York notes and regional social roundup
Charles Buckner recovers from illness while Miss May Mason visits Carlisle. Many local residents are mentioned visiting relatives, attending events, or traveling to Springfield and Hutsonville. Weather, farming activity, and community meetings fill the week’s brief diary of West York and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Buckner
May Mason
Carlisle
Charles Rodgers
Miescart
Ashley Holaday
Lawrenceville
York
OL. Cunningham
John Thomas
T W Richards
Robinson
Guy Caldwell
Big Four
Florence Donaldson
Walter
Blankford
Ind
Ella Caldwell
Nell
Guy
Belknap
Allen Hicks
Ola
Melrose
Ben and
Milt Crow
Chester Ralston
Springfield
Frances Neff
Louise Lindley
Sullivan
Mary Helen
Frances Lindley
Samuel Cullop
Chicago
Hutsonville
Carl Ryerson
Russell
Toledo
Ohio
C D Ryerson
Gideon Deh
Northwestern University
Evanston
Rain Revives Crops and Weathers Tragedy in Region
The article details recent rainfall improving corn and garden crops after a long dry spell, alongside obituaries and funeral notices for Mrs Elf Cook and Comrade Bishop. It also covers local visits by residents, military notes from World War I, and a heartfelt Card of Thanks for aid after a river tragedy.
Marriage in Effingham Hits Westfield Scenes
Miss Marie Weeden and Clarence O Parker wed in Effingham Friday. Oklahoma visitors C W Kennedy and party tour Westfield. Dr H C Houser to receive commission in Medical Reserve Corps. B Drake’s cattle shipment to Chicago sets new Westfield record at $18.25 per hundredweight and $181 per head. Longtime Westfield trader G S Chittenden sells remaining stock to Charles Newlin of Oilfield. Rev Samuel Mills, Westfield mentor, dies at Otterbein Home near Lebanon Ohio. funeral at United Brethren church led by Bishop H H Fout with local clergy and officials finalizing services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Weeden
Clarence O Parker
Effingham
C. W. Kennedy
Oklahoma
Westfield
H. C Houser
Medical Reserve Corps
B. Drake
Chicago
G. S. Chittenden
Charles Newlin
Oilfield
Chittenden
Ewart
Samuel Mills
Otterbein
Lebannon
Ohio
Mills
United Brethren Denomne
Death of Max La Vaughn Near Martinsville
Max La Vaughn, born October 7, 1916, died August 9 at home east of Martinsville after a brief illness. He was the youngest son of Frank Hedges and his wife and leaves two sisters, one brother, his parents, and many relatives. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. Hix with interment in Medsker cemetery near Melrose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hedges
Martinsville
Max la Vaughn
Rev. C. Hix
Medsker Cemetery
Melrose
Casey News and Notices From Banner Times
Local brief notes include E E Chrysler family motor trip to Humboldt Kansas birth of editor's son on Aug 11 Geneva Hartman dies at 54 from acute tonsillitis WA Hill departs for Portland to attend G A R national encampment Harvey Houser family motor trip to Wheeling and Pittsburgh bass catch at Vevay Park weighs 7 1 4 pounds auto thefts hit four near Martinsville Shelby Patrick moves from Durango to Detroit for school work Legal Notice: estate of Joshua Walls probate filed in Clark County Illinois with deposition set Sept 14 1918 and opportunity for interrogation attachments by the interested parties.
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Geneva
Ben Hartman
HS Hill
Portland Oregon
Harvey C Houser
Westfield
Howard Holmes
Fern Fox
Wheeling
W. Va
Pittsburg
Vevay Park
John Shute
Martinsville
Shelby Patrick
Durango
Colo
Detroit
Mich
Mindis
Clark County
Joshua Walls
Illinois
Fenton W. Booth
A. D
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