West York Sunday School Grows with Community Activities
West York reports increasing Sunday school attendance and a busy social calendar. The community narrates visits, a union prayer meeting at M. B. church, a play by the West York Dramatic Club titled Topsy Turvy, a Willow Hill Odd Fellows reunion, and generous aid by the Ladies Relief Club including food coal and money for Clara Correll.
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Mart Newlin
Robinson
Clem Beal
Terre Haute
Alvina Layton
Grandma Ferrell
Florence Ferrell
Lou Cox
Moore
M. B
Boyer
Sullivan
Ind
Christ Church
Guy Caldwell
New Burnside
Ladies of the
West York Dramatic Club
Rock Building
West York
Willow Hill
Odd Fellows
Ladies’ Relief Club
Clara Correll
Insurance for Farm and City Property by Cole & Cole
Cole and Cole of Marshall offer insurance on farm and city property with strong companies and low rates. Contact them for terms and coverage details.
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Cole & Cole, Marshall
Church Echoes of Thanksgiving Socials Across Town
An OCR read reveals a series of family visits and neighborly gatherings around Thanksgiving. Notable mentions include Misses Bertha and Nellie Beltz, Ruey Irwin visiting, and multiple dinners such as a goose dinner hosted by Mrs Myrtle Black. The piece lists visits to and from the Shirely, Weaver, Elliott, and Liggett families, plus Rev. Oliver Switzer and others from Terre Haute.
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Bertha
Nellie Beltz
Thanksgiving Snow Delays Travel and Health Notes
Thanksgiving snow affects Marshall visitors and local families. Mrs Earl Smith and children visit relatives. Mrs Wes Hazen is reported very low with tuberculosis. Local social rounds include box supper at Pikes Peak and a birthday party at Ed Findley’s home.
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Earl Smith
Marshall
Wes Hazen
Here
Grace
Pauline Huggins
Florence Miller
Louise Nicholson
Johnnie Madden
Wesh Millhouse
Waldo Fox
Mildred Clapp
Nat Fitzgarrald
Roy Findlay
Beulah Beachont
Aliss Ruby Ox
Frank Miller
Bernice Combs
Pikes Peak
Jesss Stephensen
Mattoon
Mrr
J. W. Marlowe
Elva
Smitley
Andy Frey
Wee Millhouse
Charles Clapp
Mareha
Ed Findley
Roy
Ziat
City Council Meets Monday In Martinsville
The Martinsville city notes a council meeting scheduled for Monday night. A Pro tracted meeting is held at Hazel Dell with Rev Bert Rogers, and the Bethel series continues with one conversion reported. Local hog prices and market quotes are listed, along with riverine weather and a Thanksgiving service described as among the most well attended.
Local notes reflect moves meetings and farm activity
Ken Stevens moved to Parker and Charley Johnson into a new house. Elmer Phillips went to Terre Haute. Will Brosman and family visited Dudley. R F Cleaver spent Thanksgiving with friends at Smithsboro. Will McKee offers five cents per bushel to husk corn. Mrs John Husted returned from Indiana. Frank Snyder and wife visited Flora relatives. Stakes set for extending concrete road to Shaffner farm. Rev Mr Smith to begin Bethel meetings next Monday. Several finished corn gathering. Hog cholera steady. Fodder shredding planned as a short job. Supervisor Montgomery did official business in Marshall. North township residents leased land for coal. John Coot and Perl Nickolson bought Royer land in west township. One mile was late for Sins winter bank. Rossel Hutchings sent it to its eternal home. John Heath tests two new wheat varieties one needing half bushel seed per acre. McKinley Turner and Silas Claypool attend the state normal.
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Melvin Bennett
Orange
Bert Rogers
Hazel Dell
Levi Mosher
Arthur Blunk
Westfield
Byram & Baird
Carson Johnson
Homer
Auburn Township
Jennie Blunk
South Bend
Ind
Ruth Henry
Bethel
Giles Miller
Jefferson County
Mabel Birch
Casey
County School Institute
Marshall Hursday
John Andrews
America
O O Tracy
Clark
Republic
Ross
Ken Stevens
Parker
Charley Johnson
Elmer Phillips
Terre Haute
Will Brosman
Dudley
R F Cleaver
Smithsboro
Will McKee
John Husted
Indiana
Frank Snyder
Flora
Shaffner Farm
Montgomery
Marshall
John Coot
Perl Nickolson
Royer
Sins Winter Bank
Rossel Hutchings
Hog herds fear cholera outbreak during Thanksgiving visit
Residents in Charleston worry cholera could strike hog herds during the Thanksgiving period and lead to widespread slaughter of their meat supply.
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Charleston
Notable Deaths and Local Notes From Casey Area
Mrs Nancy Little aged about 90 died Sunday at her niece Mrs Nancy Bliss Married in Sumner NL Gail Baird of Sumner and Miss Stella Adams of Casey attended. Otis Weaver of Tulsa arrived to care for his ill mother Mrs Belle Weaver. Editor Mark Carruthers of the Ranger Texas visited after grandmother's death. Mrs M T McKinzie died Friday after years of rheumatic illness. Della Lang left Saturday for Dallas to visit daughter Opal Sedgwick. Jerry Cooper and Miss Zella Chambers wed at Justice Rosebroughs office. Marion Carr, 11, was shot in the ankle by a companion while hunting. A boy 10-12 near Moriah was killed when a tree fell on him which had been set on fire.
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Casey
Banner Times
Nancy Little
Nancy Bliss
Sumner
Gail Baird
Stella Adams
Otis Weaver
Tulsa
Okla
Belle Weaver
Mark Carruthers
The
Ranger (Texas) Record
M. T. McKinzie
Della Lang
Dallas
Texas
Opal Sedgwick
D. R. Rosebrough
Two Killed in Nitroglycerine Accident at Cushing Pool
Al Hayes of Drumright Oklahoma, a shooter for Independent Torpedo Co, dies in an accidental nitroglycerine blast while preparing to shoot at the Cushing pool. Foreman Barney Black also killed. Hayes had previously lived in Westfield as a field shooter. Also noted: Charles Mills of Sedro-Woolley Washington dies aged 76, leaving $4 000 to Westfield College per his will.
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al Hayes
Drumright
Oklo
Independent Torpedo Co
Cushing Pool
Bease
Barney Black
Hayes
Westfield
Charles Mills
Sedro-Woolley
Wash
Rev S. Mills
Townfolk share Thanksgiving visits and upcoming events
Mable Bonesteel returned home for Thanksgiving stay with A Bonesteel and wife. Mrs. James Hanson and family visited Mary Jackson and Ena Jackson, then planned to return to Mt. Carmel. Pearl Nichols and Lillian Newman visited Terre Haute friends. A C Jackson and daughter spent a business day in Robinson. John Riggs family and John Rowe family joined relatives in Terre Haute for Thanksgiving. Eastern Star chapter will hold a banner event December 3 to 11 with a supper, inviting all. Coal land leasing grows, farmers see chance to earn with low risk and hope to close leases soon and start prospecting.
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Terre Haute
John Rowe
Abrs
Jack Barker
Indiana
Ital iars Amowor Dead Tribute in Flower and Air Rome Lends
A memorial notice honors the deceased with a tribute titled Bury Shaft in Flower and a salute from Air Rome, naming a group of mourners and organizations paying respects to those who have died.
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Rome
National Unity Group Formed in New York
A new organization named National Unity Group in New York announces its formation to advocate patriotic Americanism and cohesion. Founders stated goals include civic engagement and cultural unity across communities.
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Poeter Americanicom
New York
Training Ship Mastland May Join Navy After Wreck
The steamship Mastland, overturned in the Chicago River on July 24 with 812 lives lost, could be repurposed as a naval training vessel. Edward Hvees of the Dunoois naval reserves said Governor Dunne approved the plan and a naval inquiry in Washington is underway to prove seaworthiness. Hull alterations will remove danger, per local editor notes.
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Camer
Chicago
Gove Wt
Bdward Hvees
Dunois Peval
Edward BP. Dunne
Washington
Genet Modern Chill Long Winter Evening Meaning
A dialogue contrasts Genet Modern Chill with a definition of a long winter evening as a day before movies and talking machines. A judge comments on the concept.
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Judge
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Pearle Beuhler
Beulah Beachout
Ruby Fox
Jeannette
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Dollie Thomas
Tom Findley
Glenn
Ralph Morgan
Robert
Cleophas Hornbrook
Willie Beuhler
Clapp
John Fox
Hurley Diey
Henry Buser
Etta Stephenson
Jack
Flora Graham
Mack
Armstrong
Rosa Weaver
Plesaie Irwin
Edith Burkholder
S S Kimball
Will Shirely
Oliver
Rose Hunt
Vinton
Iowa
Henry Shirely
John Snedeker
Bride
Charivari
Lulu
Hazel
Flora Felliott
John Elliott
Russell Weaver
Myrtle Black
Oliver Switzer
Charley Switzer
Geo. Switzer
Grant Crumlin
Mack Liggett
Ruth Weaver
Hazel Elliott
Florence
Laura Liggett
Della
Will Weaver
Clarksville
Martinsville
City Council
Mr. Smith
Review
Effie Craig
N. P Daughhetee
West Union
E. Harrington and Sons
Georgetown
Hannah Marvin Sol Handy
Will Handy
Glen Elledge
Chas Prevo
Della Shaw
Lois of
Wm Lindley
T J. Wheeler
Ida McCrory
Ross McCrory
Prairie Grove
Eld H H Wallace
Herrin
Baptist Church
Elsie Wernz
Chauncey Crow
Wheeler
Indies of the Eastern Star
Specia
D. Dotl
Exstland
Boston Journal
A. Took
A. Morton & Son Jewelers & Opticians
North Side Square
Clothcraft
Douglas
M. Grabenheimer
Clothcraft Clothes
Enterprise
Klingler’s
Virginia Sweet
Aunt Jemima
Baltimore
the Herald
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