Local notes in NCHS Ontoo News and area updates
Jerry Claypool repainted his residence while several neighbors engaged in fodder shredding last week and local farmers report a good crop yield. Henry Hulbert returns from Tennessee to work with his father. Elisha Hurst leaves farming for a mercantile career in Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Claypool
Ben Duran
Martinsville
Steve Hutchings
Near Olney
Busy Bee Club
J. P. Daughhettee
Elisha Hurst
Auburn
Baker Farm
Local social notes and visits across towns
Mr and Mrs L R Miller spent Monday here. Miss Lulu Ellott returned from Chicago. Relatives visited by Misses Hazel Flora Elliott and Della Weaver. Grandma Ferrell visiting Terre Haute. J T Smith and J D Thomas transacted business in Robinson and Terre Haute. Families from Terre Haute and West York visited relatives here for Thanksgiving. Protracted meeting at Bailiff church and revival closed with no additions. West York Sunday school growing with about 50 members. C B Lindley repairs making house modern. Charlie is an up to date carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Miller
O. H. Sweitzer
G Crumlin
Hurley Veach
Chris Stoelting
Lulu Ellott
Chicago
Hazel
Flora Elliott
Della
Rosa Weaver
Myrtle Black and Son
Grandma Ferrell
Terre Haute
J. T. Smith
Robinson
J. D. Thomas
Charley Spraker
West York
Dallas Reynolds
Clem Beall
Alvina Layton
Grandma Bell
T. C. Bailiff
Fred Cooper
Dode Cochran
Fairbanks
Ind
C. B. Lindley
Charlie
Local notices and farm work around Casey and nearby towns
Walter Short plans to depart for Oklahoma to tend tools. John Spivey finished hay baling for Nathan Bennett. James Orndorff of Casey works for Lawrence and Fears. Audrey Bailey and Esta Bailey visited Grace Gross. Dick Bailey returned from Tuscola after husking corn. Mrs. Melvin Bartholomew visited her daughter Hermess Gross. Frank Steward of Moriah went to Sledge Mississippi for his farm. The corn shredder will be back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Short
Oklahoma
John Spivey
Nathan Bennett
James Orndorff
Casey
Lawrence
Fears
Audrey Bailey
Esta Bailey
Grace Gross
Dick Bailey
Tuscola
Melvin Bartholomew
Hermess Gross
Frank
Moriah
Sledge
Rainy Weekend Ties Local News Across Marshall Area
A much needed rain fell Sunday. Will Mallory and wife visited Marshall Saturday. Orpha Martin attended a teachers meeting in Marshall Friday. Dora Lowry visits her cousin Mrs Blanche Kidwell in Metcalf. Clarence Gilbert of Marshall visited Ralph and Benton Gilbert Friday. Earl Scott of near Freedom returned home from Champaign Wednesday. Grant Martin and family spent Sunday at Hurley Murphys near Auburn. Neighborhood boys returned from the north last week after husking corn. Mrs Stella Wilson of Mason visited her parents the Austins and other relatives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Mallory
Marshall
Orpha Martin
Dora Lowry
Blanche Kidwell
Metcalf
Clarence Gilbert
Ralph
Benton Gilbert
Earl Scott
Near Freedom
Champaign
Grant Martin
Hurley Murphy's
Auburn
Stella Wilson
Mason
Austin Sweet
Local Hog Market Dull As Residents Gather News
Dolson residents Burl Maggart Ike Sweet and others visit town. Revival begins at Church of God Bethel. Community members travel to Marshall and Terre Haute for events. Thanksgiving visits, a surgical case at Mattoon, and rain concerns noted. Market prices list eggs butter rabbits turkeys chickens and roosters. A child dies in the north side, with services in M E church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burl Maggart
Dolson
Ike Sweet
Terre Haute
Church of God Bethel
J. W. B. Hutchings
Will Davis
George Weir
Edgar County
Supervisor Byram
Marshall
Frank Richart
Elisha Hart
Quincy Snedeker
Wabash Township
C. T
Wes Ishler
Mattoon
Agnes Hanks
Irene Wood
Greencastle
Ind
Allen Weir
North Side
Rupp
M. E
Shouge
Health lectures inspire local pupils and adults
Mon day talks on hygiene and science drew school children and parents to the opera hall. Miss Della Bookwalter, a Martinsville native and Rev. J Bernard’s stepdaughter, graduated with high honors from J. C. Proctor Hospital at Peoria and serves as chief nurse in the surgical department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera Hall
Della Bookwalter
Martinsville
J. Bernard
Church of God
J. C. Proctor Hospital
Peoria
Easy to Forgive Forgetful Businessman Meeting
A businessman forgets a planned meeting and worries about the lapse. In a downtown club lobby he is met by his friend who apologizes for missing the engagement. The businessman replies with magnanimity, saying even the best forget sometimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
Cure for Nosebleed Warning by a Sailor Mister
Reading the New York Sun note, a retired shipmaster claims a simple home cure for nosebleeds. Sit patient upright or reclined, press the hollow of the throat above the breastbone with the forefinger until bleeding stops. To prevent nasal bleeding in children, wear a bead on a string around the neck so it rests in the throat hollow at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Fragmentary musings on flattery and wisdom in speech
The text presents disjointed reflections on youth, flattery, and wisdom, noting that most praise in the world targets women and implying ignorance may hinder true discernment. It reads as a fragmented, archaic style with stray phrases and punctuation.
Hutsonville Herald Sold to Fred E. Todd
Frank Kopta has sold the Hutsonville Herald to Fred E. Todd of Newton. Kopta has built a first class local paper, and the new owner replaces him at the helm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Kopta
Hutsonville
Fred E. Todd
Newton
the Herald
Oil Boom Rumors Stir Harvey Bennett Farm Area
Reports say a new oil find near Kansas on the Harvey Bennett farm drew attention as villagers mark a growing oil excitement. A Paris city bond election passed to raise 90000 dollars for water system improvements, with a new dam planned below the reservoir. Congregational Church invites a 9 pm gospel hymn service led by W H Zeigler with notes on Moody and Sankey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Bennett
Kansas
Paris
Chance For a Job: Census Takers Sought in Area
About 1000 census takers will be hired to fill job openings in the local area. The government announces the positions amid community interest in employment.
Census bureau overwhelmed by applications for census taker jobs
The article notes that civil service rules will govern appointments and that the Census Bureau will conduct examinations, with the civil service commission not consulted. It states the bureau is flooded with applications from people seeking census taker positions for collecting statistics from manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service
Census Bureau
Civil Service Commission
Meee
Buren
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Charles Buckler
State Commission
Henry Hulbert
Tennessee
Henry
Allen Deppen
Chas. Cribler
Wm. Neidigh
Homer Neiidigh
Olin Bush
Omer Philips
Arkansas
Nerva’ Beabout
Catlin
John Beabout
Brocton
Armstrong
Possum Ridge
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Illinois
South Dolson
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Branch
Mich
Grandma Babcock
Grandview
Pleasant Grove School
Claude Fox
Clarence Goekler
Chas. Goekler
York
Timmons
Will Ketchum
Ray. Armstrong
Re Haute
James Hansen
Mt. Carmel
Mary Jackson
Goldin Bradbury
Dudley
J. ’R. Covington
Lucile ‘Covington
G.B. Lord and Son
Macomb
Emma J. Lewis
St Louis
Fred Burt
Chenoa
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Lloyd
Hutsonville’ Herald
Congregational Church
W. H. Zeigler
S. W. Pearson
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