Local notes mix illness travel and farming life
A long list of residents reports illnesses including influenza and pneumonia, travels to Plainview Farm, St Peters burg Florida and Indianapolis, and family visits. Military service records for Otho Fasig and others are noted amid general community updates on health and farm conditions. The piece closes with remarks on weather, crop prospects, and a six month Navy service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J E Cooper
Orange
John Hutchings
Dolson
Leon Bush
Johnson Township
Cornelia May Gow
Hot Springs
Ark
Ed McNary
Axiom Spivey
Melrose
Earl Davidson
Grant Street
Amanda Jones
St. Petersburg
Fla
Indianapolis
Harry
Rob Willison
Camp Meade
R. Stevenson
Camp Custer
Mich
George Fitch
Orange Township
Inuind Grove
Fitch
Crumlin
Litherland
Otho Fasig
10Th Infantry
Fort Benj. Harrison
Camp Pike
Navy
Illness and travel notes in a rural community
Local residents report illnesses and recoveries including Mrs James Kiddix and Percy Nichols while Floyd Barber returns home for Thanksgiving on furlough. The Chiddix couple move to Virginia and neighbors visit relatives as crews work on fields and roads across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kiddix
Ray Whitman
Percy Nichols
Floyd Barber
Hobart Jackah
James Chiddix
Virginia
Ralph Sebastian
West Point
Porterfield couple head to Florida for winter stay
Mr and Mrs R M Porterfield depart this week to spend the winter in Florida likely at St Petersburg. A group of well to do farmers from the Rennela settlement in Hutton township and local oil men form The Hutton Oil Company joining forces for a local venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Porterfield
Florida
St. Petersburg
Rennela
Hutton Township
Hutton Oil Company
Leases Procured for Drilling in South Town Area
An oil drilling contract was let for a well between 1100 and 1200 feet deep after leases were obtained in the neighborhood. Engineer W. R. Paige of Terre Haute, surveying on Spellbring and Bigelow farms south of town, was severely injured when a car driven by Ralph Ewing struck him on south Washington street. Paige lay unconscious for hours but improved later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Paige
Terre Haute
Ralph Ewing
Washington Street
Casey News and War Boldly Move Toward Treves
Local notes report visits and deaths including Mrs. Madie Ethel Churchill who died of influenza at 18. Wayne Emrich returns home from Navy radio school. A distant eyewitness account describes American forces crossing the Moselle into Treves with guards promising safety of civilians as the Stars and Stripes advance into Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. G. Robertson
Marshall
L. F. Strockbine
Madie Ethel Churchill
Percy Churchill
Roy Harris
Muskogee
Okla
R. A.young
Casey
J. B. Malcom
Decatur
Standard Oil Co
Harvey J. Elder
A. C. Ambrose
F. H. Shinkle
Muncie
Ind
Lucy. Shinkle
Cleveland
E. L. Shinkle
Wayne Emrich
W. L Emrich
Navy
Radio School
Cambridge, Mass
War Work pledge cards held at Dulaney Nail Bank
Residents of Anderson Darwin Douglas Wabash and Marshall counties signed pledge cards for the United War Work Campaign. The cards are kept at the Dulaney Nail Bank where some are now due and payable. Merrick Cox serves as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Darwin
Douglas
Wabash
Marshall
United War Work Campaign
Dulaney Nail Bank
Merrick Cox
Card of Thanks for Wesley Burr Eaton
Mrs. Maria Eaton and her son thank friends for kindness and sympathy during their bereavement after the death of Wesley Burr Eaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Eaton
Wesley Burr Eaton
Marshall Chapter 70 Plans Friday Meeting for Elections
Marshall Chapter No. 70 will meet in stated convocation Friday evening December 6 at 7 30 for election of officers. All Royal Arch Masons cordially invited. M Bubeck, Sec.
Angling for Rich Patrons in New York Fashion
In Woman's Home Companion Corinne Lowe reveals how a Fifth Avenue milliner courted rich middle western clients by buying favors from chauffeurs and hotel clerks. They used crested limousines and hotel staff endorsements to lure fashionables to purchase the Fern Pipet hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinne Lowe
Fifth Avenue
Ern Piper
New York
Middle West
Philip Rhinestewart
Clinton de Salle Rives
Patience and a Patched Up Auto Tale
At a dinner William H. Thompson of Kansas praised patience and shared a light anecdote. A couple rode a new car until a mechanical mishap forced the husband to crawl under and curse. His wife urged patience and compared him to Job, but he quipped Job never had a nose caught in a cog wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Thompson
Kansas
Smith
John
Mrs. Smith
Hubby
Job
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
Old English Furniture Finds New Homes Across Britain
The 1851 Great Exhibition and railway growth sparked a rush to London that encouraged squires and wives to replace heirlooms. Returning home, they sold old furniture to second hand shops, later reaching poor families in small towns and rural homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
England
Indianapolis
Not to Be Taken In The Judge Refuses Mercy
Provost Marshal General Crowder quotes Germany as not being penitent and compares the judge to a kidnapper who weeps before sentencing. The judge replies the defendant is down but not out, facing seven years. The piece ends with a subscription prompt for the Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germa
General Crowder
Germany
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ANK Ree
Cs Ree
France
The
Marshall State Bank
Ben Grisham
Alvey
Mary Lamb
Plainview Farm
Walter Fawley
Frank Fawley
Sassafras
Henry Reynolds
Lois Jones
Wright
M M Landers
A. P. Fawley
Rob English
Mr. Wright
Nick Geheb
Mary Forbeck
Noah Landers
M. A. Landers
A P. Fawley
Will Spotts
Herman Fawley
Rob English i
Hodson
Winslow
Martinsville
York
K. Kannamacher
Silas
Zenas Murphy
Oilfield
Westfield
Como Murphy
Review
Banner Times
Moselle
Luxembourg
Rhine
Prussia
Imperial
Treves
Belgium
Lenner
Just
D. D. Doti
North Side Square
Marshall, Illinois
Joe
Hart Schaffner & Marx
BOOTH
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing
Altona
H. M. Dewey & Co. Furniture and Undertaker
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