Local Notes From York Area Include Illness And Death
Myles Murphy of York was home Sunday and expected to return to Terre Haute Monday. Mrs. Calistin Dougherty of Peoria visits family here. Virgil Denning is faking treatment in Robinson hospital. Letha Sebastian and Warner Whitt man on sick list. Hallene Murphy Dora Blair and Mrs Riggs ill. No school last week or this week due to diphtheria fears. Chancie Myles, formerly of York, has died announced Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myles Murphy
Terre Haute
Helen
Florence Baber
Palestine
Calistin Dougherty
Peoria
Virgil Denning
Robinson Hospital
Letha Sebastian
Warner Whittman
Charles Roberts
Hallene Murphy
Dora Blair
Riggs
Chancie Myles
Community Roundup of Visits and Local Events
Residents returning from travels include Mrs Anna Stinson in Terre Haute and Miss Beulah Buckley back to Indianapolis. Several families plan visits to Kentucky Texas Illinois and Missouri as Rev Perkins heads to Peoria. Local clubs plan luncheons bazaars and a junior high carnival with Christmas crafts and entertainment.
Moonshine and family health noted in community items
Tanter 3.77 reports Blankenbeker remains about the same while Bline families cope with four ill children and lung fever. Mrs Bline and Mrs Bennett assist nursing. Sharp children recover from chickenpox. Revival begins at Butternut led by Rev Crandall with Miss Chapman and Bob Willison. Mar Marshall wedding of Ott Crandall?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Blankenbeker
Thomas Bline
William Bline
Ed. Bennett
George Sharp
Butternut
Ott Crandall
Laura Chapman
Orange Township
Bob Willison
Martinsville
Marshall
Jacob Geffs
Landis Dehl
Casey
Local Notes From Choctaw and Nearby Areas
Mabel Whitkanack remains ill while Alta Carpenter weakens further. Leon Jackson shows pneumonia symptoms. Rodney Gard and his Chicago family visit relatives nearby. Wesley Carpenter returns from the north after husking corn. Grant Hollenbeck travels to Terre Haute Friday on business. Preaching is planned for Saturday night and both Sunday services. Mrs Ida Ogle and her son from Avon visit Mrs Ben Miller. Mrs Kittie Strohm of Avon visits Mrs Hattie Blizzard on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta Carpenter
Leon Jackson
Rodney Gard
Chicago
Wesley Carpenter
Grant Hollenbeck
Terre Haute
Ida Ogle
Avon
Ben Miller
Kittie Strohm
Hattie Blizzard
Melrose Notes Include Visits and Illness
Mrs. M M Morris visits sister Mrs. Henry McDaniel of Lindsey. Harry and Otho Thompson returned from the north. J R Trump is very poorly at Robinson spending winter with his son Arthur. Herman Lambdin of Alright went insane and was taken to Indianapolis. Oil well casing is being pulled due to crooked well. Mr Jeffers plans to drill a new well.
Local Notes From Clarksville and Surroundings
Ivan Hornbrook returned home from summer work in Iowa on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Timothy Babcock and daughter Mabel visited Terre Haute on business. Miss Elva Morgan is staying with Mrs Homer Clark and answering calls at the switchboard. A birthday dinner for Mrs Pearley Babcock at Spiketown drew attendees from the area. Cleophas Hornbrook plans a sale of personal property and a move to Marshall to work in a garage. Mrs David Hughes of Marshall has been very ill. Edith Fox of Oakland spent the weekend with home folks. Clarksville Baptist church will start a series of meetings. December 13 Miss Gertie Thomas stays with Mrs David Hughes at Marshall. The Reed family son recovered from scarlet fever and is out of quarantine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Stinson
Terre Haute
J. F. Emrick
J. I. Campbell
Butler
Penn
Mary Carr
Greenup
Cuma Lee
T T Ewing
Charleston
W L Perkins
Peoria
Bruce Thompson
Olney
Ab Kilborn
Kentucky
J L. Mayfield
Kansas City
Belle Heath
Newton
Everett Lane
Breckenridge
Texas
Bowling Green
Lena Marrs
Paris
George M. Myers
Michael J. Duffy
Lawrenceville
William D Loftus
Co. Gillwood
Fred B Keifer
Marshall Hier
Beulah Buckley
Indianapolis
Buckley Hermann Miller
Strawn
David Fasig
Orlando
Fla
Martinsville
Lem Lemly
May Belle
E. W. Reeder
East St. Louis
M. W. Gilbert
H. M. Grant
E. Main Street
C. G. Allwood
E. G. Payne
Dorcas
Methodist Sunday School
Ivan Hornbrook
Iowa
Timothy Babcock
Mabel
Elva Morgan
Homer Clark
Pearley Babcock
Spiketown
Cleophas Hornbrook
Marshall
David Hughes
Clarksville
Edith Fox
Oakland
Clarksville Baptist Church
Gertie Thomas
John Reed
Social visits documented in two days of local life
Nellie Davison spent Thursday with Emmaline Drummond. Edna Chicadonz visited Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Mary Kreamer. Mrs. Andy Geheb and her son shared Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Flora Geheb and family. Mrs. John Drummond and daughter spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Hanneah Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Davison
Emmaline Drummond
Edna Chicadonz
Mary Kreamer
Andy Geheb
Flora Geheb
John Drummond
Hanneah Morgan
Obituary of Reece Pritchard Child of Lyman and Nora
Reece Pritchard born December 22 1914 died November 26 1920 at six years nine months old. Survived by father Lyman and mother Nora plus one grandfather two grandmothers and many relatives and friends. Funeral by Rev Nathan Musgrave at York cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reece - Hamilton
Pritchard
Lyman
Nora Pritchard
Nathan Musgrave
York Cemetery
The Bushel Defined as a Weight in Crop Estimates
The bushel is described as a definite weight rather than a measure of volume. Different products vary in weight per bushel with wheat weighing 60 pounds per bushel according to the crop estimates bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Bird Outruns Horse Through Texas Mesquite Bushes
A western Texas landscape yields mesquite, chaperral, and road runner habitat. The road runner, a large ground cuckoo, outruns horses on open ground while flight seldom occurs unless cornered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
American Forestry Magazine of
Washington
Executor's Sale of Real Estate in Clark County Illinois
Executor James Nichols announces an on site public sale of real estate in Clark County Illinois on December 23 1920 at 2 PM at the east door of the Marshall Court House. The property includes a specified 50 acre tract in section 22 and adjacent lot 17 in section 19 with precise metes and bounds. Terms require cash on day of sale. Arthur Poorman attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia I. Howerton
Marshall
Clarksi
Illinois
County of
Clark
Towit
P. Handy
John Handy
James Nichols
Arthur Poorman
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