Obituary and Local Social Notes From Parker Township
J T Smith civil war veteran died at 71 with funeral services Sunday. Obituary appears elsewhere. Earl Inman and wife visited Marshall. Cleone hog market overworked. Turner and farm visits noted. roads and bridges under repair. winter turnips and parsnips gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleone
Earl Inman
Marshall
Lee Tarble
Emery Guyer
Fred Welsh
Dolson
Oakwood Farm
Byron Stoneburner
Elza
Oilfield
Francesco Hammond
Casey
Sallie Garver
Parker Township
Earl Clinger
Bloomfield
Ind
J. T. Smith
Percy Smith
Chicago
James Lindley
Frances
Terre Haute
Wm. H. Piety
West Union
Martin Newlin
Nancy Holaday
Walnut Prairie
Price Garter
Earl Wood
Louisville
J T Smith
Martinsville social notes and local updates span town and region
Sheriff Byram and visitors from Parker and Indianapolis appear in Martinsville. Local tradesman Rush buys a Greenfield hotel and plans to relocate. Various church services, family visits, and disease notes mark a busy week with hog market gains and military furloughs.
Marshall Residents Share Weekend Visits and Church Bazaar
Dr. L. J. Weir of Marshall was here on business Friday. Miss Mygnon Sims visited Mrs. Malcolm Bruner at Marshall last week. The Ladies' Aid of the M. E. church will hold a bazaar Saturday December 21. Lebron and Floyd Sims returned Wednesday from a short visit in Vincennes Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Weir
Marshall
Mygnon Sims
Malcolm Bruner
M. E. Church
Lebron
Floyd Sims
Vincenngs
Tad
Westfield News and Personal Notices
Westfield notes new residents and moves including Harry Snyder and family to Stay Ill and F A Bird seeking oil field work in Kansas. The community mourns James M Anderson of Sapulpa Okla and Robert B Watson after influenza and pneumonia outbreaks. Eugene Wilmot leaves Annapolis to return home while Dessie Belle Murphy dies in Eastland Texas and is buried in Westfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Snyder
Stay
Ill
F A. Bird
State of
Kansas
Samuel Spellbring
Florida
James M Anderson
Westfield
Sapulpa
Oklo
Eugene Wilmot
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Robert B. Watson
Camp Taylor
Dessie Belle Murphy
Eastland
Texas
Local deaths and incidents in Casey area
The Banner Times reports multiple deaths due to pneumonia influenza and complications in Casey and nearby towns. Notables include Wm Markland about 78 John S Jones about 60 Mrs Earl B Charlton near Moriah, and Mrs Kizzie Spueny about 81. Also notes on Loyalties to relatives and wartime injury of Oscar Perkins in France. The town sees thefts at Davis and Millers and Elmer Gordons hardware break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Banner Times
Wm Markland
John S. Jones
Earl B. Charlton
Moriah
Kizzie Spueny
Paul Arey
Detroit
Mich
C L. Faunce
Montrose
LO Duffield
Raleigh Brown
J M Brown
Casey
Effingham
Henry Perkins
Oscar Perkins
France
James Arlar Walling
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Carrie Ameter
West Baden
Ind
Chas. Ameter
Davis & Miller's
Elmer Gordon
J. H. Pumphrey
Terre Haute
Hogue
Clark-Jasper County Line
Local Visitors Reported Across Town This Week
Samuel Hutchison visited Sunday and Dennis the Robinson veterinarian was in town on business last week. Ed Nidey and family spent Monday with Rh Clements. Many residents visited Marshall Saturday. Fred Holwick and family visited Joe Garwood and family Sunday. Bob Hatfield of Phoenix was here visiting friends last week. James Short made a business trip to Oshkosh Wisconsin last Tuesday. He was
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Byram
Marshall
James Greenwell
Parker
Carson Johnson
Newt Richart
Anderson
Stella Ruedy
Indianapolis
Obe Fix
Barber
Bethel Church
J. C Hanks
White Oak Church
Howard Norman
John Huffman
Prairie Mound
Harry Corad
Earl
Russell Cooper
Uss Prairie
New York
Eunice Fix
Malissa Warren
Martinsville
Broadmoor
Wm Whitson
Camp Custer
Mich
Pierce
Terre Haute
West Liberty Church
Amelia Hull
Louie Bechtold
Madison
R. Kitchen
Camp Stanley
Texas
Harry Moore
Alpheus Moore
Fort Bent Harrison
Byron McNary
H. V. McNary
Greenfield
Samuel Hutchison
Ed Nidey
Rh. M. Clements
Fred Holwick
Joe Garwood
Dennis
Robinson
Bob Hatfield
Phoenix
Arizona
James Short
Oshkosh, Wis
Homecoming Birthday Dinner For Olen R Clements
A large gathering at Rush Clements home celebrated Olen R Clements 27th birthday. Attendees included Miss Thelma Short, John Reynolds and wife, John Clements, Mrs Nell Clements Sergt Clements at Camp Gordon Ga, Ira Hand and wife, Golda and Clara Clements West York, Charles Hamill West Union, Mrs Sarah Henderson and daughter Lucy Snyder, Olen Clements and family Marshall, Oliver Draper and wife Ovie Draper Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Short
Rush Clements
Mr. Clements
Olen R. Clements
John Reynolds
Hutsonville
John Clements
Nell Clements
Sergt. Clements
Camp Gordon
Ira Hand
Quaker Lane
Golda
Clara Clements
West York
Charles Hamill
West Union
Sarah Henderson
Lucy
Snyder
Olen Clements
Marshall
Oliver Draper
Ovie Draper
Local Health and Family News From Spiketown Area
Butchering continues locally as Elva Morgan suffers pneumonia and Harold Arbogast remains ill from ton silitis. Pearley Babcock and family visited John Babcock, while Zenas Murphy received care for influenza. Mrs Anna Wright sold Clarksville property to Andy Frey and bought in Marshall. Charley and Flora Graham helped neighbors at Mary O Davis home, and Lewis Spratt attended his mother in St. Louis funeral. Hart Tyler cared for Zenas Murphy. Wm Harbor consulted an eye specialist in Terre Haute removing fodder from one eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearley Babcock
Spiketown
John Babcock
Hart Tyler
Grandview
Zenas Murphy
Anna Wright
Clarksville
Andy Frey
Marshall
Wm Harbor
Terre Haute
Charley
Flora Graham
Lewis
James Spratt
St. Louis
Mary O Davis
Fish Skin Shoes Exhibit At New York Exposition
At the New York chemical industries exposition an exhibit showed leather made from fish skins including shark porpoise and tuna. Scientists from the Pratt Institute and the United States bureau of fisheries report fish skin leather has same qualities as animal hides. Porpoise skin razor straps have existed for years and other fish leathers could be on the market soon if not for tea leather abundance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Chemical Industries
New York
Pratt Institute
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Poison Gas Innovations Aid Labor Safety and Pest Control
Chemists plan to adapt gas mask absorbents for industrial workers in mines and factories. Reprisal gases devised by American chemists may target vermin and aid disinfection of fruit orchards from insects and blights like San Jose scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
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Neigibons
Ney
VTV
M. V Connelly and Son
Newton Alrey
Norman Ladd
George Alrey
Arthur Calhoun
Ela Connelly
Pearl
Gladys
M. V Connelly
Wiest York
South Dolson
Elva Morgan
Harold
Dayton Arbogast
Ton‘silitis
Hurley Findley
Post Bankin Clap
Marshall State Bank
Federal Reserve System
North Side Square
Marshall, Illinois
Whitlock Variety Store
Whitlock’s Toy Land
Kodak
Eor
Toyland
Dulaney Bank
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