Obituary and community notices from Parker township region
Obituary for J. T. Smith age 71 civil war veteran who died after long illness will be held Sunday. Funeral services set for the end of the week. Belforent ties include nephews and friends from Terre Haute and Chicago. Local residents visit and host family and neighbors with social gatherings and farm updates. The column notes road repairs, market activity in Cleone, and influenza cases at two area households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 notes and visits reflect wartime era
Sheriff Byram visits Martinsville as James Greenwell and others stop by. many locals and visitors from Anderson Indianapolis Terre Haute camp Custer and Camp Stanley are mentioned. Hog market strong. Seaman Cooper returns on leave from the USS Prairie. family visits and church activities noted along with a young death and a hotel purchase in Greenfield.
Local Folks News From Marshall Area
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, Dec. 21. Lebron and Floyd Sims returned on Wednesday from a short visit in Vincennes, Tad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Weir
Marshall
Mygnon Sims
Malcolm Bruner
M. E. Church
Lebron
Floyd Sims
Vincenngs
Tad
Westfield News Notes And Obituaries
Westfield items report Harry Snyder and family moving to Stay Illinois. F A Bird travels to Kansas for oil field work. Mr and Mrs Samuel Spellbring left for Florida for the winter. James M Anderson, a former Westfield resident, died in Sapulpa Oklahoma after influenza. Eugene Wilmot left the Naval Academy at Annapolis and returned home. Robert B Watson, 28, died of pneumonia after a week’s illness and Army service in 1917. Dessie Belle Murphy, 27, died in Eastland Texas and bodies sent home for funeral services December 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 ink
The Banner Times reports multiple deaths from pneumonia influenza and combat wounds including Wm Markland aged 78 John S Jones about 60 Mrs Earl B Charlton near Moriah Mrs Kizzie Spueny 81 LO Duffield Turner death of Ca sey resident Raleigh Brown son of J M Brown Effingham James Arlar Walling 25 at Great Lakes naval station interred Casey. thefts at Davis Miller and Elmer Gordons stores. J H Pumphrey 63 influenza death near Hogue's store. Carrie Ameter visits West Baden son Chas Ameter wounded from France. Mrs Henry Perkins informed son Oscar wounded in France Nov 7.
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 Around Town and Nearby
Samuel Hutchison visited town Sunday while Ed Nidey and family spent Monday with Rh M Clements. Residents visited Marshall on Saturday. Fred Holwick and family visited Joe Garwood and family Sunday. Dr Dennis veterinary of Robinson was in town on business last week. Bob Hatfield of Phoenix Arizona visited friends last week. James Short made a business trip to Oshkosh Wis last Tuesday. He was
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Hutchison
Ed Nidey
Rh. M. Clements
Marshall
Fred Holwick
Joe Garwood
Dennis
Robinson
Bob Hatfield
Phoenix
Arizona
James Short
Oshkosh, Wis
Homecoming Dinner Honors Olen R Clements on 27th Birthday
Accompanied by his niece Thelma Short a gathering at Rush Clements home celebrated Olen R Clements 27th birthday with a noon dinner. Attending were John Reynolds and wife of Hutsonville John Clements of Hutsonville Mrs Nell Clements wife of Sgt Clements at Camp Gordon Ga Ira Hand and wife Quaker Lane Miss 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 Notices and Family Please in a Rural District
Butchering is under way as Elva Morgan suffers pneumonia. Harold Arbogast, Dayton’s son, was ill with tonsillitis last week. Hurley Findley and wife are proud parents of a daughter born December 11. Pearley Babcock and family visited John Babcock in Spiketown. Hart Tyler cared for Zenas Murphy, ill with influenza. Mrs Anna Wright sold Clarksville property to Andy Frey and bought in Marshall. Wm Harbor consulted an eye specialist in Terre Haute to remove a piece of fodder from one eye. Charley and Flora Graham visited. Lewis and James Spratt attended the funeral of James’s mother in St. Louis last Tuesday. Neighbors chopped ten cords of wood for Mrs Mary O Davis Monday for winter.
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
Elva Morgan
Harold
Dayton Arbogast
Ton‘silitis
Hurley Findley
Pearley Babcock
Spiketown
John Babcock
Hart Tyler
Grandview
Zenas Murphy
Anna Wright
Clarksville
Andy Frey
Wm Harbor
Charley
Flora Graham
Lewis
James Spratt
St. Louis
Mary O Davis
Fish Skin Leather Promises New Industry at Exposition
An New York exposition showcased leather made from fish skins including sharks porpoises and tuna as a viable substitute for traditional leather. Pratt Institute and U S Bureau of Fisheries researchers report commercial use already exists for shark and porpoise hides with porpoise skin razor straps long used. Scarcity of tea leather delayed broader market adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Chemical Industries
New York
Pratt Institute
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Benefits From Poison Gas Aimed At Industrial Use
Chemists plan to adapt inventions from military gas protection for miners and factory workers. Absorbents in gas masks may guard against foul gases in industry. Some invented poisons may be used against vermin and to disinfect orchards from insects and blights like San Jose scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
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Rey
Cleone
Earl Inman
Lee Tarble
Emery Guyer
Fred Welsh
Dolson
Oakwood Farm
Byron Stoneburner
Elza
Oilfield
Francesco Hammond
Sallie Garver
Parker Township
M. V Connelly and Son
Newton Alrey
Norman Ladd
George Alrey
Arthur Calhoun
Ela Connelly
Pearl
Gladys
M. V Connelly
Wiest York
Harry Snyder
Ill
F A. Bird
State of
Kansas
South Dolson
Post Bankin Clap
Gera
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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