Martinsville and Cleone Notes 1910 Community Life
Local residents report visits, trades, and plans across Martinsville and Cleone. EN idents include Jim Melton becoming Kite Store teamster successor, various visits to relatives, and talk of a new Martinsville telephone line. Weather foulWeather, taxes, and refinery layoffs mark the season with social events at the Masonic banquet and a marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cartright
Baker
Clem Wiser
Charleston Normal School
Jasper Lowry
Westfield
John Stillwell
N. A. Kite
Hunt City
Ind
D. A. Garver
Jennie
Cora
O L. Warner
Martinsville
Sarah Caruthers
Abe Garver
McKeon
Wm. Akens
Kite
Jim Melton
Jim Hall
Chas. Stillwell
Geiser
Cleone
Matt Tarble
Arkansas
Masonic Fraternity
Walking the Cars A Hair Raising Novice Ride
A first person recollection describes boarding the caboose and slipping along the tops of moving train cars with an engineer and conductor guiding the perilous trek. The author recalls treacherous whiteout winds, narrow planks, and the danger of the icy roofs during a long and risky journey over the lake shore railroad. The piece ends with a literary aside about a historic diary remark and the nine days' wonder phrase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmle
Jimmie
Eid
Jane
Greviin
Parise
Strauss Snubs and Rehearsals for Russian Empress
A tired musician during a Russian tour recounts Johann Strauss being ordered to rehearse thrice for a concert at the czarina’s summer resort. An empty carriage with a loaded backstory symbolized the empress’s gout driven demand to acclimate the horses to a full string band before the final performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strauss
Johann Strauss
Russia
Czarina
Enodati
Vienna
New Year Bargains Offer Farm Purchases
The message invites buyers to enter the new year with farm bargains and urging action on purchases. It closes with season’s wishes and a businesslike signoff.
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Berlin
Main Street
Marshall
Second Door
Keifer
Doll’s Grocery
Glass
Queensware
Ouick Delivery
D.d.doll
North Side
Mother Nature's
Mother Nature
Eee
Jerry Ishler
E. C. Miller
Chas. Tuttel
Wolfden
Jackson Smitley
W. K. McDaniels
Cayuga
Earl
Orville Patchett
Newman, Conklin
Curtis
Asa Rogers
Tom Drummond
Alva Janney
Dennis Albright
Moriah
Dewalt Kiefer
Elisha Hart
Terre Haute
M. B. Church
North Dakota
Leroy McGrewn
Ella McCarty
Geo. Collier
Church of God
Goldie Shaffner
Craig
Shilo
Baird
Sher
Mouri
Tomi
Malide
Garm
Takestad -Advantag
WU Peewee
Annis
Neil Eis
Hughes
Orbin
Sin
Court House
Marshall, Ike
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