Weekend Visits and Illness Reach Several Families
Verleigh Burdett of Wyanett spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs John Burdett. Mrs A E Glhck was called to Ridgeway Missouri by the serious illness of her father Wm Longfellow. Miss Claire Chrysler a student at Indiana Central College in Indianapolis spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Fred L Chrysler. Mir and Mrs W L Garrison were called to Matto by the illness of their daughter Irene a teacher in that city. Mr and Mrs Ira Babcock and daughter Eva June of Greenville were weekend guests of Mrs Sarah Bruce and Miss Jennie Searls and other relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verleigh Burdett
Wyanett
John Burdett
A. E. GlHck
Ridgeway
Wm Longfellow
Claire Chrysler
Indiana Central College
Indianapolis
Fred L. Chrysler
Mir
W L. Garrison
Matto
Irene
Ira Babcock
Eva June
Greenville
Sarah Bruce
Jennie Searls
Westfield Family News and Local Visits
Westfield Mr and Mrs Alva Applegate welcome a son born Saturday February 11. Mrs DO A Lafferty of Jewett visited sister Mrs Della Luther and family. Farrel and Frank Williams with son visited Evanston to see Cleo Williams at St Francis hospital. Frank Baker of Urbana hosted Ira and old friends. Mr and Mrs George Tarble of Paris were guests of 4A. B Reeds and family and Mrs J W Simmins and children visited Mrs Edgar Haugh at Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Applegate
DO A Lafferty
Jewett
Della Luther
Frank Williams
Farrel
Evanstom
Cleo Williams
St Francis Hospital
Frank Baker
Urbana
Ira
George Tarble
Paris
B Reeds
J W Simmins
Edgar Haugh
Kansas
Martinsville Notes and Local Happenings
Mr and Mrs Jake Booth returned from Indianapolis. Mrs Booth attended the Spring Opening. Jesse Collier and family visited Terre Haute relatives. Fred Collier funeral attended by Minnie Collier’s family. Fred Marie Deahl hospitalized in Charleston for bone TB surgery. recovering well. T E Cross hosted a Sunday dinner. Kansas visitors O T Morris and Harry Morris joined Mrs Francis Gruber. Charleston Delta Lambda Sigma fraternity organized. Martinsville boys Cedric Henley John Ennis and Hov Ratts joined Charles ton TCC chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Booth
Indianapolis
Booth
Jesse Collier
Betty
O T Morris
Harry Morris
Francis Gruber
Kansas
Charleston
Delta Lambda Sigma
Martinsville
TCC
Cedric Henley
John Ennis
Hov Ratts
Miss Nelle Daugherty Birthday Party Seen in York
Mrs Jack Barker hosted a party Monday night in honor of Miss Nelle Daugherty turning twenty. Attendees included Nina and Lina Whitman Ruby Bonesteele Martha Black Bill Starks Bill Pulleyblank John Riggs Charlie Roberts Jack Barker and Arthur Baker. Refreshments of candy pie and coffee were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelle Daugherty
Ruby Bonesteele
Nina
Lina Whitman
Marshall
Claude Pee
Graysville
Neal Daugherty
Jack Barker
Bill Starks
Bill Pulleyblank
John Riggs
Charlie Roberts
Hammond announce arrival of a new baby
Liberty. Mr and Mrs. Gus Hammond announce the arrival of a new baby. Harry Freeman and family of St. Marys of the Woods Indiana spent Sunday with his parents. Mrs Lulu Thompson spent Thursday with her daughter Mrs. Reno Shawler at West Union. Jake Batts and wife and Mrs. Ida McCourt spent Friday in Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Hammond
Harry Freeman
St. Marys-of-th-Woods
Ind
Lulu Thompson
Reno Shawler
West Union
Jake Batts
Ida McCourt
Terre Haute
West Union Sale Lunch Event Reportedly Set for March First
The M A s will serve lunch at George Cline s sale on March 1. The Hassam Star school of instruction is planned for a day next week. Roy McCrory and family moved to Lonnie Nichols residence. Mas Coombes and Mrs Bargervet Foomana visited Mrs Bora Crumlin in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.a’s
George Cline
Hassam
Roy McCrory
Lonnie Nichols
Dirs
Mas Coombes
Bargervet Foomana
Bora Crumlin
West York Social Notes and Visits Roundup
West York and nearby towns show a busy social week with births and visitors. Dale Quin ten born to Mr and Mrs John Athey. Cecil Bell of Paris visits kin. Everett Clark on a Robinson business trip. multiple families host and visit across Robinson Knox county and Hutsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Athey
Dale Quinten
Cecil Bell
Paris
Ike Seymour
R. L. Bell
Everett Clark
Robinson
George S. Rains
Rogers
Arkansas
S . Buckner
W. E. Ormiston
James Lindley
Adam Cullop
Will Miller
Chas. E. Rains
Dee Rains
Lawrence Newlin
Jessie Tuttle
Universalist Mission Circle
Ed Musgrave
A. B. McNutt
Louis
Will Musgrave
Angie Reynolds
Robinson and
Palestine
DD Reynolds
Orville Medsker
Mildren
Truman
Martha Pearce
Melrose
Allen Hicks
Carroll Cox
Norman Richards
Jay Harrington
Knox County
Ed Harrington
Joseph Sims
Chicago
Ozie Race
Clem
Floyd
Cebron Sims
Tavia Dix
LaMotte Prairie
Bert Mehler
Chase Rains
Vee Rains
Ollie Lindley
Frances Irene Hilbert is Born in Week
A baby girl named Frances Irene arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs George Hilbert last week. Mrs Robert Buckle visited her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Bradley at Auburn Mississippi. Ola Collier plans store remodel and new stock soon. Mrs Henry Bohn visits daughter Mrs Raymond Huffington in Gars. Mrs Edward Norris visited Floyd Norris and family in Chicago. Lydia Hilbert remains seriously ill but showing no improvement. Sarge Hutchinson of Casey spent two weeks with his mother Mrs Mary Hutchinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hilbert
Frances Irene
Robert Buckle
Henry Bradley
Auburn
Ola Collier
Henry Bohn
Raymond Huffington
Gars
Edward Norris
Floyd Norris
Chicago
Lydia Hilbert
Martinsville and nearby visits reported
Dolson Mrs Sylvan Richey and two children visited Mr and Mrs J W Hutchings in Martinsville. George Claypool stayed with daughter Mrs Harry Murphy near Pleasant Grove. Emmett Meloy spent the early week in Paris with relatives. David Nicholson slowly recovers from recent hurt. Mrs Moses Johnson has been very ill. Ray Newman and family moved to Ed Beachout's place near Five Points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolson
Sylvan Richey
J W Hutchings
Martinsville
George Claypool
Harry Murphy
Pleasant Grove
Emmett Meloy
Paris
David Nicholson
Moses Johnson
Ray Newman
Ed Beachout
Five Points
In memory of Christenz Rolson mother
Memoriam notice for Christenz Rolson who died three years ago this February. Missed by her children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christenz Rolson
Sanitation Cuts Chick Losses for Poultry Raiser in Illinois
Urbana, Feb 20. A Scott county poultry farmer reports sanitation plan benefits from University of Illinois extension service. In 1926 chicks died 36 percent. last year losses dropped to 11 percent with 306 hatched. Hen losses dropped from 18 to four, stock grew faster and cockerels sold earlier at higher price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Ill
Scott County
Extension Service
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
H. H. Alp
Alp
Local court notes show guardianship and estate actions in Choctaw
In county court Helen Cooper estate petitions approved with Homer Cooper appointed guardian and bonds fixed at 425 dollars with multiple sureties. John Mathew estate partial report approved. Anna Seidel estate inventory filed and approved. Jean Sprague pleaded guilty to prohibition violation and faces 120 days on penal farm plus costs. Sprague held to bail 1000 dollars for carrying concealed weapons. Plea on disturbing the peace resulted in a 1 dollar fine and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Cooper
Homer Cooper
Himer Cooper
Laura Cooper
Jay Swern
John Mathew
Anna Seidel
People
Jean Sprague
Vandalia
Plerda
Moral health and youth training versus crime and insanity
A columnist laments conflicting medical views on murderers and mental illness, warns that sensational crime news and lax parental guidance harm youth, and argues mental and moral health come from strict upbringing and discipline. The piece condemns overlenient views and urges better youth training to prevent crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Common Sense Pays and the Hernia Cure Scam
An elderly man seeks a cure for a hernia from shady pamphlets and a home remedy kit. He buys items claiming cure and money back, but the pad fails, no refund comes, and he is sold another product at half price. The tale warns that fools learn only by being stung and warns against hokum draining wallets.
Tuberculosis in Cows Decreasing in Illinois
Springfield Ill Feb 23 state agriculture reports show a drop in reactors. For every seven cows testing tubercular in the year ending June 30 only three are diseased in six months. Across counties 6 404 cows 6 reactors Clark Crawford. Cumberland 2875 with 20 reactors. Douglas 5631 with 38 reactors. Edgar Coles 2263 with 2 reactors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
Inspection Service
State Department of Agriculture
Clark-Crawford
Cumberland County
Douglas County
Edgar-Coles Counties
Miss Dorothy Goodwin Signs Six Month Contract at $100 Weekly
Dorothy Goodwin a former stenographer at New York Citys Fifth Avenue Hotel signed a six months contract for $100 weekly after a chance lunch encounter with S Huffman general director for Messrs. Shubert at the hotel. She is the daughter of Mrs Agnes Goodwin of Jersey City New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Goodwin
Fifth Avenue
New York
S. Huffman
Messrs. Shubert
Miss Goodwin
Agnes Goodwin
Jersey City
N. J
Cold light sought to cut waste in electrical current
A proposal aims to reduce heat loss in electrical lighting by eliminating wasteful current use. If successful, about 25 times more light could be produced for the same cost, using the same amount of electricity.
Oratorical Resourcefulness Traps a Quiet Pause
In Terre Haute Tribune story a famed speaker fills a silence after an audience roar falls flat by grabbing the water pitcher and proceeding with his oration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Local Officials Issue Resolution on Arden Coryell and Williams
A city committee presents a resolution involving Claude M. Kearns Arden Coryell and E Williams. The document outlines the actions approved and directs further advertisement on the matter on August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude M. Kearns
Arden
Coryell, Clavericé
E. Williams
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