Martinsville Community News Notes Snow Storms And Daily Life
Local items recount a harsh February with heavy snow and cold shutting business. Figures visited from Terre Haute and Marshall attended social events while health and commerce faced disruption. A church exchange and a boomer day for Martinsville fair are noted amid reminiscences of Wm B Benight and a severe blizzard with 12 to 14 inches of snow and high winds.
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D H Rupp
Wabash
Church of God
Ishler
Rupp
Hazel Dell
Ohio Oil Company
Wm. Blunk
Terre Haute
Blunk
Ina Fasig
Kansas
Greenwood
Lyon
Lillie Bair
St. Louis
Martinsville
Will Stanfield
North Washington Street
Sam Philips
Main Street
Sam
Planet
Wm. B. Benight
Alo
Okla
Michigan City
Ind
Martinsville Boomer Day Adverts March 18 1914
Local notes report Boomer day in Martinsville on March 18 1914 with calls for all to attend. Temperatures ranged from zero to four below Tuesday morning as winter storms blocked traffic and delivery wagons. The to-do includes visits from residents and changes at the post office as the new postmaster took charge with Lee Kelly as assistant.
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Matt Snyder
Dolson
Vanda Johnson
Boomer
Our City
Joe Nicholson
J. W. B. Hutchings
Newt. Richart
Anderson
Chas. Chapman
Jesse
James Thompson
Orange
Peter Brossman
Marshall
James Porter
Harry Yoko
George Higgins
Terre Haute
Lee Kelly
Maude Neer
Sirs
Harve Neer
Chicago
Local notes and travel mentions across Indiana region
Pete Osborn moves to Marion Indiana soon. Robert English visited from Marshall on Thursday. Rev Mr Miller conducts revival services at Dolson. Auburn votes three to one for the single commissioner, Arthur Beachout's sleigh upset letting the team run away. Monday's storm damaged chimneys and windmills. Alvan Fraker did business near State Line last week. Wesley Snyder writes from Anna that he is well treated and does not want to come home.
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Robert English
Marshall
Mr. Miller
Dolson
Auburn
Arthur
Beachout
Alvan Fraker
State Line
Wesley Snyder
Anna
Wireless Waves Puzzles Baffle Scientists in Telegraphy
The New York Post discusses unknowns in wireless telegraphy, noting artificial ether waves of great length, possible extraterrestrial or solar origins, and puzzling weather effects on signal transmission and day versus night propagation.
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New York Post
Photographic science on bullets and air waves
An article explains that bullets traveling at 1200 feet per second or more create air waves that can be photographed. At 3000 feet per second the disturbance is dramatic, producing visible eddies and ripples in air, akin to water behind fast objects. The piece cites the New York Sun on this surprising scientific finding.
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New York Sun
A Wonderful Bird Delivers News From Nansen Expedition
A carrier pigeon, missing for thirty months, returned to Mrs. Nansen in Christiania with a message from the Arctic explorer. Nansen had strapped a note to the bird, which endured a blizzard and crossed thousands of miles of ice and ocean to reach home.
Man chases hat mistaken for a warm scene
A man with a red face explains to a friend he chased a hat belonging to someone else after a pretty girl was under it. His wife saw the chase, leading to the punchline that he indeed caught it.
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New York American
Poets Birth Debate Echoes in Rural View
A Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt presents a rural philosopher arguing poets are not born but made by fathers who tag and push them toward or away from literary success. The piece uses colloquial dialect to critique attitudes toward nurturing talent.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Automobile hits and injuries prompt hospital tally
Remarks quote a Chicago Record-Herald line noting that many car incidents end in hospital cases after a big new car debut. The passage underscores the danger of flashy displays and the prevalence of injuries in traffic events.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
A Natural Choice Dinner Remark From Cincinnati Enquirer
A brief period of life granted by nature is recalled as a well spent life memory. Gabe-Bragley voices a preference to fight rather than eat during a casual remark referenced by the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Gabe—Bragley
Steve
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cicero
California Letter Recalls Beeman Bartlett and Local Rain Stories
A California letter mourns Prof Marion Beeman and Fred Bartlett while recounting heavy rainfall, rivered wash damage, aviation feats by Glenn Martin and Army pilots, holiday customs, and California’s permissive Sunday work and speed laws, noting electrical meters and a March rate change for kilowatts.
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The
Herald
Marion Beeman
Fred Bartlett
Prof
Beeman
Fent Booth
Fent
Fred
California
Glendale
Verdugo
Glenn Martin
Griffith Park
San Diego
Oceanside
Todd
U. S. Army Aviation Corps
America
Asbury Clara Campbell Dorothy Bias Visit Paris Relatives
Clara Asbury, Campbell, and Dorothy Bias spent Sunday with Florence and Elsie Hogue. Roy Hogue is visiting relatives in Paris.
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Asbury
Clara “Campbell
Dorothy Tobias
Seed Oats Sale Prompted By Samples And Prices
Local advert urges customers to visit the store to sample seed oats and compare prices before buying.
Local residents share weekend visits across families
A crowded list shows Mr and Mrs Guy Reynolds and Ruby Yeley with Marguerite English visiting J Q Snedeker family. Several Garvers and Hogues from Terre Haute and Marshall ate and socialized with relatives including Campbell Forsythe Hedges and Garver kin.
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Belore Tobias
Eleanor Campbell
James Lurber
Bess Hogue
Esther
Barnes
Marshall
Asbury
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Bruce Crawford
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Walter Lackey
Ora McHenry
Dollie Owens
Verda Patton
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Dan Quick
Jack Higginbotham
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Ada Liffick
Carter See
Wm. Hudson
Asa Barnes
Big Creek
Carter Lee
Robert Black
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James Adams
Ed Flowers
Blanche Williams
Anna Lea
Chas. Bair
Homer
Pete Osborn
Marion
Poets
Lee
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Sornk
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W. A. Williams
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