Local notes reflect changing farms and business shifts
DOLSON area reports roads damaged by rain and thaw. Will Davis made a business trip to St Louis Saturday. Mary Nicholson and Matt Snyder are ill. John Schwartz sold Ashmore store and plans to move to his farm. Frank Garver appointed administrator of Nat Daughhettee estate. Schwartz brothers sold Kansas grocery and bought Charleston hardware. Various residents visit, move, or report illness. new creamery project underway. revival meetings held at Friendship U B church.
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Will Davis
St. Louis
Mary Nicholson
Matt Snyder
John Schwartz
Ashmore
Frank Garver
Nat Daughhettee
Charles
Ed Schwartz
Dotson
Kansas
Edgar County
Charleston
Ralph Davis
Frank Schwartz
Terre Haute
Business
Shoemaker
Robert Stricker
Mill Creek
John Nidiffer
Roe
Ernie Ross
Dudley
B. B. Tarman
S. M. Kelly
Parker
W. H. Doak
Scar
Yale Way
Jack Dickerson
Darwin
David Groves Mast Aveak
Edward Buckle
Newton Richart
John Reece
Anderson
Goddard
Friendship U. B. Church
Martin Tarblea
Hot Springs
Ark
Cleone
Rogers
End Irs
Ferris Booth
Els
Av on School Notes and Local Visits Highlight Week
Rocky Hollow Avon school progress noted with Mr and Mrs Henry Miller visiting Allright on Friday. Preaching planned at Snyder Saturday and Sunday night. Maude and Allie Miller shopped in Marshall Saturday. Mrs Koppler visited Romoser family Saturday. Allie Miller stayed with Miss Adam Davison Sunday. Leonard King to meet relatives near Ernst Sunday. Oldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Rontoser very ill with rheumatism. Mr and Mrs Palmer Cornwell visited James Davison and daughter. Lawrence Nevin Will and Ralph Newport from near Darwin spent Sunday with Firdier Whitkannack.
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Avon School
Henry
Miller
Allright
Snyder
Maude
Allie Miller
Marshall
Chris Koppler
Romoser
Adam Davison
Leonard King
Ernst
C and
Mire
Rontoser
Palmer
Cornwell
James ‘Davison
Lawrence Nevin
Will
Ralph Newport
Darwin
Firdier Whitkannack
State Line Social News and Local Notes
Citizens report grip illnesses while Marshall visitors drop by. West Terre Haute residents visit, and Mrs. Joanna Fawley returns from Terre Haute. Pleasant Grove pie supper succeeds despite small crowd. Seth Husted's family visits Casey. Vandalia train hits Romines horses. revival services draw locals in Martinsville. Commissioner race narrows to Silas Elledge lead. Route seven carrier criticized. Young folks serenade Fred Finker and wife with popcorn cake and cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kagemeyer
Marshall
Milt Derickson
West Terre Haute
Hugh Wright
John Bartram
Harry
Kathryn Wyrick
Armstrong
Tom Fawley
Joanna Fawley
Terre Haute
Tom
Pleasant Grove
Seth Husted
Casey
Garrett Burkett
East Side
Farmers’ Institute
Will Berkley
Romines
Martinsville
Silas Elledge
Route Seven
Fred Finker
Fred
Kerr and Staley Deaths Mark Local Obituary Notes
Mrs. George Kerr died Tuesday evening after a brief pneumonia illness. Mrs. Lydia Staley aged about 43 wife of James Staley died Tuesday from cancer. George Yelick an old Moriah resident found dead in his barn with death by heart failure after an inquest. The Saskatchewan wheat yield is reported at several thousand bushels sold at $1.50 per bushel. Wayne Johnson visited his mother from Twin Falls Idaho. Lulu Robinson of Evansville Ind guest of sister Mrs. Charles Briscoe over Sunday. Harry Bidle appointed guard at St Charles state reformatory. Isaiah and Lynn Pittman visited Miss Mildred Pr in Saskatchawan Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Banner Times
George Kerr
Wayne Johnson
Twin Falls
Idaho
Lydia Staley
James Staley
Lulu Robinson
Evansville
Ind
Charles Briscoe
Harry Bidle
St. Charles State Reformatory
George Yelick
Moriah
Isaiah
Lynn Pittman
Mildred
Great Saskatchewan Valley
Canada
Local Notes Speak of Travel Weddings and Accidents
J H Parker leaves today for a prospecting tour in Kansas oil fields. Mrs Jd H Hassan and son John of Marshall visit the Wilmots. M S Kimball returns from Holland Michigan after supervising a sugar refinery. Miss Florence Wilson wed G A Coon of Brockton at Paris Methodist parsonage. Melvin Melton dies in Dolson township after a hay bale accident injuring an arm. Shoes priced at 8.30 a pair threaten. In the islands one can go barefoot and steamship fare is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State
Jd. H. Hassan
John
Marshall
RT. Wilmot
M. S. Kimball
Holland
Mich
Free Advice and Wrecked Vessels Spark Witty Exchanges
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip comments on people needing guidance while a Louisville Courier-Journal note laments a shipwreck loss. Theyr exchange sharp lines about misfortune and the ironies of TV money in canal boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham Age-Herald
Canal Boats
Louisville Courier- Journal
Of Course My friend the glazier hag ends punchline
A Baltimore American quip plays on a glazier and the world of panes with a playful jab about why something should or shouldn’t be filled with panes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hag
Baltimore American
Musical mountains and sands sound across the world
Natives report cliffs in the Pyrenees emitting harp like tones while two other cliffs in the chain are called the gnorers. At sunrise granite cliffs near the Orinoco sing and a Florida sand bank can emit a melodeon like note when moved. The phenomenon is explained as air rushing through fissures and mica closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyrenees
Hawaii
Orinoco
Ea Tilo Mota
Humboldt
Tan
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Marshall State Bank
Bank of the People
Dolson
Wille Becker
C. Grisham
Henry Reynolds
Chas. Smittkamp
Allen Wright
Perry Pine
Asbury
Chas. Beckel
Joe Hodson
Kokomo
M. M. Landers
Rob English
H. C. Grisham
Mt. Carmel
Vincennes
Mohs
Pyanels
Chas. Beachout
George Bohn
Chicago
Will Towell
Samuel Sneed
Melrose
Bert Rogers
Hazel Nell
Joe Davis County
Sherman Conklin
Tabernacle
Tribbly
Mr. Beadle
South Dolson
Marshall Herald
John Babcock
Willam Nicholson
Clayton Shreves Cutting
Amber
Edoo Hackney
Blue Grass
Wm. Melton
Lewis Smitley
Dulaney
Vaouth of
Terre: Haute
Goon
Chiley
Isabel
Rocky’ Hollow
Westfield
Islands
Baird’s Grocery
Baird’s
Red Arrow
Keifer Drug. Co
Bubeck & Gallagher
Cole Bros
Steres
West Union, Illinois
J. F. Kaufman
Kaufman General Store
Orestes Kaufman
Kaufman’s. General Store
Groceries and Queensware
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