Local Notes and Obituary Fragments from Casey
Fragmented items report Blanche Bolson suffering a sprained ankle while weather changes cause illnesses. Frank Gayer shipped seventy two hogs to Indianapolis, top market price seven dollars ten cents. Mrs John Sims widow of pneumonia patient, severely ill with uncertain recovery. Rev Ed Coons of Grenola Kansas dies after leg abscess develops into blood poisoning. He left a wife two daughters and a son. Glen Miller, formerly of Casey, marries Nora Boyd in Danville. Casey pioneer W W Kennedy dies at 80 after long illness.
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Blanche
Montgomery
Aero
Erippe
Micky
Frank Garyer
Indianapolis
Ne ‘Mrai John
Methodist Church
Kansas
Hoe
Grenolale
Myrtle Reaves
Beatrice
Nob
Frances Broadbent
Independence
Kan
Glenn
Susan Claypool
Marshall
Glen Miller
Joni
Miller
Drumright
Okla
Nora Boyd
Danville
Casey
Harlan Wilson
Kennedy
Martinsville Notes Reflect Local Happenings and Illness
Herschel and Byron McNary show improvement while Sunday and Monday are described as dark. Ira Murphy of Auburn visited the city. David Downey and daughter from Neadmore were in town. Leni Atkins attended Rev. Haase’s funeral in Burnett Indiana. Chas Chapman and family visited from Orange. Market day saw prices at 6.50 and 6.60 per carload. Mrs John Andrews left for Kansas City to visit her daughter. Co F Bair received sheep to stock his farm west of town. Louie Trump and family left for Florida. Hawker Wilt English and Harold Bright attended the Farmers Institute. The town remains healthy with few school absences. Several locals battled grip in the past week. James Tibbs left for Sharon Wisconsin to join a larger mercantile firm. The Farmers Institute Thursday was smaller than last year due to road conditions but the ladies’ portion drew stronger attendance.
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Martinsville
Herschel
Byron McNary
Ira ‘Murphy
Auburn
David Downey
Neadmore
Leni Atkins
Haase
Burnett
Ind
Chas, Chapman
John Andrews
Mill Street
Kansas, Jr
Co. F. Bair
Kansas City
Louie Trump
Florida
Hawker
Wabash Township
Harold Bright
Marshall
Harve Neer
McNary
John Henley
James ‘Tibbs
Sharon
Wis
Farmers’ Institute
Local Death and Fire Report From the Banner Times
Mrs R A Young was called to Wagoner Ohio on Monday by the death of her granddaughter Catherine Harr is aged about three. Tuesday afternoon a fire destroyed the home of Mary E Larrison southeast of Morlati. Drilling crews and machines have been sent to this territory for further development of Casey.
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Banner-Times
R. A. Young
Wagoner
Ohio
Catherine Harris
Bibxes
Mary E. Larrison
Morlati
Hays
Yate
Gill
Casey
Exnrich
Local Notes and Social Roundup from Paris and Vicinity
Mrs. Frank Eldredge has the grippe. Rev S D Baker filled his regular appointment Sunday. Reno Wright of Alta Vista Iowa visits relatives here. Cecil and Mrs Martin welcomed a daughter. Rush Parrish and family visited Meeker Hall and family. Maude Hense of near Paris visits her sister Mrs B Shively. James Douglas ill with grippe shows slight improvement. Mrs Hybarger in Paris hospital reported much improved. Verner Parrish and son visited A C Forsythe and family. Anna Quinn, recently in Texas, returns home. J R Lowther Marshall and family join visitors at T G Forsythe’s Sunday.
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Frank Eldredge
Grippe
S. D. Baker
Reno Wright
Alta Vista
Iowa
Cecil Martin
Rush Parrish
Meeker Hall
Maude Hense
Paris
Ruth Thomas
Joni Smith
T G. Forsythe
Family
Wabash Flood Crest. Local Deaths And Marriages Noted
The Wabash river rises higher than in the past year. Arthur Rackerby and his father enter a local drug business. the elder has run it since 1868. Will Menk of the Narrows dies suddenly at home after visiting his brother in Hutsonville. Lester E. Guyer returns from Madeira Minnesota via Paris and marries Elizabeth Draper. A London Tit-Bits note explains machine guns as rapid automatic rifles with mechanical feeds and high firing rates.
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Wabash
Arthur Rackerby
Rackerby
Will Menk
The
Narrows
Abe
Lester E. Guyer
Madeira
Minn
Paris
Elizabeth Draper
London
River Tigris and Eden Beads in Genesis Discussion
The article discusses the river Tigris, also named Yiddekel in Genesis, noting it is one of four Eden rivers. It explains that neither word exactly means tiger, but that both tiger and Tigris derive from Persian for swift as an arrow, while Euphrates reflects Persian roots and a meaning related to abundance and pouring.
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Tigris
Tennyson Family Longevity Noted in Obituary Snippet
Fragmentary OCR notes list long-lived Tennyson family members including Alfred the poet aged eighty three and others such as Mary Emilia and Arthur with varied ages. The text hints at a memorial or genealogical record but lacks full context.
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Tennyson
Matilda Tennyson
Charles
Mary
Emilia
Alfred
Horeate
Frederick
Arthur
Boratto
Westfield notes from The Review about local events
The Westfield column from The Review reports Mrs M J Petty visiting Bo ment tox with her family, George Frame of Mason City and former Westfield College students as guests. Brick masons work on the building front while a Washington trost rally is referenced with a concrete walk and items described by local residents.
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George Frame
Mason City
Jowas
Westfold College
Washington
F. Sendy
Fragmented OCR Mystery Items Cross Borders and Crimes
A garbled OCR fragment mentions war brides and spies, a 1800 letter, a Chicago youth linked to robberies with pepper pens, a blue glass toy, and a pepper trade. It references Millville, Thomasville, Los Angeles, Syracuse, and a convoluted sequence of names, places, and dates without clear cohesion.
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Son of Man
Neogs
Los Angeles
Chicago
American Princess Escapes Austrians on Albanian Trek
Princess Alexis Karageorgevitch, former Mrs. Huger Pratt of New York, arrived in Rome after a perilous horseback journey across Albania pursued by Austro German forces. She crossed to Montenegro via Tirana with escort from Esad Pasha and later sailed to Bari. She reports severe Serbian hunger and urgent relief needs amid wartime evacuations.
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Alexis Karageorgevitch
Huger Pratt
New York
Rome
Albania
Peter of
Servia
Paris
E Bervin
Nish
Sérvian
Tirana
Esasad Pashla
Montenegro
Nicholas
Getinje
Adriatic
Bapalio
Kerageorgevitch
Water Front Upgrade for New York Harbor Plan
Prominent engineer Dr. T Kennard Thomson proposes reclaiming fifty square miles of New York bay to create a vast new waterfront. The plan includes fifty miles of docks, filling the Past river, and laying subway tubes and conduits after cofferdams are pumped dry. He argues the project could be financed by taxes and increased business, with costs potentially surpassed only by the Panama Canal.
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New York
T. Kennard Thomson
Popular Science Monthly
Thomson
New York Bay
Panama’ Canal
Two Perished In Air Battle Amid Incoherent Text
The readable fragments describe an air battle resulting in two deaths and reference foreign phrases and garbled names. No clear persons, places, organizations, dates, or outcomes are discernible from the legible text.
Indian Scout's life tale to be told January twenty six
The Indian lecturer Tahan will present in the regular entertainment course on January 26. The speaker, born of mixed race in California with a Kiowa foster family, recounts his capture by Indians, years among tribes, service in the U S Army as a scout, later conversion and ordination, and a dramatic life journey from captivity to ministry.
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Tahan
Will Pappear
Tie
Texas
Andlan
U. S. Army
Proubytifon
Groves
SBR Gy
Gow
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M. J. Petty
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Eason
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Syracuse
Billy
Porter
Huger
Pratt
Titinois Bay
Pinto Gan ‘Department
Thavcoteias
Ray Te
Onla
Senet
Son En
Yahan
Joseph K
Lee
Walkeer & Douglas
Etre
Wes Rey
Klingler’s
Savoy
Jemima’ S
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