Local social notes from Crooked Creek and West Terre Haute
Mrs Nettle Smith and Mrs John Stepp visited Mrs Russell Weaver whose young daughter is seriously ill. Mrs Owen Ramsey improves at Union hospital Terre Haute. Miss Emma Medley moved to West Terre Haute, Roy Medley moved to her farm. Ruby Ramsey spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Harvey Kirby at West Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettle Smith
John Stepp
Russell Weaver
Owen Ramsey
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Emma Medley
West Terre Haute
Roy Medley
Ruby Ramsey
Harvey‘ Kirby
Garner town social notes from Cooper Chapel gathering
Gertrude and Addie Garner attended Sunday school at Cooper Chapel last Sunday. Fred Hewitt and wife visited Henry Setzer and family for dinner. Georgie Lee and family visited J R Lee’s family. Delphia Hewitt, worker for W M Setzer, spent weekend at home. Delphin Stezer and Lola toured Terre Haute last Saturday. Samuel Broadhurst Leonard Ramsey and Levi Hewitt visited Marshall on Monday. Everett Minich and family from Lorimier Hill were guests of Wm Minich and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude
Addie Garner
Cooper Chapel
Fred Hewitt
Henry Setzer
Georgie Lee
J R. Lee
Delphia Hewitt
W. M. Setzer
Delphin Stezer
Lola
Terre Haute
Samuel Broadhurst
Leonard Ramsey
Levi Hewitt
Marshall
Everett Minich
Lorrimer Hill
Wm Minich
Local Births and Visits Reported in Marshall Area
Herman Lambdin seriously ill. Dorsa Reasur and wife announce birth of a girl on January 16. Otis Williams was in Marshall Monday. Mr and Mrs John Carpenter and sons Oscar and Thomas made a trip to Marshall Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Lambdin
Dorsa Reasur
Otis Williams
Marshall Mon
John Carpenter and Sons
Oscar and
Thomas
Marshall
Local Friends Visit Over Weekend Across Town
Ralph Goekler returned from Marshall and spent Sunday with his family. Harold and Mrs Claypool hosted Terre Haute guests Mr and Mrs. Audrey Shade visited the Claypools in Auburn. Various relatives and friends gathered at the homes of the Claypools, Combs, Hutchings, and Murphy with illnesses improving and travel noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Goekler
Marshall
Clarence Goekler
Harold Claypool
Terre Haute
Marlin Claypool
Audrey Shade
Auburnn
Jerry Claypool
MM. Waymire
Chrisman
Milo Combs
Julia Claypool
Alph Claypool
Suum Daughettee
Anna
Diana Murphy
Weekend visit and revival at the Christian church
West Union residents Mr Frank Malloy and Mr Roy Lloyd with their wives from Chicago spent the weekend with their mother Mrs Meda Carlyle and Mrs Charles Whitlock who has been keeping house for her son. Foster is moving back home this week as the Christian church prepares to hold a revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Malloy
Roy Lloyd
Chicago
Meda Carlyle
Charles Whitlock
Foster
Christian Church
Local Socials Highlight West Union Guests and Visits
Mrs R M Clements hosted Sunday guests including Mr and Mrs Otto Nichols and family and Mrs Lillian Nichols of near West Union. Velma Tharp departed for St Louis for work. Indianapolis visitors Dott Lichtenberger and Austin Blockinger joined Mr and Mrs Adam Lichtenberger. Doit Lichtenberger stayed with Modest Bohn's family. Mrs Edward Norris returned from a Chicago visit with her son Floyd Norris and family. Sam Hutchinson of Casey spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs Mary Hutchinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Nichols
Lillian Nichols
Near West Union
R M Clements
Velma Tharp
St Louis
Dott Lichtenberger
Indianapolis
Austin Blockinger
Adam _ Lichtenberger
Doit Lichtenberger
Modest Bohn
Edward Norris
Floyd Norris
Chicago
Sam Hutchinson
Casey
Mary Hutchinson
East McDaniel Barnett Sackrider visits and family gatherings
West Union residents share weekend visits with relatives. Wallace Elliott and kin spend Sunday with J W Elliott. James Drake, Roy Cole, and Isaac Hoskin with Ray Drake’s family. Brady Pickering and Mrs. Edgar Guyer visit Sackrider and Wells families. Perry Jackson and Roy Drake attend Thomas Maddox funeral at Quaker church and Mussonville burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnett Sackrider
West Union
Wallace Elliott
J W Elliott
James Drake
Roy Cole
Isaac Hoskinson
Ray Drake
Brady Pickering
Muddy Creek
Edgar Guyer
Quaker Lane
WH Sackrider
Cecil Wells
Alva Wells
Perry Jackson
Roy Drake
Tera Haute
Thomas Maddox
Quaker Church
Mussonville
Puzzled Scientists Debate Simple Things
A fragment suggests scientists ponder common materials and their differing properties. It hints at puzzles about water, senses, and basic substances, noting that many simple things share underlying similarities and confounding contrasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wieronaw
Tee
Moe
Lee
West York notes and weddings amid community events
A revival service at Friends church led by Rev D W Wheybrew, marriage of George Tuttle and Dorothy Drake in Paris, many kinship visits and Sunday gatherings across Hutsonville, Robinson, and surrounding areas. Obituary for Thomas Maddox, funeral of Melissa Kinney, local club meetings, mumps illness, Hutsonville basketball team advance to Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends Church
Quaker Lane
Town
D. W. Wheybrew
Westfield
Ind
George Tuttle
Webster Tuttle
Dorothy Drake
Dan Drake
Paris
Indianapolis
Albert Newlin
Lawrence Newlin
Will Miller
Guy Hagar
Crescent City
Harry O. Newlin
Orville Medsker
Melrose
Suunday
Allen Hicks
Ocle Reynolds
Erastus Reynolds
Palestine
J. T. Athey
W E Ormiston
James Ormiston
Carlyle
Harry C. Ferriman
Duleine
Robert Murry
Robinson
Will Holaday
Olson
E. E. Wilbert
Annapolis
Martin Newlin
Ike Seymour
Seymour
Morton Seymour
Lamotte Prairie
George Rains Sr
French Lick Springs
Thomas Maddox
Leo Guyer
Otto Jackson
Herman Maddox
Henry Maddox
New Cemetery
Hutsonville
Ollie Lindley
Mesdames
Adam Cullop
James Lindley
Chas E Rains
Will Musgrave
Dee Rains
Universalist Mission Circle
Leo Newlin
Wilbur E Wveringham
Eld Wiley Mathis
Vienna
George Ryerson
C. D Ryerson
Malcolm Knight
Lelia Evans
Melissa Kinney
Trimble
M E Aid Society
Elise Miller
Terre Haute
Wiley
Ola Hammond Hosts Surprise Birthday for Son Evan
Ola Hammond arranged a surprise party for her son Evan with about 30 relatives and friends in attendance. Jesse Hurst and wife hosted the Cleone Club radio party Saturday night. George Nicholson is moving to Tarble place as Mrs Oswald Johnson and daughter visit relatives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ola Hammond
Evan
Tyler
Jesse Hurst
Cleone Club
George Nicholson
Tarble Place
Oswald Johnson
Gary
Hinkle Undergoes Appendicitis Operation in Charleston
Roy Hinkle had an appendicitis operation at Oakwood Hospital in Charleston on Tuesday evening. Leon Newman, ill with a cold, is improving. Mrs Mary Hinkle visited with Mr and Mrs Martin Henry and brother and Mrs Dudley at Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hinkle
Oakwood Hospital
Charleston
Leon Newman
Mary Hinkle
Martin Henry
Dudley
Weekend Visits Reported Across Local Families
Pa. CHOCTAW Wilma Cane visited Mrs Tillie White and daughters. Hall William and John Norton stayed with Mrs. Ben Setzer. Lola Norton with Carl Norton. David Thompson spent a week with relatives at Marshall. Hurley Nicol and wife visited Perry Williams. Harold Spittler and wife visited David Thompson. Minnie Burger dined with Miss Flossie Huffington. Doliie Hollenbeck spent Sunday with Mrs. Sylvan Sweitzer. Florence Ledermann of Walnut Prairie visited Bertha Higginbotham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Cane
Tillie White
Hall Wiliam
John Norton
Ben Setzer
State Line
Lola
Warren Norton
Carl Norton
English
David Thompson
Marshall
Hurley Nicol
Allright
Perry Willams
Harold Spittler
Minnie Burger
Flossie Huffington
Doliie Hollenbeck
Sylvan Sweitzer
Paris
Florence Ledermann
Walnut Prairie
Dirs
Bertha Higginbotham
In a Nutshell ghocift wax pool when civers eave sokfad
A brief in a historical column notes a mysterious phrase and unclear clues about a wax pool. The text hints at time and place less clearly, with no identifiable people or events or concrete facts.
Maryland 4-H Boys Harvest Pine Cones For Seed Brand
Dorchester county youths collect pine cones and ship 145 bushels to the state forestry nursery at College Park. Seeds from the cones will supply future loblolly pine seedlings for Eastern Shore farmers to beautify highways and farms. Seventeen Hooper’s Island and Crapo 4-H members shipped the cones to assistant state forester F B Trenk for 85 cents a bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sansbury
Maryland
J. P. Brown
Dorchester County
W. R. MedKnight
State Forestry Nursery
College Park
University of Maryland
State Department
Hooper's Island
Crapo
F. B. Trenk
Dorchester
Hog Cholera Destroys Northampton Virginia Hogs
About 2 000 hogs valued at 50 000 dollars are dead in Northampton County Virginia with many more sick or dying daily from hog cholera. Farmers and county agents plan vaccination to protect next year’s pork supply as veterinarians treat survivors with serum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Charles
Northampton County
Northampton
French Farmers Face Crisis as Farm Prices Plunge
Paris reports French agriculture in crisis with an 80 to 85 percent fall in farm product prices since May. Deputy M. Pierre de Morficault warns of rural depopulation, rising farm sales, and farmers abandoning fields for the city amid credit and cost issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Pierre de Morficault
Chamber of Deputies
France
de Monteault
Letter Taken From Bottom of Sea Is Delivered
Oakland California reports a letter found at the bottom of the Mediterranean for over ten years has been delivered to Ronald Wilkins in Oakland. Wilkins wrote the note to his London mother while recovering from a wound in Salonika. The torpedoed transport sank. the ship was later raised and the decipherable mail sent to his mother, who then forwarded it to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Mediterranean
Ronald Wilkins
Wilkins
A. Wilkins
London
Salonika
Torpes
Snake Egg Laying Habits Vary By Species
The article notes snakes do not lay eggs daily. oviparous snakes lay many eggs in a short period. Pythons may lay about 100 eggs in one day, while ring necked snakes show daily deposits of five to eight eggs. The New York Zoological Park says snakes often lay all eggs at once, with some exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Biological Survey
New York Zoological Park
How Fast Raindrops Fall
The weather bureau states rain drops never fall faster than 25 feet per second and many fall around 15 feet per second. With a cloud height of 2 500 feet, fall times range from about 100 seconds for the fastest drops to about 166.7 seconds for slower ones. A fair average velocity yields 20 feet per second and about two minutes to reach the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Refresh the Eyes with Egg White Drops
Beat egg white to a light consistency and tip the vessel to remove a few drops of yellowish liquid. Apply two or three drops of the liquid to each eye to soothe irritation.
General Storms Move East or Southeast Overnight
A general storm that brings rain or snow lasts several hours and typically travels several hundred miles to the east or southeast by the next day due to the prevailing eastward air movement driven by Earth's rotation.
Blind fish feeds by barbel roll in Lowestoft
Histories describe a well-fed codfish caught in Lowestoft that was totally blind. Naturalists propose the fish detected prey by dragging its barbel along the sea floor to grasp small crustaceans and worms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowestoft
England
Hymns and Praise Latent in Odd Telegraph Tone
A fragmentary observation notes hymns as offerings of praise amid odd phrasing. It references children as exemplars and includes garbled terms and stray editorial quirks characteristic of a newspaper telegraph style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fark
Loudou Dadls
Meet Mr Mulliner humor about marriage and photographers
Quotes a Wodehouse line noting why people avoid marriage. It describes con men and trendy photographers as milkmen of fashion, who see women too often and live in a repetitive, feminine milieu that leaves them morose. The passage satirizes social expectations and bachelorhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr Mulliner
P G Wodehouse
Hawk Bests Lineman in Tower Hawk Attack Near Saugus
A power company lineman in California was on a tower near Saugus when he noticed a hawk nest. He knocked the nest aside and the hawk struck, causing him to fall and suffer a broken leg, two broken ribs, and bruises. He was hospitalized for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Power Unes
Saugus
Callf
Electri Company
Valley in Ocean Deep near Guam Reaches New Depth
A survey of Nero Deep near Guam reports depths around 30,000 feet with rapid sounding from the surface to the bottom. Researchers note the basin as one of the deepest known ocean trenches in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
McCormick
John Deere
Osborne
Marshall Township Road Commissioner Candidates
Frank Haenig and R. O. Fix announce their candidacies for Road Commissioner in Marshall township. The notices indicate competition in the Democratic primary and reference the local election process.
Frank Cooper Seeks Highway Commissioner Nomination
The Herald announces Frank Cooper of Marshall Township as a candidate for Highway Commissioner in the Republican primary. His bid is subject to primary voters and party processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Frank Cooper
Marshall Township
Week's Recorded Transfers From Public Ledger Entries
Transfers include L B Lucan to Alice Trefz for a Martinsville lot at 1600, Martinsville Bank to DiL Wilhoit for a Martinsville lot at 200, Geo O Morgan and wife to Charles E Morgan for land in 23 11 28 at 1, Edna Miller et al to Ora E Weir for land in 26 10 12 at 1, Dora Black et al to Eliza Hatfield for a Westfield lot at 1500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Lucan
Alice Trefz
Marshal
Martinsille State Bank
Dora Black
Eliza Hatfield
Westfield
Land Transfers In Marshall Reflect Minor Property Moves
Charley W. English and wife deed land to Frank Colenden in late 1h era with Ross Stewart and wife and John A. Findley and wife transferring property to Ross Stewart in Marshall, with payments of 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. W. English
Frank Coledland
Ross Stewart
Jobin A
The Pressed Steel Column Brings Classical Beauty
For thousands of years architects praised the simple column. Pressed steel enables the fluted form on cottages and grand public buildings alike, combining beauty with practical construction.
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Crooked Creek
Garner
Dolson
East Mcdaniel
West York
Bartmess
West Liberty
Maryland Boys of
Virginia
Hawk Beste
Frank Haenig
Fix
E. H. Fairgrief
G. Mo
Hampshire
Martinsville
Illinois
Cunningham
Brosman
Stark
Cozy
Buddy
Ladies’ Aid of the Baptist Church
C. R. Brosman
Macklin & Haddix
Golden Farm
Willcalve
Farrow
Duerto Farrow
George Gunder
Clyde Knowles
Benny Gallagher
Wm. Sharkey
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