Local notes from West York and nearby towns
West York and surrounding communities report social visits business dealings and travel. Residents include Oscar Spraker R L Bell Bess Holiday and Percy Smith with relatives in Paris Marshall Chicago and Terre Haute. A Red Cross donation drive adds knitted items while a pool room closure marks wartime shortages. A boiler accident injured Mark Gehl and John Carroll.
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Oscar Spraker
R. L. Bell
Paris
Miss Bess
Marshall
Silas Weir
West Union
Mra
Emily Black
Louise
Cleone
Delmar Connelly
Newman
Walter Smith
Mark Gehl
John Carroll
Local Notes From Martinaville and Nearby Towns
Greene Winer spent Saturday in Martinaville OL Bennett of Richwoods spent Friday here. Mrs Forrest Perisbo of Casey is sick. Bolan Poffenbarger was in Martins Everett Connelly and family spent Sunday with Fred Welsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene Winer
Martinaville
OL. Bennett
Richwoods
Forrest Perisbo
Casey Oféimtty
Bolan Poffenbarger
Local families and visitors note scattered gatherings
Margaret Grisham contracts chickenpox while Hazel Jackson visits Mrs Allen Wright. Everett Hedges plans to move away. A P Fawley and wife visit Plainview Farm with M M Landers and wife, Tom Hall's Sassafras family, and Chas English Jr. and family visit Will English's. Pearl and Helen English visit Terre Haute relatives. Mrs Kirt Burns visits her sister Mrs Al Fawley. Allen Wright and H C Grisham families share Sunday dinner. Wright plans to move near Vin ton Iowa with brother Frank in mid February. Edwin Spencer, at El Paso, reports enjoying army life, promotion to corporal, and good squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Grisham
Hazel Jackson
Allen Wright Everett Hedges
P Fawley
Plainview Farm
M M Landers
Tom Hall
Familly
Sassafras
Harry Tingley
Hall
Chas English, Jr
Will English
Pearl
Helen and
Lorena English
Terre Haute
Edwin Spencer
el Paso
Tex
Miss Opal Davidson Fractures Left Arm in Fall
Miss Opal Davidson coasted Saturday when she fell and fractured her left arm. The event is noted in local reporting from The Banner Times.
Mortality of F L Shinkle Tied to Local Industry Veteran Dies in Muncie
F L Shinkle, father of E L Shinkle of this city, died suddenly at his Muncie home last Friday at about 75. He was well known to Casey residents for a four decade business career and had helped plan the third 8 inch line from Martinsville pumping station to Wood River refinery.
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Martinsville
Wood River
F. L. Shinkle
E. L. Shinkle
Muncie
Ind
Casey
Martinsville notices mix church toil and town life
Local Mart insville items report comrad es Lafferty and Hart active while Dr J Wilkins is on the sick list. Market ships three cars of mixed stock. Letters note draft expectations, church meetings at Island Grove, and new occupancies at Wel don and the Northwestern property. Town events include flags, ice storage at the creamery, and obituaries plus local travel and bank changes.
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Lafferty and
Hart
Dr J. Wilkins
Mr. Garfield
United States
Uncle Sam
C. W. Crisman
Ohio
Mr Crisman
Indianapolis
National Bank
Allum Cloud
Island Grove
Vandalia
Harry Winters
Weldon
Harry Conrad
H ‘Winters
Chicago
Martinsville
Thomas Custis
State Bank
Annapolis
Thomas
Henry Weldon
E. C Miller
Rugby
Noah
Church of God
Harlan Rush
Wayne Hess
Shelby Kitchen
Herbert Ford
Leland Jeffers
Milo Fessenbeck
Levi Noakes
Frank Medcalf
Virgil Wilson
Guy Fasig
Charles A. Gray
Willie Shawver
Golden Greenwell
Victor Winterrowd
Arthur Beachout
Sheep perished in storm near Hutton township
Sixty five head of Simeon M. Rennells sheep died of suffocation in last Friday nights storm. A cablegram to J H Parker said his son B H Parker reached France safely. Bert Parker is in an aero squadron once trained at San Antonio Texas. H E Spelltbring received a shipment of stock cattle from Omaha. They traveled ten days in the storm and arrived looking fairly good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simeon M. Rennells
Hutton
J. H. Parker
B. H. Parker
France
Bert
San Antonio
Tex
H. E. Spelltbring
Omaha
Neb
Mail Car Fire Delays Westfield Route on 3S and O
Monday brought a mail disruption along the 3S and O railroad as one coach of the freight train caught fire. The blaze burned the end of the coach, preventing any mail from being handled and forcing towns like Westfield to go mailless.
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Westfield
Melrose Notes On Public Life And School Fund Drive
Melrose reports M M Stewart in Terre Haute on Wednesday. Clace Shaffner suffers tonsillitis. Volunteers cut wood for Otto and Betsy Cornwell and others lend a hand at Chet Hix's. Train disruptions slow Big Four mail. P F Dodd hunts rabbits after closing shop for fuel order. A charity pie supper closes the winter term to benefit the Y M C A.
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M. M. Stewart
Terre Haute
Clace Shaffner
Will Medsker
Melrose
Otto
Betsy Cornwell
Chet Hix
P. F. Dodd
Melrose School
Secretary Baker Defends Artillery Purchases and Treatment Claims
Secretary Baker testified before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs presenting evidence on the Enfield rifle change and allied artillery purchases. He cited a conference with Gen. Pershing Scott and Bliss, noted unanimous consent, and stated Britain and France urged the purchases to save tonnage and aid allied efforts. He said 18 letters about cantonment mistreatment were received, with corrections issued as needed, and pledged to pursue punishments for the guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Pershing
Scott
Bliss
England
France
Parisa
United States
Marshal Joffra
Bridges
Chamberlain
Public sale of stock and farm implements announced
Everett Smith and Frank Machlan will hold a public sale of cattle stock and farm implements at the Smith farm ten miles east of Marshall on Thursday February 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett, Smith
Frank Machlan
Tve
Smith Farm
Marshall
Royal Arch Masonry Meeting Notice by Marshall Chapter
Royal Arch Masonry Marshall Chapter No. 70 will meet in stated convocation Friday February 1 at 7 30 p m. C c M Bubeck secretary.
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Marshall
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Hutsonville
Rhoda Ann Lindley
Percy Smith
T J Smith
Joseph Sims
Robert Crow
Mace & Co
TW Richards
John Thomas
Thomas Athey
Arlie Draper
Camp Taylor
Chas Draper
West Union Red Cross
Gordon Brooks
Atlanta
Lindsey
Banner Times
Opal Davidson
Jacob J. Miller
Johnson Township
Sergt
H. G Ridgway
Regular Army
Hawaiian Islands
Jack Swift
Jacinhapollo
York
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Corn
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Oblong
York Cemetery
Order of Eastern Star
Royal Arch
M. Bubeck
Sec
Pathé
Pathé Library of Records
America
Pathé Way
Bubeck & Gallagher
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Booth & Handy
Doll’s Grocery
North Side Square
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